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.

Citizen Participation and Transparency for Effective Public Management: The Philippine Freedom of Information Program

eFOI is an online facility created under the Freedom of Information Program that reflects the commitment of the Government of the Philippines to citizen participation and transparency for effective public management. Through this online data portal where agencies are encouraged to upload their data sets, citizens can also file their requests for information to government agencies directly.