Digital Democracy - Overview

Digital Democracy Empowering people around the world through new technologies that encourage education, communication and civic participation. 1

Democracy in the Digital Era http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736565604/ 2

Democracy in the Digital Era Democracy • Being heard • Minority rights • Accountability and transparency • Advocacy for change • Access http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736565604/ 2

Democracy in the Digital Era Democracy Digital Democracy • Being heard • Empowerment of the • Minority rights individual • Accountability and • Fall of hierarchies transparency • Wider participation • Advocacy for change • Democratization of • Access information http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736565604/ 2

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How we work 1. Identify community 2. Needs assessment 3. Work with local & international partners to develop programming New Words Media 3

How we work Where we work 1. Identify community Focus on closed 2. Needs assessment societies 3. Work with local & - pilot: Burma - around international partners borders & US to develop - research: Zimbabwe, programming Cuba, Eastern Europe New Words Media 3

Burma/Myanmar Population: 60 million In Exile: 3.5 million Sophisticated network of community based organizations KEY INDICATORS worst best GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2000 international $) ........ 1,446 3.50 Life expectancy at birth (years) ............................................. 61 4.19 Literacy rate (% of people age 15+) ..................................... 90 6.00 Human development index (out of 177)............................... 130 3.52 Rule of law (out of 208) ...................................................... 202 1.87 Voice and accountability (out of 208) .................................. 208 0.69 Digital opportunity index (out of 180) .................................. 176 1.36 Internet users (% of population) ........................................... 0.1 3.07 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Source (by indicator): IMF 2006; World Bank 2006a, 2006a; UNDP 2006; World Bank 2006c, 2006c; ITU 2006, 2004 4

Burma/Myanmar Population: 60 million In Exile: 3.5 million Sophisticated network of community based organizations KEY INDICATORS worst best GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2000 international $) ........ 1,446 3.50 Life expectancy at birth (years) ............................................. 61 4.19 Literacy rate (% of people age 15+) ..................................... 90 6.00 Human development index (out of 177)............................... 130 3.52 Rule of law (out of 208) ...................................................... 202 1.87 Voice and accountability (out of 208) .................................. 208 0.69 KHRG Digital opportunity index (out of 180) .................................. 176 1.36 Internet users (% of population) ........................................... 0.1 3.07 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Source (by indicator): IMF 2006; World Bank 2006a, 2006a; UNDP 2006; World Bank 2006c, 2006c; ITU 2006, 2004 4

Future of Tech in Burma / Myanmar • Magazines • Conferences • Censorship • Privacy 5

Digital Democracy TV • Exploring where innovation happens • Interactive • Innovative workﬂow 6

Project Einstein “Because Einstein was a refugee but could still do great things” Digital Pen Pals - Photography-based participatory education program linking American students with refugee youth overseas. 7

Project Einstein: Digital Pen Pals Peace Culture Let’s Discuss: Happiness History USA Ideas Bangladesh Pictures Let’s Exchange: Lessons Culture Resettled Refugees Photo Books with American youth Youth in in US schools Let’s Create: Slideshows refugee camps Videos 8

Handheld Human Rights Making human rights accessible and actionable • Disseminate key information and messages to ﬁeld workers. • Facilitate communication between groups working on these issues. • Collect data that can be mapped on the site. • Rapidly spread news of human rights violations to the international community and advocacy groups. 9

What you can do: DIGITAL-DEMOCRACY.ORG / @DIGIDEM 10

What you can do: • Donate money • $35 buys a child a book of their photographs • Donate skills • Are you a designer, programmer, or have other skills that you can provide? tell us and help grassroots organizations make change • Invest • Change the world for the better through technology • Volunteer • Our partners in the field can benefit from smart help DIGITAL-DEMOCRACY.ORG / @DIGIDEM 10

What you can do: • Join Us: • facebook.com/pages/Digital-Democracy • twitter.com/digidem • youtube.com/user/digitaldemocracycam • myspace.com/digidem • flickr.com/digitaldemocracy • hub.witness.org/digitaldemocracytv DIGITAL-DEMOCRACY.ORG / @DIGIDEM 11

Mark Belinsky - @mbelinsky Emily Jacobi - @emjacobi mbelinsky@digital-democracy.org ejacobi@digital-democracy.org facebook.com/mark.belinsky facebook.com/emilyjacobi 12

Empowering people around the world through new technologies that encourage education, communication and civic participation. Mark Belinsky - @mbelinsky Emily Jacobi - @emjacobi mbelinsky@digital-democracy.org ejacobi@digital-democracy.org facebook.com/mark.belinsky facebook.com/emilyjacobi 12

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