CivicDataLab will support a more equitable distribution of public goods, services, and works procured for flood relief in the State of Assam. It will build data-driven tools that will enable public officials to make smarter, data-informed decisions about public spending. This project will be implemented in collaboration with members of the Government of Assam, including the Finance Department. See journey of OCI (Open Contracting India) till now here.
Over 18 months CivicDataLab with the support of Open Contracting Partnership will work with the state of Assam, India to use public procurement to improve equitable access to flood relief and control of goods, services and works in Assam.
We started work on this project in July 2021.
15th July we had our first Kickoff call.
28 July was first Advocacy Barainstorming session with OCP.
3rd August was SWOT exercise session with OCP.
6th August we had second brainstorming session with OCP.
20th August we worked on messaging grid for various stakeholders.
Following this we started the series of three LIFToff Workshops
13th September - 1st LIFToff
20th September - 2nd LIFToff
20th to 25th September we made a trip to Assam to bring in different government and non government actors on board. Namely, Finance Department, Assam State Disaster Management Authority, local CSOs and Academia.