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June 18th, 2010

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Webcitizen the UN and at Barcelona

Being a speaker at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington was great, as we have already said here. What we didn’t mention were the incredible doors the event opened for us since then.

In Washington, two of Webcitizen’s directors – Fernando Barreto and André Blas – were contacted by some UN folks that were there. They had really enjoyed Vote on the Web and were particularly impressed by its friendly design and its appeal for a younger audience. This conversation ended with an invitation: they wanted us to fly to New York in the following week to present Vote on the Web in the UN headquarters. Fernando and André did just that.

A group of over ten people, working for several different divisions of the UN, awaited them. They loved Vote on the web. So much so that they made a last minute invitation for us to present the project in Barcelona, between the 21st and the 23rd of June at an event called “Citizens in Development Management and Public Governance for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals”. The schedule of the event was closed already, but they opened it again just to include Vote on the Web.

Barcelona

The meeting in New York was amazing. Not only it made the trip to Barcelona possible but we talked about several exciting possibilities of partnership with the UN – they want us to help them find innovative webcitizenship projects all over the world. We’ll write more about these possibilities when they become a little bit more concrete.

Now Webcitizen is packing for a trip to Barcelona, in close contact with the UN headquarters in New York while we process the demands we brought from Washington.

3 Responses to “Webcitizen the UN and at Barcelona”

  1. Fernando, é realmente espetacular. Nice trip to Barcelona!

    Emílio June 20, 2010 at 07:55:46 PM
  2. Excelente!!
    Orgulho carimbar este passaporte!
    =)

    Pablo SNR June 20, 2010 at 09:28:50 PM
  3. Incrível!! =)
    Parabéns e muito sucesso para a Webcitizen!

    Ana Paula Andrade June 23, 2010 at 05:04:56 PM

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