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

Julia Keserű jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com
Wed Mar 26 19:53:37 UTC 2014 

Hey all,

For those of you who could not attend, here is the archived version of our
second webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVfOY3IuFrI

More information here: http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/ti-webinar/

Best,
Julia


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Julia Keserű <jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com
> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> FYI, the second part of our political finance transparency webinar series
> is happening next *Tuesday, March 11th at 10 AM EDT (14.00 GMT)*.
>
> Come join us<https://events-emea1.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1116368390/en/events/event/shared/default_template_simple/event_registration.html?sco-id=1442581245&_charset_=utf-8>and learn more about creative projects that monitor the influence of money
> in politics in the absence of relevant political funding data. This webinar
> will introduce tools like Sunlight`s Political Party Time<http://politicalpartytime.org/>,
> the QuienManda<https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/10/17/quien-manda-whos-the-boss-spain-edition-now-with-less-tony-danza/>project from
> Civio <http://www.civio.es/en/>, Open Institute`s Open Duka<http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/02/26/opengov-voices-making-transparency-real-launching-the-open-duka-platform/>platform,
> Poderopedia <http://www.poderopedia.org/> from Chile or the Hypocrisy<http://kepmutatas.hu/english/>campaign from Hungary.
>
> For those who could not make it to the first session, here`s a re-recorded
> version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_EvJLMOr8&t=0s
>
> You can learn more about the whole series here:
> http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/ti-webinar/
>
> Best,
> Julia
>
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> IACC]<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbd/793787327/VEsF/>
>   Free Webinar Series: Enhancing Transparency In Political Finance With
> Technology
> [image: Part 2: What if we don't have reliable government data?]<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbf/793787327/VEsC/>
>    *Tuesday, March 11, 2014*
>
> 10:00–11:00 AM EDT (14:00 GMT)
>
> Register for the second webinar »<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbf/793787327/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/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb1/793787327/VEsA/>,
> Transparency International<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb3/793787327/VEsB/>and the IACC
> Game Changers Initiative<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbd/793787327/VEsO/>teamed up and are now excited to launch a new
> webinar series on enhancing the transparency of political financing in
> different disclosure regimes<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb9/793787327/VEsP/>.
> We are inviting members of the international open government community to
> join us and learn more about how to uncover the influence of money in
> elections by using technology and by creating tools that shine a light on
> the influence of money in politics and the misallocation of public funds.
>
> This webinar series is open to all who are interested. Prior knowledge on
> the topics is encouraged but not required. Learn more about our free
> webinar series<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb9/793787327/VEsHBQ/>and register
> for the second part!<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbf/793787327/VEsHBA/>
>      Speakers
> ------------------------------
>
>  [image: Amy Ngai]*Amy Ngai*
> Partnerships and Training Director, Sunlight Foundation [image: Julia
> Keseru]*Julia Keseru*
> International Policy Manager, Sunlight Foundation [image: Emese
> Hortobagyi]*Emese Hortobagyi*
> Head of People Engagement Programs, Transparency International Hungary [image:
> Miguel Paz]*Miguel Paz*
> Founder and CEO, Poderopedia, Chile [image: Maria Anne Muigai]*Anne
> Muigai*
> Knowledge Lead, Open Institute, Kenya [image: David Cabo]*David Cabo*
> Co­founder and Director, Civio Foundation, Spain [image: Peter Tausz]*Moderator:
> Peter Tausz*
> Senior Program Coordinator, Transparency International
>
> Organized by the Sunlight Foundation<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb1/793787327/VEsHBw/>and Transparency
> International<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fb3/793787327/VEsHBg/>
>
> Sponsored by the IACC Game Changers Initiative<http://organizing.sunlightfoundation.com/page/m/-64f58c22/28889c64/-338090fc/680b4fbd/793787327/VEsHAQ/>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> Part II: How can the transparency of political finance be enhanced when we
> don’t have reliable government data?
>
> *Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 10:00–11:00 AM EDT (14:00 GMT)*
>
> Very often political finance information is not available, so creative
> projects have sprung up to crowdsource information or connect the dots by
> using other available datasets.
>
> The second session of our webinar series will introduce ways technology
> can be exploited to monitor election spendings or explore undue influence
> on the decision-making process. We will also identify examples of inspiring
> and innovative things that agencies/local governments are doing in this
> space, projects that might be set as examples to other governments. Lastly,
> we will discuss possible ways of advocating for enhanced data disclosure in
> political finance and introduce some of the existing advocacy materials.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> *Emese Hortobagyi* is the Head of People Engagement Programs at
> Transparency International Hungary. She joined TI in 2009 and is
> responsible for strengthening the organization's emerging social networking
> efforts, improving online tools and developing advocacy campaigns. She is
> active in recruiting and creating volunteer network and developing people &
> youth engagement programs. Emese has worked for four months with Citizens
> Union of the City of New York in the framework of IREX's Community
> Solutions Program.
>
> *Miguel Paz* is a Chilean journalist, the founder and CEO of Poderopedia,
> a data journalism website created through a 2011 Knight News Challenge
> grant. Paz is also the president of Poderomedia Foundation, an organization
> that promotes the use of new technologies to rethink journalism, teach new
> skills to journalists and foster a disruptive innovation culture within the
> news and information ecosystem in Latin America. Paz is the co-creator of
> the Hacks/Hackers chapter in Santiago, a 2012 Start-Up Chile winner and a
> Knight Fellow.
>
> *Anne Muigai* is the Knowledge Lead at the Open Institute — a catalyst
> think-do tank of domain experts that provides technical and advisory
> services in the open data and open governance space to governments, civil
> society organisations, media and corporate companies. Her work focuses on
> gathering and sharing information on social innovation, grassroots
> community organisation and policy level development to give citizens a
> stronger voice in governance.
>
> *David Cabo* is the co­founder and Director of the Civio Foundation,
> which promotes engaged citizenry through transparency and open data. David
> also worked for Access Info Europe and mySociety with the launch of the
> european transparency site, AsktheEU.org. Before he started to work on open
> data and transparency issues, David gained extensive technical experience
> as a senior developer, consultant and software architect for British
> Telecom, HM Revenues & Customs, Accenture, Ericsson or BBVA Global Markets.
>
> *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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