As part of our TICTeC Labs programme, last month we convened a Civic Tech Surgery that brought together civic tech practitioners and researchers from across the world. During the Surgery, attendees discussed common challenges in accessing good quality information and data for civic tech projects; some of the ways they’ve found to meet these challenges; and ideas for what might be missing.
You can find resources from this Civic Tech Surgery here.
To carry on the Surgery's momentum, we are now convening an Action Lab (aka working group) of up to 6 individuals, who will work together to commission a funded piece of work that will be useful to tackle the issues raised in the above Civic Tech Surgery, to answer this question:
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What would help the global civic tech community to overcome common barriers to accessing quality information?
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We're pleased to say that applications to join this Action Lab are now open, and we would like to invite those interested in working with others to tackle the above to apply.
You can apply to join the group by filling in this form by the end of 24 April 2022, and you can find further details about the Action Lab here.
A TICTeC Labs grant will be available to make the work agreed on by Action Lab #3 a reality.
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TICTeC Civic Tech Surgeries and Action Labs are part of mySociety's TICTeC Labs programme, which aims to address the biggest issues facing the civic tech/digital democracy sector, and enhance the effectiveness and potential impact of civic tech projects.
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This programme is made possible thanks to support from the National Endowment for Democracy.
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