The Public Impact Observatory Welcome to our Public Impact Observatory, a unique database of public policy case studies. Using our Public Impact Fundamentals we have analysed hundreds of examples of public policy succeeding or failing, drawing out the key lessons for future policy work

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Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch

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“Overall we believe the world we live in is facing radical change – and our aim is to help find positive futures in the face of that change.”

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Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods

• guides

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• Media
• Fight disinformation

OGRX is a platform for browsing and sharing research findings about new, innovative ways to solve public problems.

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Map of Open Data, Civic Technology and social innovation in Latin America

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Digital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

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Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).

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cases of democratic technology in Latin America from eighteen countries in a twenty-six year period (1990-2016)

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• Engagement tech

Sharing America's Code. Unlock the tremendous potential of the Federal Government’s software

• United States (federal government)

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The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.

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Crowdsourced examples of private sector data for public good

• private data public good

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Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.

• racial equity

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Centru Civic este primul centralizator al serviciilor pe care societatea civilă le pune la dispoziția cetățenilor români.

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This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

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A collection of the many projects the Prototype Fund has supported, including many civic tech and open data projects.

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118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

• refugees

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An open source directory of data standards across categories like Annual Budget, Building Permits, Crime Statistics, Election Results, Expenditure, Public Facilities, Real-Time Transit, Road Construction, Service Requests, and Zoning.

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• Civic data
• Govtech

Inter-American Development Bank's repository for open-source software

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At the heart of CharityBase is the most comprehensive source of public data on charities in the UK.

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Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place

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Browse our community’s project directory to identify where you can volunteer.

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TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.

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Learn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities

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An initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.

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• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
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