ANNUAL REPORT 2021
Making sense of the digitalTHE HEART OF OUR WORK:EMPOWERING ORGANISATIONS WORLDWIDE TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL FUTUREOUR GOAL: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Today, more than ever, we need to reflect on our relationship with digital technologies. How dothey impact the way we get informed and make decisions? How can we, as a society, mitigate theside-effects of an increasingly data-driven world?

Tactical Tech works towards an empowered society that enjoys technology‘s opportunities while
mitigating its social, ethical, political and environmental effects. To ensure lasting transformations,
we empower local structures so they can effectively take up challenges within their contexts. These
collaborations strengthen our partners’ capabilities and enable us to continuously learn from themto improve our interventions.

Collaborating with over 150 partners in morethan 58 countries, Tactical Tech designs andco-develops creative and forward-looking
interventions, exhibitions, events andeducational resources that invite peopletothink about how technology influences theirlives and changes the world they live in.

WE WORK TOGETHER WITH A COMMUNITY OF:NE

POLICY MAKERSWS

JOURNALISTSHOW DO WE DO IT?
RIGHTS GROUPS

Our award-winning resources andinterventions are scalable, localisable
and can be developed and adapted tothe specific goals and the needs ofour partners.

We pioneer research into the different
ways in which digital technologies
impact society.

RESEARCHERS

FIELD LEADERSEDUCATORSDECISION
MAKERSLOCAL ORGANISATIONSLIKE LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS,AND COMMUNITYCENTRESCIVIL SOCIETY

CULTURAL AND
ARTS CENTRESCHANGING THE CONVERSATION

Tactical Tech created initiatives and interventions that changed the conversations aroundthe challenges created by digital technologies and possible mitigation alternatives.

OUR PROJECTS

6 Easy Steps

The Many Hands on Your Intimate Data

Deep Future

The Real Life of Your Selfie

Your Phone Number is Not Only Yours

A Data Day“THE GLASS ROOM”:
RESPONDING TO MISINFORMATION“The Glass Room“ project collaborated with trusted
international partners to engage their communities
in the topic of misinformation through interactive
exhibitions and resources.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Collaborated with56

PARTNERS

working in in 58 countries

300,000+ PEOPLE

were reached through online dissemination
campaigns targeting educators and collectives

To strengthen thecapacities of the partners,
the project hosted over

10TRAININGSESSIONS

10,000visitors
attended the32

The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition exhibitions
hosted together with partners.

Seeking to improve the accessibility of our resources
and materials,

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new online exhibition
websites and 6 new
interactive animations
were published.

CHANGING THE CONVERSATION

THE “WHAT THE FUTURE WANTS”
PROJECT: ENGAGING YOUTH
Co-developing initiatives and resources that
invite young people to reflect on the digitalworld they want to live in is at the centre of
the work of the “What The Future Wants”
project and its partners.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Collaborated with17PARTNERS

working in 20 countries.

46200
YOUNG PEOPLE

FACILITATORS
from partner organisations
were trained.

from across Europe participatedin 13 co-development workshops .
The Data Detox Kit x Youth was translated into 5 new languages:
Greek, Czech, Basque, Turkish and Croatian.
It is currently available in 16 languages.

CHANGING THE CONVERSATION
New guides on the carbon footprint of digital technologies and digital traces were published to include
the topic of environmental sustainability and provide audiences with new tools.

“THE DATA DETOX KIT“:
FINDING ALTERNATIVES
Through this multiyear project, Tactical Tech hasdeveloped a toolbox of resources that equips
people with practical tools to rethink and reshape
their relationship with digital technologies.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Collaborated with26

PARTNERS

working in in 17 countries.

To make the resources accessible to newaudiences, the Data Detox Kit was translated into

TURKISH, THAI,ARMENIAN, BELARUSIAN,
VIETNAMESE AND CZECH

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It is currently available in12,000+copies of the Data Detox Kit in
10 languages were printed anddistributed worldwide.

LANGUAGES.

Seeking to diversify and extend our set of educational offerings, 6 online workshops were developedand published online: Your Data Detox Starts Here, Demystifying Your Data, Declutter Your Phone with
an App Cleanse, Smart Phones, Smart Habits, Keep Calm and Spot the Design Tricks, and Information...
It’s Complicated.

CHANGING THE CONVERSATIONPARTNERSHIP SNAPSHOTSThe Data Detox Kit
The Data Detox Kit was included in the agenda and conversations
held by large international organisations such as UNESCO’s Global
Media and Information Literacy Week, the European Disability
Forum, MUTEK, and Goethe-Institut.

Técnicas Rudas
An organisation working to advancehuman rights in Mexico, held
multidisciplinary,trans-generational labs to adapt
the Data Detox x Youth content andcreated new artistic and pedagogicalmaterials for young people.

