At the start of May, Siren’s Research Director attended the #GovTech Global Forum. These are her reflections. What do you see as the biggest challenges facing GovTech? And notable recent successes?
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Well done to our colleague Jihane for completing this course on client-centred consulting! This approach is at the ❤️ of Siren's philosophy on change management & the reason we're able to help our partners sustainably increase organisational efficiency, effectiveness & impact 🚀
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At Siren, we believe in #TechForGood. In this latest policy brief, our Research Director and Researcher , examine the role of technology in fighting corruption, with a case study from #Lebanon for our friends ➡ bit.ly/41ns4Qr
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What role can technology play in the fight against corruption? What ingredients are needed for success? This policy brief from our team adds to the conversation with reflections from Lebanon.
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#Lebanon's e-governance initiative, @impact_gov, is a model combining technology & #civilsociety empowerment to combat #corruption.
@CAlsharabati & Sarah Zahreddine share policy recommendations and lessons learned in their brief
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🇱🇧#Lebanon's e-governance initiative, , is a model combining technology & #civilsociety empowerment to combat #corruption.
& Sarah Zahreddine share policy recommendations and lessons learned in their brief➡bit.ly/41ns4Qr
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Making communities safer for men, women, girls and boys needs everyone to be involved. Our team had a productive meeting yesterday with & Ahla Fawda, exploring ways to expand the involvement of security agencies in efforts to stamp out #GBV. beckysbutton.org
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A few reflections on data democratization from Siren's Research Director following the inspiring #WomenInDataScience conference at yesterday. Hitting the nail on the head, as usual! 🔨 #WiDSAUB2023
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Carole Alsharabati: using #MachineLearning to highlight #media bias and #propaganda can help the public push for journalistic integrity where the media landscape is captured by political interests
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Alsharabati: by analyzing patterns of anonymised mobility requests during #covid lockdowns, the govt. was able to detect when people were trying to game the system. Their patterns of requests stood out from what the data showed as being “socially normal” behavior. #WiDSAUB2023
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Follow to lean more about how it’s using #MachineLearning and #NLP to streamline and simplify the fact-checking process!
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Journalism plays a vital role in shaping our society, but it's also vulnerable to fake news. Thank you, Dr. Sharabati, for the fascinating talk on using @ChatGPT and AraBERT to combat fake news at the #WiDSAUB2023 @AUBOSB! #Journalism #FakeNews #NLP #DataScience 
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“If you find a way to scan all the text in any media at all times in real time, you can have an index that tells you the levels of bias and the levels of propaganda by a media and by a journalist.” - Dr. Carole AlSharabati
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An insightful talk by Dr. Sharabati on machine learning and anomaly detection using AI at the #WiDSAUB2023 ! Exciting to see how technology can help us detect and prevent anomalies in complex systems. #MachineLearning #AI #AnomalyDetection #DataScience 🤖🔍👩💻
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Proof-positive "if there is a will there is a way" 4 amazing local but impactful applications of analytics in #Lebanon by #carolesharabati #WiDSAUB2023 |
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"No matter what you do, if you don't talk about it truthfully, it can lose its value and its impact." Dr. Carole Alsharabati
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Our Research Director Carole Alsharabati speaking now at #WiDSAUB2023 on her and SIren’s experiences tackling inefficiency, favoritism, fraud and disinformation using #data and #analytics.
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Four days left to apply - don't miss out!
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Exciting news! The deadline for the Y4G internship applications has been extended!
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to gain valuable experience and kickstart your career in an exceptional environment. Apply now before April 30th youth4governance.org/apply/
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Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous Eid filled with happiness and prosperity!
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Our partners ARIJ & JOSA are additionally building the capacities of Arab fact-checkers. In the last year, 25 organizations received support from them as part of the project, ranging from bespoke legal & digital safety clinics to workshops on pre- & post-publication fact-checking
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DALIL integrates a package of open-source and proprietary verification tools that allow fact-checkers to determine the veracity of images, videos, and texts in one centralized space, in addition to a user forum that fosters collaboration between fact-checkers.
