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Civic data

This page curates everything from open government data to visualization tools to data standards to algorithmic implementation. The only common thread is that all these data and data products share a commitment to civic interests.

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Africa Data Hub Climate Observer
africadatahub.org/data-resources/climate-observer?=tw2

Africa Data Hub Climate Observer

The Africa Data Hub Climate Observer is designed to help journalists and academics reporting and researching climate change in Africa.

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
since 2023
Civic data, Environmental data
Climate action
Africa Data Hub
africadatahub.org

Africa Data Hub

Data about Africa for Africa

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Civic data
K-Monitor
k-monitor.hu

K-Monitor

We Use Technology, Research & Participatory Action to Unveil Corruption.

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Watchdogging and transparency, Advocacy tech, Civic apps outfits
People Powered
Maai Makwa (My Water)
maaimakwa.demographyproject.org

Maai Makwa (My Water)

Deploying Open Data to Enable Kenyan Households & Communities Conserve Fresh Water Resources, including civic literacy campaigns and IoT monitoring of water supply and quality

Kenya 🇰🇪
since 2023
Civic data, Environmental data, Smart Cities and sensors
Clean water and sanitation, Climate action
Association Maidi
facebook.com/assomaidimg/about

Association Maidi

Madagascar Initiatives for Digital Innovation est une association à but non lucratif régie par l'Ordonnance n°60-133 du 03 octobre 1960.

Madagascar (Madagasikara) 🇲🇬
Civic data
Openstat Madagascar
openstat-madagascar.com

Openstat Madagascar

Open data platform in Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara) 🇲🇬
since 2018
Open data publishing portals, Civic data, Open government data
Colorado Broadband Hub
broadbandhub.colorado.gov

Colorado Broadband Hub

The Colorado Broadband Office (CBO) leads the statewide effort to expand broadband coverage and quality for all Coloradans and coordinates all broadband efforts for Colorado.

Colorado
since 2023
Civic maps, Connectivity, Dashboards
state
Who owns what in NYC?
whoownswhat.justfix.org

Who owns what in NYC?

Use this free tool from JustFix to research your building and investigate landlords! We use property ownership mapping to identify a landlord's portfolio

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Civic data, Consumer watchdogging
housing
Custodianship in the Urban Commons
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari/projects/custodianship-in-the-urban-commons

Custodianship in the Urban Commons

BARI has worked closely with the Mayor’s Office of New urban Mechanics and the 311 system examine how Bostonians contribute to the maintenance of the public spaces and infrastructure of neighborhoods—...

Boston
Urban planning, Civic data, Communicating with the people
public space
“Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari/projects/seeing-neighborhoods-through-big-data

“Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data

Modern administrative data—from 311 and 911 calls to building permit applications to Tweets—offer a detailed view of events and conditions across the city.

Boston
Urban planning, Big listening, Civic data
census, city, Sustainable cities and communities
DCinbox
dcinbox.com

DCinbox

Official e-newsletters from every member of Congress. In one place. In real time.

Hoboken
since 2009
Archives, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Civic data
GovInfo
govinfo.gov

GovInfo

GovInfo is free U.S. Government information for all. GovInfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.

Capitol Hill
since 2016
Govtech, Archives, Civic data
United States (federal government)
Data Commons
datacommons.org

Data Commons

Data Commons aggregates data from a wide range of sources into a unified database to make it more accessible and useful. More

Mountain View, CA
Civic data, Open civic data, Mapping tools
Iffy Index of Unreliable Sources
iffy.news/index

Iffy Index of Unreliable Sources

The goal is to give researchers a more complete, current, and accurate dataset of sites that spread mis/disinformation, which will lead to more accurate disinformation research.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Fight disinformation, Media, Trustmarks
Beirut Urban Observatory
beirut-urban-observatory-aub.hub.arcgis.com

Beirut Urban Observatory

The Beirut Urban Observatory is a platform of geolocalized urban data informing ongoing post-blast recovery efforts.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Civic maps, Civic data
Big Local News
biglocalnews.org/content/about

Big Local News

Empowering journalists with data, tools and collaborations

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Civic data, Archives, Media
Beirut Built Environment Database
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/561/built-environment-database

