[OpenSpending] [open-government] Technology for Fiscal Transparency - WhereNext?

Fri Mar 23 10:24:59 UTC 2012

Thanks, Hille! I have that Meihraha down in the budget simulator section!

Lucy

2012/3/23 Hille Hinsberg <hille.hinsberg at praxis.ee>:
> Lucy,
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> thanks for the  report info!
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> Pedro, I´d like to meet the Transparency Hackers  at the OGP meeting,
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> share ideas on budget transparency,
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>  Estonian site is http://www.meieraha.eu/?lang=en&page=main
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> See you in Brasilia,
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> Hille Hinsberg,
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> Praxis Policy Center, Estonia
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> [mailto:open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Chris Taggart
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:31 PM
> To: Pedro Markun
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> Subject: Re: [open-government] Technology for Fiscal Transparency -
> WhereNext?
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> Pedro
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> That sounds great. I'm going to OGP (am on one of the panels), and that sort
> of project was one of the reasons for setting up OpenCorporates
> (OpenSpending and OpenlyLocal both use the OpenCorporates reconciliation API
> to match names of government suppliers to companies). We haven't yet got
> Brazilian companies in OpenCorporates, but are working on it.
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> Chris
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> On 22 March 2012 13:19, Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi> wrote:
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> Awesome.
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> I'll take a look into it :)
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> In Transparency Hackers we didn't (or at least I didn't) focus much energy
> on fiscal transparency (for a number of reasons, but mostly because that's
> the area in wich Brazil does best already).
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> But since the Hacker Bus we just started an project/idea around it that
> might be interesting for you. We've started producing some 'street posters'
> (those really cheap ones you glue with water and floor? you have those?)
> that shows how much money a specific company profited from their local
> government in the past few months (with graphs and charts) - the idea is to
> create an website that allows people to print those on demand and help
> spread transparency all over the country.
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> Still really early in the game. We might as well do that in Brasilia during
> the OGP meeting.
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> []'s
> Pedro Markun
> ps: Anyone going to the OGP meeting? The Transparency Hackers are renting a
> big house with barbecue and stuff for people to sleep and hack. If anyone is
> looking for a place to stay, drop me an email.
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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>
> wrote:
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> Dear Lists (apologies for the cross-post),
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> Over the last month, my colleague Velichka and I have been working on
> a report entitled “Technology for Transparent and Accountable Public
> Finance" for the GIFT initiative ready for next month's OGP meeting.
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> We are hoping to identify the most promising projects around the world
> that are using technology (web, mobile or otherwise) to further aims
> of fiscal transparency. Of particular interest are projects that aim
> to:
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> * Publish more or better data related to fiscal processes (aid,
> revenues, budgets, audits, etc. — see below),
> * Help understand this data through the creation of better
> visualisation and data analysis tools,
> * Educate citizens about fiscal processes, and assist civil society
> organisations promoting accountable governance,
> * Facilitate direct participation in fiscal matters through
> participatory budgeting, citizen auditing and the like,
> * Provide policymakers with complete and reliable data relevant to
> their work, enabling them to make better decisions.
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> More details on the report can be found in this post:
> http://blog.okfn.org/2012/03/21/technology-for-fiscal-transparency-where-next/
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> We wanted to ask the wisdom of the list if there are any projects
> which we should consider for inclusion in the report or for their
> observations on the above.
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> We have also produced a form which gives more details on the areas we
> area focussing on - and we would encourage people to fill out with
> details of projects which should be included in the report
> http://bit.ly/GCX1Cw
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> Many thanks for your help and I look forward to hearing from you,
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> All the best,
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> Lucy
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