Are you interested in modern technologies? Do you care about the growth of democracy and think that citizens should be active? Do you keep an eye on innovative projects and want to receive insider information about their creation and functioning? If your answer is “yes”, and you can add some more questions concerning technologies serving the democracy development and participation of the public in this process, you are welcome to visit the Personal Democracy Forum in Ukraine.

The event will be held on 22 June 2016 in the Master Klass House of Education and Culture (Kyiv, 16А Lavrs’ka St.). At the Personal Democracy Forum in Ukraine, we will discuss Ukrainian and foreign experience in creation of innovative civic projects and initiatives, based on the latest technologies, which are aimed to increase the transparency, openness and democracy of the government, as well as to involve the public in decision-making process at the state level. Forum participants will speak on how openness and collaboration are one of the key values of contemporary democracy.

Discussions and speeches will be divided into three thematic blocks.The blocks will cover the following topics: open data, electronic governance, smart cities, and digital journalism.

A complete Forum program is available at http://goo.gl/HX83fr

Registration closed

Organizers offer 30 grants covering the transfer and dining for regional participants from Ukraine.

For further information, please contact: Anna Kuliberda [email protected], or Yurii Khorunzhyi [email protected] +38 044 286 2670, +38 063 616 04 81

OrganizersTechSoup Europe,ePaństwo Foundation,Civil Network OPORA.

Partners: Hromadske.TV,UN Development Program.

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Personal Democracy Forum launched in New York in 2004. Since then the brand has spread to several countries and regions all around the world. Personal Democracy Forum Poland – Central Eastern Europe PDF PL CEE), organized annually since 2013, has become the biggest event devoted to technology, democracy and civic engagement in the region.