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: - Stanford researchers on crowd-sourcing for democracy, the importance of transparency, and how to combat corruption with mobile phones, - *NDI *and* Mourakiboun *on election tech, - Sunlight Foundation on political finance, - Transparency International on corporate transparency, and - 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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