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COVID Engagement Projects

How are people engaging the public and private sectors to help contribute to a collective response to the pandemic? How are people helping to contribute informal, mutual aid, to address common needs like social connection and remote work? How is the trend towards digital civic engagement accelerating because of social distancing requirements? We'll track global responses to these needs here.

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GetVolunteering
novoville.com/home/getvolunteering

GetVolunteering

GetVolunteering enables you to triage volunteers into clinical and non-clinical roles to support the fight against COVID-19.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
COVID Engagement Projects, Manage volunteers
A citywide experiment testing the impact of geographically targeted, high-pay-off vaccine lotteries
nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01437-0?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_12_3_2020_11_18_COPY_01)

A citywide experiment testing the impact of geographically targeted, high-pay-off vaccine lotteries

"We implemented a pre-registered, citywide experiment to test the effects of three high-pay-off, geographically targeted lotteries designed to motivate adult Philadelphians to get their COVID-19 vacci...

Philadelphia
Behavioral economics programs, Peer-reviewed research, COVID Engagement Projects
vaccines
Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust
artt.cs.washington.edu

Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust

The Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust or ARTT is focused on helping people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.

Fight disinformation, COVID Engagement Projects, Evaluate impact
Rooted in Trust
internews.org/areas-of-expertise/humanitarian/projects/rooted-in-trust

Rooted in Trust

Rooted in Trust is a pandemic information response plan countering the unprecedented scale and speed of the spread of rumors and misinformation about COVID-19. Operating in ten countries.

Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Media, Fight disinformation, COVID Media Projects
London Community Response Data Dashboard
lcrdashboard.londonfunders.org.uk/app/lcrf

London Community Response Data Dashboard

Launching LCR Analytics…

London
COVID Engagement Projects, Civic maps, Data visualization
COVID In Boston
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari/projects/covid-19-in-boston

COVID In Boston

With the onset of COVID, BARI has sought to construct a data-support system for a city during a pandemic–both to serve our local communities and to act as a model for others across the country.

Boston
COVID Data Projects, COVID Engagement Projects, Surveys & polling
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Missing Them
projects.thecity.nyc/covid-19-deaths

Missing Them

The City's crowdsourced, data-driven obituaries for New Yorkers who have died from COVID-19

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Participatory memorials, COVID Engagement Projects, Engagement journalism
COVID-19
Are we in Lockdown dot com
areweinlockdown.com

Are we in Lockdown dot com

Website that shows country-by-country coronavirus social distancing responses

Communicating with the people, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
COVID-19, health, Good health and well-being
Coronavirus Tech Handbook
coronavirustechhandbook.com

Coronavirus Tech Handbook

a crowdsourced resource for technologists building things related to the coronavirus outbreak

133 Bethnal Green Road London
Civic tech catalogs, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
Stay the Fuck Home dot com
staythefuckhome.com

Stay the Fuck Home dot com

The Self-Quarantine Manifesto

Communicating with the people, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
COVID-19, health, Good health and well-being
COVID19.NYC
covid19.nyc

COVID19.NYC

A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.

COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
COVID-19 self-assessment tool
covid-19.ontario.ca/self-assessment

COVID-19 self-assessment tool

Another open source self-assessment tool, by the Ontario government

Ontario
COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
Hack from Home Hackathon
g0v.hackmd.io/@jothon/g0v-hackath38n/https%3A%2F%2Fg0v.hackmd.io%2F%40jothon%2FSkCQVLi4L

Hack from Home Hackathon

A clever response to event cancellations due to the coronavirus

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Build something, Civic hackathons, COVID
Digital Health Lab
meedan.com/digital-health-lab

Digital Health Lab

At Meedan’s Digital Health Lab we are researching, designing and testing a digital response framework for addressing health misinformation online, centered around accessibility and equity.

San Francisco
COVID, COVID Engagement Projects, Fight disinformation
health, Good health and well-being
CovidMeasures.info
web.archive.org/web/20220130043908/https://covidmeasures.info

CovidMeasures.info

Citizens Tracker of Government COVID-19 Measures

A/D/O, Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Civic data, COVID Data Projects, COVID Engagement Projects
Covid-19 Education Chatbots For Global South Health Services And Governments
reformersofafrica.org/project-details?hid=7148681908dm1y816375380oiearnd

Covid-19 Education Chatbots For Global South Health Services And Governments

The chatbots are easily accessed via Whatsapp, Messenger and webchat for smartphones and via SMS for feature phones.

Nigeria 🇳🇬
since 2020
Bots, COVID Engagement Projects
WhatsApp, COVID-19, Good health and well-being
Brightest COVID-19 Relief
brightest.io/collection/coronavirus-help-volunteer

Brightest COVID-19 Relief

Connecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support

Brightest, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Connectivity, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
Berliner Gehwegbreiten
gehwege.citylab-berlin.org/info

Berliner Gehwegbreiten

A map showing the width of sidewalks across Berlin using #OpenData

CityLAB Berlin
Civic data, Civic maps, COVID
CovidX Daily Digest email
covidx.org

CovidX Daily Digest email

Luminate Group's daily email digest of findings

COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
Wsparcie dla Szpitala
wsparciedlaszpitala.pl

Wsparcie dla Szpitala

Coordination of the bottom-up support for the hospitals

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱
COVID, COVID Engagement Projects, Resource matching and sharing
IHELPYOU.app
app.ihelpyou.app

IHELPYOU.app

Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱
COVID, COVID Engagement Projects, Resource matching and sharing
Covid19cz.cz – Data proti Covid
facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2Fcovid19cz%2Fabout

Covid19cz.cz – Data proti Covid

COVID19CZ je společná aktivita několika českých technologických firem a IT nadšenců zaměřená na pomoc v boji s nákazou COVID-19.

COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
Quarantine Chat
quarantinechat.com

Quarantine Chat

Talk on the phone with someone else stuck at home

COVID, COVID Engagement Projects, Help out
social isolation
Coronavirus Print & Social Media Resources to help #StopTheSpread
web.archive.org/web/20210501061011/https://about.canva.com/coronavirus-awareness-collection

Coronavirus Print & Social Media Resources to help #StopTheSpread

Posters and social media resources for Canva users

COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
print resources
The Coronavirus Hackathon (April 18-19)
thecoronavirushackathon.com

The Coronavirus Hackathon (April 18-19)

We will use the hackathon concept to come up with new products, business models, policy and campaigns by encouraging cross-pollination of ideas.

London
Civic hackathons, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
covid19italia.help
covid19italia.help/en/about

covid19italia.help

A crowdsourcing platform, run by volunteers, to share useful and verified information on the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy

Rome
Civic crowdfunding platforms, COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
Tech Kontra Wirus
web.archive.org/web/20210925214032/https://techkontrawirus.pl

Tech Kontra Wirus

Code for Poland's platform for prioritizing amongst many Coronavirus response ideas

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱
COVID, COVID Engagement Projects
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