Data literacy training in South Africa
2 Apr 2014
Open Knowledge Foundation
South Africa
Free flow of information, Information and Communication Technology
£41,926.00
To expand OKFN School of Data to South Africa.
Grants Awarded
As a transparent grantmaker, we believe we have a duty to publish details of all our activities in an accessible format. The source data used on this page is available as open data and can be found at http://www.sfct.org.uk/360giving and https://www.iatiregistry.org/publisher/indtrust.
Collaborative initiative supporting tech innovation in Africa
31 Mar 2014
Stichting HIVOS
Netherlands
Information and Communication Technology
£60,000.00
Hivos will be managing the Joint Hub fund and distribute the funds to the selected technology innovation hubs in Africa. £50,000 will be re-granted to the technology innovation hubs and £10,000 will be spent on fund management.
Salary costs and Open Data Unconference
31 Mar 2014
OpenUp
South Africa
Democratic participation and civil society, Free flow of information, Information and Communication Technology
£36,850.00
£30,000 towards salary costs of Code4SA lead developer and £6,850 to contribute towards the running of an Open Data Unconference.
Constitution Project Website
31 Mar 2014
University College London
United Kingdom
Free flow of information, Information and Communication Technology, Legal and judicial development
£4,125.00
To develop additional functionality that would allow site users to download annotated PDFs of individual constitutions complete with a table of contents. The work should make it easier for offline users and others to access, read and navigate constitutions.
Help for UK grant-makers wishing to openly publish grants information
27 Mar 2014
Practical Participation
United Kingdom
£3,050.00
To enable Practical Participation to make a researcher available for up to 10 days in total (on a draw-down basis) in order to assist grant-makers with producing and publishing their data in line with the 360 Degree Giving data standard.
Basic Education and Expenditure Mapping Project
25 Mar 2014
Focal Integrity Team for Cameroon
Cameroon
Democratic participation and civil society, Government administration, Information and Communication Technology
£12,025.00
To enable Focal Integrity Team for Cameroon to carry out a 'Basic Education and Expenditure Mapping' project to monitor schools' expenditure via SMS.
Website encouraging MP-citizen engagement in Morocco
25 Mar 2014
Simsim-Participation Citoyenne
Morocco
Democratic participation and civil society, Free flow of information, Information and Communication Technology
£29,234.03
To enable Simsim-Participation Citoyenne to develop Nouabook, a web platform facilitating MP-citizen engagement in Morocco.
Core Costs and Legal Fees for aid transparency group
19 Mar 2014
Publish What You Fund
United Kingdom
Administrative costs, Free flow of information
£25,000.00
To be used to cover core costs and legal fees to enable PWYF to pursue an application to the Charities Commission for charitable status.
Development of citizen reporting platform for South African NGO
13 Mar 2014
Social Justice Coalition
South Africa
Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation, Education and training in water supply and sanitation, Information and Communication Technology
£16,226.00
For the integration of a citizen reporting platform (based on Lungisa) into their wider water and campaign in Khayelitsha.
Unrestricted funding related to UK food banks
10 Mar 2014
Trussell Trust
United Kingdom
£3,000.00
Unrestricted core costs.