Call for proposals: resources to help train organisations/ the public in accessing good quality data

Now closed

In one sentence

TICTeC Action Lab #3 was looking for an individual, organisation or joint team to produce resources to help train organisations/ the public in how to access and use good quality data.

About TICTeC Action Lab #3

As part of the TICTeC Labs programme, mySociety convened the TICTeC Action Lab #3 working group in order to take ideas raised at Civic Tech Surgery #3 forward, and decide together what piece of work would be useful to commission to help the global civic tech community to overcome common barriers to accessing quality information.

TICTeC Action Lab #3 is comprised of 7 individuals from across the world, who between them have many years of experience working on civic tech. You can read more about Action Lab #3 members here.

About this project

We are looking for resources that can be used to train civic tech practitioners or the public to help them engage with data and with the authorities supplying that data. We recognise that there is value to the civic tech community in training organisational staff and also in better informing the public about accessing data. The proposal could include some initial training sessions, if these can be delivered within the timescale and budget, but the priority is to produce resources which can continue to be used by organisations to increase their knowledge/deliver training.
This could include:

  • resources that explain the value of open data standards rather than just advocating for open data standards in of themselves
  • training for organisations on engaging with authorities
  • resources for NGOs and organisations on how to engage with authorities
  • signposting to resources for educating the public
  • collating or signposting to existing resources with guidance on how to use these

These are suggestions and we do not expect any one proposal to cover all of these areas.
We are open to different formats for the resource and we welcome innovative ideas about how to deliver the content.

They are open to different formats for the resource – it doesn’t necessarily need to be a website or guide, and we welcome innovative ideas about how to deliver the content. Above all, we want the work to be as accessible as possible to ensure it can be easily used in practice. We ask applicants to let us know what approach they will take in their application.

There is up to $3760 USD (inclusive of taxes) available for this work.

Applications

This call is now closed and the grant has been awarded to Open North Inc to develop an online course on data governance and data quality.

What happens after the project

We intend to publish the work you produce, credited to you, on the TICTeC and mySociety website, licensed under a Creative Commons licence. We may make some light edits (beyond proofreading) before we publish. You will be free to make publicly available your own version should you wish to, and any other material based on the research you conducted. The project will then be disseminated by TICTeC Action Lab members, the TICTeC Labs Steering group, and the TICTeC community to ensure it’s used as much as possible. 

mySociety will convene a ‘report back’ event at the end of the TICTeC Labs programme to discuss how the programme went and the work commissioned by the programme and its participants. Authors of commissioned work will be invited to attend to present their work.

Any questions?

Please send any queries or questions to tictec@mysociety.org.