Free Moblie Survey Platform Collaboration
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
mWater Has Partenered Water.org to Design a Platform That Will Make Mobile Monitoring and Evaluation of Water Availability
mWater and Water.org began collaborating on the design of a full-featured open access mobile survey platform. mWater's research found that most organizations collect much more data than they are able to analyze because it is locked in paper forms and multiple spreadsheets. The time between collecting data and actually using it to make decisions can stretch from months to years, missing the opportunity to make the data actionable.
In only 6 short months of innovating together with Water.org, mWater delivered mWater Surveyor - a platform that includes a survey management portal and a mobile app capable of running surveys on and offline using smartphones and tablets. Designed to be as easy to use as Facebook or Google docs, but powerful enough to meet the needs of large water organizations and low-income communities alike, the platform increases the capacity of local and global actors to gather water data, monitor their work and collaborate for greater impact.
mWater Surveyor is designed to open up digital data collection and analysis to local governments and NGOs around the world. It is a central platform that requires no setup; anyone can use it for free by signing up with an email. Thanks to the investment by Water.org and other partners, there are no monthly costs for using the technology and no computer experts are needed to install or run the software.
mWater has already attracted new partners to contribute to the platform. WaterAid is using mWater Surveyor to perform post-implementation monitoring of its programs and has contributed by improving the user interface of the app and portal, expanding to multiple languages and creating an import tool for historical data. Other investors include the World Bank Innovation Fund, The Water Trust and USAID.
mWater will publicly announce and demonstrate mWater Surveyor at World Water Week in Stockholm. All the features in this new platform will remain free to the world, thanks to Water.org's vision and generous innovation investment.
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