Michelle Ann Ramirez

Mitch provides strategic operational support and innovation, particularly for SARD, and serves as the NGOC’s focal knowledge products and services. Prior to joining NGOC, Mitch served as an ADB consultant to design and implement capacity development initiatives on knowledge management and Futures Thinking and Foresight for RMs and DMCs.  Mitch has almost two decades of experience in policy, KM, capacity development, and CSO engagement, especially in fragile and conflict-affected areas.

Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development

Committed to the values and principles of open government, the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) initiative bridges the top-down and bottom-up approaches in connecting governments with their citizens; brings civil society organizations together to enable, amplify, and channel citizen voices to secure government accountability and responsiveness; and harnesses technology to create and support change. This presentation features projects that MAVC has supported to promote effective and accountable governance.