NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.

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Bridging the gap between local government and human capital in Chapel Hill

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A process of improving, adapting, or developing a product, system, or service in order to deliver better results and create value for people.

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Share and reuse Interoperability solutions for public administrations, businesses and citizens

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Start using your career to make a difference in one of the world's leading tech for good companies fighting climate change, improving healthcare, reducing inequalities and many other impact areas.

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The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) is a collaboration of world-class universities who provide education, tools and research to help catalyse social change for a better world.

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We believe a world that respects our right to be isn’t some far-off destination. It’s something we’re building every day. This is your call to power, to build a world free of harassment. How do you want to get started?

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Civic Technology and Open Government - Global #civictech #opengov has 7,413 members. ‎Global exchange on civic technology, open government, open data,...

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Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the city with awards presented concurrently with the National League of Cities conference held each November.

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Global Forest Watch collects crowdsourced, geographic data to track environmental degradation around the world.

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In a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is emerging to defend human rights, democracy and the common good. Fearless Cities is the first book written by and for the global municipalist movement.

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Advancing an inclusive digital society

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Facilitating development of open government data and API specifications via a W3C Community Group (now closed).

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by Hollie Russon Gilman. Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation.

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Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.

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Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.

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Police Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.

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a blog on the data the government should collect, but doesn't

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Find out more about Data City | Data Nation, a global data sharing initiative between Singapore and London.

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Given the volume of events being organized in the emerging field around Digital Disinformation, we are developing an events calendar to better track the timing and focus of these convenings.

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Our team spent two years listening to homeless New Yorkers. This website aims to summarize our findings and push forward sensible reforms that we developed alongside our homeless neighbors.

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PDX Women in Tech exists to encourage women to join tech and support and empower women so they stay in tech.

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Open Cities Lab is a non-profit open and non-partisan organisation that combines the use of action research, co-design, data science, and technology with civic engagement, to enable the development of inclusive cities and urban spaces.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

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It deals with central issues such as location factors and potential of urban production, future-oriented ideas for logistics in urban areas and the opportunities of additive manufacturing in urban areas.

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private sector tech guidance for the City

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innovateAFRICA is the continent’s largest fund for supporting civic media experimentation and digital news startups in everything from data-driven journalism and investigative reporting, to newsroom management, audience engagement, digital convergence, and media business models.

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NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.

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What Works Cities Certification Is The National Standard Of Excellence For Well-managed, Data-driven Local Government.

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The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.

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Helping civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

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Established in 2003, guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.

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An online forum for community discussion

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The Ford Foundation did something unique—it hired technologists and embedded them in its grant-making teams. It was part of a foundation-wide effort to better understand the growing influence of data and technology on social justice issues.

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A comprehensive look at the growing world of new mobility.

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Travel to the right donors, at the right time.

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Décider ensemble met en place des échanges sous forme de groupes de réflexion à travers l’organisation de colloques, matinées de questionnements, formations et événements annuels

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Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

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A podcast on breakthroughs in public service technology.

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A global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs -- individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems.

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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation provides education, scholarships, exhibits, events, and media related to the lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.

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The Transformative Media Organizing Project links LGBTQ and Two-Spirit organizers, media makers, and tech-activists across the United States.

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We find the brightest leaders with the best ideas for social innovation as early as possible. And then we do everything we can to make sure they succeed.

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OpenOakland bridges technology and community for a thriving and equitable Oakland.

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Data Science Consulting for Smart Products and Effective Strategy

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A “discovery sprint,” is a short, intense period of problem investigation.

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China Green Horizon is a project between Beijing’s municipal government and IBM Research to improve the accuracy of air quality assessments.

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Tech for Campaigns (TFC) is a community where world class tech talent meets progressive and centrist political campaigns in need of skilled volunteer talent. The promise is not only different political outcomes but the sustained engagement of people concerned with the direction America is going.

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• Organize campaigns
• Pro bono and volunteer

MSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)

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TiE Angels is one of the most active angel groups in Silicon Valley.

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