The Technology for Civil Society Speakers Series brings practitioners from around the world together to discuss the role technology can plan in community development.
IREX provides a forum where innovative leaders can share how they use new technologies to increase the effectiveness of community and civil society initiatives. Groups and organizations around the world are exposed to new best practices for integrating technology into their own development projects. Additionally, the forum encourages Washington, DC’s international development community to generate new ideas for the innovative application of technology.
The series focuses on how technology can:
• bring the voices of marginalized groups into public dialogue
• help community groups assist the government in improving transparency and efficiency
• be used to encourage dialogue and debate in conflict-prone areas
• contribute to an environment in which local businesses and small enterprises grow
• Explore and promote cutting-edge techniques that local leaders around the world are applying in the field
• Stimulate discussion about new applications for these technologies within the development community of Washington, DC
Speaker events: Events are held at IREX’s Washington, DC headquarters, featuring grassroots practitioners from around the world.
Engaging with civil society development practitioners abroad: Through the use of online forums, IREX shares information and perspectives with and from civil society organizations around the world, enabling them to both benefit from and contribute to the practices presented.
230 people learned about new, innovative technologies and their incorporation into civil society organizations at 9 different events
130 colleagues from Eurasia participated remotely or held later, related discussions through online forums
techseries@irex.org [9].