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| Mechanisms • Philippine Working Group • Provincial Technical Working Group • Carood Watershed Management Council • CEIE |
CEIE CEIE is an online communication mechanism for virtual exchange. It directly responds communities struggling to manage their resources under the pressures of cultural change. As a national forum for data and information exchange, CEIE can make a significant contribution to understanding local social and environmental changes.
As the host institution, ESSC has core capability to store data. It also has a reputation for being responsible with the data obtained and for transforming it in a way that maintains quality and integrity. ESSC has built relations of trust over the years with organizations at all levels: local communities, regional, and national. ESSC accesses data at all levels, and undertakes the transformation of information through ground validation, disaggregation beyond regional and macro-level, purposive and strategic integration with other data layers, and quality evaluation and analysis. The resulting information provides critical new knowledge that is accessible to a wide group of users and stakeholders. Application of this new knowledge then becomes a basis for innovation, discovery, and change. Relevant data and information for decision-making are mostly stored in mandated government agencies. For government to be truly effective and civil society responsible, information needs to be public. At the moment, there is restriction because data and information are not provided in a form that is useful. For example, census data is available as figures and text, but to be useful and effective, the data must be provided in a database format. Also, there is no system that provides for certification as to the quality and integrity of the data and information obtained. Purpose As an exchange mechanism, CEIE seeks to bring quality information to people to enable them to use the information for their own analysis. CEIE also seeks to provide a forum for data sharing between data producers and users. (back to top) Approach CEIE has different process for data exchange which has restrictions, and information exchange which is open access.
Data exchange is in digital format, whereas information sharing is communicated orally, digitally or on paper, depending upon the format the stakeholder finds most accessible. For example, communities still need their maps on paper, but national government may need that data integrated with other data, presented at a smaller scale and in a digital format. By exchanging data and information through CEIE, users can expect an improvement in quality because it will be integrated with other levels of data and information obtained from the grassroots, the analysis will verify the quality and identify gaps. The forums will enable users in different workstations to communicate gaps in data and information by verifying what is happening on the ground. By exchanging data and information through CEIE, users can expect an improvement in quality because it will be integrated with other levels of data and information obtained from the grassroots, the analysis will verify the quality and identify gaps. The forums will enable users in different workstations to communicate gaps in data and information by verifying what is happening on the ground. Data Exchange Members : Groups that have provided data are the following: Philippines
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CEIE is hosted and managed by Environmental Science for Social Change |
Ceie is a consortium initiative of University of Stirling Gruppo Conedis Environmental Science for Social Change |
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