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Code For India - Transparency Camp

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Instructions

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. The details of the camp and the speakers can be found her - http://accountabilityindia.in/events/2239-technology-accountability-transparency-camp

 

Event details

 

When

June 5-6

 

Where

Google office, Gurgaon Office

 

Partners

Accountability Initiative
Google India

 

Schedule

Day 1

  • Morning
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon
  • Dinner
  • Evening/Party

Day 2

  • etc.

 

Proposed Sessions

  • Public finance - How can citizens track their tax-money? How can citizens decide where their money goes?
  • PAISA - India's first citizen-led survey to track how money flows
  • Open Data 
  • Where can you find government data in India?
  • Scraping government database using Needlebase
  • Open data and corruption
  • Akshara's work at the Karnataka Learning Partnership and the need for open educational data.
  • Data-mashups
  • Technology innovations for the RTI
  • A portal for putting RTI replies in the public domain
  • How do you file an RTI though an SMS
  • Egovernance initiatives that are leading to greater accountability and transparency
  • Making the links between politics and businesses transparent
  • Improving and Strengthening Democracy in India’ - Lessons from Election Watch Process
  • Crowd-sourcing actionable data
  • Using online tools to engage and be engaged by the public.
  • Technology from a grassroots perspective
  •  How can programmers help in making governance more transparent?
  • Perspectives from the Government
  •  Increasing conversation between citizens and their government
  • Making visual sense of Data and Policy
  •  Policy to Practice: From the lab and to the people 
  • How can legislators and parliamentarians and MPs be tracked by citizens?
  •  Research and data tools to enhance policy - Palantir

Topics I would like to hear about

 

Planners

Laina Emmanuel

 

Volunteers

Participants (aka Campers) 

Task List

(please -cross out- when it's done)

Tech

  • Wifi
  • Projector, White Boards
  • Photo
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Streaming or Stickam or Skype

Non-tech

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Coffee/Tea
  • Tables and chairs

Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.

 

Please use the tag #TAC1 for talking about this event.

The official Facebook page for the camp is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Accountability-Initiative/105014462720

 

Who's blogging?

http://accountabilityindia.in/blog

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