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

Wed Aug 13 14:42:52 UTC 2014

Thank you, Muchiri.

I was actually also just informed of this and ended up changing the picture
on the post. It seems that there's too much to say about such an inspiring
person, but I was so glad I had the opportunity to meet Emmanuel here in
May.

I have posted the picture below, as it really encapsulates Emmanuel's
pioneer spirit.

[image: Inline image 1]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> 202.742.1520 (w) | 703.945.3659 (m)
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