Evidence and Methods Lab: civic technology for access to information and accountability

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Evidence and Methods Lab community engagement

Who
we are

We are a civic technology initiative working in the areas of access to information, accountability and collating what works in generating evidence.

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Mission

To adopt technology to innovatively share information in simplified formats.

Vision

To be the leading data visualization civic tech initiative in Africa.

Values

These values enable us to achieve our vision: Creativity · Simplicity · Discipline.

Our theory

of Change


Our theory of change: how we navigate and learn, how we work, what we do, what changes and the long-term change, towards inclusive, accountable and data-driven governance in Africa and beyond

What we do

Transparency and accountability

Transparency and accountability

We disseminate public finance and expenditure information to foster a citizen participatory culture. We pioneer the art of using data and design to simplify, visualize, share and measure the issues you should care about.

Social justice

Social Justice

We provide legal information in a format that is easy to understand by an ordinary Ugandan. Everyone deserves equal economic, political, social rights and opportunities.

Our Partners
and Clients

We work with other organizations as funders of our work or clients who benefit from our expertise as part of our sustainability plan.