Urban Data Challenge (UDC) is a long-running (since 2013) national Japanese open-data initiative that pairs an annual public contest, awarding data-driven solutions to local problems, with a nationwide network of "regional hubs" building local data-utilization communities across Japan.
IT developer community founded in 2011 to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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.
Code for Kusatsu is a volunteer civic-tech brigade in Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, that uses ICT to build community tools and hold meetups for local town-building (machizukuri).
Voluntary group proposing tech-driven improvements to life in Toyama City.
With the Swiss Local Chapter, we are creating a shared home for all Swiss actors around Decidim.
ALDA is a global alliance of local and regional authorities and civil society actors working together with a participative approach for resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities.
The Institute for Continuous Improvement in Public Services is a professional membership charity; upholding standards of professional practice, undertaking research and bringing members together to share knowledge; influence policy and practice.
Learning how to see the internet in the built environment - under our feet, above our heads, and within the city.