Starting this month, The Engine Room will be service providers in OTF’s User Experience & Discovery (UXD) Lab.
Support
Working to strengthen the information ecosystem in Latin America? Get free tech and data support
We’re especially offering support for groups who are advocating for access to information for their community, working to build healthier info systems, or monitoring the impacts of info disorder.
Healthy and responsible data management with EVA Nigeria
This month we kicked off our collaboration with Education as a Vaccine (EVA), a Nigeria-based organisation working on improving the health and development of children and young people in the country.
Calling all Black feminist organizations for no-fee tech and data support
We are extending a targeted offer of free tech and data support to Black feminist organizers
Stronger digital infrastructures with CIPESA
Learn about our collaboration with the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).
Updates from our Responsible Data cohort learning programme
In January we launched the pilot of our new cohort learning programme, designed to equip social justice leaders with the knowledge and tools needed for implementing responsible data. Here are some updates on what we’ve covered so far.
Starting data journeys & staying safe on comms tools: support trends from 2023 so far
During the first three months of this year, we had 13 partners in our Light Touch Support (LiTS) Programme! We worked with organisations and individuals based in seven countries, all of whom are doing inspiring, impactful work in sectors such as civic tech, transparency and accountability, migrants rights, peacebuilding, and reproductive justice.
Are you working at the intersection of health and social justice?
Are you a civil society organisation or collective working within or with the health sector? Are you thinking about ways to collect, manage and store data more efficiently and securely? Are you looking to strengthen your organisation’s capacity around responsible data practices? Please read on, our Light Touch Support programme might be a great fit […]
Meet our new Matchbox partners
We are thrilled to announce two new Matchbox partners for the upcoming cycle: Albinism Umbrella and Y-Fem Namibia. Read more about these two organisations below!
Supporting organisations to navigate digital transitions
With support from Sigrid Rausing Trust, we are deepening our support to organisations who are going through digital transformation. We’re inviting organisations, collectives and movements facing challenges incorporating technologies in their work to reach out to us for light touch support (LiTS)!
How can your organisation get intensive support from The Engine Room?
Our support is direct, intensive and context-respecting. We meet you where you are, with focused support. If your organisation is interested in getting support from The Engine Room, please schedule a call with us!
Takeaways from our community call on documenting police violence in 2020
We hosted a community call for organisations working on documenting institutional and police violence. Here are key takeaways from the conversation and a list of readings and projects that were shared by the participants.
Seeking support in using tech for Legal empowerment?
Earlier this year, we released research on how legal empowerment organisations are using tech and data in their work. Inspired by that research, we’re excited to offer pro-bono, actionable and tailored support – through our Light Touch Support (LiTS) support programme – to legal empowerment organisations or activists who are interested in working more with […]
Lightweight support, big picture learning
At The Engine Room, there are many different ways we strive to support our partners – our intensive Matchbox partnerships are year-long, dedicated collaborations, and our research work can take many shapes from helping build an organisation’s responsible data guidelines to conducting targeted field scans. Our Light Touch Support (LiTS) work, though ‘lighter’ in duration […]
Matchbox FAQs
As we near the Matchbox application deadline of September 28, here are our answers to some frequently asked questions that might help you in your application.
Need support to better use data & tech in your work? Matchbox can help!
This month, we are launching a call for new Matchbox partners in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, and are looking forward to receiving your applications. Until then, read this post to learn more about how we offer in-depth support through Matchbox partnerships.
Light-touch support for Latin American elections work
Are you working on issues of transparency and accountability or human rights related to elections in Latin America? Are you thinking about how responsible use of data and technology can intersect with your work around elections? If so, we would love to work with you through our Light Touch Support Programme (LiTS). Our LiTS programme […]
A new chapter in our Light Touch Support (LiTS) Programme
Why ‘light touch’ data and tech support matters In 2016, we launched our light touch support programme (LiTS) based on a hypothesis: targeted research and advice to social change agents can enhance effective and responsible use of data and technology. Last year, in partnership with Ford Foundation’s Internet Freedom programme, we continued to test this […]