The global pandemic known as the coronavirus (COVID-19) has inspired a global response. This page will be continuously updated with virtual events, funding opportunities, and collaborative civic tech projects that will try to help the world respond and recover.
We’re also working to help connect people working on immediate coronavirus responses with resources to assist and help make them more effective. You can help others or ask your own query of the community here.
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Hack from Home Hackathon
- g0v.hackmd.io
- Build something, Civic hackathons, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, The People
A clever response to event cancellations due to the coronavirus
Taiwan...
Are we in Lockdown dot com
- areweinlockdown.com
- Communicating with the people, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Govtech, The Tech
Website that shows country-by-country coronavirus social distancing responses
Stay the Fuck Home dot com
- staythefuckhome.com
- Communicating with the people, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Govtech, The Tech
The Self-Quarantine Manifesto
Coronavirus Tech Handbook
- coronavirustechhandbook.com
- Civic tech catalogs, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Learn about civic tech, The People
a crowdsourced resource for technologists building things related to the coronavirus outbreak
Quarantine Chat
- quarantinechat.com
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Help out, Mutual aid, Resource matching and sharing, The People
Talk on the phone with someone else stuck at home
Brightest COVID-19 Relief
- www.brightest.io
- Assistive Tech, Connectivity, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Help out, Marketplaces and clearinghouses, Nonprofit tech, Pro bono and volunteer, Resource matching and sharing, Social and financial connections
Connecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support
Brightest, Atlantic Avenue, Br...
IHELPYOU.app
- app.ihelpyou.app
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Manage volunteers, Resource matching and sharing
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...
Quero Ajudar
- app.queroajudar.org
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Help out, Pro bono and volunteer, Resource matching and sharing
Uma aplicação portuguesa de entreajuda comunitária
Portugal...
Wsparcie dla Szpitala
- www.wsparciedlaszpitala.pl
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Resource matching and sharing
Coordination of the bottom-up support for the hospitals
Poland...
Rooms Against COVID
- www.roomsagainstcovid.com
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Resource matching and sharing
Alojamento para profissionais de saúde
Portugal...
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.
Tech Kontra Wirus
Code for Poland's platform for prioritizing amongst many Coronavirus response ideas
Poland...
Overview of government measures in response to COVID19
Crowdsourced document curated by Newspeak House
Conferencing for Government Meetings
A useful comparison of videochat solutions
Covid-19 Ministerio de Salud Argentina
Coronavirus Covid-19 es la app oficial del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación y tiene como objetivo que los argentinos y las argentinas puedan realizarse una rápida autoevaluación para saber si sus síntomas son compatibles con el COVID-19.
Argentina...
COVID-19 map
- raw.githack.com
- Civic data, Civic maps, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Data Projects, Data visualization, Mapping, The Tech
Members of g0v.tw built a page that matches government information on the recent movements of confirmed coronavirus patients with users' location history based on Google Maps Timeline to check whether or not they may have had contact with the patients, and if so — where and when.
Taiwan...
Coronavirus: Information sources
First Draft is maintaining a database of expert sources on coronavirus for journalists to contact for up-to-date information on the outbreak.
Google Trends Coronavirus dashboard
A dedicated dashboard to understand coronavirus searches
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19)
- pages.semanticscholar.org
- Artificial intelligence, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Data Projects, High-tech civic tech, Natural Language Processing, The Tech
Access this dataset to help with the fight against COVID-19
WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports
Daily situation reports and data from the World Health Organization
Health Sites
Building an open data commons of health facility data with OpenStreetMap
Resources for organizers, campaigners and digital strategists to respond to coronavirus
A resource hub for responding to coronavirus, compiled from a massive organizers' call
Mutual Aid National Connections
- mutualaidnational.slack.com
- and Slacks, Civic tech forums, listservs, and Slacks, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Organizing Projects, Listservs, Meet the others, Socialize online, The People
Our goal is to bring our diverse networks into more effective coordination, for the duration of this crisis and beyond.
COVID-19 Response Community Slack
- docs.google.com
- Civic tech forums, listservs, and Slacks, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Organizing Projects, Listservs, Meet the others, Socialize online, The People
Join a Slack team where organizers, healers, community leaders and practitioners can respond around a national response to COVID-19.
F4c-response listserv
- groups.io
- Civic tech forums, listservs, and Slacks, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Organizing Projects, Listservs, Meet the others, Socialize online, The People
This group is a place for those who facilitate online (or need to) can learn, share and make offers to the world as the Covid19 virus plays out.
