Program Overview
Code for All is an international network of civic innovators who are helping to transform their own communities by using technology to improve government and foster citizen engagement. We are teaching and learning from each other, sharing insights and tools, and making sure that all of our work is better because we are connected.
Program Contact: Lynn Fine, International Programs Manager, international@codeforamerica.org.
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What's Happening?
For Citizens
- Join or start a group of local civic tech volunteers
- Get in our code and hack.
- Deploy and build apps in your country
- Want more info? Read our FAQ for citizens.
For Governments
- Join our international network of local government innovators.
- Connect with local techies and volunteers
- Learn about open data in our library
- Learn about the programs. Read the FAQ.
For Sponsors
- Sponsor a local group or support a local international event in one of 50+ locations.
Country Partners
Advisors and Mentors
Stacy Donohue, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network David Eaves, Public Policy and Open Government Entrepreneur Felipe Heusser, Director, Ciudadano Inteligente Ginny Hunt, Principal, Strategy and Civic Innovation, Google Andrew McLaughlin, SVP, betaworks and CEO, Digg |
Ory Okolloh, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network Tom Steinberg, Founder and Executive Director, MySociety Chris Vein, Chief Innovation Officer, World Bank Ethan Zuckerman, Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT |
What We Believe
CfA and its international partners operate under the following shared values:
- We write code. Though the ultimate goal is sustainable institutional change, it starts with building technology. Teams of fellows function like a small start-up within government, quickly delivering tools that solve real problems.
- We show what’s possible. Using lean start-up methods and design thinking, Code for All fellows create interfaces to government that are simple, beautiful, and easy to use, and do this dramatically faster and cheaper than through traditional channels. Showing what’s possible changes the conversation, sets a new bar, and creates political will for innovation in government.
- We improve government, not politics. Code for All’s work focuses on opening and innovating the bureaucracy of government: how government delivers services, communicates with citizens, and creates opportunity. We leave the reform of politics to other organizations.
- We operate in public. Everything we build is open source. We actively encourage documentation, sharing, and app reuse.
- We help build an ecosystem. Whenever possible we reuse existing tools and platforms, encouraging integration and extension.
Program History
In 2013, groups in Mexico (Laboratorio para la Ciudad), Germany (Open Knowledge Foundation Germany) and the Caribbean (Slashroots) adapted Code for America's model to suit their countries. The groups continue to tweak their programs establishing their process along the way. Since then a number of new partners have also established programs.
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