Digital CommunicationNetwork Overview

www.digicomnet.org

Cross-border and cross-professions network that links thousands of young professionals, from the private and public sectors – investigative journalists, public servants, NGO leaders and software developers – who could share and exchange

their knowledge and experiences to generate new tools, ideas and products for millions of Internet users.

BOARD

Nino MacharashviliDCN

President

Triin MahlakõivVice President of Entrepreneurship &

Innovation

Olga ChyzhovaVice President of Communications

Artur GurauVice President of

Development

Anna Tadevosyan Vice President for

Membership

DIGICOMNET ACTIVITIES2016

• Empowering Ideas: Startups and Development Global Forum, December, Yerevan, Armenia • Rockit Digital Summit, February, Chisinau, Moldova • Language of disruptors, A digital talk, March, Tallinn, Estonia • Forum on Fact Checking for Political Journalism, August, Vilnius, Lithuania

2017

• Tech Camp Warsaw #TechCampWAW, February, Warsaw, Poland• Rockit Digital Summit #RockitWAW, February, Warsaw, Poland • Digital Disruption Forum #DigiForumKyiv, April, Kyiv, Ukraine • Rockit Digital Conference ’17 #RockitMoldova, May, Chisinau, Moldova • Regional Fellowships, May • United States Exchange Programs, June, October, USA • Training for Trainers Camp, July • Small grant projects for network members, August • Hackathon on Online Education in Digital Communication, September • DataFest, November, Tbilisi, Georgia

Empowering Ideas:Startups and Development Global Forum

Yerevan, Armenia2016

Brainstorming on how to better make Armenian start-ups and digital technologies the engine of our economic growth.

Find out more at:www.fb.com/empoweringideasforum

Rockit Digital Summit#RockitWAW

Warwas, Poland2017

Annual international conference bringing innovation, entrepreneurial mindset and technology to digital communication and media

Find out more at:www.rockit.digital

WHO WAS THERE?

At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory.

#ROCKITWAW I WARSAW, POLAND I FEBRUARY, 2017

At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory.

MOLDOVA GOVERNMENT PROJECT

Establish a short course that will develop the skills, professionalism, and effectiveness of front-line communicators working in various ministries and state institutions in Moldova.

At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory.

At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory.

O B J E C T I V E R E S U LT

• Strategic Communication • Internal Communication • Crisis Communication • PR & Media Relations

T O P I C S

• Protocol • Strategic Message Writing • Social Media • Digital Tools for Communication

• Data Visualization • Video Communication • Mail Marketing

PROJECT LENGTH6 months

TRAINERS8 experts (5 international, 3 local)

ATTNEDIES30 from ministries & state institutions

REGIONAL FELLOWSHIPS

Share skill-sets and knowledge among the network members and deepen regional collaboration through personal and organizational connections.

O B J E C T I V E

• Animation • Data Visualization

5 L E A D I N G O R G A N I Z AT I O N S S P E C I A L I Z E D I N :

• Long-Form Storytelling • Video-Blogging

• Social Media Campaigns

PROJECT LENGTH2 weeks

PROFESSIONALS10

SELECTION Through Competition

TRAINING OF TRAINERS (ToT) Camp

The trained trainers will conduct trainings in their countries and, based on the results, they will be employed by DigiComNet in the upcoming projects and service work.

O U T C O M E

S E S S I O N T Y P EWorkshopsStudy program

PA R T I C I PA N T S 2 0

P R O J E C T L E N G H T 5 d a y s

HACKATHON ON ONLINEEDUCATION IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION• Participants will design innovative and attractive methods of teaching various modules of Digital

Communication online.

• The winning team will get initial funds (up to $10,000) from DigiComNet.

• The winning team will implement its project

SMALL GRANT PROJECTS FOR NETWORK MEMBERS

• Knowledge and skill sharing study programs

• Deepen the collaboration in the region

• 3 Best Projects

• $5,000 mini-grant for each

DataFest Tbilisi

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE & WHO

Data Festival3 days about data

and communication

LocationTbilisi,

Georgia

DateNovember

2017

Participants Journalists, CSO activists, data analysts,

marketing specialists, business professionals, government officials, developers and designers

working with data or willing to explore the data opportunities.

THANK YOU!

www.digicomnet.org