As part of the process of designing a comprehensive Associative Project in early 2019, CartONG decided it was a natural step forward for our organization to officially endorse the principles for Digital development, as our actions are based on strong principles that are fully aligned with all 9 of them. Read more here.

At the end of 2018, CartONG was selected by the French Development Agency to participate in the scientific impact evaluation of the Program for the Rehabilitation and Integration of Housing Districts implemented in Tunisia (PRIQH2), with the aim of adding a mapping dimension to the program's evaluation methodology. This initiative is a new approach also for CartONG.

CartONG was in Haiti in June as part of the project "Our City is Safer for Women", an initiative led by CARE's office in Jeremie and funded by UN Women, for giving a training in participatory mapping methodologies.

CartONG provides GIS and mapping services in support to the MSF GIS-Unit since 2013. As part of our support, CartONG has designed the Map Centre platform: a full-custom application, which acts as a single point of entry to access all geographical products used by MSF for its activities. Watch our video to discover some of its main functionalities!

Since its creation and the drafting of its statutes in 2006, CartONG had not updated any document defining its global objectives. With the growth and diversification of our activities in recent years, it had become necessary to draft an associative project that would clarify the social contribution of our organization to society, specify its fields of expertise, (re)define its values and detail our growth over the past 13 years – so as to guide future developments.

In March 2019, CartONG carried out a 2-week mission in Burkina Faso in support of the Yaam Solidarité association. Here is a look back at the mobile data collection and mapping support we provided and the collaborative and sustainable approach we implemented.