A mailing list for the UK democracy space

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

Blacks in Civc Tech organizations aims to increase the amount of Black technologists in civic tech and provide a community that encourages growth and fulfillment in the field.

• racial equity

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• Peer networks
• Merchandise

BARI is an inter-university research partnership for Northeastern University and Harvard University in conjunction with the City of Boston.

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The Brussels Urban Summit (BUS) brings together three international city conferences: the 14th Metropolis World Congress, the Eurocities Annual Conference and the sixth OECD Champion Mayors Summit for Inclusive Growth Initiative. It gathers over 300 cities worldwide and more than 1000 politicians, experts and representatives of civil society to exchange ideas and set the priorities for sustainable, affordable, and liveable cities going forward.

• cities

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Network Impact has created a series of Network Know-How Guides for early-stage network builders who want to learn how to develop healthy, impactful and sustainable networks.

• guides

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We are the largest community-based career platform for urbanists working on city challenges worldwide.

• cities

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• Job boards

PIDLit’s Data in the ATL and Data Empowered Events series features local and global professionals and social justice advocates who use data analysis & visualization in their daily work and careers.

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• Civic hacking meetups
• In-person meetings

Code for Charlottesville brings together coders, designers, data analysts, researchers, and community partners to work on projects with local nonprofits and governmental agencies.

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• Civic hacking meetups
• In-person meetings

A group for peer-to-peer learning for engagement professionals who want to deepen their understanding about technologies for community and stakeholder engagement.

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• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

ACT is a newly formed organization that will connect volunteer civic technology efforts, in both technology and advocacy, in their local communities.

• The People
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• Civic hacking meetups

The Government of Uganda, through Ministry of ICT and National Guidance constructed the National ICT Innovation Hub primarily to establish an environment for ICT innovators facing challenges of workspace and internet connectivity.

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• Hubs

Computer scientists for e-democracy Facebook Group

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We connect volunteers (developers, graphic designers, marketing specialists) with impactful social good projects to help them with tech.

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Out in Tech is the world’s largest non-profit community of LGBTQ+ tech leaders.

• LGBTQI

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We foster and nurture communities throughout the world working on digital rights

• Adjacent Fields
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• Digital security and privacy

We run weekly(ish) civic hacknights for everyone.

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• Civic hacking meetups

The vision of Code for Sri Lanka is to improve the technology that runs Sri Lanka by voluntarily helping government organizations to digitally transform in alignment with the vision for a digital Sri Lanka.

• The People
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• Civic hacking meetups

Our Slack workspace helps individuals in the Responsible Tech ecosystem connect with one another, discuss research, share events, learn about careers and job opportunities, and more. In addition, we have channels for specific locations to allow for people to collaborate based on vicinity.

• The People
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BARI is an inter-university research partnership for Northeastern University and Harvard University in conjunction with the City of Boston.

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• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Code for Dallas is an official Code for America Brigade in Dallas, TX working on projects with government and community partners to improve people’s lives.

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• Civic hacking meetups

Data Justice Lab conference at Cardiff University and online

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Since there's not yet a clear home for civic tech on Mastodon, I've rounded up some of the more relevant servers for civic tech's digital migrants to gather.

• guides

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• Mastodon

Self-populated directory of civic techies on Mastodon, sorted by country.

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• Mastodon

eupolicy.social is a Mastodon instance for the EU policy bubble. Its aim is to provide a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in the field of EU policy and to contribute to the health, diversity and growth of the fediverse.

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• Mastodon

Last year we piloted an initiative called Community Connections at the Responsible Data mailing list, where we connected two or more members of the community based on their shared interests in responsible data(RD)-related topics, allowing them to chat about topics and projects related to responsible data.

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Hacks/Hackers is an international grassroots community of people who seek to inspire and inform each other to build the future of media.

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• Civic hacking meetups
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The Wikimedians of the Caribbean Usergroup is a Wikimedia user group focused on the peoples of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora, bringing together cultures and languages, and also the communities with their diasporas.

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• Open knowledge

Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda is a team of self-motivated individuals who improve articles on Wikimedia Foundation project websites and promote free and open access to knowledge locally. They also invested in projects that sensitize and train communities about Wikipedia.

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• Open knowledge

At ClimateAction.tech, we meet, discuss, learn and take climate action together. We would love for you to join us on Slack.

• Climate action

• The People
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• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

An organisation to support data experts working in civil society

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Sign-up form to join Slack

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• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

We believe that it's never been easier to use digital technology to tackle some of the world's toughest social and environmental challenges.

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• Civic hacking meetups
• In-person meetings

Do you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?

• The People
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Empowering and inspiring civic innovators across central Virginia

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The Inter-American Development Bank's network for developers working with governments in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Govtech
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• Peer networks

Together, we build tech tools for a stronger society

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• Civic hacking meetups
• Civic apps outfits

Helping to increase digital literacy and use of open data in Nepal HELP NEPAL FIGHT COVID-19

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The Heart of Civic Tech in Central and Eastern Europe

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AbreLatam es una desconferencia en la que actores de diferentes sectores participan en su calidad personal construyendo debates clave sobre temáticas vinculadas a los datos abiertos en diversos campos tales como gobierno abierto, servicios públicos, privacidad, derechos humanos, participación ciudadana, aspectos técnicos y muchos más.

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You can think of Code for BTV as a pro-bono digital agency working for the public good. We pick meaningful projects and do the research, design, architecture, coding, launch, and communications work to help important organizations work more effectively.

• The People
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• Civic hacking meetups

La Academia de Innovación Política es una plataforma que busca generar espacios de formación virtuales y presenciales para la transferencia y co-construcción de conceptos, prácticas, metodologías y herramientas de gobernanza democrática en los escenarios actuales.

• trainings

• The People
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• Learn about civic tech

Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.

• cities
• Climate action

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Co-working Space, Events, Education, Programming, Incubators, Accelerators and a community of Entrepreneurs focusing on Innovation.

• The People
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A Freedom of Information conference hosted by mySociety

• The Tech
• The People
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All about changing communities, our workplaces, and the industry for the better.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
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Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve and make calculated decisions in ways that will enable them to perform tasks previously thought to rely solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuit​y. As a result, we will in the near future see large parts of our lives influenced by AI.

• The People
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We are a network of people and projects, rooted in Detroit and connected to hundreds of other places across the globe. Together, we grow and exchange ways of using media to create the world we need.

• The People
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This year's Summit will focus on Open vs. Closed Tech in Government, Democracy & Elections, Disinformation & Fake News and Power Dynamics in Tech. We'll have different session formats: Panels, Lighting Talks and Workshops!

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Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities is a national initiative to help 100 mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence to improve services, inform local decision-making and engage residents. We are the nation’s most comprehensive philanthropic initiative helping local leaders identify and invest in what works. Applications have now closed to be considered as one of our first 100 cities, but check back soon for new opportunities.

• The People
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