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Guest user
Civil Society Organization Data Fellowship
Objective: build the capacity of CSOs to use the right tools and techniques at the subnational level to promote data and digital rights as well as navigate and understand the use of data and evidence to demand accountability.
Target Audience: Executive Directors of subnational CSOs/ Their Data Enumerators and Staff.Duration: 6 weeks
Summary of goals:
- Capacity Building: There is a clear need to develop and implement a targeted county public awareness and education program on information rights.
- Strengthen social accountability using data and evidence by CSOs and citizens : increasing data capabilities at the subnational level to improve the use of data and evidence in advocacy.
- Building the capacity of CSOs on Data Protection Impact Assessments
- Strengthen citizen data engagement practices within the county
- Sharing of good data practices across participating counties.
- Forge new synergies between government (official statistical systems), civil society and other stakeholders for data collection, analysis and use.
Programme
No | Module | Description | Duration | Outputs |
1 | Making a Case for data (Kickoff) | Introduction to data and open data Agenda, the NSS, KENQAF, CGD; agenda setting for counties (thematic priorities for data indicators in their counties and map the indicators against the SDGs, MTP III (V2030) and their own CIDPs. ) | Week 1
| And understanding of county priorities based on the lenses of these CSOs; understanding data and evidence and why this matters |
2 | Data Governance Models | - Data Governance Models - Approaches to tools and Information Technology - Effective data governance (and Kenya’s digital economic blueprint) - Data management | Week 2 Online Session | Understanding data governance and why this is important |
3 | Stakeholder engagement | - Data production and use personas in the county - Stakeholder mapping and engagement for effective data management | Week 3 Online Session | Stakeholder mapping and stakeholder engagement plan |
4 | The Role of Technology | - Improving Data Quality - Role of alternative sources of data (including Citizen Generated Data) viz official statistics | Week 4 Online Session | Understanding the challenges of egovernment and how CSOs compliment the work of the government - as they work |
5 | Open government and Data Rights | - Open data and the Open Government partnership - Data protection and data privacy | (Week 5) | Understanding/dissemination of topics related to open data, open government and data/digital rights. Identification of staffing/skills needed. |
6 | Final workshop | - The data maturity assessment - Leadership and data governance - Influencing change - Effective communication of data driven framework - Data communication plan | Week 6 in Nairobi (2 day workshop) In Person | Finalization of the course and next steps |
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