Two upcoming online events

[Gemma Moulder]

Hi everyone,

As ever, apologies for cross-posting, but I hope our next gatherings are of interest to those here. 

30th October  | 12:00-13:00 (GMT):

From Digital Public Infrastructure to Democratic Public Infrastructure

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All over the world, governments are implementing what is commonly referred to as Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which are fundamental digital systems to enable improved delivery of social services, facilitate data exchange, and foster economic growth.

But how do we go from better government service delivery to better democratic participation? Join us at this TICTeC gathering to discuss.

We’ll be joined by the following speakers/panellists:

• Richard Gevers, Head of Service Design and Delivery at the Digital Services Unit of The Presidency South Africa. Richard will share his work implementing DPI at the national level, as well his thoughts on DPI’s relationship to democratic participation.
• Sanna-Kaisa Saloranta, Specialist in the Democratic Innovations programme at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund. Sanna-Kaisa will share Sitras’ work on local and national level citizen participation projects, and their ideas for scaling up participatory democracy.
• Tiago Peixoto, Senior Public Sector Specialist and Digital Government Coordinator for the EU and Western Balkans at the World Bank. Tiago will talk about recent World Bank research on DPI, and its integration with civic tech, as part of a practical review of the potential for emerging technologies to positively impact on the social contract between citizens and state.

23rd October  | 12:00-13:00 (GMT):

TheyWorkForYou update: a richer view of Parliament

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TheyWorkForYou.com aims to improve the quality of UK democracy by making more and better information available to everyone. 

Join mySociety's Alex Parsons and Julia Cushion for this one hour lunchtime session to hear about TheyWorkForYou's new features:

• Committees and APPGs memberships
• Signatures (EDMs and Open Letters)
• Vote annotations
• Adding context to parliamentary debates
• Improved email alerts for political monitoring

We hope to you there,

All the best

Gemma.

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Gemma Moulder (she / her)

Events and Engagement Manager

mySociety | mysociety.org