About Us
OpenCity is a civic tech project that helps public data on cities be available, discoverable, easily accessible, shareable, understandable, and analysable. OpenCity levels the playing field for planners, policy makers as well as the public by making public domain data accessible to all in a transparent and free manner. It serves as a rich repository on urban data.
OpenCity is a programme of Oorvani Foundation. It was initiated in 2017 in partnership with DataMeet.
Oorvani’s mission is to connect people who want better cities with civic information, tools, networks and resources they need to make it happen. Our other programmes include Citizen Matters, a civic media platform, and Civic Learning Hub, a platform for citizens to gain the knowledge, skills, and agency they need to address the complex issues facing our cities.
OpenCity enables citizens and civic groups to have a shared understanding of their city’s issues, and use data as a basis for co-creating solutions.