Association of citizens “Why not?” organized a two-day training for ACTION SEE grantees and representatives of several non-governmental organizations from BiH. The training was held in Banjaluka, on September 10th and 11th 2018, in the premises of Hotel Bosna. The training was led by Feđa Kulenovic, an independent information expert who, among other things, is […]
Association of citizens “Why not?” organized a two-day training for ACTION SEE grantees and representatives of several non-governmental organizations from BiH. The training was held in Sarajevo, on April 5th and 6th 2018, in the premises of Hotel Bosnia. The training was led by Feđa Kulenović, an independent information expert who, among other things, is […]
POINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies) is a project of ACTION SEE regional network that comes out of growing need of the organizations in the region that work on accountability and transparency of governments to share experiences and learn about different initiatives around the world. The participation at the POINT conference offers possibility […]
We’re inviting everybody who works in the intersection of activism, political accountability and new technologies in Southeast Europe, to submit a proposal for a short (up to 15 min) presentation about their work in the field. If you’re an activist developing a project related to the use of new technologies in fields of government accountability […]
On 16 November, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) launched a Regional Road Map on Good Governance for the Western Balkans to support democratic institutions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia become more transparent and accountable. Since 2015, according to polling by the Policy Association for an Open Society, public trust in […]
The ePF Board decided to set up an International Advisory Board. Members of IAB will support ad hoc and strategic activities of the ePF in Poland and in the CEE region. They are internationally recognized experts in the field of civic tech and the rule of law. Members of International Advisory Board: Darko Brkan – President […]
There are many tools and mechanisms that citizens and civil society organizations can use to participate and where they can contribute to good governance, however, people do not use them because they do not know that they exist, and they are not given enough time to use them to their full advantage. This was the […]
Last week, on the 13th of September, for the very first time ever, TransparenCEE organized a meetup in Georgia for one day of groundbreaking talks, workshops, and networking opportunities. Aim of the meetup was to discover power behind technology in civic actions and the increasing impact of technology tools and also to discuss the challenges […]
Last week, istinomjer.ba attended third annual Global Fact-Checking Summit, that took place in Buenos Aires from 9th-10th of June. The fact-checking movement is all grown up. With Factcheck.org turning 13 this year, fact-checking is now a staple of American political coverage. And although they took hold later, by and large, international fact-checking initiatives are not […]
Salma Hayek feared she was carrying childwith down syndrome Peter foley/epa salma hayek was warned that her then unborn daughter might have down syndrome, her husband revealed in court friday.After a difficult pregnancy, valentina was born syndrome free and healthy in sept.2007. Related stories salma hayek feared she was carrying child with down syndrome linda […]
For any organization working with data a reflection over the responsible usage should be necessary. This autumn in Budapest more than 50 experts from all over the world met to talk in about what is responsible data and how to act responsible when dealing with it. Two representatives of “UG Zašto ne” also took part […]
In the end of September, in Gdańsk, 18 projects’ teams were working on the developing ideas under the umbrella of code for freedom initiative by ePF Foundation and Lech Wałęsa Institute. UG Zasto ne with the project of visualizing Bosnian election data also took part in the event. Code for Freedom was an international Hackathon […]