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NDItech Goes to (Tech) Camp

NDItech

The last few months, we here at NDItech have had the great opportunity to talk civic innovation, transparency and accountability with dozens of civic groups, journalists and government officials through a few TechCamps and PeaceTech Exchanges. These programs, put on by the State Department and PeaceTech Lab, respectively, link technical experts with innovators across the globe to brainstorm, “pitch” and ultimately bring to life smart, contextualized tech solutions to pressing community problems. It’s been a pleasure for us (your bloggers) to be a part of these sessions, which we wanted to share a bit about with you all (our loyal readers).

Twila LaMarMay 22, 2018PTXComment

Basra PeaceTech Camp Concludes with Support of Four Projects Supporting Integrity and Transparency

FactinIraq.com

The PeaceTech Camp (PTXIraq), organized by the Sanad Foundation for Peacebuilding in Iraq, was concluded in Basra on Friday with the participation of more than 30 civil society organizations and five days of activity at the Basra International Hotel Hall.

Twila LaMarApril 14, 2017PTX, IraqComment

Giving Peacetech a Chance

Newsroom

Last year, in Abu Dhabi, a group of young coders participated in an event its organizers called a Haqqathon. “Haqq” is the Arabic word for truth, an appropriate term for a gathering aimed at mobilizing Muslim programmers to fight Islamic extremism. The winner: a mobile app allowing young people to receive answers to questions from authoritative Muslim scholars in millennial-friendly, 60-second video clips, a far cry from the hour-long treatises typically presented by the experts.

Twila LaMarJuly 28, 2016PTXComment

Simple Tools Offer Path Out of Conflict

SciDevNet

Divisions between the people on either side of the Sudan-South Sudan border run deep. South Sudan’s declaration of independence in 2011 has yet to end the decades-long conflict between Misseriya Muslims and Dinka Christians.

Twila LaMarJuly 13, 2016Tim Receveur, PTX, media, South Sudan, OSRx, Iraq Comment

Profits of Peace

Worth Magazine

When the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commonly known as ISIS, rolled into Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, in June 2014, the Iraqi soldiers garrisoned there dropped their guns, discarded their uniforms and fled. ISIS warriors seized abandoned weapons, including reportedly six American-supplied Black Hawk Helicopters, and piles of cash stored in banks.

Twila LaMarApril 19, 2016PeaceTech Summit, Sheldon Himelfarb, ISIS, Channels TV, PTX, groundTruth, OSRx, Iraq, data, peacetech, Terrorist Attacks StorymapComment

Maker Pioneers From Iraq Visit MIT Campus

MIT - The Tech Online

Three Iraqi technologists who founded the first makerspace in Basra, Iraq visited MIT on Monday and Tuesday to meet with various labs and student groups as part of a tour hosted by the Media Lab and the Undergraduate Association Innovation Committee.

Kelly HoyeOctober 1, 2015Tim Receveur, Iraq, PTXComment

PeaceTech Lab Believes Gear, Gadgets, and Know-how Can Sow Peace Amid Conflict

ZDNet

Can technology drive positive change in conflict areas? The founders of PeaceTech Lab, an organization created by the U.S. Institute of Peace and spun off as a separate entity earlier this year, certainly think so. This weekend they're at Maker Faire in NYC celebrating the achievements of an Iraqi man who embodies that ethos.

Kelly HoyeSeptember 26, 2015Iraq, PTX, Hackerspace, Tim Receveur, peacetech

6 Tech Companies Changing The Face of Peacekeeping

Devex

PeaceTech lab started as part of the Unites States Institute for Peace but became a separate nonprofit last year, to expand the organization to include the private sector.

Kelly HoyeSeptember 14, 2015Sheldon Himelfarb, PTX, Iraq, peacetechComment

Technology Workshops Connect Community Leaders

Day News

Many people around the world wish for peace in the world and although it still seem far-fetched, there are many who are working to achieve it, such as the PeaceTech Lab, which is using technology workshops to help community leaders in conflict zones connect with each other.

Kelly HoyeAugust 21, 2015Pakistan, Uganda, Turkey, India, Iraq, Burma, PTXComment

Workshops ere Connecting Community Leaders in Conflict Zones With Tech Solutions

Huffington Post

Basra is just one of the places where the Washington, D.C.-based, government-funded United States Institute of Peace is hosting workshops, called PeaceTech Exchanges, through its PeaceTech Lab. The exchanges are intended to connect community peace builders in conflict zones -- activists, civic leaders and even government officials -- with accessible tech platforms and like-minded partners who can help them transform their ideas into reality.

Kelly HoyeAugust 12, 2015Iraq, Myanmar, Burma, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Uganda, Afghanistan, PTX, peacetech Comment

Robotics, start-ups and bitcoin: the other side of Iraq

World Economic Forum

For more than a decade, I’ve watched and read countless stories about security, terrorism and the politics of Iraq. It’s the narrative that makes front page headlines and lights up the evening news. It’s an important narrative that needs to be told.

Kelly HoyeAugust 11, 2015PTX, peacetechComment

Welcome To PeaceTech, The Movement To Use Technology To End Violent Conflict And Extremism

Fast Company

Peacetech projects often tackle the typical drivers of conflict: inter-ethnic and inter-religious tensions, gender violence, and land disputes. "Most conflict today is about these local drivers," says Himelfarb. It's a matter of minority rights, corruption, authoritarian regimes. It's (addressing) these drivers which allow you to have a lasting peace and not lapse back into violence again."

Kelly HoyeAugust 11, 2015Syria, Iraq, PTX, peacetechComment

Wielding Technology Against Dangerous Speech in Burma Gains a Following

Frontlines - USAID

In January, USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives supported the United States Institute of Peace, Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO) and Phandeeyar, a Burmese technology innovation lab, to host the country’s first, three-day PeaceTech Exchange in the country’s commercial capital, Rangoon.

Kelly HoyeJuly 10, 2015Myanmar, Burma, PTX

Debating the Draft Kurdish Constitution

GovRight

The Kurdish Constitution will soon be open for public crowdsourcing.

Three Kurdish civil society organizations (The Alliance of Iraqi Minorities, the Kurdish Instutute for Elections and the Brave Youth Organization) will be engaging Kurdish citizens on the constitutional drafting process starting from July 2015 using Legislation Lab.

Kelly HoyeJune 27, 2015Iraq, PTXComment

Mobile Technology and the Peacebuilding Reboot

Public Diplomacy Magazine

With the advent of new technology and dissemination methods that reach nearly every corner of the globe, the face of peacebuilding is changing rapidly. In 2014, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) launched the PeaceTech Lab, an independent organization dedicated to harnessing the power of data, technology, and media for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.

Kelly HoyeJune 1, 2015Sheldon Himelfarb, technology, India, PTX, peacetechComment