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Porto Alegre participatory budgeting

29.03.2018 Brazil

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WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -

An associate professor of political science at the University of Brasilia talks about Porto Alegre (Brazil) and its "Participatory Budget" experiment. This experiment was effective at giving poor neighborhoods control over planning decisions, as long as those decisions remained focused on small scale projects.
10 ways to promote transparency and accountability in education

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29.01.2018 Open school data can foster accountability and combat corruption in education, but only when it is used effectively and any malpractice is addressed with clear consequence. Researchers and national policy-makers attending an International Policy Forum in Manila, organized by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) and the Department of Education in the Philippines, underscored this as they discussed open data initiatives from around the world.
International Policy Forum puts the spotlight on using open school data to combat corruption

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17.01.2018 An upcoming IIEP International Policy Forum in Manila organized with the Department of Education in the Philippines will look at Using Open School Data to Improve Transparency and Accountability in Education.
Unusual findings on corruption in school feeding in Colombia

28.11.2017 Colombia

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Noticias Caracol -

There have been cases of corruption related to school feeding in the municipality of Santander in Colombia. The contract worth $30 million, intended for the children of Santander, was awarded to a company with no expertise in cooking or nutrition.
Open data on education in Paraguay

22.09.2017 Paraguay

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ONG TEDIC -

The Ministry of Education's Open Data Portal is a platform that provides access to detailed information about educational establishments, institutions, enrolments, hiring, and other related data. In many cases, the data published on the site is in open format, which means that it can be easily downloaded and reused.
CIES panel: how can open data be used to improve transparency and fight against corruption in education?

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20.03.2017 In recent years, countries as different as Kenya, Mexico and the Philippines have witnessed increased activity in access to information initiatives and calls for more transparent and accountable governments. The development of technology centers, along with social movements demanding the right to information, have indeed encouraged an array of activities responding to calls for access to information.
New IIEP publication explores using school report cards to improve transparency

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15.11.2016 IIEP is pleased to announce its latest publication Promoting Transparency through Information: A Global Review of School Report Cards by Xuejiao Joy Cheng and Kurt Moses from FHI 360.
Promoting transparency through information: A global review of school report cards

In an era of growing public access to information, how can data be better used to encourage transparency and accountability in the education sector? This study looks at the case of school report cards (SRCs), examining various models and conditions...

Cheng, Xuejiao Joy, Moses, Kurt

Paris, UNESCO-IIEP, 2016
Principal prejudice - Corrupt promotion policies hurting Jamaica's education system, claims professor

16.05.2016 Jamaica

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Andre Poyser - The Gleaner

A United Kingdom-based professor in education has declared that the promotion of teachers to the rank of principal in Jamaica is a flawed, corrupt enterprise prejudiced towards the 'favoured'. The Professor, reader in education at Brunel University in the United Kingdom, has contended that the progression of teachers in Jamaica to school leadership is characterised by systemic corruption.
Ministry of Education uncovers thousands of ghost teachers and students

31.03.2016 Colombia

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Hora 13 Noticias -

The report focuses on the discovery of thousands of ghost teachers and pupils in Columbia, which came to light during the annual audit by the Ministry of Education. This state audit was carried out in 36,000 education secretariats across the country.

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