[open-government] Opportunities for knowledge and expertise sharing with Sunlight Foundation

Wed Aug 13 14:39:37 UTC 2014

Thank you for this Lindsay.

Let me also share the sad news that Emmanuel Okyere of Odekro (pictured in
the post) passed away yesterday. Our heartfelt condolences to friends and
family on the loss of a man of great vision and drive, a true son of Africa.

Kind regards,

Muchiri Nyaggah
@muchiri
Cell: +254 722 506400
Skype: mrmuchiri

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Lindsay Ferris <
lferris at sunlightfoundation.com> wrote:

> **Apologies for cross posting**
>
> Hi all,
>
> This morning, Sunlight Foundation launched our newly revamped program to
> facilitate international exchanges between partner NGOs across the globe.
> Conducting 2-3 week long exchanges where organizations have the opportunity
> to host Sunlight staff members or spend time in our Washington, D.C. office
> has been a key component of Sunlight's strategy to build capacity for NGOs
> for the last two years. In the past, these exchanges have resulted in
> successful new tools and the broadening of technical expertise for both
> parties.
>
> Now, we've revamped our application process. We want to broaden the
> organizations that we reach and form a more inclusive community of
> partners. Please visit our Sunlight blog for more information on how to
> apply
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/08/13/apply-for-sunlights-2014-international-exchange-program/>
> or inquire below.
>
> Please contact international at sunlightfoundation.com if you have any
> additional questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lindsay
>
> Apply for Sunlight's 2014 international exchange program!
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/08/13/apply-for-sunlights-2014-international-exchange-program/>
> by Lindsay Ferris <http://sunlightfoundation.com/team/lferris/>
>
>    - policy <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/policy/>
>
> AUG. 13, 2014, 9:48 A.M.
> [image: Photo of Emmanuel Okyere in U.S. Capitol]
>
> Emmanuel Okyere of Odekro, a PMO in Ghana, in U.S. Capitol building.
>
> *How to apply: Interested in taking part of our exchange program? Click
> here to fill out our application form
> <https://docs.google.com/a/sunlightfoundation.com/forms/d/1TIFdQ-w85OyC3uKDiNIfWqvTD_TuGm9tEOjb4XC7pZE/viewform?edit_requested=true>.
> Sunlight will review all applications and contact any candidates that have
> been selected for further consideration for an interview.*
>
> Since the launch of Sunlight’s international program two years ago, we
> have been working to expand public access to government information on a
> global scale. To help achieve this goal, we frequently engage in knowledge
> sharing and provide technical expertise and capacity to like-minded
> organizations in other countries.
>
> Exchanges between Sunlight staff and members of the global open government
> community play a key role in this strategy.
>
> The exchange program gives individuals from organizations outside the U.S.
> the opportunity to engage in specialized skills transfer with Sunlight. By
> hosting a Sunlighter for a couple of weeks, or spending time at our office
> here in Washington, D.C., exchange organizations and fellows can share best
> practices on opening data and building effective tools for citizen
> engagement. These exchanges are either funded by Sunlight, the
> corresponding host organization or other third parties.
>
> *Formalizing our exchanges program* We are now revamping our exchange
> program and launching a formal application process. In the past, we’ve
> leveraged the organic relationships that Sunlight has already cultivated
> with national-level organizations outside the U.S. However, due to
> Sunlight’sincreased presence on the global stage
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/international/>, we now see more
> demand for exchanges than ever before. We’d like to extend this opportunity
> to a larger number of organizations and open up the application process for
> everyone.
>
> Since we started conducting exchanges, the scope of Sunlight’s International
> Program <http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/international/> has shifted
> too. As we drill down our focus at the international level on revealing
> influence through Money, Politics and Transparency
> <http://moneypoliticstransparency.org/>, we’d also like to focus our
> exchanges program to work with open government activists who try to
> *confront* power through public information and increase government
> accountability.
>
> *What we’ve learned from the past* Just to give you a sense on the range
> of people we’ve worked with, in 2013 we hosted Fernando Uval and Gabriela
> Rodriguez, two developers from DATAuy <http://www.datauy.org/> in
> Uruguay. During their time at Sunlight, they built scrapers
> <http://www.datauy.org/portfolio-item/quesabes/> for data from their
> national parliament’s website and drafted an API
> <https://github.com/HiroAgustin/DondeReciclo>. Iris Palma, an open
> government consultant from El Salvador, spent this past winter with us. She
> created
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/01/09/exploring-the-sunlight-foundation/> the
> Spanish translation of the Open Data Policy Guidelines
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/opendataguidelines/>, now featured in the Road
> Map for Open Government in Latin American Countries
> <http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/2/52632/P52632.xml&xsl=/publicaciones/ficha-i.xsl&base=/publicaciones/top_publicaciones-i.xsl>.
> Eric Mill, a former Sunlight developer, spent three weeks with Fundación
> Ciudadano Inteligente <http://www.ciudadanointeligente.org/> in Chile
> working on an API for their flagship tool, Vota Inteligente
> <http://votainteligente.cl/>, and running workshops on JavaScript and
> mobile app development. Last fall, our creative director, Caitlin Weber
> spent two weeks with Civio <http://www.civio.es/> in Spain to help brand
> their influence monitoring platform
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/10/17/quien-manda-whos-the-boss-spain-edition-now-with-less-tony-danza/>
> , Quien Manda.
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/10/17/quien-manda-whos-the-boss-spain-edition-now-with-less-tony-danza/> Now
> this tool is fully stocked with crowdsourced data mapping the questionably
> close relationships <http://quienmanda.es/photos/315> between
> policymakers and outside stakeholders. Finally, just earlier this year,
> Lucy Park of Popong <http://en.popong.com/> in South Korea spent time at
> Sunlight making improvements to Pokr <http://en.pokr.kr/>, a tool that
> monitors the Korean National Assembly.
>
> *How to apply* Are you interested in taking part of our exchange program?
> Click *here*
> <https://docs.google.com/a/sunlightfoundation.com/forms/d/1TIFdQ-w85OyC3uKDiNIfWqvTD_TuGm9tEOjb4XC7pZE/viewform?edit_requested=true> to
> fill out our application form. Sunlight will review all applications
> <https://docs.google.com/a/sunlightfoundation.com/forms/d/1TIFdQ-w85OyC3uKDiNIfWqvTD_TuGm9tEOjb4XC7pZE/viewform?edit_requested=true> and
> contact any candidates that have been selected for further consideration
> for an interview. While we will continue to consider all open government
> activists regardless of their issue areas, Sunlight will be giving priority
> to applicants who use technology to address basic questions of government
> accountability, including those who confront opaque lobbying practices,
> political finance or corruption within public procurement.
>
> The first deadline for accepting applications is *August 31*.
>
> Should you have any questions, don`t hesitate to contact us at
> international at sunlightfoundation.com!
>
> --
> Lindsay Ferris
> International Policy Associate | Sunlight Foundation
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