Beirut Built Environment Database

The Beirut Built Environment Database is a platform gathering geolocalised social, environmental, and economic information on building activity in the Greater Beirut Area.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic data, Civic maps
city, landlord, land
Data Activism program for Cambridge Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program
news.mit.edu/2022/empowering-cambridge-youth-through-data-activism-0921

Data Activism program for Cambridge Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program

six-week Data Activism curriculum to equip students with critical-thinking skills so they feel prepared to utilize data science to challenge social injustice and empower their community

Cambridge, MA
Digital literacy, Civic data, Data science for social good
courses, students
Worker Info Exchange
workerinfoexchange.org

Worker Info Exchange

Data Rights for Digital Workers

London
Crowdsourcing, Civic data, Peer networks
labor
Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab
indigenouslandstewards.org

Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab

Supporting Indigenous land and data stewards for community centered science

Fort Collins, CO
Civic data, Data governance, Research and policy centers
indigenous, Sustainable cities and communities
Ocean Artificial Intelligence
oceandiscoveryleague.org/ocean-artificial-intelligence

Ocean Artificial Intelligence

Consolidation of underwater video data will catalyze a new era of discovery.

Rhode Island
Machine vision, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental data
Life below water
Global Data Barometer data governance module
globaldatabarometer.org/module/governance

Global Data Barometer data governance module

Ranking of countries by their open government data governance processes

Data governance, Civic data, Open government data
Global Data Barometer
globaldatabarometer.org

Global Data Barometer

Measuring the state of data for the public good

Civic data, Benchmarks, Open government data
reports, TICTeC 25
Data of New York
twitter.com/nycdatabot

Data of New York

@nycdatabot is a Twitter bot that lets you explore the city of New York through data.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Bots, Open government data, Civic data
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Kenya Digital Public Works
spatialcollective.com/kenya-digital-public-works

Kenya Digital Public Works

"DPW set out to answer a question: Can the youth use affordable and widely available technologies to gather the information necessary to support informal settlement upgrading?"

Nairobi
Civic data, Mapping, Civic maps
housing, informal settlements
Spatial Collective
spatialcollective.com

Spatial Collective

We support communities and organizations in adopting available technologies to collect data that is important to them

Nairobi
Civic data, Mapping
OpenSidewalks
opensidewalks.com

OpenSidewalks

Openly mapping for the pedestrian experience.

Seattle, WA
Assistive and Accessible Tech, Civic data, Civic maps
place-based, city, OpenStreetMap
Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism | Putting Local Data to Work
puttinglocaldatatowork.urban.org/using-local-data-address-structural-racism

Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism | Putting Local Data to Work

In its latest program to support local efforts to leverage data in community change, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute (Urban) awarded a total of $1.5 million to 38 organizati...

United States of America 🇺🇸
Civic data, Data science for social good
racial equity
Composite 2020 UK Index of Multiple Deprivation
mysociety.github.io/composite_uk_imd

Composite 2020 UK Index of Multiple Deprivation

This is a dataset that uses multiple metrics of deprivation to rank all small neighbourhood sized chunks of the UK from most to least deprived.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data
Reduced inequalities
2022 Survey of Federal Chief Data Officers
datafoundation.org/2022-survey-of-federal-chief-data-officers

2022 Survey of Federal Chief Data Officers

An annual survey and report by Data Foundation

Washington, DC
Govtech, Open government data, Civic data
The Opportunity Project for Cities
centreforpublicimpact.org/north-america/government-innovation/the-opportunity-project-for-cities-topcities

The Opportunity Project for Cities

The Opportunity Project for Cities puts open data to work. We bring together governments, community leaders, and tech volunteers to address local challenges through the power of open data and communit...

Civic data, Incubators
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Data Foundation
datafoundation.org

Data Foundation

Improving government, business, and society through open data and evidence-informed public policy

Washington, DC
Civic data, Open government data, Research and policy centers
Datum Awards
datacoalition.org/blog/12928593

Datum Awards

Nominees are individuals who are champions for the use of data in evidence-based decision-making, transparency, and accountability.

