[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1598544984858{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-right: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: #d0eaf2 !important;}”]Demonstrating impact in the civic tech field can be hard. In this section of the guide, you will find tools that can be used by governments, organizations, and communities to track performance, collect data, and manage impact metrics. In addition to resources for building monitoring and evaluating systems, you can also explore databases to analyze public policy as well as researches on how entities and nonprofits that use tech and data are generating positive effects.
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Certifications
Learn about some of the efforts to signal a base level of quality or assurance based on a third party’s evaluation. Certifications can not only be helpful to show evidence of results, but also to evaluate progress within organizations and identify some of the challenges along the way.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1602157713356{margin-top: 00px !important;margin-right: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”]
Report cards and audits
This section provides systematic analyses to evaluate promises made by governments and other institutions, and track the performance of programs, initiatives, or projects. Are they working? How well?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1602157719556{margin-top: 00px !important;margin-right: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”]
Benchmarks
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