We are creating the Resilience Circle, a community of practice for individuals and organizations in the Global Majority to learn from one another, share experiences and build digital resilience together. We are kicking off the Resilience Circle with our first community call and we would love for you to join us.
At The Engine Room, we support partners in navigating digital security and responsible data challenges through our Cybersecurity Assessment Tool and Light Touch Support. As part of that work, we’re excited to host our first Ask Me (Us) Anything: Cybersecurity Edition.
Through our support work at The Engine Room, we’ve been hearing growing questions from communities about AI, including its risks, opportunities, and how to use it responsibly. As part of our ongoing support for civil society organizations using the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT), we hosted a community call exploring practical and political approaches to AI safety from Global Majority perspectives.
How can civil society safely and ethically adopt AI?That’s the question many organizations are asking as artificial intelligence tools become more accessible and increasingly incorporated into internal workflows.
Are you a digital security trainer, a helpline responder supporting spyware cases, or someone who accompanies communities through security challenges? If you missed our recent Community Call on Psychosocial Support & Digital Safety, we’ve got you covered.
We’re excited to introduce CATio Spaces, a new way for civil society organizations to connect with our team and talk about cybersecurity in a low pressure, friendly environment.
Join our community event introducing the Digital Resilience Hub on 21 January 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 on December 8th at 10am ET to engage in a peer-to-peer space on digital resilience.
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 about the intersections of digital rights, tech, and climate justice, on October 18!
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.
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.
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.
Join our regional community calls to chat about the intersection of social justice and data & digital rights during the pandemic.
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.
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!