Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.

Giving Balkans is a first-of-its-kind database on philanthropy in the Western Balkans.

• The People
• Civic data
• Fundraising tools

It educated policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues. CPSR incubated numerous projects such as Privaterra, the Public Sphere Project, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the 21st Century Project, the Civil Society Project, and the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. Founded by U.S. computer scientists at Stanford University and Xerox PARC, CPSR had members in over 30 countries on six continents. CPSR was a non-profit 501.c.3 organization registered in California. When CPSR was established, it was concerned solely about the use of computers in warfare.

• Predecessors

MPR can be used to find out what you can expect when your doctor prescribes you something; find out if there are cheaper generics that you can use instead; and make sure that you aren't being overcharged.

Maps and inventory status of masks to help reduce the spread of Coronavirus in Taiwan

• COVID-19
• health

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We co-create and facilitate a network of local knowledge hubs in Africa, Asia and Latin America to build on existing expertise in drones, data and AI, the “Flying Labs®” network. The goal of Flying Labs is to accelerate the positive impact of local aid, health, development and environmental solutions locally. Flying Labs also expand local markets by creating new jobs and businesses that offer robotics as a service and support local ecosystems. Flying Labs are directly connected to each other, sharing lessons learned and best practices across the globe, training each other and working on joint projects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsVJzyhQJ5U

• Drones

The CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world.

• case studies

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year, “pop-up” research initiative to accelerate progress towards addressing social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance.

• Research and policy centers
• Social media

Research into whether legislation achieved its policy goals

• Evaluate impact

Twaweza works on enabling children to learn, citizens to exercise agency and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It has programs, staff and offices across all three countries, and a world respected practice of learning, monitoring and evaluation. It's flagship programs include Uwezo, Africa’s largest annual citizen assessment to assess children’s learning levels across hundreds of thousands of households, and Sauti za Wananchi, Africa’s first nationally representative mobile phone survey. It undertake effective public and policy engagement, through powerful media partnerships and global leadership of initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership.