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Theoretical perspectives underpinning Citizen Science and Community-Based Monitoring
Despite the differences, community based monitoring and citizen science share several common characteristics. This blog post departs from...
dianatiholaz1
Jan 31, 20238 min read


Member of the Month: The Crowd-Mapping of Community-based Monitoring and Citizen Science initiatives
Last 2022 Member of the Month webinar took place on the 22nd of December. Diana Tiholaz and Solomon Mwije presented the results of...
Communitor
Dec 22, 20221 min read


The Crowd-Mapping of Community-based Monitoring and Citizen Science initiatives
This blog post presents the finding of Communitor's Crowd-Mapping of Community-based Monitoring and Citizen Science initiatives in the...
Diana Tiholaz & Solomon Mwije
Dec 22, 202211 min read


Deadline extension: Don't miss your chance to publish your CBM & Citizen Science
Communitor and Asia Pacific Journal of Evaluation (APJE) decided to extend the submission deadline of papers for a Special Issue of APJE...
Communitor
Dec 19, 20222 min read


Member of the Month: A Proposal for a CBM Program in Education in Peru
On Friday, November 25th, the November session of Member of the Month hosted Frida Baldeon who presented an interesting proposal for a...
Communitor
Nov 27, 20221 min read


A proposal for a community-based monitoring program in education in Peruvian public schools
Increasingly, information and communications technologies (ICTs) are more critical to enhancing the effectiveness of community-based...
Frida Baldeon
Nov 14, 20224 min read


Member of the Month: Climate Monitoring in rural Nicaragua
We would like to thank you Selmira Flores and Marlon Howking for their very interesting presentation about the Climate Monitoring project...
Communitor
Oct 28, 20221 min read
Call for Papers: CBM & Citizen Science: Contribution to a Future Proof Evaluation
Asia Pacific Journal of Evaluation (APJE) in collaboration with the Communitor invite authors to submit papers for consideration for a...
Diana Tiholaz
Oct 6, 20222 min read


Webinar: Are open government local commitments community-based?
On September 30th, Carolina Ponce presented the findings of her Master thesis: Open government beyond transparency, participation, and...
Diana Tiholaz
Oct 2, 20221 min read


Are open government local commitments community-based?
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” ― John F. Kennedy Open government and community-based...
Carolina Ponce
Sep 20, 20226 min read


Determinants of citizen participation in community scorecards for primary healthcare services
Citizen participation is a critical component of any Community Based Monitoring (CBM) intervention thus, it is important to understand...
Queenie Diane Malabanan
Jul 13, 20222 min read


Member of the Month: Community Score Card (CSC); Measuring public service delivery performance
Abu Said Md. Juel Miah, the team leader of the Research and Evidence unit at BRAC Bangladesh introduced the “Leave No One Behind Network”...
Communitor
Jul 5, 20221 min read


Open government and community-based monitoring: mutual learnings to improve local governance
After five years of working experience in the open government promotion in Ecuador and learning about community-based monitoring at the...
Carolina Ponce
Jun 27, 20229 min read


Community Based Monitoring Theory: Guiding and blinding
This blog post analyzes the intellectual roots of Community-based Monitoring concept and reflects on their implications. Several months...
Diana Tiholaz
Jun 13, 20226 min read


Master students write about Community-based Monitoring
Three Master students at the Institute of Development Policy presented their papers about Community-based Monitoring on Communitor's...
Communitor
Jun 11, 20221 min read


Member of the Month: Building Resilience in the Wetlands of Datem del Marañon Province, Peru
On 27th of May 2022, Anton Willems Delanoy, CEO of Profonanpe, delivered an interesting Member of the Month talk which covered climate...
Communitor
Jun 1, 20221 min read


Member of the Month: Transboundary monitoring of flood resilience
On 29th of April 2022, we had an interesting Member of the Month talk delivered by Narayan Gyawali. We are grateful to those who took off...
Communitor
Apr 30, 20221 min read


Online Workshop: Data Collection in the context of Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS)
On 8th April 2022, Ass. Prof. Alellie B. Sobreviñas delivered the workshop which aimed at providing an overview of CBMS and its key...
Communitor
Apr 11, 20221 min read


Let’s map together!
We (Diana Tiholaz and Solomon Mwije) are happy to launch Communitor’s first co-creation exercise! Get involved and let’s map together the...
Diana Tiholaz
Apr 6, 20222 min read


Citizen Science and Community-based Monitoring: Identical twins, siblings or …?
In this blog post, I propose a new perspective to distinguish between Citizen Science and Community-based Monitoring interventions....
Diana Tiholaz
Apr 1, 20226 min read
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