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https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/ICT-Applications/Pages/Initiatives/ITU_OSPO/Open-Source_AI_for_Public_Services/About_the_Initiative.aspxActive

Open-Source AI for Public Services (ITU AI)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-led multi-stakeholder initiative on Open-Source Generative AI for Public Services aims to develop an end-to-end, open-source implementation framework that enables public sector stakeholders to easily build and deploy their own GenAI solutions using modular, open-source software blueprints.

Geneva, Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Govtech, Internal government tech capacity, Open source, Open source AI, Open source networks
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://parliamentafrica.com/telling-the-impact-story-of-apmon/Active

Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON)

The Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON) is a network of non-governmental organizations and coalitions of civil society organizations that monitors the work of and/or regularly engages national, subnational, and regional parliaments across Africa.

GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANA
2021
Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Partner networks and coalitions, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging government
https://www.textizen.com/Active

Interactive Text

Interactive Text’s web platform sends, receives, and analyzes text messages so you can reach the people you serve with the technology already in their pocket, 24/7.

2015
Campaign tools, Peer to peer SMS, SMS tools
https://www.immi.orgActive

Immi

Immi helps immigrants understand their rights and options during the immigration process. The website’s guided process helps users determine their path to legal immigration, and offers a list of organisations and self-help resources.

New York City
2018
Access to laws, Acquiring citizenship (naturalization), Adjacent Fields, Legal tech, Pro bono and volunteer, Tech for public challenges
human rights, immigration
https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-ai-wildfire-detection/Active

FireSat

A new global satellite constellation designed specifically to detect and track wildfires the size of a classroom within 20 minutes.

USA
Emerging Tech Report Projects, Hardware, Satellites
fires
http://web.archive.org/web/20210614144355/https://ciudatos-cochabamba.org/Active

Ciudatos Cochabamba

Portal de datos abiertos sobre problemáticas urbanas

Cochabamba, Bolivia
Civic data, Open data publishing portals
city, Sustainable cities and communities
https://www.blackbaud.com/online-marketing/attentivelyActive

Attentive.ly

Harness the power of your social data.

Washington, DC
2012
Media and social media analysis, Organize campaigns
https://projects.propublica.org/527-explorerActive

527 Explorer

Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances.

USA
2024
Civic data, Government transparency, Social and financial connections, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging government
http://www.dati.gov.it/Active

dati.gov.it

Italy's open data portal

Italy
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, Open government data