We’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.

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Una plataforma de participación ciudadana digital que permite visibilizar y priorizar propuestas ciudadanas a nivel nacional

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the digital engagement catalogue

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The ODI startup incubator ran from 2012 to 2017 as a 9-12 months programme supporting early stage startups that used open data as part of their business model.

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Startnext ist die größte Crowdfunding-Plattform in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz für Projekte von Gründern, Erfindern und Kreativen. Entdecke neue Ideen oder finanziere dein Projekt!

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Filterable map view of NYC's participatory budgeting projects across the city

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CARTO Turns Your Location Data Into Business Outcomes.

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

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Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

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We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.

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We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

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Martus was a free, open source, secure information collection and management tool that empowers these rights activists to be stronger in their fight against injustice and abuse.

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The Emanuel administration hoped to harness the city’s trove of digital data to improve Chicagoans’ health, safety, and quality of life.

Participation Factory is a social enterprise that mainstreams participation and data-driven approaches into governance and process design.

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Serwis internetowy Urzędu Miejskiego w Starachowicach.

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Perquè la democràcia es fa entre tots i totes.

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Smart Cities Dive provides the latest news and trends on sustainable, connected and livable cities.

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The World Smart City Awards seek to recognize pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that promote sustainable urban development around the globe.

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crypto governance

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ePart è la soluzione web per la gestione partecipativa dei cittadini alla gestione degli ambienti urbani. Consente ai cittadini di interagire con l'amministrazione pubblica segnalando disagi e disservizi presenti sul territorio

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Aclima announces a new partnership with Google Earth Outreach to map and better understand outdoor air quality.

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Issue reporting, cameras, and sensors to improve government efficiency in Jakarta

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We use the concepts of platform politics and voice to show that while Amplify managers and designers invested time and resources to include the voices of Amplify beneficiaries on the platform and elicit their feedback on projects supported via the platform, no meaningful participation took place.

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In March, we hosted an international conference bringing together leaders from 18 countries and 75 cities who participated on behalf of their communities, their work reshaping democracy through participation.

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Discover the Estonian eID (Estonian: ID-kaart), its major applications and benefits for all citizens.

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a McKinsey report

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A maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal

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A platform for running online participatory budgeting elections

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Help build the free database of UK election candidates

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Political party transparency made easy

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Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget.

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Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies

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Innovation has been at the core of our corporate DNA since 1936, and the last several years have seen a wave of innovation that is delivering the promise of Smart Parking to cities of all sizes.​

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The map shows the transfers from the Government to the municipalities and county councils from the Reserve Fund (15%), Local Development National Program (65%) and other programs managed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration that sum up to 7.5 billion lei

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Open government data portal

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The online registration system is a provincial government web platform where parents can apply for learners' school placement for the following year. Parents are notified of the outcome of their applications vis SMS and have to respond within a week. The platform provides an alphabetic list of schools in the gauteng province and it can handle about 35,000 users in one second.. The department has offered placement to 102 971 applicants for the online admissions 2020.

Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, photography, and more.

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City's open data portal

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City page covers which tracking technologies are in place, why, and what they mean for privacy

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Introducing The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

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Gov tech accelerator

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Invest in women who improve the world.

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Zapraszamy do korzystania z otwartych danych Miasta Gdańska. W serwisie publikujemy dane m.in. o miejskich finansach, rozkładach jazdy komunikacji miejskiej, demografii. Otwarte dane czekają na wykorzystanie przez Ciebie, Twoją organizację pozarządową lub firmę!

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Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines

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