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

Wed Apr 9 15:29:58 UTC 2014

FYI everyone, the third and final part of the joint webinar series of
Sunlight, TI and IACC is happening next Tuesday.
For more details, see below.
Best,
Julia

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  Free Webinar Series: Enhancing Transparency In Political Finance With
Technology
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   *Tuesday, April 15, 2014*

10:00–11:00 AM ET (14:00 GMT)

Register for the third webinar
»<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/64f58a73/28889c64/33dca316/6808e365/3618998366/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/64f58a73/28889c64/33dca316/6808e37a/3618998366/VEsA/>,
Transparency International<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/64f58a73/28889c64/33dca316/6808e37b/3618998366/VEsB/>and
the IACC
Game Changers Initiative<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/64f58a73/28889c64/33dca316/6808e364/3618998366/VEsO/>teamed
up for a webinar series on enhancing the transparency of political
financing in different disclosure regimes.

Learn more about our free webinar
series<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/64f58a73/28889c64/33dca316/6808e366/3618998366/VEsP/>,
watch the first two sessions and
register<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/64f58a73/28889c64/33dca316/6808e365/3618998366/VEsHBQ/>for
the third part!
     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: David Cabo]*Kamil
Gregor*
Data Analyst, KohoVolit.eu, Czech Republic [image: Peter Tausz]*Moderator:
Peter Tausz*
Senior Program Coordinator, Transparency International

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Part III: How can you inject political finance information in your life and
why should anyone care? What’s next?

*Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 10:00–11:00 AM ET (14:00 GMT)*

This final session of our webinar series will explore ways to increase
citizen awareness and participation in using political finance data.

We will introduce some of the creative ideas that inject political finance
information into the everyday life of people and brainstorm about the
possible ways to make this information relevant on an individual level. We
will also talk about developing crowdsourced projects to network with civic
hackers and other ways of building community. Lastly, we will open up to
the floor for a brainstorm session around the challenges and next steps to
enhance accountability in political financing.

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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.

*Kamil Gregor* is a data analyst with the Masaryk University and
KohoVolit.eu, a Czech and Slovak non-profit and politically independent
parliamentary monitoring organization, founded with the aim of promoting
political transparency. Kamil focuses mainly on parliamentary data
openness. He is also involved in the Reconstruction of the State project, a
joint Czech initiative of anti-corruption organizations, experts,
businesses and local supporters with specific goals to adopt 9 realistic
legislative measures.

*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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