People’s Coronavirus Response
- www.facebook.com
- Civic tech forums, listservs, and Slacks, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Organizing Projects, Listservs, Meet the others, Socialize online, The People
This group is intended to serve as a venue for discussing three major issues: the magnitude of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the medical steps indicated to deal with it, and practical responses to the new social challenges it poses in everyday life and in the political work of left activists.
A Comprehensive List of Tips, Tools, and Examples for Event Organizers During the Coronavirus Outbreak
How to cancel, run virtual events, and so forth
Campaigning during Corona
Livestream discussion on March 15th hosted by Movement School and Courage to Change
Coronavirus Resource Kit
A collectivized document of mutual aid projects and resources.
Database of Localized Resources During Corona Outbreak
Covers local mutual aid, self care, mental health, kids, funders, messaging, and relief funds
UK: Covid-19 Local ward groups strategy
Open Google Doc resources
Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK
A directory of over 900 COVID mutual aid local groups all across the UK, mostly via Facebook groups, and a backgrounder on what they are and how to start one.
Coronavirus Reponse: Ways to Help, Volunteer, and What to Do
Here's a list of actions, ideas, ways to help, volunteer and donation opportunities to help those impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon against COVID-19
Another Google Doc: a growing list of mutual aid pandemic disaster care
Invisible Hands
- www.invisiblehandsdeliver.com
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Organizing Projects, Help out, Mutual aid, Resource matching and sharing, The People
Safe, free deliveries for NYC’s most at-risk community members facing COVID-19.
New York City, NY, USA...
Facebook ads for World Health Organization Coronavirus Information
Facebook giving the WHO as many free ads as they need for their coronavirus response along with other in-kind support.
First Draft News Coronavirus Resources for reporters
We have created and collected guidance to support accurate and responsible reporting on coronavirus, which will be regularly updated with new information.
Coronavirus: Information sources
First Draft is maintaining a database of expert sources on coronavirus for journalists to contact for up-to-date information on the outbreak.
Coronavirus: Responsible reporting and ethics
a selection of guidelines and discussions produced by First Draft on reporting disinformation around coronavirus and other topics ethically and responsibly, as well as a curated list of other resources to help you navigate potential issues covering what the WHO has called an ‘infodemic’.
Outbreak Science Rapid PREreview
- outbreaksci.prereview.org
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Media Projects, Ethical tech, Open innovation, Open internet, Open source networks
A platform for the rapid review of outbreak-related preprints
Portland, OR, USA...
Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies
This group is being formed to evaluate, design, validate, and source the fabrication of open source emergency medical supplies around the world, given a variety of local supply conditions.
Open Source Ventilators Subreddit
A community dedicated to researching locally-sourced, easy-to-manufacture designs for PEEP valves, BVMs, automated BVM pumps, and full ventilators.
The OpenCovid19 Initiative
Developing and sharing open source methodologies to safely test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 using multiple approaches.
Funding opportunities
- April 10: An existing funding source, the $1M Roddenberry Prize, would like to “strongly encourage applications that address the range of societal, health, and economic repercussions of the pandemic.”
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19
- Mobilizing a private sector response to COVID-19
- $1 million+ in Emergent Ventures Prizes for coronavirus work
- Best investigative journalism on coronavirus — 50k
- Best blog or social media tracking/analysis of the virus — 100k
- Best (justified) coronavirus policy writing — 50k
- Best effort to find a good treatment rapidly — 500k, second prize 200k
- Best innovation in social distancing — 100k
- Most important innovation or improvement for India — 100k
- Sam Altman: Funding for COVID-19 Projects
- Gates Foundation: Announcing the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
- UK NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research
- Forcit Non-Profit Venturing Program: call for the program is extended for an unlimited time and fully open for non-profits and initiatives that need guidance, experts to build impactful solutions that can help in this crisis.
Past:
The Coronavirus Hackathon
We will use the hackathon concept to come up with new products, busine...
Most civic tech conferences are moving online and are free of charge. Why not join in?
Online: Organizing 2.0 Conference
April 17, 2020 - April 18, 2020
https://conference.organizing20.org/
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Online: TransportationCamp
April 18, 2020
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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April 18, 2020 - April 19, 2020
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CANCELED: Internet Freedom Festival
April 20, 2020 - April 24, 2020
Valencia, Spain
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April 20, 2020 - April 23, 2020
The Retreat at Balcones Springs, 104 Balcones Springs Dr, Marble Falls, TX 78654, USA
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CANCELLED: Code for All Summit
April 22, 2020
Gdańsk, Poland
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CANCELED: Festival of Civic Tech for Democracy
April 25, 2020
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ONLINE: Nonprofit Digital Strategy Virtual Summit
April 28, 2020
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Online: 2020 Collective Impact Convening
May 6, 2020 - May 8, 2020
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA
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