<span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px">Hello!</span><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px">I'm partnered with <a href="http://www.makingallvoicescount.org/" target="_blank">Making All Voices Count</a> on this #Tech4Resilience challenge. It would be great to receive ideas on OpenStreetMap projects for various disaster and community resilience projects. It's up to P2.7Million in funding and support and only a 1 page application, so send as many ideas as you can!</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px">The funding team will be here and I'm helping with introductions so if you'd like to discuss your application, I'd be happy to help.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px">Celina</span></div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px"><div><span style="line-height:19.3199996948242px"><br></span></div>Making All Voices Count launches a </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tech4resilience?source=feed_text&story_id=10153316409847978" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none;font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(109,132,180)">‪#‎</span>Tech4Resilience‬</a><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px"> competition for community resilience and disasters in the Philippines. Individuals and organizations can apply. Up to P2.7Million in funding and support. One page application due on June 18. Good luck! Apply here >> </span><a href="http://submit.makingallvoicescount.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none;font-family:helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.3199996948242px" target="_blank">http://submit.makingallvoicescount.org/</a><div><br></div><div>Please share on Twitter and Facebook: Philippines #Tech4Resilience Challenge with @AllVoicesCount. Deadline June 17. <a href="http://ow.ly/O3wNY" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/O3wNY</a> #ICT4D </div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://www.macrowikinomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CelinaAgaton-e1363906475676.png"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>   <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','celina.agaton@gmail.com');" target="_blank">celinaagaton.com</a><br>   <a href="http://twitter.com/celinaagaton" target="_blank">Twitter @celinaagaton</a><br></div><div>   Skype: celinaagaton</div><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><br><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br><br></span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="4">#Tech4Resilience Competition OPEN in the Philippines. </font><br></b></div><b><div><b><br></b></div>PLEASE SHARE WIDELY WITH YOUR NETWORK.</b><br><div><b><br clear="all"></b><div><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.makingallvoicescount.org/" style="color:rgb(239,110,40);border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;outline:none!important;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)" target="_blank"><u style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">Making All Voices Count</u></a></strong> is calling for innovative projects and creative tech solutions that can be implemented in the Philippines under the themes below. The ideas should aim at addressing Making All Voices Count’s overarching goal; <strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">transparency, accountability and better governance.</strong> Any entity from the Philippines is welcome to apply: companies, government actors, non-profits, for-profits, education establishments, NGOs or individuals.</p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:16px"><h4 style="border:0px none;font-size:1.23em;margin:0px;padding:0.33em 0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><strong style="border:0px none;font-size:19.6800003051758px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">Themes</strong></h4><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">New projects that seek to incorporate both 'offline' efforts with use of 'online'/ICT tools are strongly encouraged. The two themes for which you can submit your project idea are listed below. Ideas should seek to address two or more of the guiding points under each theme:</p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:16px"><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">1. Within the theme <strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">‘Strengthening community resiliency and response to disasters' </strong>we seek projects that: <br></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Use of technology and innovation to strengthen disaster preparedness and response;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Improve governance at local level for resilience and/or responses to natural disasters;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Uses technology and innovation to support local communities with strengthening disaster resilience and response; <br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Inclusive infrastructure and social program planning and development at community level;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Make effective use of technology to ‘make all voices count’ through active engagement of women and marginalized groups or communities.</i></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:16px"><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">2. Within the theme <strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">‘Improved planning and budgeting for disaster resiliency and response’</strong> we seek projects that:<br></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">- <i>Utilizes open-data to facilitate dialogue for change between actors;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Better integration of planning and/or budgeting across 3 levels of government using technology and innovation;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Follow the money on resilience/response efforts;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Improve government coordination that mitigates against humanitarian crisis using technology and innovation;<br></i></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><i>- Make effective use of technology to ‘make all voices count’ through active engagement of women and marginalized groups or communities in disaster planning and budgeting.</i></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:16px"><h4 style="border:0px none;font-size:1.23em;margin:0px;padding:0.33em 0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><strong style="border:0px none;font-size:19.6800003051758px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">Process and Awards</strong></h4><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">- Up to 10 finalists will be selected to attend Map the Philippines Unconference - 23-24 June 2015, where they will <strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">pitch their idea to a panel of judges;</strong></p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">- 1 – 3 winners of the competition will get incubation support for their ideas from Making All Voices Count, with mentoring.</strong> Incubation will include preparation for potential innovation grants of up to <strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">GBP 40,000 </strong>down the line, depending on (i) the development of a proposal strong enough to warrant a grant and (ii) demonstration of their capacity to successfully implement;</p><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">- Winners will have access to <strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">mentoring support, international networking and related tools and resources through Making All Voices Count’s <a href="http://www.makingallvoicescount.org/news/making-all-voices-count-south-to-south-lab/" style="color:rgb(239,110,40);border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;outline:none!important;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)" target="_blank"><u style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">South to South Lab</u></a></strong>.</p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:16px"><h4 style="border:0px none;font-size:1.23em;margin:0px;padding:0.33em 0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><strong style="border:0px none;font-size:19.6800003051758px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)">Key Dates</strong></h4><p style="border:0px none;font-size:14px;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><font color="#1b1b1b">- Applications open on </font><strong style="color:rgb(27,27,27);border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);background-repeat:repeat">25 May</strong><font color="#1b1b1b"> and close on </font><strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);background-repeat:repeat"><font color="#ff0000">17 June 2015</font></strong><font color="#1b1b1b"> 23:59 GMT; </font><br><font color="#1b1b1b">- Finalists announced on </font><strong style="color:rgb(27,27,27);border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);background-repeat:repeat">19 June 2015</strong><font color="#1b1b1b">;</font><br><font color="#1b1b1b">- Pitching session and announcement of winners on </font><strong style="color:rgb(27,27,27);border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);background-repeat:repeat">24 June 2015</strong></p></div><div><strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><br></strong></div><div><strong style="border:0px none;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgba(0,0,0,0)"><font size="4">SUBMIT YOUR 1 PAGE APPLICATION HERE <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://submit.makingallvoicescount.org/" target="_blank">http://submit.makingallvoicescount.org/</a> </font></font></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><img src="http://www.macrowikinomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CelinaAgaton-e1363906475676.png"><br><div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div>   <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','celina.agaton@gmail.com');" target="_blank">celinaagaton.com</a><br>   <a href="http://twitter.com/celinaagaton" target="_blank">Twitter @celinaagaton</a><br></div><div>   Skype: celinaagaton</div><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><br><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px"><br><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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