SocialBoost

SocialBoost is the tech organization that connects startup community and civic tech expertise with the government to solve national challenges and create breakthroughs for developing economy. SocialBoost promotes open data and coordinates activities of more than 1,000 IT-enthusiasts, biggest IT-companies and government bodies in Ukraine through socially meaningful IT-projects, related to e-government, e-democracy, e-services and open government data. SocialBoost has developed dozens of public services, interactive maps, websites for niche communities, as well as state projects such as data.gov.ua. SocialBoost builds the bridge between civic activists, government and IT-industry through technology. Today SocialBoost is located at 1991 Civic Tech Center that in 2017 was made possible thanks to support from Omidyar Network. Located downtown Kyiv, 1991 Civic Tech Center is positioned as The Heart of Civic Tech in Central and Eastern Europe. Building bridges between civic activist, government and startup community and community of investors, civic tech center serves as a center of competence, co-working space, number of meeting rooms and set of infrastructure for civic tech startups and government officials to work together on socially meaningful issues. SocialBoost does: We curate… …the creation of tools created that address issues of the public concern We work… …with individuals who want to get involved in initiatives to develop ICT applications for wide civic engagement We create… …new relationships between IT experts and civic actors We help… …our stakeholders to get funds and supports for their online initiatives on social issues We stimulate… …creation open data sets and legal base for government We help… …new or adapted applications/technologies for civic engagement get incorporated into corresponding government bodies