“How to use technology for human-oriented solutions without creating new risks?” will be an overarching question we will try to answer on Personal Democracy Forum in Kiev, Ukraine at 25-26th September 2017.
POINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies) is a regional conference of civil society organizations from 7 countries of Southeast Europe, which are intensively engaged in using new technologies in their work, but it will also involve the participation of organizations, individuals, groups and institutions dealing with specific topics that the conference is focused on.
If you work with data, no matter if they are qualitative or quantitative, about public officials, parliaments, local or national budgets, public procurements or anything that concerns making public sphere more open and hence less vulnerable to corruption, this training is for you.
The 5th edition of Personal Democracy Forum CEE: Rebooting Democracy served as a platform of idea and experience exchange for people working for civic participation and transparency in public life with the help of new technologies in Central and Eastern Europe.
At the TransparenCEE MeetUp, we will discover power behind technology in civic actions and the increasing impact of technology tools, which are aimed to increase the transparency and openness. We will discuss the challenges that technology brings into activism.
Democracy doesn’t just happen. It is a matter of values and a contract between all the society members and institutional or corporate actors. To build it, sustain it and let it evolve we need a social infrastructure. At Personal Democracy Forum Ukraine we will speak to both local and global problems and net:work democratic solutions together.
POINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies) is a regional conference of civil society organizations from 7 countries of Southeast Europe, which are intensively engaged in using new technologies in their work, but it will also involve the participation of organizations, individuals, groups and institutions dealing with specific topics that the conference is focused on.
The Internet was supposed to be a communications revolution. To connect us beyond any level ever possible or imaginable. And yes – more and more things are connected, but what about us – the people? PDF PL CEE 2016 poses a question of how we can reconnect citizens to restore the public debate. How do we tackle the issue of a growing disconnect between various groups?
This year’s theme “My Country: Open, Digital, Civic” reflects our interest in exploring how the countries of this diverse region are entering the digital age, with a focus on the ways they are striving to become more open and to deliver improvements in civic life. We are committed to allowing international society to share its experiences with one another and with people from the world that are represented in bigger numbers every year at PDF.
An international Hackathon which promotes the ideals of freedom, solidarity and democracy, organized in the heart of the Polish Solidarity movement – Gdańsk.
Series of workshops focused on teaching transparency and accountability organizations in the region about best use of data in their work. Conducted by ACTION SEE network.
Part of Code for Poland program which enabled developers, activists and designers from Central & East Europe to create or prototype civic tech projects.
PDF PL-CEE highlights key players and initiatives in Poland and surrounding countries in CEE region, as well as perspectives from others outside the region engaged in transparency, technology, and civic activism.
The aim of the 2014 edition of the event is to to go deeper into the question of how the future of civic participation will evolve in the region and how NGOs, governments and citizens can cooperate through the use of technology and innovation.
Participant driven event in Sarajevo focused on how to use data in accountability work. A part of “community boost_r” project which promotes technologies for civic participation in transparency initatives.
The Personal Democracy Forum is the definitive event in the world on technology and politics. Now in its tenth year in the United States and its fifth year in Europe, PDF brings together top opinion makers, political practitioners, technologists, and journalists from across the ideological spectrum for two days of networking, exchanging ideas, and exploring how technology and wired citizens are changing politics, governance, and civil society.
Two-day meeting of local NGO representatives from the Western Balkans who discussed projects focused on government accountability.
