[Mind's Eye] Re: Bringing citizens closer to the policymaking process and citizen monitoring of government.

Thanks for sharing the link, they have an excellent goal

On Sep 6, 1:23 am, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://transparency.org/
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> Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading
> the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide
> coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and
> children around the world.
> TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.
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> Transparency International challenges the inevitability of corruption, and
> offers hope to its victims. Since its founding in 1993, TI has played a lead
> role in improving the lives of millions around the world by building
> momentum for the anti-corruption movement. TI raises awareness and
> diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and implements
> practical actions to address it.
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> Transparency International is a global network including more than 90
> locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These
> bodies fight corruption in the national arena in a number of ways. They
> bring together relevant players from government, civil society, business and
> the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in
> procurement and in business. TI's global network of chapters and contacts
> also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement
> anti-corruption reforms.
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> Politically non-partisan, TI does not undertake investigations of alleged
> corruption or expose individual cases, but at times will work in coalition
> with organisations that do.
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> TI has the skills, tools, experience, expertise and broad participation to
> fight corruption on the ground, as well as through global and regional
> initiatives.
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> Now in its second decade, Transparency International is maturing,
> intensifying and diversifying its fight against corruption.
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> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Technology for Transparency Network - Final Report : Global mapping of
> > technology for transparency and accountability.
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> >http://bit.ly/qHPWXQ
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> > - Bringing projects and interventions to scale.
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> > - Bringing citizens closer to the policymaking process through new and
> > improved channels of participation as well as citizen monitoring of
> > government.
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> > - Identifying policy priorities and service delivery challenges
> > through 'data mashing' and other visualisation and data manipulation
> > techniques of both government and private datasets.
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> > - Improving the efficiency of civil society organisations working in
> > the transparency and accountability space through adoption of best
> > practice technology platforms.