Barcamp in Latvia
After the summer TechTools workshop in Prague, organized by Transitions Online, which has gathered many organizations from the CEE region, dealing with transparency issues and the possibilities of new technologies, the second round of the workshop is boundled together with a Barcamp event, in Riga, Latvia in the begining of February.
Barcamp, is something unique, that connects the virtual communities with the real ones.
Barcamps are about development and sharing, open spaces and techniques, cooperation and co-creation.
“Barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.”
It worths to check at Barcamp.org and to find out more – we do need more Barcamps in Europe!
Another Camp sytle is Sicamp - which has an extreme focus on Social Innovation, and organized by Dan McQuillan (internetartizans)
Although, social focus is a trend, but in Canada and in the USA different, democracy related camps are happening. Changecamp and e-democracy camp is something, we have to keep our eyes open, and adapt at the early stages.
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We would like to announce that the call for ideas and participation for the Social Innovation Camp CEE is ongoing.
The SI Camp CEE is based on the successful experience of the UK Sicamps and aims to bring together people from Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Poland (and not only!) to work on ideas that matter to produce viable projects and social start-ups.
Head over to http://sicamp-cee.net and submit your ideas and apply to participate!
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