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Privacy and Surveillance are the Elephant in the Room at OGP Summit
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(Matching tags: Privacy,Open Government,Transparency)
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Privacy, surveillance and the closing of political space for openness and transparency activists in many countries was the hot issue at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit in London that was left ...
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Created on 11 November 2013
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New Tactics in Fight Against Corruption Include Crowdsourcing, Mobile Games and SMS
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(Matching tags: SMS,croudsourcing,Transparency)
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Transparency International has awarded grants to its chapters implementing new solutions in their anti-corruption activism – from playing a game to learn about corruption to sending a SMS to report an ...
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Created on 15 April 2013
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Urban planning with citizen participation
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(Matching tags: Transparency,Government,European Union,web mapping,citizen participation,urban planning)
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Sweden reinvents urban planning with citizen participation using 3D and Facebook
Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden, launches a unique 3D web service engaging citizens to contribute with ideas ...
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Created on 14 January 2013
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Reels of film on the shelf!
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(Matching tags: Hackathon,European Parliament,Transparency,European Union)
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European film heritage is at risk with only 1.5% of it having been digitized. A major hurdle to overcome is the funding involved for production and rights clearance.
While technology constantly takes ...
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Created on 20 December 2012
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Opening up Europe's public data
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(Matching tags: Neelie Kroes,Government,Transparency,European Union,Open Data)
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A Goldmine
The Commission just launched an Open Data Strategy for Europe, which is expected to deliver a €40 billion boost to the EU's economy each year. Europe’s public administrations ...
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Created on 13 December 2011
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Hack4Transparency at the European Parliament
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(Matching tags: European Parliament,Transparency,European Union,Hackathon)
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The first hacking event in a European institution will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels next November 8th and 9th.
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Created on 06 October 2011
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Google Transparency Report Highlights Internet Censorship
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(Matching tags: Transparency,Internet,Freedom of Expression,European Union,Google,freedom of information,Censorship)
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A Righteous Policy of Web Transparency
About a year ago, Google unveiled its Google Transparency Report, the company's latest effort to stick to its commitment on transparency and openness ...
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Created on 27 October 2011
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U-speak: the key to open and collaborative governance
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(Matching tags: Collaboration,Transparency,Citizens,U-speak)
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Citizen collaboration
Think of this – a road side bump, a broken street light, an unidentified car parked in the neighborhood since 3 days, an overgrown branch outside window – and all it would ...
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Created on 10 August 2011