[kictanet] Fwd: Uchaguzi launch at Intercontinental Hotel

[Andrea Bohnstedt]

This looks like a press invite, but contact details at the bottom if anyone
wants to find out more.

Apologies if this has been circulated already.

Have a lovely weekend,
Andrea

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From: Press Ushahidi <comms at ushahidi.com>
Date: 8 February 2013 15:04
Subject: Uchaguzi launch at Intercontinental Hotel
To: Comms at ushahidi.com


*The launch is at Intercontinental hotel.*

THE UCHAGUZI PLATFORM OFFICIAL LAUNCH

The Uchaguzi partnership wishes to invite you for an official launch to be
held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi  on Monday 11th February 2013
from 7:30 am.

Uchaguzi is a joint initiative of Ushahidi, Hivos, Creco, Umati, and
SODNET, seeking to deliver  unprecedented collaboration between election
observers and citizen’s to monitor the March 4 general elections in
near-real time. The goal is to extend the common practice of traditional
election observation by seeking to engage citizens in election monitoring
as citizens can be a valuable source of information for election observers
to verify and amplify to the respective electoral authorities or security
personnel in case of violence.

Three key components of Uchaguzi are:
Crowd: this is the main focus of Uchaguzi and the source of most of the
reports. We want people to send us any information on the
election/electoral process that they feel is significant
Verification: the process of evaluating information and determining how
credible it is
Response: Getting verified information to organizations and individuals who
can intervene positively and monitoring that response to measure its
effectiveness.
The methodology has evolved and builds on the concept of trusted sources
and unverified sources. The goal is to both the traditional election
monitors and citizen science included on Uchaguzi. This combines Ushahidi’s
roots of “what do you see, what do you hear” (citizen data) with the
trusted expertise of election monitors who have field experience.

What: Uchaguzi Partnership official  launch

When: February 11th, 7.30 am

Where: Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi

For More information Contact:

Rebecca Wanjiku
(+254 720 318 925)
Rebecca at wanjiku.co.ke





-- 
Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt>
Publisher

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