Hi, I am new to this list, and I hope it is not the wrong place to ask this question:
I am looking for a developer to create a public interest mashup appplication - I am working with the MFA forum http://www.mfa-forum.net/ - it is a not for profit network involving clothing companies, world bank, development agencies, ilo, trade unions, NGOs which is working together to coordinate a responsible response to the changes in the apparel trade that has happened after the end of quota control, and now with the global recession. (i.e. what happens to clothing and textile workers and their communities when global supply chains shift?). One of the things they periodically ask for are the latest trends in terms of export volumes and prices of clothing being exported from vulnerable countries. I do this by mucking about on a spreadsheet with data from the EU and US trade statistics websites. But I am sure it could be done much better as a mashup. Another really useful bit of kit would be a world map where people could post links and first hand reports to information on the state of the industry in different countries, factory closures, job losses, labour abuses and conflicts etc... something like ushahidi.com. Is there anyone here, or who you could recommend, who would be interested and able to do this piece of work? It is a fairly urgent request, not least because of the rapidly changing economic situation, but also because I need to put the proposal together asap to get some funding and support for this new way of getting/sharing information amongst the network. RSVP! Thanks Maya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Maya Forstater | T: +44 (0)1727 833 200 | Skype: Maya Forstater LinkedinFacebookTwitter
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