The Open Source Observatory (OSOR) serves as a place where the open source software community can come together to publish news, find out about events, find relevant open source software solutions and read about the use of free and open source in public administrations across and beyond Europe.

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• Civic tech catalogs

Digital upheaval also means a whole universe of tools and techniques are out there to make your reporting easier, faster, harder, smarter.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election

• 2024 elections

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• The People
• Engagement tech

• The Tech
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...a free global resource for using social media and new technologies in emergencies

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• Graveyard
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A crowd-sourced web-based database of organizations, programs, and initiatives at the intersection of STEM and local government and communities.

• STEM

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• Help out

The Civic Commons Wiki was a collaborative encyclopedia documenting best-practices and open standards for file formats, APIs, agile development processes, open source software, and supporting policies and licenses in the civic sector.

• The Tech
• Graveyard
• Civic tech catalogs

The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, database of rigorous reporting on responses to the world's most pressing social problems.

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Airtable with tools for digital humanitarian work

• The People
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The CLARITY project brings together stakeholder networks across Europe into an engaged and mobilised community that supports innovation in open eGovernment applications.

• The Tech
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A collection of tools and resources to learn and act on Brexit.

• Brexit

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This is an assessment of efficiency and functioning of asset disclosure systems in 18 CEE countries.

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• Civic data

The Public Impact Observatory Welcome to our Public Impact Observatory, a unique database of public policy case studies. Using our Public Impact Fundamentals we have analysed hundreds of examples of public policy succeeding or failing, drawing out the key lessons for future policy work

• research

• The Tech
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Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch

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• Build something

• The Tech
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Learn how to write your own open data policy, and see existing ones.

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Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods

• guides

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• Media
• Fight disinformation

A platform for improving public services by showcasing and promoting the reuse of civic software.

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• Graveyard

• The People
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Map of Open Data, Civic Technology and social innovation in Latin America

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• Civic data

Digital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

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Now part of Tech Impact. Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Technology Decisions

• The Tech
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• The Tech
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La Alianza Latinoamericana para la Tecnología Cívica (ALTEC) es el resultado de la alianza entre Luminate Group y Fundación Avina que busca promover el desarrollo de iniciativas de tecnología cívica con el potencial de mejorar y ampliar el ejercicio de la ciudadanía no sólo como un fin sino como un vehículo para alcanzar cambios positivos en prácticas de efecto colectivo, tanto públicas como privadas.

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• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Learn about organizations in the region and the tools which they have developed.

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

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
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A comprehensive look at the growing world of new mobility.

• mobility

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Sharing America's Code. Unlock the tremendous potential of the Federal Government’s software

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

An evolving collection of design patterns for sharing data

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The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.

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Collectively created online space to inform and connect people working for a better democracy in the UK

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards
• Crowdsourcing

Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.

• racial equity

• The People
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• The Tech
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• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

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A collection of the many projects the Prototype Fund has supported, including many civic tech and open data projects.

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Inter-American Development Bank's repository for open-source software

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118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

• refugees

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

A database of projects and organizations dedicated to fighting COVID-19

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The Liane project is a box of technologies and methodologies open to promote political renewal campaigns in Latin America, which organizes the intelligence that has been produced in the field and provides digital technologies with the objective of increasing the competitiveness of low-cost and high-level electoral campaigns intensity.

• The People
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• Organize campaigns

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• Civic tech catalogs

At the heart of CharityBase is the most comprehensive source of public data on charities in the UK.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Nonprofit tech

A no-longer-updated catalog of European digital social innovation funded by EU Horizon 2020

• The Tech
• Graveyard
• Civic tech catalogs

Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

a comprehensive catalogue of civic engagement software

• The Tech
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Browse our community’s project directory to identify where you can volunteer.

• The Tech
• The People
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A wiki collection of peacetech tools

• peace

• The Tech
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• Graveyard

• The People
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TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.

• Adjacent Fields
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• Tech for public challenges

Learn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities

• The People
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