meta.decidim.org
Welcome to Decidim Fest 2020, a 3 days online conference to embrace urgent challenges at the intersection of Democracy and Technology.We are living times of uncertainty. The global pandemic has put the world in check while opening up a unique opportunity to change course and face climate emergency, social inequality, the violation of human rights and the rise of fascism, among others. What role does technology play in all of this? Which are the implications for the future of democracy?Join us in this edition of the Decidim Fest to think and intervene in the challenges of democracy in the network society!
Medium
Fellowship Opportunities at Data & Society
The vision for our 2021–2022 Fellows call
RightsCon Summit Series
This is the first installment in our 2021 Call for Proposals blog ...
facebook.com
Networking event in Tainan, Taiwan by <http://g0v.tw|g0v.tw> 台灣零時政府 on Thursday, December 3 2020
RightsCon Summit Series
Your Guide to the RightsCon Program
This guide offers an overview of the five steps to a successful session proposal, and explains how we evaluate and build the RightsCon program.
Code for Pakistan - Civic Innovation in Pakistan
Civic Hackathon 2020, presented by Code for Pakistan and Telenor Velocity, VIRTUALLY taking place Dec 4-13 2020, will bring together a mix of technologists, designers, urban planners, social scientists, NGOs and CSOs, and government, to approach and solve social and civic problems in a new way, using technology, data, and digital tools. If you - have a great idea that can create a positive impact in your community and address pressing social challenges, - have skills in web or mobile development, design, mapping, data analysis, research, subject matter expertise in the civic space, then apply to attend, for FREE, by filling in this form. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS 27 NOVEMBER. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted via email. During this year’s VIRTUAL hackathon, you will work in teams to create solutions, learn open-source hacking for social good, receive mentoring and input from domain experts in government and local organizations, and have opportunities to network.
CommonWealth Magazine
Why Is Taiwan’s Major Civic Hacking Conference Moving South?|Insight|2020-11-25|web only
Despite COVID, Asia-Pacific’s biggest civic tech conference “g0v Summit” will take place in Tainan for the first time early December. Why did the community decide to take it outside of Taipei?
Hi this is Kwangyin, editor of CommonWealth Magazine's English website, which will host a g0v column starting next year. We decided to have an early start. Here's <@U0384RCFD>'s first piece on why the summit takes place in Tainan this year. There will be a second piece next week. <https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2852>