Solution Analysis

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Innovation: What makes your solution innovative and useful?

Question prompts:
- Has anything similar been done before?
- How does this solution address specific corruption-related challenges in your
community, municipality, country, or region?

Stakeholders: Who are the potential users and who will benefit from your solution or
tool?
Question prompts:
- Who will use your product? Citizens? Governments? Public Servants?
Stakeholders: How will your solution complement existing anti-corruption efforts?

Question prompts:
- Who are the people and organizations that are working on anti-corruption solutions in
your community? Your municipality? Your city? Your country?
- How can you partner with those who are advocating for the same solutions you are?
- Which people and organizations will support your solution? Which may challenge it?
- You will have Accountability Lab as one partner. Which other organizations can you
partner with to increase your knowledge and credibility?

Scalability: Can your solution potentially be used in other spaces?

Question prompts:
- Within the implementation country, is there a way to localize your solution?
- What data is available on the local or municipal level that can help you launch and/or
scale your solution?
- Do you have a plan to scale your solution?

Cooperation: How do you plan to secure government buy-in and cooperation?

Question prompts:
- Which government agencies or ministries could potentially support your solution? Who
within those agencies/ministries can you speak with?
- How do you plan to pitch your idea to government officials?
- Keep in mind that some may see your solution as a threat. How can you position your
solution as a way to help the government or make their jobs easier?
Awareness: How do you plan to sensitize stakeholders to your solution?

Question prompts:
- A great tool does not help fight corruption if it isn’t used. How do you plan to raise
awareness about your solution so that they understand what it is and how to use it?
- How do you plan to keep the solution relevant and in the user’s consciousness?
- How will you incorporate a positive message about the possibility of change and reform?

Risks: What are the risks associated with creating and/or using your solution?

Question prompts:
- How will individuals who use your tool to counter corruption be kept safe? Do you need
to protect the identity of your users? If so, how will you do it?
- How will you protect your users against retaliation?
Accountability: What accountability mechanisms are in place to support the
effective and successful use of your solution?
Question prompts:
- If citizens are reporting through your solution, where do the complaints go and how are
they addressed? Who is addressing the complaints?
- If reports go unaddressed, what are the risks to your reputation? How can you safeguard
against it?

Data: How will you verify the validity of your data?

Question prompts:
- What sources will you pull data from for your platform?
- How will you ensure that the data you use is accurate?
Team Resources: Can your team build a feasible solution?

Question prompts:
- Do you have the right skills and experience on your team to create this tool? If not, what
would you need to build it?
- Does your team have the commitment to continue working on this tool should you be
chosen as one of the teams with the most feasible solution?