Our mission is to improve the interface between citizens and government via civic technology, and in return create a civic-tech ecosystem in Australia.

Code for Australia believes government can work for everyone, and to do so it needs to become a platform that allows citizens, public servants and industry to come together and work on civic issues. The organisation has three programs to build, test and run civic technology, and in return, create a civic-technology ecosystem in Australia

Program Description

Code for Australia believes government can work for everyone, and to do so it needs to become a platform that allows citizens, public servants and industry to come together and work on civic issues. The organisation has three programs to build, test and run civic technology, and in return, create a civic-technology ecosystem in Australia.

The organisation focuses on:

• Transparency - as advocates and users of open data
• Collaboration - developing new ways to address old problems
• Using technology - leveraging the latest technologies and the crowd-sourcing game

Founding Story

Alvaro Maz met Dan Groch and Jacob Lindsay in 2013 after enrolling in an entrepreneurship fellowship course in Melbourne. Shortly after and inspired by Code for America, they decided to translate the model into Australia while building their own startups. In late 2014, Alvaro became the Executive Director and created a management team and a Board of advisors where both Jacob and Dan sit.

To date, the organisation has run six Fellowships, one Incubator and one Civic Lab in Melbourne.

People

Alvaro Maz Executive Director

Alvaro is one of the co-founders of Code for Australia and Executive Director. He spent his early career working in international development, urban planning and housing, and now is a devoted innovator in the public and social space. He’s also learning how to play the Ukulele.

Jacob Lindsay

Jake completed his honors in Design specialising in Landscape Architecture in Melbourne. For the past 5 years he has worked at the intersection of digital media and urban design, improving our cities and urban experience. When he is at home, he enjoys living amongst bike parts from various decades, a fridge stocked with cheese and his sidekick-cat Maximus.

Chris D’Aloisio

Chris grew up pursuing two main interests: music and technology. His studies through high school consisted of majoring in piano and trumpet, whilst spending his spare time learning new programming languages and experimenting with the web. He now runs multiple digital projects, including one where technology and music intersect.