Local student leaders share their experiences with youth activists and civic tech developers at a UndiMsia community gathering in Kuala Lumpur on 6th December 2014. Students from Universiti Malaya and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia faced disciplinary actions at their respective academic institutions for political involvement. Photo by Khairil Yusof, Sinar Project.

Community of Practice

published Oct 22, 2025 , last modified Dec 14, 2025

As part of the Enabling Tech project, online as well as in-person communities of practice are initiated and developed to expose and to enrich local communities to various learnings as part of local as well as regional communities to civic tech contexts. Newsletters are provided as updates for the various communities too.

Project Summary

Start Date	2025-04-02
End Date

Community meetups and workshops are held in Klang Valley, Northern Region and East Malaysia.
These meetups will introduce civil society and technologists to the knowledge sharing and open participatory culture of open source software project communities, and kick start nascent civic tech and digital rights communities in Malaysia.

Activities

Activity	Type	Status
Community of Practice Website	Capacity building and awareness raising	Implementation

Events

Civic Tech for Good Governance Workshop
Dec 14, 2025 09:00 PM
Kuching, Sarawak

Resources

Civic Literacy in the Age of AI
05 December 2025 Slides introducing concept of Civic Tech and Internet for Good Read More

Sinar NGO - Knowledge Sharing Online Platform
12 February 2025 An open source knowledge sharing platform customised for civil society. Built on Plone CMS. Read More

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