DATA TALKS - wwu.usp

DATA TALKS
DATA TALKS - wwu.usp

Data Talks is a series of talks between Brazil and Germany on the topic of usages of public transparency and open government data to face the social challenges from our times. From September to December 2021, researchers, government officials and experts will exchange their views and experiences on how can we use public data to improve education, promote sustainability, fight corruption, and other themes. Data Talks is an initiative from Jessica Voigt, German Chancellor Fellow by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which is supported by the Brazil Centre from the University of Müns

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  1. #6: Civil society initiatives using public data

    23.12.2021

    #6: Civil society initiatives using public data

    With the development of the internet and the dissemination of personal computers, many philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, and activists started to think of ways in which technology would promote more democracy. The internet ended time and space constraints for communication, web servers became an increasingly cheap way to store information and without the need of intermediaries, citizens could reach governments and finally tell what they want. Well, almost 30 years after the beginning of this wave, a lot has been made but, on the other hand, there is still a lot to be done. As we talked about in previous episodes, technology is indeed a powerful tool that enables civil society to have access to their rights, as well as to monitor what governments are or are not doing. Besides, technology enables bottom-up initiatives, which might bring changes based on collective intelligence. And how can we develop digital democracy initiatives that use public data and have an actual impact in communities, in people’s lives? How can citizen’s initiatives create a space where they promote change by confronting or working together with governments? Today, we have two special guests who will bring their experience and examples to learn with. ________________________________________________________________ Guests Prof. Dr. Gisele Craveiro Full Professor at the Graduate Program of Social Change and Political Participation (EACH - USP) Sonja Fischbauer Community Strategy at Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland

    1 ч. 5 мин.
  2. #5: Public data against corruption

    13.12.2021

    #5: Public data against corruption

    Payment of bribes, illegal political campaign financing, cartel behavior, overbilling of public purchases or of construction works. Those are some corrupt activities that the public administration all over the world must protect themselves from. The fight against corruption is something that unites countries all over the world. Even though the faces of corruption in Brazil and Germany might be different, similar challenges, of course to different degrees can be found in both countries. Just recently corruption cases associated with the COVID19 pandemic have affected both countries. In Germany and Brazil the purchasing of COVID-19 individual protection equipment and the roles of various politicians in the buying process of overpriced masks was discussed all over the media. This shows a bigger problem: while politicians may have a facilitating role in the purchasing process and are allowed to have additional income, if they publish it, this can also be tempting to get a piece of the cut. Transparency of the whole process is key and highlights one of the main elements in the fight against corruption. In the case of Germany, the discussion around the so-called mask deals had a massive impact on the recent elections in Germany. Public opinion often flares up when we talk about corruption, mostly due to an unmoralistic component of the corruption act. The task of fighting corruption sounds too big for a single individual, and therefore many expect the rise of a saving power that will both clean public administration and avenge the people. Unfortunately, we don’t have heroes in real life. We need, however, to find realistic and sustainable ways to fight corruption, but also to measure the often unknown. With this in mind, public data is not only a way to hold governments accountable, but also an important tool to help public bodies, the press and civil society to investigate public activities and ascertain accusations against public administration. Information, data and transparency are an important strategy in order to fight corruption.

    1 ч. 25 мин.
  3. #2: Data and Health: lessons learned from the management of the COVID-19 crisis

    29.10.2021

    #2: Data and Health: lessons learned from the management of the COVID-19 crisis

    Talk with Prof. Dr. Christovam Barcellos (ICICT - Fiocruz, Brazil) and M.Sc. Mara Mendes (IfPOL-WWU, Germany) In 2020 and 2021, the world experienced the biggest Health crisis of the century. The ability of governments and health organizations to respond to this crisis was directly associated with the ability they had to collect data. Perhaps never before in human history have we gathered so much information about one disease in such a short time as we have with COVID-19. We tracked the dissemination of the virus around the world, searched for community transmission, mapped the genome of the variants of the virus. We also developed, tested, and approved many vaccines worldwide and saw the short and medium-term effects in entire adult populations. All this in less than two years. To make it possible, governments needed to adapt or even build information structures that allowed faster and smarter interventions. There was also the need to build structures for mass vaccination campaigns. Due to many factors, some governments were more successful than others in this task. How are we managing health data? Are our health systems smarter? And how can we use data to prevent diseases and anticipate new crises? _______ ► Data Talks's Website: https://data-talks.uni-muenster.de/ ► Shownotes:Data Talks #2 Data and Health: Lessons learned from the management of COVID-19 Crisis - Pastebin.com

    59 мин.

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Data Talks is a series of talks between Brazil and Germany on the topic of usages of public transparency and open government data to face the social challenges from our times. From September to December 2021, researchers, government officials and experts will exchange their views and experiences on how can we use public data to improve education, promote sustainability, fight corruption, and other themes. Data Talks is an initiative from Jessica Voigt, German Chancellor Fellow by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which is supported by the Brazil Centre from the University of Müns

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