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Civic hacking meetups

Explore 113 projects in the Civic hacking meetups category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

Meetup counts over 100,000 members of 166 civic hacking meetups around the world. The groups included here vary in how technical they are, but you can always count on meeting people and contributing to projects, regardless of whether or not you can code.

113 projects
https://openstreetmap.jpActiveOpen-source

OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan (OSMFJ)

Japanese OpenStreetMap community and supporting nonprofit OSMFJ for citizen-edited mapping

Japan
Adjacent Fields, Citizen science, Civic data, Civic hacking meetups, In-person meetings, Mapping, Meet the others, Open civic data, Open government data, Tech for public challenges, The People, The Tech
https://hack4.jp/Active

Hack for Japan

IT developer community founded in 2011 to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Adjacent Fields, Build something, Build your own, Civic data, Civic hackathons, Civic hacking meetups, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, In-person meetings, Meet the others, Open civic data, Open government data, Tech for public challenges, The People, The Tech
https://codeforkanazawa.org/Active

Code for Kanazawa

Code for Kanazawa (CfK) is a civic tech community organization in Kanazawa, Japan, that collects residents' local problems and builds simple software and hardware to solve them.

Kanazawa City, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Adjacent Fields, Build something, Build your own, Civic data, Civic hackathons, Civic hacking meetups, Foundational layers, General purpose open source tools, In-person meetings, Meet the others, Open civic data, Open source, The People, The Tech
https://government.github.com/community/#civic_hackersActiveOpen-source

Civic Hackers on Github

A catalog of 169 civic hacker accounts

Redmond, WA
Build something, Civic hacking meetups, Civic tech catalogs, Find community online, Meet the others
https://www.code-for-nagareyama.org/Active

Code for Nagareyama

Code for NAGAREYAMAは、地域のエンジニアと課題を繋げスキルアップをすることを目的に活動しています。

Nagareyama City, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Civic hacking meetups
https://codefor.kr/boards/meet-hackActive

밋앤핵 (Meet and Hack)

밋앤핵은 시빅해커들이 함께 모여 사회 문제를 '해킹'하는 모임입니다

South Korea
Civic hacking meetups, In-person meetings, Meet the others
https://nullfull.kr/ActiveOpen-source

nullfull

하는 일 없이 모여서 감자튀김 먹는 모임

South Korea
2016
Build something, Civic apps outfits, Civic hacking meetups
https://sites.google.com/view/civictechzenchiba/Active

CivicTechZenChiba

CivicTechZenChiba is an alliance of civic tech action members in Chiba to support each other.

Chiba, Japan
Civic hacking meetups, Meet the others, Partner networks and coalitions
https://www.campaignlab.uk/ActiveOpen-source

Campaign Lab (organization)

Building the case for an evidence-based approach to campaigning for the progressive ecosystem in the UK.

London
2018
Advocacy tech, Build something, Civic apps outfits, Civic hacking meetups, Evidence-driven campaigning, Organize campaigns, Political parties
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