What I learnt at TABridge – Dirk Slater @Fabrider
Dirk Slater, Fabrider.net Original blog: http://www.fabriders.net/taibridge/ Date: 6 December 2012 The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (T/A Initiative) is a ‘donor collaborative committed to...
View ArticleAt #TABridge 2012: NGOs Embrace Technology Reality-Checks
Solid strategies, the wisdom of peers and an upbeat realism were the themes driving last month’s Bridging Session for international advocates and technology groups promoting transparency. Like our 2011...
View ArticleAt #TABridge 2012: Donors and Grantees Compare Challenges
Part 2 of an early debrief from our 2012 Bridging Session The TABridge network promotes dialogue across gaps of expertise and geography, but also across sectors. We were fortunate to have several...
View ArticleBlog Beat: First Meetup Post Glen Cove II.
Our first meet up since the 2012 Bridging Session in Glen Cove, was held at “Lincoln” in Washington, DC – in keeping with the renewed attention on former President Lincoln, as well as with the bar’s...
View ArticleBuscando la manera de monitorear el progreso del Ecuador en las TICs
Por Pablo Medina, director del Eje de la Sociedad de la Información en Grupo Faro y participante en el 2011 y 2012 Sesiones Puente. Este artículo también está disponible en Inglés. En noviembre de...
View ArticleSeeking Ways to Monitor Ecuador’s ICT Progress
The following post is by Paúl Medina, Director of Information Society at Grupo Faro and a participant in the 2011 and 2012 Bridging Sessions. This post is also available in Spanish. In November,...
View ArticleOf Dolphins, Transparency and TABridge
The following post is by Laina Emmanuel, Communications and Technology Associate at Accountability Initiative, India and a participant in the 2011 Bridging Sessions. The original post is available on...
View ArticleCalling All Transparency & Accountability Groups: Join the TABridge...
Background The Transparency & Accountability Initiative (T/AI) is launching a pilot mentorship program in response to needs identified by organisations at the TABridge Sessions for increased...
View ArticleReflections on TABridge
Original Post: The Indigo Trust Author: Matthew O’Reilly It’s been a while since I was in New York for the TABridge Workshop organised by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, but I’ve...
View ArticleLessons from the Road: Six Things I Learned About Training
Original Post: Fabrider.net Author: Dirk Slater Date: 31 January 2013 In November and December of 2012, I spent six weeks travelling to seven different countries on three different continents. During...
View ArticleHelping the PWYP Network Talk About Transparency, or, Who Doesn’t Love a Map?
The following post is by Alice Powell of Publish What You Pay International, a participant in the 2011 Bridging Session. It didn’t start off as a technology project – we were just looking for a new way...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Strengthen Ties to Tech and to Each Other
Plenty of techies at NGOs feel like Harry Potter: the kid with special powers, who everyone ignores, who lives under the stairs. Chris Campbell of DC’s Environmental Working Group may have special...
View Article“Mapping” Transparency Efforts: Revealing the Connections
The open data and transparency communities are in love with maps, and when we talk about “mapping,” we usually mean geographical displays to reveal trends in spending, or development, or crisis. Often,...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Working with Fair Play Alliance
Author: Dirk Slater Original Post: Fabrider.net Date: 11 June 2013 Thanks to the Transparency and Accountability Initiative’s mentorship program, I was able to spend a week in Bratislava, being a...
View ArticleTABridge Helps EWG Start New Conversations
A core principle in our TABridge community is that the best uses of technology depend on things besides the tech. Our partners Environmental Working Group have spent the past 18 months finding out what...
View ArticleIndigo Trust: Enabling More Effective Giving by UK Foundations
Original post: Indigo Trust Date: 1 July 2013 On 20th June 2013, The Indigo Trust hosted a working lunch which brought together data experts and civil society representatives to explore the how we...
View ArticleTech Strategy Fundamentals Webinar, 25 July – Join us for a TABridge Virtual...
Are you interested in developing a tech strategy for your organisation that will serve as a foundation for future tech projects? Have you developed a tech strategy, and can you share your experiences...
View ArticleTech Experiments Break Ground for Open Budgets in Africa
Our colleagues in the International Budget Partnership recently reported on two projects that show the importance of experimentation in the still-young open data field. These efforts in Kenya and...
View ArticleAbreLatAm: Transparency and Tech Groups “Can Open” Government
The can opener may not be the most obvious symbol for open government, but for anyone who’s ever worked on transparency issues, the metaphor makes sense: Opening up takes effort and leverage … there’s...
View ArticleSeptember: Skill Share Event on Service Delivery
We’re pleased to invite our readers and TABridge members to an online discussion and “skill share” by the engine room, colleagues in the effort to build strategic and practical tech knowlege for...
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