[open-government] [OpenSpending] Sunlight Foundation`s new international program

Fri Feb 22 15:17:02 UTC 2013

Dear Júlia Keserű,

Congratulations on your new position with the Sunlight Foundation!

At Expert-Grup <http://expert-grup.org/en/> (independent think tank based
in Chisinau, Moldova, specialized in economic and policy research) we have
two main projects related to transparency/opengovernment&data:

*"Budget Process in Moldova: Monitoring Transparency and Promoting Public
Control"*: its purpose is to create the conditions for a better
communication among the public institutions involved in the public budget
cycle and civil society groups, to augment the budget transparency by
providing up-to-date budgetary and economic analysis and to consolidate the
public control over the public money through a better information of the
citizens regarding budgetary policies and use of public resources. Please
see more on the project impact at this
link<http://expert-grup.org/en/proiecte/item/603-procesul-bugetar-%C3%AEn-republica-moldova-monitorizarea-transparen%C8%9Bei-%C8%99i-promovarea-controlului-public/603-procesul-bugetar-%C3%AEn-republica-moldova-monitorizarea-transparen%C8%9Bei-%C8%99i-promovarea-controlului-public>
)

We've started the implementation of the second project in December 2012,
and will be launching on 28.2.2013: *(Building a Citizen's Budget
Understanding*: http://www.budgetstories.md/, a website that will include
infographics, budget data visualizations and analyses on the use of public
money). More information on the way!

Thanks for the opportunity to share this information about our work, and
please let us know how we can further contribute.

Kind regards,

p.s.: hope to meet you at the TransparencyCamp International Program in May
:)
-- 
*Victoria Vlad*
*Economist, Public Sector: Economy, Management and Finance*
*
*
*E-mail: victoriavlad at expert-grup.org*
*Phone: **+373 22 21 15 99*
*Web: www.expert-grup.org*

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Julia Keserű <
jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone for sending your thoughts and stories, please keep them
> coming! There's no deadline at all, we're in the data collection stage but
> feel free to reach out whenever you wish to.
>
> Sunlight has recently also launched a two-year research project on why
> transparency matters. Please read the following blog post:
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/02/12/whytransparencymatters/ and
> if you have a case study you would like to suggest or any other comment,
> please e-mail me or Alexander Furnas at zfurnas at sunlightfoundation.com.
>
> Jason, the best answer I can provide is that Sunlight doesn't specifically
> work on privacy issues, although we do consider them and work with others
> engaged in privacy questions. Our major principle is that information about
> government activities should be publicly available, but private information
> about individuals should not. I know this may sound too broad but I'd love
> to hear your thoughts or specific questions.
>
> Best,
> Julia
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Hare, Jason <Jason.Hare at raleighnc.gov>wrote:
>
>>  Hi Julia-****
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>> I am very interested in the Sunlight Foundation’s position on personal
>> data as it relates to open data initiatives. I will send my story on
>> developing a privacy policy this afternoon.****
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>> Best regards****
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>> Jason Hare****
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>> Open Data Program Manager****
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>> City of Raleigh - Information Technology****
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>> One Exchange Plaza, Suite 900****
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>> P. O. Box 590****
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>> Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-0590****
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>> Mobile: 919-323-2767****
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>> Office: 919-996-3599****
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>> jason.hare at raleighnc.gov****
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>> http://www.raleighnc.gov/open****
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>> *From:* open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
>> open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Julia Keseru
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:47 AM
>> *To:* openspending at lists.okfn.org
>> *Cc:* od-discuss at lists.okfn.org; odc-discuss at lists.okfn.org;
>> ckan-discuss at lists.okfn.org; open-government at lists.okfn.org
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>> *Subject:* [open-government] Sunlight Foundation`s new international
>> program****
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>> (Sorry for cross-posting.)****
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>> ** **
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>> Hello everybody,*
>>
>> *After several years of working in the Hungarian transparency community,
>> I have recently moved to Washington, DC to join *Sunlight Foundation<http://sunlightfoundation.com/>
>> * and coordinate their new international program. I am truly honored by
>> the opportunity and thrilled to let you know that this fascinating
>> organization has decided to deepen their involvement in the global
>> transparency movement. *
>>
>> *As part of its international program, Sunlight plans to push broad
>> initiatives that are helping to define how open government works globally,
>> developing the capacity of its NGO allies throughout the world, catalyzing
>> future work by building research and evidence that support their
>> priorities, and serving as a hub in the network of international
>> transparency practitioners. Our major focus areas for the next coming years
>> are *legislative transparency *where Sunlight has already taken a
>> leading role in creating and coordinating a *forum<http://www.openingparliament.org/>
>> * for national Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMOs),
>> influence/money in politics and the *transparency of political finance*,
>> and *open data *in general, where Sunlight plans to join with other
>> groups to pursue meaningful transparency and accountability from open data.
>> *
>>
>> *At this stage, I would really appreciate if you shared your stories,
>> projects and challenges directly with me or just reach out to me if you
>> think that Sunlight`s international program may be of any relevance to you.
>>  *
>>
>> *I’m really looking forward to working with all of you!*
>>
>> *Best,*
>> *Júlia Keserű
>> ****
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>> --
>> Júlia Keserű****
>>
>> International Program Coordinator****
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>> 1818 N Street NW, Suite 300
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>
> --
> Júlia Keserű
> International Program Coordinator
>
> 1818 N Street NW, Suite 300
> Washington, DC 20036
>
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