Participatory Monitoring and Accountability

About this episode

The episode discusses Participatory Accountability and its role in monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals through inclusive approaches.

In this seminar, the speakers will share their thinking on Participatory Accountability; how it connects to the surfacing and valuing other types of knowledge; and its potential as a more inclusive and transformative approach to monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers Chair: Jackie Shaw, IDS Fellow-Participation cluster whose expertise focuses on integrating visual methods into action research processes Jo Howard, IDS Fellow-Participation cluster working on social inclusion, citizenship building and processes of participation Joanna Wheeler, storycrafter, researcher, facilitator working for social justice Erika Lopez Franco, IDS Research Officer-Participation cluster working on building networks of social change through participation and action research

People in this episode

Host: Jackie Shaw

Guests: Jo Howard, Joanna Wheeler, Erika Lopez Franco

Topics covered

• Participatory Accountability
• Sustainable Development Goals
• social inclusion
• monitoring
• transformative approaches

Keywords

• Participatory Monitoring
• Accountability
• Sustainable Development Goals
• social justice
• action research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute of Development Studies

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