Civic Tech Field Guide
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Décider ensemble
128 rue Vieille-du-Temple, 75003, Paris, FranceDécider ensemble met en place des échanges sous forme de groupes de réflexion à travers l’organisation de colloques, matinées de questionnements, formations et événements annuels
Get unprecedented access to thousands of databases. It's called Open Data, and it's revolutionizing business.
Code for Charlotte
Charlotte, NCThink volunteer fire brigade for the 21st Century. We are a volunteer citizen brigade. We use technology and advocacy as a tool for open government, open data and civic engagement.
GovTech Catalyst
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.
Network Connectivity across American Communities
United States of America (the)Heatmap of partner and peer networks across the US
Civichub
Garrotxa, SpainA 4-month pre-acceleration program happening on 6-weekend sprints in the volcanic region of La Garrotxa (Girona), where +20 startups, social movements, cyber activists, corporate and government teams colive, boosting and cross-pollinating their projects on civic innovation, distributed governance and decentralized technologies
The Cleveland Foundation’s mission is to enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.
Public Data University is APDU’s signature education initiative, designed to develop the knowledge and skills of data users of every experience level.
TRACKBACK
BuzzFeed, North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USABuzzFeed News's YouTube show fighting misinformation
Code for Sacramento
Sacramento, California, USAWe connect civic technologists with project leaders who have ideas for community solutions.
An international network of organizations who believe that digital technology opens new channels for citizens to more meaningfully engage in the public sphere and have a positive impact on their communities.
Ford's Public Interest Technology campaign
320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017, USATechnology at work for the public
If you’re working on a startup or non-profit that addresses news, the future of work, or improving democracy, we’d love to see you apply.
Securing Digital Democracy from University of Michigan. In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We'll take a look at the past, present, ...
Liba Rubenstein, Director of Social Impact and Policy at Tumblr, explores how Tumblr's versatile platform can help nonprofits, libraries, and other changemakers tell powerful stories, catalyze engagement, and drive measurable impact.
MEGAPHONE is a community of activists working on issues such as the environment, women's rights, LGBTQ right, transparency and accountability and civic engagement
SAFELAB
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USAThe SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.
Center for New Democratic Processes (formerly Jefferson Center)
332 Minnesota St, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USAThe Jefferson Center is a nonpartisan organization committed to advancing democratic, citizen-driven solutions to community and public issues.
BU Initiative on Cities
75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USAThe Initiative on Cities engages with urban leaders, academics, and policy makers from around the world to help plan for the development of essential services and sustainable infrastructure necessary for cities to flourish.
Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society
Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UKThe conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.
Code for San José
San Jose, California, USAWhere makers, designers, developers, and subject matter experts come together to use technology to solve civic problems.
Knight.Slack
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USAAn online forum for community discussion
DataKind Data Dives
New York CityWhether we’re finding the most efficient way to deliver food aid, streamlining the process for benefits access, or simply finding ways to serve more people with fewer resources, the DataKind Community is ready to find data-driven solutions, and build data maturity along the way.
This guide is meant to provide key tips to help you establish successful hacknights.
Civic Technology and Open Government - Global #civictech #opengov has 7,413 members. Global exchange on civic technology, open government, open data,...
The Foundation supports long-term, free basic research beneficial to Sweden, mainly in medicine, technology, and the natural sciences. This is achieved through long-term grants to excellent researchers and to projects of the highest international standard.
Facebook, OECD and World Bank Measuring Business Sentiment
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceFacebook, World Bank and the OECD launched a measure of business sentiment based on a “Future of Business Survey” questioning companies that use their Facebook pages to connect with customers.
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
Code for Asheville
Asheville, NCWe are people who care about our community and want to help make it better.
Are you a civil servant working to make government more user-centred? Join the International Design in Government community.
Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency
Formerly StayClassy, Classy’s online fundraising platform gives nonprofits easy, effective, and customizable solutions to manage your fundraising efforts.
Etalab
FranceEtalab is the Prime minister’s digital taskforce and innovation lab of the French government
By Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government
Inclusive User Experience Research, Design, and Testing
"Honour a financial services or technology organisation for its outstanding contribution to a charitable cause, for example, through funds donated, services offered pro-bono, or a creative volunteer programme"
A podcast on breakthroughs in public service technology.
Civic Makers Melbourne
Melbourne VIC, AustraliaIt is a collective of people using their skills to create things for the public good. Sometimes this involves tech, sometimes community organising, sometimes it's just talking about and understanding a problem from different points of view.
Narrative Initiative is a training and networking resource for leaders and organizations dedicated to building fairer, more inclusive societies.
Discovery Sprints
Washington, DCA “discovery sprint,” is a short, intense period of problem investigation.
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