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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Coronavirus 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.
Example projects:
OK Covid Vaccination Appointment Assistant
- chrome.google.com
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Supporting specific public sector efforts from outside government
This extension filters through and hides all of the locations on the OK vaccine portal which currently don't have appointments.
Tulsa, OK, USA...
covid19italia.help
A crowdsourcing platform, run by volunteers, to share useful and verified information on the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy
Roma, RM, Italia...
COVID19.NYC
A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.
COVID Challenge Platform
- www.covidchallenges.org
- Challenges, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Government Projects, Get funding, The People
The COVID Challenge Platform is a no-cost clearinghouse to connect healthcare and government agencies to the resources they urgently need to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
European Commission Recommendation for Coronavirus response mobile data and apps
A common EU approach for the use of mobile applications and mobile data in response to the coronavirus pandemic
European Commission...
CovidMeasures.info
- www.covidmeasures.info
- Civic data, Coronavirus Data Projects, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Coronavirus Government Projects, Crowdsourced data collection, Crowdsourcing
Citizens Tracker of Government COVID-19 Measures
A/D/O, Norman Avenue, Brooklyn...
VacFind
A list of state and national resources that help people find a covid vaccine
Portland, OR, USA...
Chicago Test Out
This site tracks COVID-19 testing data and hospital bed availability over time in the city of Chicago.
Chicago, IL, USA...
Corona-Datenspende-App
- www.rki.de
- Civic data, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Data Projects, Crowdsourced data collection, The Tech
Hände waschen, Abstand halten, Daten spenden - Ihr Beitrag gegen Corona
Areyousafe.work
An online open content tool designed to help workers share information with each other about health and safety issues in their workplace
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
- 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.
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.
Self-fabricated Face Shields
- docs.google.com
- Coronavirus, Digital fabrication, Emerging Tech Projects, Emtech, Hardware, High-tech civic tech, High-tech Coronavirus Interventions, The Tech
People with access to lasercutters and 3D printers are designing and fabricating face masks for front-line healthcare workers
Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies
- www.facebook.com
- Coronavirus, Digital fabrication, Emerging Tech Projects, Hardware, High-tech civic tech, High-tech Coronavirus Interventions
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.
Funding opportunities
- Resistance Labs is offering $10,000 in-kind grants to make use of its SMS platform for community COVID relief organizing (rolling basis)
- 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 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Emergency Competitive Revisions for Research and also
- 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 EU: Applications welcome from startups and SMEs with innovative solutions to tackle Coronavirus outbreak
- 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.”
Most civic tech conferences are moving online and are free of charge. Why not join in?
Parti's DemocracyCamp (South Korea) @parti_coop
October 27, 2021
https://parti.coop/camp
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Open Data Institute Summit @ODIHQ
November 2, 2021
https://theodi.org/event/odi-summit-2021-data-people
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@NCoC Conference on Citizenship - "Accelerate Democracy"
November 11, 2021 9:00 pm - November 12, 2021 10:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-annual-conference-on-citizenship-accelerate-democracy-tickets-168611899731
More detailsPoint 9.0 @pointconference (Southeast Europe)
November 11, 2021 - November 12, 2021
https://point.zastone.ba/
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IO Foundation November TechUp #TheIOFoundation
November 20, 2021 1:00 am - November 22, 2021 1:00 am
https://www.airmeet.com/e/5e45ce70-03e5-11ec-be9b-35143bdc5299
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EU Datathon 2021 @EU_opendata
November 23, 2021 - November 25, 2021
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon
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