A guide prepared by Codeando México and Code for Pakistan as part of the Code for All Exchange Programme.

• guides

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Citizen Engagement

Este documento fue realizado por el equipo de la Dirección de Datos Abiertos junto con la Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos (ILDA).

• guides
• local

• Civic data
• Open government data

Chiediamo dati aperti e machine readable sull’emergenza Covid-19

• Civic data
• Open government data
• Specific campaigns

Our experienced and diverse team of advisors supports municipalities and organizations of all sizes across Canada on a range of data and tech issues. We work alongside our partners’ teams to assess their needs, define problems, mobilize research and knowledge, design solutions and support their implementation. Contact Us

• trainings
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Supporting public sector from outside government

The Continent is an award-winning African newspaper, designed to be read and shared on WhatsApp.

• WhatsApp

• Media
• Engagement journalism

attivismo e giornalismo contro corruzione e ingiustizie

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging government

We monitor and challenge internet censorship in China

• free speech
• apps
• WeChat (Weixin)

• Adjacent Fields
• Circumvention tech

This is the online learning portal of the Community Solutions Network

• trainings

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech

Mchaguzi is an independent web-based, voter-centred electoral intelligence toolkit designed and implemented by The Demography Project, to enhance citizen participation and engagement before, during and after the 2022 Kenyan General Election.

• Voting and elections
• Factchecking
• Voter assistance tech

An organisation to support data experts working in civil society

• Meet the others
• Socialize online

We help your organisation to successfully apply for the best government funding opportunities

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

The Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Open Data Toolkit is an instructional manual that provides a step-by-step guide on how to develop your open data initiative. It brings together training materials, best practices, tools and resources to help you prepare for and implement an open data project.

• guides

• Open government data

IDADI is our flagship data journalism project, in collaboration with The Infographics Studio, to disseminate, visualize and democratize official data on TikTok to allow Kenyans participate in decision making and enhance government accountability.

• TikTok

• Media
• Civic data
• Fight disinformation

We empower people to think critically about their relationship with technology and inspire a more socially responsible future.

• workshops

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Data Innovators' team is passionate about helping organisations push data boundaries to create positive futures. We are experienced in testing innovative and fit-for-purpose approaches to data analysis, communication, M&E, research and learning.

• Civic and social impact companies

Data Artistry is a skills development programme aimed and building data communication skills among development professionals.

• trainings

• Civic data

ImpactBoard is a data management solution (and dashboard) that provides programmes with intelligence to achieve impact.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Dashboards

The Demography Project is an independent youth-led civic technology and data journalism non profit registered in Kenya.

• youth
• Clean water and sanitation

• Build something
• Civic apps outfits

We help social change organisations use data science

• Data science for social good

InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

• Clean water and sanitation
• rivers
• local

• Media
• Civic data
• Civic maps

We help people publish and use open data

• coop

• Civic data
• Civic and social impact companies

Open Source for Equality is a beginner-friendly, safe space for women to participate in open source projects that promote gender equality.

• women

• Diversity & Inclusion
• Open source networks
• Manifestos

Somos una comunidad crowdsourcing que monitorea la desinformación difundidas en cadenas de WhatsApp y redes sociales entre venezolanos. Nuestro centro de operaciones es un grupo de Telegram abierto en el que analizamos colectivamente la información que recibimos.

• WhatsApp
• Telegram

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Pakistan's largest Open data platform

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Italian open data organization

• Civic data

The Local Needs Databank (UK) is an open set of needs and Covid-19 data, specifically about those in financial hardship in the UK.

• COVID
• Needs assessment
• COVID Data Projects

A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.

• city
• books

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Emerging tech

Powering comments sections

• Media
• Engagement journalism

Mozilla Foundation is providing $258,300 to people and projects that reimagine the way data is governed

• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

MetaCert tells you which links are safe and which websites you can trust.

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Indonesian Whatsapp hotline

• WhatsApp

• Fight disinformation

Mobile app to help easily check the veracity of an information - article, image, video, etc.

• Fight disinformation

The Public Data Lab is an interdisciplinary network exploring what difference the digital makes in attending to public problems.

When fintechs and nonprofits work together, they can offer a powerful combination of well-designed tech solutions and supportive relationships with trusted partners to improve financial health.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Fintech for good

We help essential professionals buy homes.

• Decent work and economic growth
• housing

• Fintech for good

High-Growth High-Values Ventures

• Podcasts

Blue Ridge Labs is a place where technologists and communities work together to explore and build new solutions for New Yorkers. We provide space, funding, and resources to help launch and grow tech platforms that address economic inequality in NYC.

• fintech
• Decent work and economic growth

• Accelerators
• Fintech for good

A dynamic in-person conference on the people, technologies, policies, and cultures that make up the govtech ecosystem — brought to you by CivStart and e.Republic

• Govtech
• Conferences

The Dark Data Project helps organizations uncover, deobfuscate, semantify and analyze problematic datasets

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Data schemas and standards

A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa

• guides

• Media
• Translation and linguistic representation
• Diversity & Inclusion

We aim to reframe the conversation about technology and labor towards issues of power, inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, anti-racism, and transnationalism. 

• Academia
• Awards and prizes

Democracy can work better than it does today, and we believe that starts with better human connections. Our online tools inspire people of all backgrounds and every political conviction to learn more about all sides of the conversation.

• Participatory democracy

Undebates web-based technology allows candidates to self-record and upload their content simply by clicking a link and following on-screen instructions.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Debate

A democratic statecraft lab was a rotating lab in partnership with the democracy initiative at uva. It ran from 2019-2022.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

"Acumen is a nonprofit impact investment fund focused on investing in social enterprises that serve low-income individuals in United States." - Wikipedia

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Deliberative Media Lab focused on democracies that have experienced cultural and political strife influenced and amplified by social media and reduced public deliberation

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

A suite of tools designed to help survivors navigate barriers and define their own pathways toward healing and justice. Within Callisto Vault, survivors can access two tools: the Matching System and Encrypted Record Form.

• harassment

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech

A February 2021 report by Polaris, The Soufan Group, and Limbik

• anti-trafficking

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Stac labs accelerates party, state and local campaigns' analytical and technological capabilities.

• partisan
• local
• state

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

YAI’s Center for Innovation and Engagement understands how technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better participate in their community.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Adjacent Fields
• Innovation teams and labs
• Hardware