Open Cities Lab (previously Open Data Durban) work to build inclusion and participatory democracy in cities and urban spaces through empowering citizens, building trust and accountability in civic space, and capacitating government.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Open Data Durban, a non-profit civic technology lab that implements and advocates for open data, open government, and civic technology through projects, events, workshops, and dataquests. They work with government, citizens, civic society, and the media to democratise knowledge and enable informed decision making and evidenceâ€based planning.
Open Cities Lab 2022 Grant
Participation & Dissent
Information Ecosystems
Africa
2022
400,000
N/A
Area of work
Participation & Dissent
Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year2022
Amount committed (US$)
400,000
Term
N/A
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA 2-year grant to Open Cities Lab to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to facilitate the provision of reliable information to citizens of various countries, especially Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, to enable participation in civic and political life.
We recognise your right to privacy. Therefore, we limit the collection of personal data and strive to work only with organisations that do the same. We will never use your data for any other reason than the one you provided it for – and we will never pass it on without your permission.