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The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) Innovation & Resilience project introduces AI-driven solutions across the fact-checking process. is a cutting-edge digital platform that accelerates the process of identifying claims to be checked.
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Fact-checkers are up against inadequate non-English content moderation, while existing AI-based verification tools don’t support Arabic.
This brief highlights how technical innovation addresses this challenge & promotes healthier digital media environment sirenanalytics.com/news/a-siren-b
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Disinformation and hate speech are major threats to rights-based and cohesive societies. Fact-checkers fighting this tide of false content face human and financial resource constraints, insecurity, and limitations on access to information.
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In times of conflict, disinformation is often used as a weapon in the media war to help conflicting parties win the conflict on the ground, says. Read more to find out how Sidq is tackling information disorder in Yemen 👉 dalilmena.com/dalilweb/landi
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Excellent statement. Badly needed to counter the deep state attack on and Emergency Social Safety Net Program.
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Joint statement from the Ambassadors of the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Deputy Ambassador of Japan and Prime Minister Najib Mikati lb.usembassy.gov/joint-statemen
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Breaking: civil society, its representatives in the 3RF & private sector organizations called Friday for the creation of a strong coalition to promote initiatives advancing effective governance, responding to attempts to destabilize & IMPACT nna-leb.gov.lb/en/%D9%85%D8%A
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Breaking: The Ambassadors of the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Netherlands and Deputy Ambassador of Japan confirmed their collective support for the IMPACT oversight platform under Central Inspection, Following a meeting with PM nna-leb.gov.lb/en/politics/60 #BackIMPACT
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Joint statement from the Ambassadors of the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Deputy Ambassador of Japan and Prime Minister Najib Mikati
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Celebrating women's achievements while calling out inequality is key to forging a gender equal world. Our colleagues Valeria and Amany are fighting the good fight for #GBV survivors by mapping the investigation process of domestic violence in Lebanon. #EmbraceEquity
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Promoting equality of outcomes is #IWD2023’s theme, and we’re fully behind it. Here, some tips from our Chief Human Resources Officer, Nada Genadry, on how to embed inclusivity, safety, respect & equity in an organisation's DNA.
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⚠️ Attention change-makers interested in applying to the #Youth4Governance program⚠️
The application deadline has been MOVED TO March 6th, you have one more week left to apply youth4governance.org/apply/!
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Great evening with inspiring #Chevening scholars back from studies in UK and looking forward to contributing to 🇱🇧's future.
Proud 🇬🇧has helped you achieve some of your ambitions. Thanks to local and regional partners
#WelcomeHome class 21/22.
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Siren is continuing its ground-breaking research into statelessness in Lebanon, and we need your help! Researchers, talk to us!
✉ survey@sirenassociates.com
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📍AUB Campus, Architecture Lecture Hall or via AUB's YouTube Channel
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Make sure to attend today's conference, in which
& will present key findings from their research on disaster governance post-blast, w/ our Director Of Research, Dr. Carole AlSharabati participating in a discussion about the assessment of Lebanon's 3RF
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What’s it like to be a fact-checker in the #MENA region today? Read our primer on fact-checking in the Arab world, with the contribution of several players in the MENA fact-checking space who share their insights & how they’re pushing this field forward
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British Embassy statement on our work to support the IMPACT Platform.
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بيان من السفارة البريطانية في بيروت حول دعم المملكة المتحدة لمشروع IMPACT.
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Siren's statement on the disinformation published by regarding our data privacy practices in relation to nna-leb.gov.lb/en/%D9%85%D8%A
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The Arab world currently has 53 #factchecking orgs, according to a 2022 study by . #AI can help these often small, resource-poor teams focus on checking the most important claims 👉dalilmena.com/landing/articl
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