[liberationtech] Register for NDI and Stanford Liberationtech's Technology for Accountability Lab

[Yosem Companys]

NDI and Stanford's Center for Development, Democracy and the Rule of Law
are pleased to announce a free bilingual online course---the Technology for
Accountability Lab
<https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Home+TFALab+2016/about>,
in English and Arabic. This action-oriented course is intended to
facilitate learning and collaboration between two audiences: civic activists
who have an interest in using technology in their work and technologists who
are interested in using their skills to build a more democratic and less
corrupt world. Through joint discussion boards, it will also connect
English-speaking participants with their Arabic-speaking peers. The 3rd
session in the series is comprised of videos dedicated exclusively to
monitoring parliaments!


Individuals who complete course requirements will receive a *statement of
accomplishment* from Stanford Online.


*Register now
<https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Home+TFALab+2016/about> or
watch the video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RLlJXtA5Uw>. *

The course launches on August 9, 2016 at 19:00 GMT. At that time, 22 videos
on 7 accountability topics will become available immediately, in English
and Arabic. Presentations are by leading #TechforDem experts, including:


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   Stanford researchers on crowd-sourcing for democracy, the importance of
   transparency, and how to combat corruption with mobile phones,
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   *NDI *and* Mourakiboun *on election tech,
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   Sunlight Foundation on political finance,
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   Transparency International on corporate transparency, and
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   Brazil’s HackerLab and Tunisia’s Al Bawsala on citizen engagement in
   legislatures.


See the complete list of topics and presenters here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/13uiASorB3WWAO9qvKTVHtMfWcoUEZYjVDMIlvcRhSOY/edit?usp=sharing>.
Select presenters will appear in webcast Q&A during the course, and course
participants will also have the opportunity to participate in collaborative
real-world projects.


Sign Up Now!
<https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Home+TFALab+2016/about>


Arabic-language materials are made possible through The Stevens Initiative,
<http://stevensinitiative.org/> with generous support from the U.S.
Department of State and Bezos Family Foundation. *Visit
CivicTechLeaders.org <http://civictechleaders.org/> **f**or more
information.*



-- 

*Greg M. Brown *

Program Officer, Governance

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Tel: (202) 728-5612 | Skype: gregmbrown | @gregbrownm

  <http://www.ndi.org/>   <http://www.openingparliament.org/>
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