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In the project “reframe[Tech] – Algorithms for the Common Good”, we are committed to ensuring that efforts to develop and use algorithms and artificial intelligence are more closely aligned with the common good.
Creating knowledge and strategies for responsible, ethical and inclusive automated decision-making.
tlab پایگاه شفافیت ایران
Iran (Islamic Republic of)“Transparency Lab” (tlab) is a project that aims to map existing policy and legislation in relation to transparency, corruption and accountability in Iran; to assess their strengths and weaknesses and to introduce international standards, values and policy recommendations to the discussion about transparency, corruption and accountability in the country.
NuLawLab
Boston, MAThe NuLawLab is the interdisciplinary innovation laboratory at Northeastern University School of Law. We are leaders in the emerging global Legal Design movement.
Digital Commons Lab
TrentoDigital Commons Lab (DCL) is a research laboratory of the Digital Society center of FBK with the goal to design, develop and analyze digital commons based on open data.
eGovlab is the Stockholm University Centre for Excellence in e-Governance Studies focused on driving European and International research collaboration for research and development in the area of IT in the Public Sector.
Interoperable Europe
EuropeInteroperable Europe is the initiative of the European Commission for a reinforced public sector interoperability policy. The Interoperable Europe Act proposes a strategic interoperability cooperation mechanism across the European Union.
An open source Policy Toolkit for cities to develop digital policies that put citizens at the center, tackle Sustainable Development Goals and make Governments more open, transparent, and collaborative.
The Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy
CopenhagenA commitment to make digital technologies work for, not against, democracy and human rights. It underlines the joint responsibility of governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, and technology companies to develop and use digital technologies to the benefit of democracy and human rights.
Smarter-Together
BrusselsVetted methods, key principles, inspiring stories and experts from around the world
Digitally Yours Podcast
TunisiaTechnoloxia's podcast series that brings you an in-depth look into the digital landscape in North Africa. Latest debates at the intersection of technology, policy and Society.
A Snapshot Of Artificial Intelligence Procurement Challenges
GovLab New York UniversityDiagnosing perceived and actual risks impeding responsible AI acquisition in government
With its partners, OCHA contributes to principled and effective humanitarian response through coordination, advocacy, policy, information management and humanitarian financing tools and services.
Diia Digital country
UkraineUkrainian digital government app
To highlight the global knowledge base of behavioural insights work in public policy, and bring the achievements of institutions to the fore, the OECD launched the Behavioural Insights Knowledge Hub and map in 2021.
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
United States of America (the)by Code for America Founder Jennifer Pahlka
The Global Media Registry is a non-profit social enterprise that supports transparency, accountability and pluralism in our shared digital information space. We are a solution hub for newsrooms, regulators and policy makers, and for all stakeholders that engage with the media industry.
Urban Ocean Lab
San FranciscoUrban Ocean Lab cultivates rigorous, creative, equitable, and practical climate and ocean policy for the future of coastal cities.
The report is based on a survey of 7,500+ civil society organizations (CSOs) from 136 countries who answered questions about the barriers that they, and the communities they serve, face when it comes to digital equity.
A report for lawmakers, governments and policymakers at national and European level, 2023
A new, independent global science organization committed to providing actionable scientific knowledge about threats to the world’s information environment
The Knight-Georgetown Institute
Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United StatesGeorgetown has partnered with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest $30 million in a nonpartisan institute that helps policymakers and tech industry leaders address pressing issues related to technology, policy and ethics and make informed decisions on how technology is used to shape, produce and share information across platforms.
Bloom Housing
San FranciscoA housing platform that simplifies, centralizes, and makes it easy for people to search and apply for affordable housing.
Digital Platform Commission Act of 2022
Washington, DCLegislation introduced in the 117th Congress, "To establish a new Federal body to provide reasonable oversight and regulation of digital platforms."
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act
Washington, DCThe bill’s sponsor, Representative Ro Khanna, summed it up by saying, “Government exists to serve citizens, and this bill ensures government leverages available technology to provide cohesive, user-friendly online service that people around this country expect and deserve.”
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El Avispero
BogotáWe are a platform of more than 140 thousand activists, organizations and groups that mobilize to transform behaviors and attitudes, generating influence in public policies and thus building a more tolerant, fair, sustainable, inclusive and participatory country.
Advancing the ethical and responsible use of data to address critical development challenges both globally and locally
We now bring this decade’s worth of insights and our intellectual capital to scale with our automated audits, and proprietary demographic and geographic database used to ensure the validity (and compliance) of the outputs.
Future of Work in the Global South
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaFOWIGS is a network of Think Tanks from southern regions which brings data and knowledge together to build evidence-based narratives on the Future of Work. At FOWIGS, we contribute to the policy frameworks from and for developing countries.
Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Review
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAUS White House order including addressing AI generated public comments
A platform to evaluate the most complex of India's technology policy conundrums
The Future of Privacy Forum
Washington, DCFPF brings together industry, academics, civil society, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore the challenges posed by emerging technologies and develop privacy protections, ethical norms, and workable best practices in these areas and more.
Oslo Governance Centre
Oslo, NorwayThe Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is UNDPs dedicated Global Policy Centre for Governance issues. It promotes transformative governance for peaceful, just and inclusive societies.
LSE Polis
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AELondon School of Economics’ media think-tank in collaboration with the LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.
JournalismAI
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEJournalismAI [at LSE] is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly.
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
Cornell TechMaking cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.
Every year, we track innovations and changes across the political tech space, recognizing the need to capture the developments in this fast-changing industry. This report focuses on the historic 2022 midterm cycle.
Standard for Public Code
AmsterdamThe Standard for Public Code - a model for public organizations to build their own open source solutions to enable successful future reuse by and collaboration with similar public organizations in other places.
the critical infrastructure lab aims to create space to co-develop alternative infrastructural futures that center people and planet over profit and capital.
Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
University of CanberraAcademic center at the University of Canberra, Australia and publisher of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Boston University Initiative on Cities
Boston UniversityThe Initiative on Cities serves as a hub for urban related research and teaching across Boston University. We engage with urban leaders, policymakers, academics, and students from around the world to work toward sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.
LocalView
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USALocalView is a database co-created by Soubhik Barari and Tyler Simko to advance the study of local government in the United States. It is the largest dataset of local government public meetings — the central policy-making process in American local government — as they are captured on video.
"Findings from this study presents a developed model that can support community engagement for urban innovation by specifying factors that influences community engagement for smart sustainable city development." by Bokolo Anthony Jr.
Building a Culture of Innovation in Government
United States of America (the)This brief is the compilation of the findings from of a series of workshops on creating a vision for how our [US] government can build and foster a culture of innovation over the next 20 years.
A team of researchers led by Dominik Hangartner, IPL co-director and professor of public policy at ETH Zurich, has joined forces with colleagues at the University of Zurich to investigate what kind of messages could lead authors of hate speech to refrain from such postings in the future
Report and share Violence Incidence in Nigeria directly on this platform.
Public Technology Leadership Collaborative
Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USAThe Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC) is a new peer learning collective of scholars, researchers, and government leaders committed to addressing the social and cultural implications of data and technology.
Customer Experience Projects
Washington, DCThe Biden Administration's approach to human-centered design to re-orient government around a core set of "life experience" personas
Sharing and Caring EU
EuropeThe main objective of this action is to develop a European network of actors focusing on the development of collaborative economy models and platforms and on social and technological implications of the collaborative economy through a practice focused approach.
All Tech Is Human’s Tech & Democracy report addresses key issues and best practices in the field, and highlights a diverse range of individuals working in the field (across civil society, government, industry, academia, and entrepreneurship).
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