Re: Civic Tech and the Sad Story of Freedom of Information in Hungary - NUUG 2015-08-11
[email protected] Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:59:55 +0200
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Jeg minner om "Civic Tech"-presentasjon hos NUUG kommende tirsdag, der vi lærer mer om innsynslover og situasjonen i Ungarn, i anledning NUUGs lansering av tjenesten Mimes brønn, <URL: http://www.mimesbronn.no/ >. Oppdatert informasjon om arrangementet finnes på <URL: http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20150811-alaveteli-hungary/ >. [Petter Reinholdtsen 2015-07-07] > Norwegian Unix User Group (NUUG) inviterer til medlemsmøte i NUUG Oslo. > Alle medlemmer og ikke-medlemmer er velkomne. Arrangementet er gratis. > Etter foredraget (fra ca. 19:45) blir det sosialt samvær. > > Tid: Tirsdag 11. august 2015 kl. 18.30 > > Sted: Teknologihuset, 3.etg Pilestredet 56, og Atea Stavanger, > Stadionparken (Viking Stadion), Jåttåvågveien 7, Stavanger > (videostream). > > Månedens tema er: «Civic Tech and the Sad Story of Freedom of > Information in Hungary» med Marietta Le. Foredraget vil foregå på > engelsk: > > "Átlátszó," the word means "transparent" in Hungarian, and it is the > name of Hungary's first independent investigative journalism > website. A watchdog non-government organisation (NGO) which has > experimented with introducing Civic Tech solutions in order to > facilitate the work of its team, and also to provide citizens with > empowering tools. Since Atlatszo.hu[1] was launched in 2011, the > Freedom of Information Act has received a lot of attention, and the > legal way for questioning public bodies about spending, a "Freedom of > Information request" has become the tool for many to reveal > information about corruption. > > Marietta Le will showcase the use of the free software system > Alaveteli[2], and the use of the Freedom of Information Act in Hungary. > The law has been changed since 2011, and the latest news is about a > threat that would make access to information much harder for Hungarian > citizens. Meanwhile, Atlatszo.hu and many others are trying to > implement new Civic Tech solutions in Hungary to help people exercise > their democratic rights. > > [1] <http://atlatszo.hu/> > [2] <http://www.alaveteli.org/> > > Marietta Le is an FOI advocate at Atlatszo.hu Hungarian investigative > journalism website. She also works with the K-Monitor[3] anti-corruption > NGO as a project coordinator to "Be Smart with Data", a program that > facilitates NGOs in producing web apps and visualisations using open > data. In 2015 the Hungarian Forbes magazine has featured her on their > "30 under 30" list for starting "Jarokelo.hu[4]", a street fixing > website in Hungary. > > In 2014 one of her articles, "Har ungarerne endelig skjønt at de lever i > et demokrati?[5]", was translated to Norwegian and publisehed in Vox > Publica. Check it out if you want to learn more about her view on > democracy in Hungary. > > [3] <http://k-monitor.hu/> > [4] <http://jarokelo.hu/> > [5] <http://voxpublica.no/2014/12/har-ungarerne-endelig-skjont-at-de-lever-i-et-demokrati/> > > Medlemsmøtet vil også bli direktesendt over internett, adressen til > videostrømmen er <http://www.nuug.no/live.m3u>, som du kan åpne i > nettleseren eller direkte i mediaavspilleren. For mer informasjon se > egen side om direktesending av video. > > Minner forøvrig om NUUGs IRC-kanal #nuug på irc.freenode.net, > mailinglisten [email protected] for diskusjon om aktiviteten i NUUG og at > NUUGs kalender er tilgjengelig på iCalender-format via > <http://www.nuug.no/adict/ical.php?organizer=NUUG>. > > Vel møtt! -- Vennlig hilsen Petter Reinholdtsen Foreningen NUUG -- For melde deg av "Linux i Skolen" eller forandre innstillingene dine: https://lists.skolelinux.org/listinfo/linuxiskolen