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

Fri Mar 23 14:42:10 UTC 2012

Hi there,

This is something in Uruguay we are really interested in doing as well.
We should arrange that Karaoke in Brasilia!
Fabrizio

On 23 March 2012 13:50, Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi> wrote:
> Hey Hille,
>
> sure thing! Let's meet, share and party.
>
> I was told there's even a Karaoke Hacker session beeing planed somewhere >:)
>
> []'s
> Pedro Markun
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> 2012/3/23 Hille Hinsberg <hille.hinsberg at praxis.ee>
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>> 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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>> From: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>> [mailto:open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Chris Taggart
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:31 PM
>> To: Pedro Markun
>> Cc: open-economics at lists.okfn.org; openspending; Open Government WG List
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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.
>>
>> []'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),
>>
>> 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:
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>> 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,
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Lucy
>>
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>> Community Coordinator,
>> OpenSpending & Data Journalism
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>> Twitter: @lucyfedia
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