a hackathon (now in its second edition) in which teams work collaboratively from different Latin American countries to find creative solutions to problems posed by civil society in the first phase of the event. More than 20 areas of knowledge dialogued collaboratively to solve challenges in Science and Education during #CoAfina.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Civic hackathons

Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup designed to connect software creators and activists who are interested in censorship, surveillance, and open technology.

• free speech

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• In-person meetings

A la fois laboratoire d’innovation publique, équipe d’experts pluridisciplinaires, centre de ressource et de formation, réseau dédié à l’innovation - le Lieu de la Transformation Publique propose, depuis 2019, un accompagnement sur mesure aux porteurs de projets engagés dans une démarche de transformation.

• France (national government)

• Govtech
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• In-person meetings

"...Open source hardware gives people the freedom to control their technology while sharing knowledge and encouraging commerce through the open exchange of designs."

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• Hardware
• Citizen science

This e-group is created as a part of social movement building initiaves with the aim to share knowledge and discuss the latest development and issues related to the regional community integration of ASEAN. All are welcome.

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• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

forum - tudo sobre dados abertos

• Civic data
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• Socialize online

We connect volunteers (developers, graphic designers, marketing specialists) with impactful social good projects to help them with tech.

• The People
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• Civic hacking meetups

The Brussels Urban Summit (BUS) brings together three international city conferences: the 14th Metropolis World Congress, the Eurocities Annual Conference and the sixth OECD Champion Mayors Summit for Inclusive Growth Initiative. It gathers over 300 cities worldwide and more than 1000 politicians, experts and representatives of civil society to exchange ideas and set the priorities for sustainable, affordable, and liveable cities going forward.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

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• Conferences

Network Impact has created a series of Network Know-How Guides for early-stage network builders who want to learn how to develop healthy, impactful and sustainable networks.

• guides

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• Peer networks

PIDLit’s Data in the ATL and Data Empowered Events series features local and global professionals and social justice advocates who use data analysis & visualization in their daily work and careers.

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• In-person meetings
• Data science for social good

We are the largest community-based career platform for urbanists working on city challenges worldwide.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

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• Find a job or hire someone
• Socialize online

Code for Charlottesville brings together coders, designers, data analysts, researchers, and community partners to work on projects with local nonprofits and governmental agencies.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Civic hacking meetups

ACT is a newly formed organization that will connect volunteer civic technology efforts, in both technology and advocacy, in their local communities.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Partner networks and coalitions

A group for peer-to-peer learning for engagement professionals who want to deepen their understanding about technologies for community and stakeholder engagement.

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• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

The Government of Uganda, through Ministry of ICT and National Guidance constructed the National ICT Innovation Hub primarily to establish an environment for ICT innovators facing challenges of workspace and internet connectivity.

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• In-person meetings
• Hubs

Computer scientists for e-democracy Facebook Group

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• Socialize online

Out in Tech is the world’s largest non-profit community of LGBTQ+ tech leaders.

• LGBTQI

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• Peer networks

Want to join the global digital rights and internet freedom community? We providing events, services, job board, community spaces, and more!

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
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Our Slack workspace helps individuals in the Responsible Tech ecosystem connect with one another, discuss research, share events, learn about careers and job opportunities, and more. In addition, we have channels for specific locations to allow for people to collaborate based on vicinity.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

BARI is an inter-university research partnership for Northeastern University and Harvard University in conjunction with the City of Boston.

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• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Code for Dallas is an official Code for America Brigade in Dallas, TX working on projects with government and community partners to improve people’s lives.

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Data Justice Lab conference at Cardiff University and online

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• Conferences

Since there's not yet a clear home for civic tech on Mastodon, I've rounded up some of the more relevant servers for civic tech's digital migrants to gather.

• guides
• Mastodon

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• Socialize online
• Open social

eupolicy.social is a Mastodon instance for the EU policy bubble. Its aim is to provide a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in the field of EU policy and to contribute to the health, diversity and growth of the fediverse.

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• Socialize online
• Open social

Hacks/Hackers is a rapidly expanding international grassroots journalism organization with dozens of groups (and counting) and thousands of members across four continents (and counting).

• Media
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• Journalism

Last year we piloted an initiative called Community Connections at the Responsible Data mailing list, where we connected two or more members of the community based on their shared interests in responsible data(RD)-related topics, allowing them to chat about topics and projects related to responsible data.

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• Socialize online
• Peer networks

Hacks/Hackers is an international grassroots community of people who seek to inspire and inform each other to build the future of media.

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• In-person meetings
• Peer networks

The Wikimedians of the Caribbean Usergroup is a Wikimedia user group focused on the peoples of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora, bringing together cultures and languages, and also the communities with their diasporas.

• diaspora

• Meet the others
• Open knowledge

Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda is a team of self-motivated individuals who improve articles on Wikimedia Foundation project websites and promote free and open access to knowledge locally. They also invested in projects that sensitize and train communities about Wikipedia.

• Meet the others
• Open knowledge

At ClimateAction.tech, we meet, discuss, learn and take climate action together. We would love for you to join us on Slack.

• Climate action

• The People
• Meet the others
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

An organisation to support data experts working in civil society

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• Socialize online

Sign-up form to join Slack

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• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

We believe that it's never been easier to use digital technology to tackle some of the world's toughest social and environmental challenges.

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• In-person meetings
• Civic hacking meetups

Do you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?

• The People
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• Socialize online

Empowering and inspiring civic innovators across central Virginia

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• Civic hacking meetups

The Inter-American Development Bank's network for developers working with governments in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Govtech
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• Peer networks

Together, we build tech tools for a stronger society

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• Civic hacking meetups
• Civic apps outfits

Large civic tech conference in Japan running for 7+ years. 集え、全国のシビックテックプレイヤー

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• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Helping to increase digital literacy and use of open data in Nepal HELP NEPAL FIGHT COVID-19

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• In-person meetings
• Civic hacking meetups

Co-working Space, Events, Education, Programming, Incubators, Accelerators and a community of Entrepreneurs focusing on Innovation.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
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• In-person meetings

All about changing communities, our workplaces, and the industry for the better.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
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La Academia de Innovación Política es una plataforma que busca generar espacios de formación virtuales y presenciales para la transferencia y co-construcción de conceptos, prácticas, metodologías y herramientas de gobernanza democrática en los escenarios actuales.

• trainings

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Meet the others

Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.

• city
• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Code for BTV is an organization based in Vermont that works on projects to address technology problems for social and civic justice organizations.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

We are a network of people and projects, rooted in Detroit and connected to hundreds of other places across the globe. Together, we grow and exchange ways of using media to create the world we need.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
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• In-person meetings

AbreLatam es una desconferencia en la que actores de diferentes sectores participan en su calidad personal construyendo debates clave sobre temáticas vinculadas a los datos abiertos en diversos campos tales como gobierno abierto, servicios públicos, privacidad, derechos humanos, participación ciudadana, aspectos técnicos y muchos más.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
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• In-person meetings

A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• The People

Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve and make calculated decisions in ways that will enable them to perform tasks previously thought to rely solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuit​y

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• The People
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• In-person meetings

This year's Summit will focus on Open vs. Closed Tech in Government, Democracy & Elections, Disinformation & Fake News and Power Dynamics in Tech. We'll have different session formats: Panels, Lighting Talks and Workshops!

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• Conferences

An online forum to discuss the CONSUL engagement platform

• Consul

• The People
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• Socialize online