Washington, DC
Awards and prizes, Civic data, Open government data
Open Data Is Here. But What Data Do Governments Publish?
govtech.com/biz/data/open-data-is-here-but-what-data-do-governments-publish

Open Data Is Here. But What Data Do Governments Publish?

Government Technology used the Socrata Open Data API to look at about 55,000 data assets published by 336 U.S. state and local governments — an average of 163 assets per publisher

100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630
Civic data, Open government data
data.gov.sg
data.gov.sg

data.gov.sg

Search Singapore's public data

Singapore 🇸🇬
since 2011
The Tech, Civic data, Open government data
data.gov.be Belgium
data.gov.be

data.gov.be Belgium

Data, tools and resources. More than 10,000 datasets.

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien) 🇧🇪
The Tech, Civic data, Open government data
Geodata.gov.gr
geodata.gov.gr

Geodata.gov.gr

Ανοικτά δεδομένα, προσβάσιμα σε όλους!

Greece (Ellas, Ellada) 🇬🇷
The Tech, Civic data, Open government data
datos.gob.es
datos.gob.es/es

datos.gob.es

Iniciativa de datos abiertos del Gobierno de España

Spain (España) 🇪🇸
The Tech, Civic data, Open government data
The IDA B. WELLS Just Data Lab
thejustdatalab.com

The IDA B. WELLS Just Data Lab

The IDA B. WELLS Just Data Lab brings together students, educators, activists, and artists to develop a critical and creative approach to data conception, production, and circulation. Our aim is to r...

Research and policy centers, Civic data
racial equity
Data.norge.no
data.norge.no

Data.norge.no

Alt du trenger for å oppdage, vurdere og ta i bruk data

Norway (Norge, Noreg) 🇳🇴
Open data publishing portals, Civic data, Open government data
Beirut Urban Lab
beiruturbanlab.com

Beirut Urban Lab

Refugees as City-Makers

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic maps, Academia, Research and policy centers
city, refugees, Sustainable cities and communities
data.govt.nz
data.govt.nz

data.govt.nz

Open-data portal for New Zealand government datasets and metadata, providing a searchable catalog, APIs and tools to discover, access and reuse public-sector data

Government Information Services, The Department of Internal Affairs, Level 1, 109 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand
since 2009
The Tech, Civic data, Open government data
Israeli Government Data Portal
info.data.gov.il/datagov/home

Israeli Government Data Portal

אתר מאגרי המידע הממשלתיים

Israel (Jisra'el) 🇮🇱
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, Open government data
Information Culture
infoculture.ru

Information Culture

Open data outfit

Russia, 101000, Myasnitskaya Str., 24/7, bld. 1, entrance 10, office #103
since 2012
Civic data, Open civic data
Community Lattice
communitylattice.com

Community Lattice

Community Lattice is a social enterprise that helps communities understand and optimize land revitalization programs, like EPA Brownfields, as a pathway to environmental and climate justice.

Data science for social good, Civic data
Sustainable cities and communities, environmental justice
dati.gov.it
dati.gov.it

dati.gov.it

Italy's open data portal

Italy (Italia) 🇮🇹
Open data publishing portals, Civic data, Open government data
Data.gov
data.gov

Data.gov

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2009
The Tech, Civic data, Open government data
United States (federal government)
Open Data Albania
open.data.al

Open Data Albania

Qëllimi i këtij projekti është të mbledhim dhe të ruajmë të dhëna mbi indikatorët ekonomiko-shoqëror në Shqipëri.

Kryqezimi i Rruges se Durresit, Kompleksi "Karl Topia", Tirane, Albania
Civic data, Open civic data, Open government data
date.gov.md
date.gov.md

date.gov.md

Căutare în date publice Informația devine mai importantă dacă este împărtășită și mult mai puțin valoroasă dacă este tezaurizată.

Casa Guvernului, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale 1, Chisinau MD-2033, Republica Moldova
Open data publishing portals, Civic data, Open government data
Data.overheid.nl
data.overheid.nl/

Data.overheid.nl

Dataregister van de Nederlandse Overheid. Runs on CKAN

Empire Office Park Beatrix, Wilhelmina of Pruisenweg 52, Building D, room 2018, 2595 AN The Hague
Open data publishing portals, Civic data, Open government data
The Netherlands (national government), CKAN
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