Citizen Engagement Artifact, prepared by Ademola Adebowale for Nigeria Youth development towards citizen engagement. through mooc organised by Worldbank Group

1. ICT4ENGAGEMENT
Youth Engagement through Innovative
Technology
Frank.adebowale@live.com, +234-8145-0451-08
Presented by Ademola Adebowale

2. CITIZEN
ENGAGEMENT
01
13%
CITIZENENGAGEMENT
02
29%
THESTAKEHOLDERS
03
45%
THESOLUTION

3. CITIZEN
ENGAGEMENT
Citizen engagement goes
beyond the publication of
information and data. But a
SYSTEM that makes it quick
and easy as possible for people
to share inputs.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES OFFER
GREAT AND OFTEN CHEAP WAYS
FOR DOING SO.

4. Why Youth?
ICT Innovation will enable youths who are 65% of Nigeria
population of 180 Million give their feedback and be part of
government decision. moreover this will make government
policy a -demand driven.

5. Why Technology ?
New technologies are instrumental in helping citizens
make sense of what governments do, and in offering them
real and encouraging opportunities for taking part.
 In Developing countries like Nigeria, there is an
increasing need for more transparency, more participation
and more accountability; going by the recent presidential
election with 56% engagement on social media

6. The IDEA
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GIDIMO – A citizen engagement platform for Nigerian Youth
CORE TECHNOLOGY
An engagement platform driven by New
media
YOUTH PARTICIPATION
Targeted at Youth between 18-35 Years of
age
FEEDBACK LOOP
Capacity to generate feedback and
guarantee youth participation and input
idea
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02
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7. STAKEHOLDERS
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Who are Stakeholders
The Government
Civic societies and
International
Organization
Government
The Youth
population
Actors are Youths, Government, International community. The Youth
is spearheading this initiative in collaboration with the Federal
Ministry of Youth Affairs, a Governmental Organization that seek to
the affairs of the Youth. The recruitment exercise is basically through
online platform, and regular media and participation is basically
electronic. Other organisation and civic enterprises also will be
involved

8. Civic Societies
Citizen - Youth
Government
Solving Problem
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Using Technology
MOGIDI is a multi-campaign platforms where Citizen can give input
into government proposed policy that affect them.
A web and mobile platform where citizen can also report
dilapidated infrastructures, degradation. The platform will also
connect with different government bodies responsible for
immediate alert and response. Technology will enable this
participation in a great way, because the target
audience fall into category of Youths and they
are Tech savvy

9. Measurement of Success
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How do we measure success
The project will be successful
with measurement of 35% sign
ups of members/ subscribers of
the entire population of youth in
Nigeria, giving inputs and 85%
response from the Government
35%
78%
69%

10. References
Attention Deficit Democracy: The Paradox of Civic Engagement (2011)
By Ben Berger
The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century
(2005)
By John Gastil (Editor), Peter Levine (Editor)
Beyond The Ballot: 57 Democratic Innovations from Around The World (2005) FREE - By Graham Smith
Citizens and Service Delivery: Assessing the Use of Social Accountability Approaches in Human Development
Sectors (2011)
By Dena Ringold (Author), AlakaHolla (Author), Margaret Koziol (Author), SanthoshSrinivasan (Author)

11. Thank YOU
Frank.adebowale@live.com, +234-8145-0451-08
Presented by Ademola Adebowale