[open-government] Fwd: Coding for Democracy Hackhathon- Cape Town, South Africa

Wed Aug 1 14:10:22 UTC 2012

I thought this might be of interest!

Daniel

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> From: "monitors" <monitors at pmg.org.za>
> Subject: [PMO Network] Coding for Democracy Hackhathon- Cape Town, South Africa
> Date: 1 August 2012 16:06:43 CEST
> To: <pmo-network at googlegroups.com>
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> Hi All
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> ODADI (Open Data & Democracy Initiative) will launch its activities by holding a weekend Hackathon, Coding for
> Democracy, from 3-5 August 2012 in Cape Town, for the purpose of generating widespread interest and awareness among programmers, the media, activists, and other constituencies in the Western Cape and beginning development of a wide range of open data solutions to pressing governance concerns.
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> Who is ODADI?
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> The Open Data and Democracy Initiative (ODADI) is an open, non-partisan community of citizens, activists, technologists, journalists, and entrepreneurs dedicated to developing and applying practical open technologies and promoting open data as a means to efficient governance, increased transparency, improved service delivery and the empowerment of South African citizens.
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> Launched in June 2012, the initiative is led by a volunteer working group representing fifteen different civil society, media, and technology organisations in the Western Cape, with active participation from government. The Money and Politics Project at OSF-SA and Ndifuna Ukwazi are providing informal assistance in convening working group meetings and the launch Hackathon.
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> Check out the website for more information about the event.
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> Regards
> Rashaad Alli
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> Co-ordinator
> Parliamentary Monitoring Group
> Tel: (021) 465 8885
> Website: www.pmg.org.za
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