As part of a very interesting MOOC on Citizen Engagement being conducted by the World Bank Group, this digital artifact is being published here for peer review. Would be grateful for a feedback on the same.

1. Final Project Submission

2.  The MOOC on Citizen Engagement being
conducted by the World Bank Group with
assistance from many, is an enjoyable learning
experience one should not miss.
 While global experts are guiding you through a
selection of video talks, course materials, well
drafted quizzes and tricky assignments, and keep
you engaged for three to fours hours a day for
five weeks, the final project of a Digital artifact
is a challenge for getting the innovative best in
you.

3.  To build a TRANSPORTAL as a Citizen Engagement ICT
tool, using cloud and mobile computing and
management techniques like crowd sourcing and
Project Management.
 This tool will be useful for Public Finance
Management and monitoring infrastructure projects
using active citizen participation.
 Citizens provide field data using Mobile apps. which
can be cross checked with data uploaded by the
Project Team members.
 Transportal serves as citizen- governance-customer
connect through a single window concept
 Currently this tool is being used in the local city
governance as a citizen engagement tool for public
finance management.

4.  Transportal is conceived as a strategic e-tool
that can be used glocally (from global to local
levels) to achieve good governance anywhere.
 This innovative framework is to be used by
anyone, at anytime, using any device, from
anywhere, for any meaningful interaction
between citizens and the appropriate officials
responsible for governance.
 It is a generic tool for Citizen to Governance to
Customer interface both as a thin as well as
thick citizen engagement and thus a game
changer.

5.  TEAM building is emphasised as an acronym
 Transparency,
 improving Efficiencies using ICT,
 taking the long route to Accountability
 and depending on Mutual sharing,
 TEAM building is facilitated by
 Cutting edge Technologies,
 Empowerment of all stakeholders,
 Has mandatory Audit trails, and
 Has scalable Measurements.

6.  Course participant and his Team members
are part of a registered public Trust based
out of Bengaluru, India
 The Trust is working on this project since
November 2009.
 We have put together this Transportal for use
by any interested individual, institution,
industry or Government.
 Presently in use in the local city government.

7.  The Transportal is designed to capture all data at source and
processes them for different stakeholders in the hierarchy, in the
manner in which they would like to view data.
 Six levels have been envisaged-
 Policy level,
 Enterprise level,
 Supervisory level,
 Execution or Project Team level,
 Staff and
 General public.
 The dashboards based on the same data inputs is different for
each level based on their information needs.
 At data capture level, inconsistent data is flagged so that they
could be immediately got validated.
 Executive staff is presented with task level information through
alert management system.
 Data security has been taken care of.
 Analytical tools for decision support are available

8.  cloud computing environ built on a home
grown framework.
 Open source systems.
 Crowd sourcing and best practices
integration.
 The earlier version of this e-tool has already
been endorsed in a World Bank guidance
Note.
 E -Tools in Construction Management:
Dissemination of the Report {Minutes of
Workshop held on March 06, 2014}

9.  Data has to be put in by the user. If the user
does not share data in ones possession in a
responsible manner, the utility of the system
will go down.
 Top down approaches, incentives for feeding
valid data at the bottom levels and Legal
instruments like Right to Information Act can
help in data aggregation.

10.  SCOPE: To get course participants interested
in the unique e-tool for citizen engagement
being developed and get their feedback
 TIME: Course duration of five weeks
 COST: To be met from own resources; If
possible get one course participant
interested in the venture to join and
collaborate
 QUALITY: At least 100 participants to access
the Transportal before the end of course
Do visit http://www.indiancst.com/india/citizen/login/index.php
and give your valuable suggestions for improvements