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A strategy for urban data

Sint Antoniesbreestraat 69, 1011 HB Amsterdam, Netherlands

(PDF) How to develop collaborative data projects – for citizens, urban innovators, researchers and policy makers

Alberta CoLab

Alberta, Canada

Provincial powerhouse: Alberta’s new government lab

18F Posters

GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Well designed posters to hang in your gov office

resources

A guide to tactical (open) data engagement

We designed Tactical Data Engagement to help cities go beyond a policy and portal, and facilitate opportunities for the community use of open data to improve residents’ lives.

OpenNorth

Open North, 408-1200 St-Alexandre, Montreal QC H3B 3H5

Helping communities create and implement their open data, data governance, and open smart city initiatives

Community Initiatives

Community Initiatives is a dedicated fiscal sponsor whose sole purpose is to provide best-in-class infrastructure for nonprofit leaders.

Principles for Digital Development

United Nations Foundation

A set of guidelines that help development practitioners integrate established best practices into technology-enabled programmes.

resources

Then Try This

Unit F & G, Jubilee Warehouse, Commercial Road, Penryn, TR10 8AE, United Kingdom

We design and make bespoke hardware and software, run workshops and events, make installations and exhibitions, and teach.

air quality

Build something

Civic tech patterns

San Francisco

In the spirit of Wikipatterns, this is a collection of patterns and anti-patterns for describing common practices that may help or hinder the conception or design of your civic technology.

The HANSHEP Health Enterprise Fund was created with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and is funded by USAID and DFID. It is implemented by the USAID-funded SHOPS project, and aims to uncover innovative and replicable solutions that address critical health priorities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Social-Digital Innovation

Berlin

The Social-Digital Innovation Initiative is committed to creating a world where social solutions use technologies meaningfully, are impact driven, sustainable and benefit and belong to those who create them.

Uncharted Mobile Tech

Atlassian Team Playbook

341 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

OUR NO-BULLSHIT GUIDE TO UNLEASHING YOUR TEAM'S POTENTIAL

BeeSpace

Beespace is a private operating foundation working to advance meaningful innovation for social change.

Government Digital Services Podcast

Government Digital Service, Whitechapel High Street, London, UK

The Government Digital Service podcast looks at innovation and digital transformation across the public sector. We’ll interview interesting people both inside and outside government and cover new developments as they happen.

podcasts

Bethnal Green Ventures

We are an early stage investor in ventures using technology to radically change people's lives for the better.

Census Open Innovation Labs

United States of America (the)

We bring together government, industry, and communities to unleash creativity and solve national challenges.

census

CivVic Labs

Australia

CivVic Labs brings government and startups together to solve public sector challenges and deliver better outcomes for Victorians.

Technologiestiftung Berlin

Technologiestiftung Berlin, Grunewaldstraße, Berlin, Germany

Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

Villgro Africa

Kenya

Villgro Africa addresses the lack of access to quality and affordable health services & technologies in Africa by investing in innovations with the potential for scalable and sustainable business models and by offering technical assistance to entrepreneurs.

Good health and well-being

Hack Fostercare

Make the Breast Pump not Suck Hackathon

MIT Media Lab

Make the Breast Pump not Suck Hackathon

Village Capital Accelerators

Entrepreneurs, sign up for our Abaca platform to get notified when a relevant accelerator opens up

US Web Design Standards

Washington, DC

Design and build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly government websites backed by user research.

Amazon Public Dataset team

Amazon, 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA

This registry exists to help people discover and share datasets that are available via AWS resources.

Amazon

ThoughtWorks

We're a global technology consultancy. We help you invent what's next, and bring it to life with technology. In weeks, not years.

Digital Transparency in the Public Realm

This project seeks to facilitate the co-creation of prototypes that can advance digital transparency and enable agency in the world's public spaces.

Awesome Foundation

Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.

Implementing Innovation

Implementing Innovation: A User’s Manual for Open Government Programs is a hands-on resource that provides practical advice and guidance for government changemakers as they navigate the specific challenges of implementing innovative programs in the public sector.