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Gnucoop at Techfugees Italy

10.11.2015 — Services for NGOs

Gnucoop at Techfugees Italy

On 5th and 6th of November we participated at the Italian edition of Techfugees, hosted by H-Farm. The program

How Tech Can Help Services Respond to Citizens

17.08.2015

How Tech Can Help Services Respond to Citizens

Syria Tracker is an online map that shows where human rights abuses are happening in Syria. The site encourages civilians

Ushahidi Milan meetup - July 2015

03.08.2015

Ushahidi Milan meetup - July 2015

This July we partecipated to a community training and meet-up in Milan, Italy, organized by Ushahidi. Ushahidi has an

Connected Agriculture

29.05.2015 — ICT for agriculture

Connected Agriculture

India is one of the world’s largest food producers with more than 200 million people currently estimated to work

Digital in Development Programmes

23.04.2015

Digital in Development Programmes

Digital technologies can add value to our development interventions to help us reach greater numbers of poor and marginalised people

The "Smartification" of Humanitarian Response

13.04.2015

The "Smartification" of Humanitarian Response

There is still a need to make humanitarian data easier to find and to make it useful for analysis purposes.

DISCOVER Project MALAWI

24.03.2015

DISCOVER Project MALAWI

In 2013, Gnucoop has developed for COOPI (Cooperazione Internazionale) a mobile phone/web application system in order to collect information

#Crowdfunding for cooperation projects?

17.01.2015

#Crowdfunding for cooperation projects?

In 2014, Gnucoop developed the Produzioni dal basso (PDB) web application (www.produzionidalbasso.com), a crowdfunding platform, that allows registered

Humanitarianism in the network age

15.01.2015

Humanitarianism in the network age

To move into the network age, humanitarians will have to embrace constant adaptation. Much of this adaptation will occur outside

Gnucoop and GIS applications

08.01.2015

Gnucoop and GIS applications

In 2013 in Haiti, Gnucoop supported COOPI on the development of a webGIS platform,  namely SIRV-TAB, to help the

What About #technology And #Development?

19.12.2014

What About #technology And #Development?

Large technological (socio-technical) systems might absolutely affect development for the better. This especially holds for focusing on the application

HARNESSING THE DATAREVOLUTION: THREE GOALS TO BETTER IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES

02.12.2014

HARNESSING THE DATAREVOLUTION: THREE GOALS TO BETTER IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES

First, data at the project- and activity- level must be publicly accessible in a format that people can understand, use