They are bloggers, journalists, academicians, students and many of them are tech-savvy activists who didn’t really know each other and met for the first time since the revolution in Douz on December 22nd and 23th during The 45th International Sahara Festival of Douz….
Mission Impossible : Access to Information in the Constituent Assembly
Being at the Constituent Assembly nearly everyday for the past month or so has not, contrary to what people may think, helped me get most important documents out to the public. Until this day, there is no systemic way of accessing crucial information on committee work
OpenGovTN meeting exposes the need for pragmatic action to ensure transparency
Following a mostly online presence, a few members and supporters of the Tunisian OpenGov initiative gathered last night, March 10, 2012, at Nawaat’s Hackerspace – a community meeting space created by Nawaat to facilitate the exchange of ideas and resources – a perfect space for OpenGovTN to meet. OpenGovTN, an initiative that was launched some months ago, aims to institutionalize the concepts of open governance, open data, and transparency in a new Tunisia on all governmental fronts […]