Digital Communication Network



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Digital Communication Network''' is a non-profit communication association founded in 2016., based in Tallinn, Estonia. The current president of DCN is Artur Gurau. The organization is run by the board, selected out of the existing members of the network.

History

Digital Communication Network was founded in 2016 after a same name program by the US Department of State. Its main activities include professional trainings and workshops for media and related professionals as well as enhancing digital skills. Among DCN's biggest projects is an exchange program, funded by the US Department of State, and run by World Learning. The program invites nearly twenty media professionals from Eastern Europe and Central Asia for a three-weeks long internship in different media in the United States.

Today

The organization aims to facilitate the collaboration between media, civic entrepreneurs, businesses, policy makers, creative, tech and other professionals around the ideas of digital innovation, entrepreneurship, and open Internet. The organization unites over 6,000 members mostly from Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The association develops projects in the following areas:
Among the organization’s biggest projects is an exchange program, funded by the US Department of State and run by World Learning called Digital Communication Network exchange. The program invites nearly twenty media professionals from Eastern Europe and Central Asia for a three-weeks long internship in different media in the United States.
Digital Communication Network is associated with different projects such as the Rockit Conferences, which bring together activists from civil society, journalists, tech developers, and businesses. Other projects include workshops and trainings for media and other professionals such as Training for Trainers camps

History of all events

Here is the list the events Digital Communication network has helped organise or co-organised.
  1. Rockit Conference, Chisinau, Moldova, Feb 5–6, 2016
  2. Language of disruptors. A digital talk, Tallinn, Estonia, March 10, 2016
  3. Forum on Fact Checking for Political Journalism, Vilnius, Lithuania, Aug 19–20, 2016
  4. TechCampWAW, Warsaw, Poland, Feb 15–16, 2017
  5. Rockit Digital Summit, Warsaw, Poland, Feb 16–17, 2017
  6. Digital Disruption Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 3–4, 2017
  7. Rockit Conference 2017, Chisinau, Moldova, May 11–12, 2017
  8. Online Education Camp, Poiana Brasov, Romania, Aug 10–13, 2017
  9. Business of Truth. Digital Impact, Belgrade, Serbia, Sep 8–9, 2017
  10. DataFest Tbilisi 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia, Nov 15–17, 2017
  11. Digital Communication Training for Trainers Camp, Ukraine, Apr 19–21, 2018
  12. Future for Digital: Big Media, Big Changes, Gdansk, Poland, Apr 26–27, 2018
  13. Rockit Conference 2018, Chisinau, Moldova, April 27, 2018
  14. Digital Transformation Forum / Governance x Watchdogs, Bucharest, Romania, May 3–4, 2018
  15. Rockit Conference 2019, Chisinau, Moldova, October 11, 2019