Making budget audit reports more accessible to citizens
An audit of a government budget, if it happens and can be trusted, is a very important public document. It contains information that is vital to achieve the goals of…
Course outline: mobile data collection with ODK
##Introduction Decades ago, the use of papers and pen was a painstaking and very expensive effort to collect data. Most of us have experienced paper forms getting wet or damaged,…
Less buzzword, more engagement: Event report from School of Data and UP Politica
On September 28, 2015, School of Data, in partnership with the University of the Philippines People-Oriented Leadership for the Interest of Community Awareness (UP POLITICA), organized a Forum with the…
The 4 new essential data management tools for humanitarian work
I started working on first response to national disasters in 2009, when the Typhoon Ondoy struck the Philippines. Then, organizations and government officials had to collect data by making phone calls. I…
Engaging more data actors in the Philippines for disaster response
Whenever there is an emergency in the Philippines, various organisations and institutions organise themselves into emergency clusters and working groups to increase the effectiveness of the response. One of the crucial elements…
Effective disaster response starts with the right data skills
On December 2011, the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Sendong, devastating the region and affecting more than a million individuals. The Center for Health…
Data literacy is about saving lives as well
Try to search for “Data Literacy in the Philippines” online and search results will show academic literacy, national statistics, accountability, good governance. Data literacy is rarely discussed as is. But search…