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BridgeBot
GlobalMeet BridgeBot, a new chatbot which helps social media users bridge differences and build trust and understanding online.
Hashtag Generation
Colombo, Sri LankaHashtag Generation is a non profit organization and movement led and run by a group of young tech-savvy, socially conscious Sri Lankans advocating for the meaningful civic and political participation of youth, especially young women and young people from minority groups
Get the Trolls Out
EuropeA campaign that harnesses the power of social media to disseminate innovative media outputs and generate dialogue in order to deliver a powerful counter-narrative against diverse forms of hate speech, including antisemitism, anti-Muslim hate, anti-Christian sentiment.
Digital Wellbeing Initiative
Colombo, Sri LankaThe Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Sri Lanka is a project that collaborates with youth, technology professionals, artists, and policymakers to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the digital landscape with skill and intellect and find a balance between the promise of technology and their personal well-being.
The Project AISLE
Batticaloa, Sri LankaProject AISLE is a hate speech monitoring tool in Tamil and Sinhala developed using Artificial Intelligence.
Search for Common Ground
BrusselsSince 1982, Search for Common Ground has been building peace, transforming societies, and using innovative tools to end violent conflict around the world.
Caught in the Web (CitW)
Colombo, Sri LankaCaught in the Web (CitW) is a 26 month initiative supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office United Kingdom where Search for Common Ground, Hashtag Generation, and Centre for Equality and Justice work as a consortium to advance effective responses to gendered online hate speech and cyber sexual and gender based violence in Sri Lanka.
Delete Nothing
Colombo, Sri LankaDelete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.
We-Gital Heros in Digital Peacebuilding
Colombo, Sri LankaWe-Gital Heros in Digital Peacebuilding is a Search for Common Ground Sri Lanka project to establish a digital learning, networking, mentorship, and professional development platform for youth (ages 18-29) interested in addressing online dangerous hate speech.
#GotaGoGama
Sri Lanka#GotaGoHome: The hashtag that defined Sri Lanka’s revolution
Dreamspace Academy
Batticaloa, Sri LankaDreamSpace Academy is a social enterprise tackling local socio-economic and environmental challenges through challenge-based learning, grassroots innovation and impact venture building.
A training program for digital community stewards (online group moderators and admins) focused on building social cohesion in online communities, and creating inclusive, engaging, and safe digital experiences within their online groups.
Media Diversity Institute
LondonMedia Diversity Institute (MDI) works internationally to promote accurate and nuanced reporting on issues of race, religion, ethnicity, class, disability, gender and sexual identity in media landscapes around the world.
IAP2 Training Programs
DenverIAP2 carries out its mission to advance and extend the practice of public participation by organizing and conducting professional development activities to serve the learning needs of members.
IAP2 adalah asosiasi anggota internasional yang mempromosikan dan meningkatkan praktik partisipasi publik atau pelibatan masyarakat, yang menggabungkan individu, pemerintah, lembaga, dan entitas lain yang memengaruhi kepentingan publik di seluruh dunia.
Hypha is an open source submission management platform to receive and manage applications for funding.
IAP2 USA is a nationwide organization that leads, advances and advocates for best practices in public participation. It is a home and community for people who believe good decisions can be made together.
As the peak body for the community and stakeholder engagement sector, IAP2 Australasia, believes that engagement, when done well, improves environmental, social and governance outcomes and increases trust in the democratic process.
Professional certification for public participation professionals offered by IAP2 USA
Lever for Change connects donors with problem solvers to find and fund bold, effective solutions to accelerate social change.
Technology Modernization Fund
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAWe drive modernization in federal IT that better serves agencies and the American public.
S.4495 - A bill to enable safe, responsible, and agile procurement, development, and use of artificial intelligence by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Nace como una forma de contribuir a desplegar las habilidades y competencias necesarias en personas y agrupaciones de diversa índole que desean ser protagonistas de la construcción del futuro para sus comunidades, territorios y países.
AI Policy Hub
Berkeley, CA, USAThe AI Policy Hub is an interdisciplinary initiative that trains researchers to develop effective governance and policy frameworks to guide artificial intelligence, with a goal to help policymakers and other AI decision-makers act with foresight.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) South Africa
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa
Our mission is to promote and advance public participation / community engagement globally through targeted initiatives that are guided by culturally adaptive standards of practice and core values.
Fairness Without Categories: Enabling Collective Action for Algorithmic Accountability
Berkeley, CA, USAThis project [by Jessica Dai], in collaboration with Deb Raji, explores designing a framework for the general public to report and contest large-scale harms from algorithmic decision making systems (ADS).
527 Explorer
United States of America (the)Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances.
AI in grantmaking peer group meeting
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)An open invitation for funders of all sizes to come together as peers, exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI.
Karachi Chal
KarachiYour AI based Itinerary planner for the City of lights.
Bocoup
MassachusettsWe partner with tech companies, nonprofits, and other institutions on projects that promote a more just digital landscape for all users.
Data For Crisis
TallinnA collaborative work between DW Akademie and SocialLab to provide credible raw and aggregated data from Social Networks about crisis-related topics like COVID and Migration to support media practitioners and researchers with free access to public data
The Impact and Opportunities of Generative AI in Fact-Checking
Washington state, USAPaper by ROBERT WOLFE and TANUSHREE MITRA, University of Washington, United States
Querido Diário
Brazil (Brasil)Diários oficiais dos municípios brasileiros em formato aberto para a livre consulta da sociedade civil.
Democracy Network (Taiwan)
Taipei City, TaiwanConnecting the international community’s and Taiwan’s digital development and democratic governance experiences, leveraging the power of democracy networks to promote civic technology and decentralized autonomy, enhancing network development digital resilience.
Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We are a charity helping organisations use digital for social good
FloodLight
PakistanA Code for Pakistan initiative to Crowdsource the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.
form-extractor-prototype
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)A prototype tool that extracts the structure of a form from an image or PDF and generates a multi-page web form in the GOV.UK schema. by @timpaul
Civic Technology Collaboration
Taipei City, TaiwanSwimming with the tide of international trends on the "Public Code, Public Goods" and pursuing digital democracy, moda supports civic technology and empowers open source software development.
Voices of Venezuela
ColombiaVoices of Venezuela fue creado para construir un puente de entendimiento entre culturas, para combatir la xenofobia y mostrarle al mundo que los venezolanos contribuyen a sus comunidades de acogida, permitiendo que todos prosperen. Website is down but social media is active.
Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA)
Taipei City, TaiwanThe moda is committed to promoting suitable digital tools and open mindsets through building resilience and co-creation, powering Taiwan’s shift from a digital island to a global model of digital democracy and innovation.
Privacy Stack
MassachusettsAn open source starter app that comes with user accounts that include: data access, do not sell, data deletion, undo sign up, and other features.
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Chat for Impact
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)WhatsApp community hosted by turn.io
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