Case studies

Alma

An empowering wearable biosensor designed for the detection of vaginal infections.

EchOpen

The open source echo-stethoscope

Seoul Innovation Bureau

SIB aims to transform the the way local government works, making it participatory, agile and innovative.

Landmark

The first online platform for mapping indigenous and community-held lands

Share4Rare

Sharing knowledge, time and experiences to tackle the isolation of rare disease

Impulsem el que fas

Grants for DSI pilots in Barcelona.

Voice Instruments

Open Source voice interface

TransparenCEE

Civic tech network in Central and Eastern Europe

Poblenou Maker District

Promoting the creation of DSI activities and projects in Barcelona

Platform Maker Education

Stimulating the bottom-up maker education movement in the Netherlands

Mid Talent

Acceleration educational program uniting design thinking and digital fabrication .

The Inclusive Technology Prize

Encouraging innovation in products, technologies and systems that give disabled people equal access to life’s opportunities.

Digital routes to integration

Evaluating the potential of refugee tech initiatives

DEMOKRATIE.IO

Funding competition and network supporting digital democracy projects.

Code for Poland

Polish incubator for tech for good projects

Arts and heritage matched crowdfunding pilot

Pilot exploring the potential of matched crowdfunding

SUNRISE

SUNRISE addresses mobility challenges through co-creation at the neighbourhood level in six cities across Europe and the Middle East

Vailets HackLab

Community of people who promote learning amongst children through technology.

CODALoop

Community data-loops for energy-conscious urban lifestyles

Six City Strategy

The six largest cities in Finland have joined forces to tackle their common urban challenges.

METAMORPHOSIS

Promoting the transformation of neighbourhoods in more liveable, child friendly and shared spaces

SocialHack Nou Barris

Social innovation hackathon for a district with significant social challenges

Cities-4-People

Sustainable and people-oriented transport as a solution to mobility challenges in five European neighbourhoods.

Fab Academy

The Fab Academy teaches principles and applications of digital fabrication

LleialTec

LleialTEC is the pilot of the Technological Sovereignty Plan for Community Centers facilities management.

Open Source Ecology

Open Source Ecology (OSE) develops open source industrial machines

Open Rampette

Improving the accessibility of shops for those who need access to ramps and slides in the city of Milan

NL Help U

Providing orientation-support for newcomers through information, document storage and -sharing

Makers for Inclusion

Makers for Inclusion teaches disadvantaged groups in Barcelona digital manufacturing skills.

Rainforest Connection (RFCx)

Non-profit tech startup building scalable, open-source solutions to poaching & illegal logging

Chatterbox

Chatterbox trains and employs refugees to teach their native languages to individuals and organisations.

Moonsheep

Moonsheep facilitates the digitization of scanned documents and turns them into open data

Mirrorable

An interactive platform featuring an innovative rehabilitation model for young stroke survivors

GROW Observatory

GROW helps people understand and improve soil and food growing practices to help adapt to climate change challenges.

Careables

Facilitating co-design of open healthcare for people with physical limitations

Twine

Data collection application for refugee camps worldwide

Przejrzysty Kraków

Transparent Krakow aims to open up access to information for the public good.

iSCAPE

iSCAPE aims to improve air quality and reduce carbon emission by integrating control systems in cities.

Flüchtlinge Willkommen

Flüchtlinge Willkommen is a digital platform that brings flatshares and refugees together.

Robo&Bobo

Programming, digital fabrication and electronics for young makers of paediatric hospital departments.

Barcelona Open Data Challenge

Barcelona Open Data Challenge encourages the use of data open in schools in the city.

Mobility Urban Values (MUV)

MUV leverages behavioural change in local communities to improve urban mobility

Monitorizare Vot

Monitorizare Vot is a mobile app which supports authorised observers and regular citizens to monitor elections.

Technovation Challenge

Technovation invites girls to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology.

ReDI School of Digital Integration

Teaching coding skills to create job opportunities and economic empowerment for refugees.

TOMMI

TOMMI is a virtual reality (VR) game designed to improve patient experience during therapy.

Fab City

Fab City is a global movement of cities that aims to develop a new urban model based on local production and global connectivity to allow cities to become self-sufficient.

Jouliette

The Jouliette is a blockchain-based energy token which empowers individuals and communities to easily manage and share their locally produced renewable energy.

Citizen Budget

Citizen Budget is an interactive platform that shows citizens the financial impact of budgetary decisions in real time.

Kiron Open Higher Education

Enabling access to higher education and successful learning for refugees through digital solutions.

Consul

Consul is an open-source digital tool for citizen participation

hackAIR

Empowering citizens to collectively tackle air pollution

Open4Citizens

Empowering citizens to make meaningful use of open data

DECODE

Putting individuals in control of whether they keep their personal data private or share it for the public good

SPEAK

SUPPORTING INTEGRATION THROUGH CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE EXCHANGE

Inclusight

Gathering user feedback to make websites more accessible

Prusa Research

The maker company open sourcing the 3D printing industry

Rahvaalgatus

The Estonian People’s Assembly and digital democracy

CitizenLab

Helping citizens co-create the cities they live in

OpenTechSchool

A distributed community that opens tech education to everyone

Decide Madrid

Engaging citizens in planning and policymaking

Parlement et citoyens

Bringing the public into lawmaking

Koruza

Koruza is DIY-friendly wireless optical communication system that offers a cheap and open-source alternative for connectivity in urban environments.

Precious Plastic

The machines that enable anyone to recycle plastic

HackYourFuture

HackYourFuture helps refugees learn computer programming.

OpenDrop

The open hardware kit that connects scientists and makers

Making Sense

Community tools for making sense of the environment

Too Wheels

The Open-Source DIY Sports Wheelchair

Avaaz

Avaaz is the campaigning community bringing people-powered politics to decision making worldwide

OpenSpending

By understanding how governments spend money in our name, we can have a say in how that money will affect our own lives.

WikiProgress

Wikiprogress is an open, crowd-sourced database of well-being and sustainability projects from around the world.

Smart Citizen

A kit and platform which engages citizens in solving local environmental problems.

Peerby

A peer-to-peer sharing and renting service for products and goods, which has grown to have over 250,000 users in Europe and the USA.

GitHub

GitHub is a platform where over 15 million people learn, share and work together to build software.

Provenance

Provenance aims to change commerce by creating transparent supply chains which connect consumers interested in knowing the origin and story behind products with the people who make them.

WikiHouse

The first open, digital house building house building system that democratizes the production of sustainable houses. Lego but in real life. Cities made by and for everyone.

OpenCorporates

OpenCorporates makes corporate information more accessible, discoverable, and usable.

Goteo

Goteo.org is an open source social network for crowdfunding and distributed collaboration.

Safecast

Safecast is a set of open source tools to measure, map and share radiation levels.

Guifi.net

Innovative, bottom up broadband services

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