Helani Galpaya along with Prashanthi Weragoda and Priyadarshini Liyanage, also spent a half day session on 9 April 2016 with the MIDO senior staff to provide training on budgeting and project reporting. Noteworthy is that MIDO has been able to obtain a business registration certificate, and is now operating as a registered entity in Myanmar. 5.3.3 Capacity building for policymakers Two courses titled ‘Social media and ICTs for improved governance: E gov for parliamentarians’ took place in Yangon in July 2016. It is noteworthy that the courses were designed in response to requests made by the Parliamentarians. 1. Union Parliament LIRNEasia and MIDO organized a daylong course for 20 legislators from the Upper and Lower houses of the Myanmar Union Parliament at the Chatrium Hotel, Yangon on 21 June 2016. A single participant was female. Rohan Samarajiva spoke of the significance of ICTs to legislators, legislation and the need for independent regulation. Helani Galpaya shared the results of the 2015 survey on ICT use and information needs, and spoke on the topic of zero rating and net-neutrality. Phyu Phyu Thi and Hnin Nu Nu Naing made a presentation on Mynamar’s experience with online hate speech. An event report can be found on Annex 19 2. Yangon Regional Parliament A two day course organized by LIRNEasia and MIDO took place on 22 and 23 June within the parliamentary premises. It saw the participation of representatives from National League for Democracy (NLD), the Military and Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). 87 Parliamentarians participated in total, with over 80 attendees each day. 15 of the 87 parliamentarians (17%) were female. While Prof Samarajiva spoke of the significance of ICTs to legislators, improving government service delivery and mobile phones and health concerns, Helani Galpaya shared the findings of the 2016 survey and conducted a session on how to measure progress. Htiake Htaike Aung and Yatanar Htun spoke on the use of applications while Pranesh Prakash discussed open source and security issues. Many MPs also visited the digital security clinic for one to one consultations on how they could secure their social media accounts. The presentations were well-received, with the content and speakers getting a rating of 4 out of 5 on average. Participants commented on the useful nature of the course and spoke of how such training would also be useful for other government officials. An event report can be found on Annex 20