On the Open Data Project Gallery, you can find examples of open data in action and gain inspiration for projects of your own. See how NYC Open Data is used by activists to advocate for change, by entrepreneurs to develop products, by teachers to build analytics skills in the classroom, by government agencies to make data more accessible, and much more.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic tech catalogs

Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape.

• trainings

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

The Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington's Information School explores the role of digital technologies in building more open, inclusive, and equitable societies.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Fight disinformation

We empower women around the world to participate in the political process and equip them with the skills to take on greater leadership roles.

In 12 episodes, Jay Smooth teaches you Media Literacy! Based on an introductory college level curriculum, this series takes you through the history and psychology of media and gives you the skills to become more media savvy.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Shows and films

CITAD is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that is committed to the use of information and communication technologies for development and promotion of good governance.

• Digital literacy
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

The mission of MediaWise is to empower people of all ages to be more critical consumers of content online.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

The COR curriculum was developed by the Stanford History Education Group as part of MediaWise—a partnership of SHEG, the Poynter Institute, and the Local Media Association.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

RoveR is an app to help you spot real over rubbish news!

• Media
• Crowdsourcing
• Fight disinformation

Within the disinformation and memory studies direction, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) team is developing tools in several ways.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Fight disinformation

The skills you need to deliver services that work

• trainings

• Service delivery
• Courses

NewseumED.org offers free resources to cultivate the First Amendment and media literacy skills essential to civic life.

• free speech

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

"The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org

• students

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

In today’s digital world, knowing how to read, write, and participate online is a foundational skill next to reading, writing, and arithmetic.

• Media
• Digital literacy
• Fight disinformation

Never before has the need for News Literacy been more urgent.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

The Facebook Digital Literacy Library is hosted by Facebook and currently includes learning resources made available by Youth and Media at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

• Facebook
• youth

• Media
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital literacy

The Digital Literacy Curriculum, focused on disinfo detection, was developed with the Finnish government for integration in schools, supported by the EU Parliament.

• students

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

This project is an experiment in experiential learning through a cyber verification lab at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

DUBAWA is Nigeria’s independent verification and fact-checking platform, initiated by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) and supported by the most influential newsrooms and civic organisations in the country to help amplify the culture of truth in public discourse, public policy, and media practice.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Interactive online courses for 21st century public servants. Master essential skills and earn a certificate of completion.

• Govtech
• Digital literacy
• Online courses

Mobilizing the next generation of technologists to create civic impact in cities and states across the country.

• Find a job or hire someone

While COVID-19 has put a temporary stop to our classroom-based training, we have created a library of online training courses to support local authority staff to learn and develop their digital skills.

• Govtech
• Professional associations

"The aim of The Good Information Project is to claim back and own the inform in information."

• Fight disinformation

Momentum is a training institute and movement incubator.

• trainings

• Organize campaigns
• Incubators
• Decentralization

Connecting organizations with technical challenges to students who have the technical skills to solve them

• students

• Resource matching and sharing

Visualizing climate change

• Climate action
• Clean water and sanitation

• Artistic interventions

TGH has graduated more than 35,000 people at more than 300 schools and community sites and has distributed more than 22,500 new computers. Last year: 3,640+ graduates report that they learned skills that can help improve their lives 1,150+ children are better able to do schoolwork online because of TGH 2,530+ graduates have used their TGH device and digital skills for their health and wellness Tech Goes Home empowers communities to access and use digital tools to overcome barriers and advance lives.

• Digital literacy

MisinfoDay is an annual event co-hosted by the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) and Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.

• Holidays
• Fight disinformation

For entrepreneurial MIT students looking to put their skills to work for a greater good, the Media Arts and Sciences class MAS.664 (AI for Impact) has been a destination point.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Courses
• Academia

Academy includes outcomes-driven online trainings for anyone, anywhere onthe essential skills and tools for making an impact in the 21st Century.

• trainings

• Govtech vendors

Our syllabus is a set of free, open access ‘teach the teacher’ materials designed to help educators teach master’s level students the skills they need to thrive as public servants in the Digital Era.

• resources
• curricula

• Govtech
• Courses

Guatemalan collaborative fact-checking platform with digital training and educational courses, through which journalists can educate themselves on open source intelligence (OSINT), disinformation analysis and digital safety.

• trainings

• Media
• Podcasts
• Factchecking

A free online course offered by The GovLab on: How to take advantage of technology, data and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems.

• Courses
• Online courses

Where ideas and action intersect to create real social impact.

• Research and policy centers
• Academic programs

A community of practice for data analysts across City agencies that has since grown to over 800 members at more than 60 agencies.

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Data science for social good

KivuHub is a community hub of entrepreneurs, developers, business and startups with the right technological skills and business.

• Decent work and economic growth

• Hubs

Using ICT for Co-Creation of inclusive public Places

• public space

• Engagement tech
• Ideation

Each will receive two years of funding ($250,000 per year) and additional support

• Funders & donors
• Academia

LEVERAGING DATA TO IMPROVE LIVES

• Decent work and economic growth

• Digital literacy
• Tech talent
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

AI literacy effort for government and other sectors in Cameroon

• Govtech
• Digital literacy
• Artificial Intelligence

Coworking space, accelerator, and economic engine in Lilongwe

• development

• Hubs
• Accelerators

The programme provides you with the planning, management and technical skills necessary to lead and transform public organisations to be open, inclusive, innovative, flexible and effective using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

• Academic programs

Investing in education, training and skills development by ensuring that ICT is fully and appropriately integrated into education and training at all levels and also establishing educational networks for sharing educational resources and promoting e-learning at all levels; Building capacity of the youth to fully integrate them into the Country’s technological transformation;

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

aula is a completely new way of thinking about what participation means, offering young people the chance to play an active part in shaping the world around them. Our online platform and learning resources (click here) promote a better understanding of democracy and develop the skills needed to participate in it.

• students

• Civic literacy
• Graveyard

An IRL game where you try to recruit 1,000 supporters to your campaign

• Organize campaigns
• Games and gamification

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation's compendium of toolkits for public sector innovation and transformation, curated by OPSI and our partners around the world

• Playbooks and design principles
• Toolkits
• Fieldwide resources

CIVIX is a non-partisan, national registered charity dedicated to building the skills and habits of active and engaged citizenship among young Canadians. The vision is a strong and inclusive democracy where all young people are ready, willing and able to participate. CIVIX was born through a merger between Operation Dialogue and Student Vote – two non-partisan organizations with a significant history of engaging Canadian youth.

• Civic literacy

All the Citizens is a non-profit organisation registered as a UK limited company. Most of its initial work has been undertaken by individuals volunteering skills and expertise. It is currently currently made up of around 80 volunteers: journalists, filmmakers, advertising creatives, data scientists, artists, students, lawyers and many more.

Rhize is a global network of movement-building coaches who train and support grassroots movements in their local communities. Rhize provides coaches with strategies, skills and resources to partner with and train activists in their community, creating a force multiplying effect that helps movements sustain and grow their impact.

• coaching

Since 1992, the European Journalism Centre has been building a sustainable, ethical and innovative future for journalism through grants, events, training and media development. It is an international non-profit, headquartered in The Netherlands, that connects journalists with new ideas, skills and people.

• Media
• Journalism