{"id":3875,"date":"2016-06-05T17:34:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T17:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2016-09-13T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T12:51:00","slug":"tech-world-meets-activism-point-5-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/tech-world-meets-activism-point-5-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Tech world meets activism – POINT 5.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifth edition of regional POINT Conference (Political Accountability and New Technologies) was held in the period from 25th – 28th of May 2016 in two cities (Sarajevo and Banja Luka) and in several venues.\u00a0As in previous 4 years, POINT 5.0 gathered civic society organizations and individuals who combine new technologies and activism in their work of advocating civic responsibility and government accountability. POINT 5.0 hosted more than 200 participants from all over the world as well as many local and regional activists.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"PointAs the world went through couple of grand turmoils in relation to digital rights, censorship and surveillance and whistleblowing that had happened in the recent year, POINT was full of heating discussions regarding on-going problems, some specific for the region, and some which activists are facing internationally.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>POINT 5.0 started with a \u2018Day of advocacy for online freedom of expression\u2019 \u2013 POINT W Day that took place in Banja Luka, capital of Republika Srpska. This event hosted around 50 participants, local and international. Through 3 panels participants explored topics from censorship to recent Law of Public Order and Peace that entity of Republika Srpska had just adopted. \u00a0POINT W day was organized with Internews in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a part of their Project W.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parallel to the event in Banja Luka, a fact-checking workshop was happening in Sarajevo with moderation done by editors and producers from famous fact-checking shows all over Europe (<\/span>Poynter, Rai 2, El Objetivo, Channel 4<\/span>). Experiences and good practices in the field were successfully exchanged.<\/span><\/p>\n

First panel of the day was Government Transparency in the Region \u2013 ACTION SEE and Regional Open Government Index, which was followed by:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow to cross the bridge\u201d with TechSoup Balkans;<\/span><\/p>\n

TV Fact-checking: How can fact-checking get to prime time news?;<\/span><\/p>\n

US Elections \u2013 Making it Meaningful in the Times of Trump and the Likes;<\/span><\/p>\n

Technology, Journalism, and some Papers from Panama \u2013 Stories Published, Lessons Learned; Georgia \u2013 How to Become the Best Public Service in the World;<\/span><\/p>\n

Four Years After the Arab Spring \u2013 Experiences and Perspectives;<\/span><\/p>\n

Skopje 2014 \u2013 Using Cool Apps to Expose Corrupt Government;<\/span><\/p>\n

Civic Activism and Elections in Russia and Ukraine \u2013 What are the Perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>After the intense block of sessions and panels, participants could enjoy \u201cThe Yes Men are Revolting\u201d \u2013 Movie screening or attend Book promotion \u201cFeb je \u010dekao olovku\u201d that was organized simultaneously with the movie projection as a part of an evening programme.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>POINT 5.0 Day 2 started with Motivating Stories from the Balkans , which was followed by:<\/span><\/p>\n

Make Me a Parliamentarian \u2013 Putting Citizens in Parliamentarian Seats with Online Platforms;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI Walk Freely\u201d \u2013 Harassment Reporting Platform in Kosovo;<\/span><\/p>\n

Technology and Refugee Crisis \u2013 What Works and What Does Not?;<\/span><\/p>\n

TV Satire \u2013 Making Politics Interesting on Screen; Freedom of Expression Online Between Corporate and Government Censorship;<\/span><\/p>\n

Fact-checking Media \u2013 New and Innovative Approaches to Making Media More Accountable;<\/span><\/p>\n

Girls in Tech;<\/span><\/p>\n

Scaling Tech Projects \u2013 What Works and Why?;<\/span><\/p>\n

Opening Data in Albania \u2013 Open Contracting and Mapping Money.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening programme was reserved for the promotion of the Njuz.net book \u2013 \u201dThe Real History of the World\u201d, which turned to be a quite of success, reflected in the fact that many locals arrived into Kriterion for their dose of political satire.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Last day of the conference was reserved for three blocks of workshops, with Networks building as the venue. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Workshops from the first block were: \u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>1. Testing Principles \u2013 How to think like a pernicious and preventing failures (Albana Berisha, Computer Science student, Kosovo)<\/span>
\n<\/span>2. Fact-checking and Technology (Joe Fleisher \u2013 DevelopmentSeed, Krzysytof Madejski \u2013 Fundament)<\/span>
\n<\/span>3. Comparing government openness as an advocacy tool (Milena Gvozdenovi\u0107 \u2013 CDT, Jelena Berkovi\u0107 \u2013 GONG, Anna Kuliberda \u2013 TechSoup, Darko Brkan \u2013 UG Za\u0161to ne)<\/span>
\n<\/span>4. NFC workshop \u00a0(Kemal Srna, Klika.ba)<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Workshops from the second block:<\/span>
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\n<\/span>1. Using technology and innovation as a tool for promoting and establishing good governance<\/span>
\n<\/span>(Michal Skop -Kohovolit, Du\u0161an Jordovi\u0107 \u2013 CRTA, Anna Peniazko \u2013 Slovak Governance Institute, Ondrej Gallo \u2013 Pontis Foundation, Dona D\u017eambaska \u2013 Metamorphosis)<\/span>
\n<\/span>2. The role of the libraries in open data and privacy (Dimitar Poposki, Information Professional)<\/span>
\n<\/span>3. Cyber Warfare (Drinor Selmanaj, Hello World)<\/span>
\n<\/span>4. Keeping privacy online (Rita Zagoni, Central European University) <\/span>
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\n<\/span>And the final workshop, THE OUTSOURCED: Who cares for our digital waste? was held by Moritz Riesewieck, a researcher from Germany.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>All sessions from POINT 5.0 Conference are available online and can be found on our website www.point.zastone.ba, along with presentations of speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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