A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance

Table 12:
Example of form for collecting objective data
No. Code Indicator Data Item Data Score Reference
1. C1A1 (Civil society/
principle of
accountability)
The presence or
absence of regular
audit of financial
report for 3 biggest
CSOs working in the
field of community
empowerment
Audit of CSO 1
financial report
Audit of CSO 2
financial report
Audit of CSO 3
financial report
Present/Absent
Present/Absent
Present/Absent
1 = for the three
there is no financial
audit
2 = only one CSO
has a financial audit
3 = only two CSOs
have financial audits
4 = the three CSOs
have financial audits
Table 13: example of question for interviewing well informed people
No. Code Indicator Question Answer Summary of
Answers/Reasons
3 G3A1 (Government/
principle of
accountability)
Level of implementation
of the provincial
parliament’s control
functions over the
Governor
1. One of the functions
of the provincial
parliament is to exercise
control over the
government in the
province. What is your
opinion about the
control exerted by the
provincial parliament?
Has it been
implemented or not yet?
Has been implemented
Has not been
implemented yet
2. If it has been
implemented, what is
the quality/effectiveness
of this control? Has the
provincial parliament
exercised this control
function in an objective
manner?
1 = no control function
2 = some control
function but with low
objectivity
3 = control function with
medium objectivity
4 = control function with
good/high objectivity
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