[OpenSpending] [OKFN-Local-Coord] The Open Knowledge Brasil is a finalist of the Google Impact Challenge | Brazil!

Fri May 9 12:57:25 UTC 2014

Hey guys!
That cute news from Argentina we will support! We hope all the news as the
project progresses. Whatever you need, here we are.

Yas García!

2014-04-30 8:51 GMT-03:00 Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>:

> This is great news -  well done to everyone involved in getting this far!
>
> It's wonderful to see the energy behind this project and bringing together
> OpenSpending and Escola de Dados will be a really powerful step in
> helping citizens understand public money and improve their local
> environments.
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> We'll be voting and supporting OKF-Br however we can :-)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Laura
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> The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation.  It is
> incorporated in England & Wales as a company limited by guarantee, with
> company number 05133759.  VAT Registration № GB 984404989. Registered
> office address: Open Knowledge Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre,
> Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, UK.
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> On 29 April 2014 16:12, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <tom at okfn.org.br> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks!
>>
>> We are proud to announce we are finalists at the Google Global Impact
>> Challenge | Brazil!
>>
>> Our project deals with something that affects everybody: your pocket (in
>> our case, the Brazilian pocket :). Open Spending (Gastos Abertos in
>> Portuguese) will show you how the federal government of Brazil and the
>> state government of São Paulo are spending OUR money. We’ll do everything
>> through easy and interactive data visualizations.
>>
>> But we will not stop right there! We know that such a change in attitude
>> doesn’t come overnight. It requires a lot of effort and dedication. It
>> requires awareness.
>>
>> That’s why we’ll offer courses and tools so anyone will be able to use
>> Open Spending in efficient and striking ways, anywhere. We’ll create the
>> conditions for anyone to bring Open Spending to any city in the country, *a
>> la* School of Data (Escola de Dados here). When everyone changes their
>> realities, we change our country.
>>
>> *Please, vote in our project to help us transform Brazil!*<https://desafiosocial.withgoogle.com/brazil2014/charity/open-knowledge-foundation>
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>> https://desafiosocial.withgoogle.com/brazil2014/charity/open-knowledge-foundation
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>>  Thank you!
>>
>> Tom
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>> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
>> Open Knowledge Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
>> http://br.okfn.org
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