[open-government] Invitation: Second part of the Webinar Series on Enhancing Transparency In Political Finance With Technology

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Hey all,

FYI, the second part of our political finance transparency webinar series
is happening next *Tuesday, March 11th at 10 AM EDT (14.00 GMT)*.

Come join us<https://events-emea1.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1116368390/en/events/event/shared/default_template_simple/event_registration.html?sco-id=1442581245&_charset_=utf-8>and
learn more about creative projects that monitor the influence of money
in politics in the absence of relevant political funding data. This webinar
will introduce tools like Sunlight`s Political Party
Time<http://politicalpartytime.org/>,
the QuienManda<https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/10/17/quien-manda-whos-the-boss-spain-edition-now-with-less-tony-danza/>project
from
Civio <http://www.civio.es/en/>, Open Institute`s Open
Duka<http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/02/26/opengov-voices-making-transparency-real-launching-the-open-duka-platform/>platform,
Poderopedia <http://www.poderopedia.org/> from Chile or the
Hypocrisy<http://kepmutatas.hu/english/>campaign from Hungary.

For those who could not make it to the first session, here`s a re-recorded
version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_EvJLMOr8&t=0s

You can learn more about the whole series here:
http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/ti-webinar/

Best,
Julia

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  Free Webinar Series: Enhancing Transparency In Political Finance With
Technology
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data?]<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbf/793787327/VEsC/>
   *Tuesday, March 11, 2014*

10:00–11:00 AM EDT (14:00 GMT)

Register for the second webinar
»<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbf/793787327/VEsD/>

  Description

Money is an inescapable part of political campaigns all around the world.
And while many governments commit themselves to openness, a vital piece of
the transparency agenda --party and campaign funding-- still remain
depressingly opaque in most countries. Luckily, many local activists are
using technology to create tools to shine a light on the influence of money
in politics and the misallocation of public funds.

The Sunlight Foundation<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb1/793787327/VEsA/>,
Transparency International<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb3/793787327/VEsB/>and
the IACC
Game Changers Initiative<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbd/793787327/VEsO/>teamed
up and are now excited to launch a new
webinar series on enhancing the transparency of political financing in
different disclosure
regimes<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb9/793787327/VEsP/>.
We are inviting members of the international open government community to
join us and learn more about how to uncover the influence of money in
elections by using technology and by creating tools that shine a light on
the influence of money in politics and the misallocation of public funds.

This webinar series is open to all who are interested. Prior knowledge on
the topics is encouraged but not required. Learn more about our free
webinar series<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb9/793787327/VEsHBQ/>and
register
for the second part!<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbf/793787327/VEsHBA/>
     Speakers
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 [image: Amy Ngai]*Amy Ngai*
Partnerships and Training Director, Sunlight Foundation [image: Julia
Keseru]*Julia Keseru*
International Policy Manager, Sunlight Foundation [image: Emese
Hortobagyi]*Emese
Hortobagyi*
Head of People Engagement Programs, Transparency International Hungary [image:
Miguel Paz]*Miguel Paz*
Founder and CEO, Poderopedia, Chile [image: Maria Anne Muigai]*Anne Muigai*
Knowledge Lead, Open Institute, Kenya [image: David Cabo]*David Cabo*
Co­founder and Director, Civio Foundation, Spain [image: Peter
Tausz]*Moderator:
Peter Tausz*
Senior Program Coordinator, Transparency International

Organized by the Sunlight
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Transparency
International<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb3/793787327/VEsHBg/>

Sponsored by the IACC Game Changers
Initiative<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbd/793787327/VEsHAQ/>

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Part II: How can the transparency of political finance be enhanced when we
don’t have reliable government data?

*Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 10:00–11:00 AM EDT (14:00 GMT)*

Very often political finance information is not available, so creative
projects have sprung up to crowdsource information or connect the dots by
using other available datasets.

The second session of our webinar series will introduce ways technology can
be exploited to monitor election spendings or explore undue influence on
the decision-making process. We will also identify examples of inspiring
and innovative things that agencies/local governments are doing in this
space, projects that might be set as examples to other governments. Lastly,
we will discuss possible ways of advocating for enhanced data disclosure in
political finance and introduce some of the existing advocacy materials.

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Speaker Bios

*Amy Ngai* is the Partnership and Training Manager at the Sunlight
Foundation. She works to engage the public on the use of data to promote
transparency and open government. As part of that work, she develops
partnerships in both the nonprofit and private sectors to unlock and
generate innovative uses for government data. Prior to joining Sunlight,
she has spent over seven years working on voter access and democracy
issues. Most recently, Amy was a program director at FairVote working on
electoral system reform.

*Julia Keseru* is the International Policy Manager at the Sunlight
Foundation and oversees its international work. Coming from the Hungarian
transparency community, Júlia has been an advocate for open government and
an expert on open data issues with a special focus on political finance and
corruption. She has spoken internationally on technology and transparency
and regularly writes about the challenges and the potential of the global
open government movement.

*Emese Hortobagyi* is the Head of People Engagement Programs at
Transparency International Hungary. She joined TI in 2009 and is
responsible for strengthening the organization's emerging social networking
efforts, improving online tools and developing advocacy campaigns. She is
active in recruiting and creating volunteer network and developing people &
youth engagement programs. Emese has worked for four months with Citizens
Union of the City of New York in the framework of IREX's Community
Solutions Program.

*Miguel Paz* is a Chilean journalist, the founder and CEO of Poderopedia, a
data journalism website created through a 2011 Knight News Challenge grant.
Paz is also the president of Poderomedia Foundation, an organization that
promotes the use of new technologies to rethink journalism, teach new
skills to journalists and foster a disruptive innovation culture within the
news and information ecosystem in Latin America. Paz is the co-creator of
the Hacks/Hackers chapter in Santiago, a 2012 Start-Up Chile winner and a
Knight Fellow.

*Anne Muigai* is the Knowledge Lead at the Open Institute — a catalyst
think-do tank of domain experts that provides technical and advisory
services in the open data and open governance space to governments, civil
society organisations, media and corporate companies. Her work focuses on
gathering and sharing information on social innovation, grassroots
community organisation and policy level development to give citizens a
stronger voice in governance.

*David Cabo* is the co­founder and Director of the Civio Foundation, which
promotes engaged citizenry through transparency and open data. David also
worked for Access Info Europe and mySociety with the launch of the european
transparency site, AsktheEU.org. Before he started to work on open data and
transparency issues, David gained extensive technical experience as a
senior developer, consultant and software architect for British Telecom, HM
Revenues & Customs, Accenture, Ericsson or BBVA Global Markets.

*Peter Tausz* works at the People Engagement Program to promote innovations
and best practices in how to engage citizens in the fight against
corruption. Prior to his current assignment, he was working with the
National Chapter of Transparency International Hungary where he specialized
in citizen monitoring tools for public procurement and business ethics.
Before he joined the anti-corruption movement he was working for the
American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary to promote business ethics and
integrity and advocate for policy changes.



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