Join our next community call to talk about the kinds of infrastructures we need to collectively create a better flow of creation, distribution and reception of information in Latin America.
Community Call
Join our community call: Challenges for sustaining a healthy and robust information ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean
We’re hosting a community call on October 26 to talk about the challenges civil society is facing in the information ecosystem in Latin America and the opportunities we see for action.
Ask us anything: digital resilience for social justice organisations
On Thursday, July 13, we’re hosting a video-conference AMA (Ask Me – us – Anything) about digital resilience! From 5-6pm CEST, members of our team will gather in a video conference to answer your questions about digital resilience.
Come to our AMA (Ask Me Anything): responsible data and social justice edition
On Thursday, June 1, we’re hosting our first ever video-conference AMA (ask me – us – anything)! From 5-6pm CET, members of our team will gather in a video conference to answer your questions about responsible data.
Join us: A conversation about digital resilience strategies in times of increasing surveillance
Join us on 27 April, 4-5.30pm UTC to discuss how increasing surveillance across many countries impacts civil society organisations and what strategies can be adopted to strengthen digital resilience in these scenarios.
Join our community call: thinking about tech through the lens of digital resilience
Join our community call on December 8th at 10am ET to engage in a peer-to-peer space on digital resilience.
Upcoming Community Call: Biometrics in the Humanitarian Sector – an update on our research so far
Join our community call on our research on biometrics in the humanitarian sector. Our new research explores what’s changed (and what’s stayed the same) in the last four years, and takes a deeper look at organisational policies.
Join our community call: digital rights & climate justice
Join our community call about the intersections of digital rights, tech, and climate justice, on October 18!
Community Call: Responsible Data for Social Justice Organisations
Albinism Umbrella and The Engine Room are organising a community call about Responsible Data, on Thursday, June 27th. We invite resource-constrained social justice actors with interest in strengthening their organisation’s data management to join us.
Upcoming community call & new research: biometrics in the humanitarian sector
Join our community call on our new research on biometrics in the humanitarian sector. If you’re a humanitarian practitioner or just interested in biometrics and responsible data, please join our upcoming Community Call, where we’ll be introducing the project and hearing from practitioners on the theme.
Reimagining digital ID systems rooted in justice
We are starting a new project to reimagine digital ID systems rooted in justice. Join our community calls to share what’s happening around digital ID in your community.
Regional community calls: Social justice meets data + digital rights during Covid-19
Join our regional community calls to chat about the intersection of social justice and data & digital rights during the pandemic.
Community call: Documenting police violence in 2020
To celebrate the launch of CELS’ portal documenting police violence in Argentina, we are hosting a community call on documenting police violence on Tuesday, November 22nd, at 4PM CET/10AM EST.
Tool re-use in open contracting: join our second community call!
Join us on Wednesday 22 April 2020, 5pm CEST / 11am EDT, at uberconference.com/theengineroom, to discuss tool re-use in open contracting. As with last year’s community call on this topic, the call is audio only and you’re welcome to listen in or bring your questions! Topic: What conditions support the re-use of open contracting tools? […]
Facing corruption with reflection and collaboration
Lee este post en español. Last year, we launched a project to support Latin American organisations in reflecting and learning about how they use data and technology in their projects. As many organisations in the region are operating in environments where transparency, accountability and democracy are threatened, adopting a strategic approach to data and technology is an important […]
Re-using open contracting tools: Join the community call on 10 July
Join the call at 6pm CEST/12 noon EST on July 10 by going to https://www.uberconference.com/theengineroom. It’s audio only and you’re welcome to listen in or bring your questions! We’re excited to share that we’ve begun a new research project and invite you to contribute or learn more in a community call! In this project, we […]
Community Call & New Research Project on Biometric Technologies
We are currently working with Oxfam on a research project to inform a responsible approach to the use of biometric technology in Oxfam’s programmatic work, and are excited to open up a broader conversation about biometric technologies with a community call on 24 January 2018!