FERS
A Dutch organisation with a networkof libraries and cultural organisations,
adapted the Data Detox x Youth into a
website that reaches 10,000 visitors
monthly. FERS created a game playedby over 25,000 kids and trained 150educators and digital literacy advisers.

The Pravana Institut
An Indian organisation working at theintersection of technology, policy,and society, created the Unboxing
Tech Toolkit, a resource designedwith and for young people offeringinteractive activities to understandthe impact of digital technologies.

JAAKLAC
An organisation in Latin America that
focuses on critical digital education
for young people, adapted the Data
Detox x Youth into the social media
campaign “Detox de Datos Latinx”.

Kunsht and Goethe-InstitutThydêwáAn organisation working with
Indigenous groups in Brazil on
digital inclusion, partnered with “TheGlass Room” to host online events
that raised digital awareness among
the local communities.

Save the Children
Save the Children Romania and Save the Children Italy partnered with “ The Glass
Room: Misinformation Edition“ to co-develop initiatives involving schools acrossboth countries to raise awareness of the use of digital technologies among families,
parents and children.

Through a partnership with Kunsht
and Goethe-Institut Kyiv, “ The Glass
Room: Community Edition“ wastranslated into Ukrainian, Armenian,and Russian, to engage new communities. An exhibition was held in theDATA CTRL Centre event attracting
thousands of visitors.

EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE

Tactical Tech worked to further develop research and disseminate knowledge of how personal
data is used in digital political campaigning, elections and other forms of political participation.

THE “DATA AND POLITICS” PROJECT:THE COMPANIES BEHIND YOUR OPINION
Creating awareness of the use of personal data forpolitical purposes is at the centre of the “Data andPolitics” project, which focuses on advancing
the capacities of decision-makers working onrelated topics.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
The Influence Industry long list was updated to include

500

COMPANIES

working with personal data to influence politics
advanced research into the field.

“A VOTER‘S GUIDE ”

which explains how data is used to target andpersuade voters, was adapted into a workshop
for voter engagement.

170+

field leaders, journalists, researchers and policy
experts were trained in the workshops andmasterclasses hosted in collaboration withpartners and other organisations.

The Investigating the Influence
Industry: Summer School educatedand empowered a cohort of 40
decision makers, including journalists,
advocates and policymakers, workingon politics and elections. The
master-classes provided theparticipants with skills and tools.

“Data and Politics” informed theresponse of decision-making bodies
and influential actors such as theCouncil of Europe, the EU, the UK
government and the UK Electoral
Commission to the use of data-driven
technologies in political campaigning.

EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE
CASE SNAPSHOTS

THE “DATA AND ACTIVISM” PROJECT:
MAKING DECISIONS“Data and activism” advanced the abilities ofcivil society organisers to understand theimpact of data collection and profiling on
human rights defenders and activists and tocreate their data policies.

The Organiser’s Activity Book filled a gap inthe sector regarding civil society‘s accessto resources that empower organisers tochoose how they will interact with otherpeople’s data based on their desired
outcomes and values.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTSThe Organiser’s Activity Book forcivil society organisers working withpersonal data was launched.

Workshops to strengthen thecapacities of leading civil society
organisers and networks were hosted.

Partnering with Casa Hacker, a Brazilian
organisation working on digital empowerment,
and with Tecnicas Rudas, a non-profit
promoting human rights through technology,
to translate the Organiser’s Activity Book
into Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish. The
Portuguese translation was accompanied byoutreach activities to local communities.

ADVANCING SKILLS

Tactical Tech strengthened a community of leading global experts andcitizen investigators through events, resources and collaboration spaces.

CASE SNAPSHOTS“EXPOSING THE INVISIBLE”: BUILDING COMMUNITY

Collaborating withwith organisationsorganisations andand anan establishedestablished
Collaboratingcommunityofcitizen
investigators,thecommunity of citizen investigators, the projectproject codeveloped
resources
on investigative
methods
andandco-developed
resources
on investigative
methods
techniques
techniques thatthat advanced
advanced their
their abilities
abilities toto embed
embed digital
digitalsecurity practices
practices inin theirtheir work
work andand deepen
deepen thethe impact
impactsecurity
ofof their
their investigations.
investigations.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

NEWS

Seeking to diversify and extend oureducational offerings, the project published:

700+

journalists and citizen investigators attended the programof over 25 Investigative Institutes, conferences, training
sessions and webinars.

The project
collaborated with

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The project hosted the 5-day online conference“Investigation is Collaboration“ to advance thecapacity and skills of leading investigators,
researchers and journalists. A new collection ofresources including articles, guides, videos anda podcast series were produced as a result ofthe event.

PARTNERORGANISATIONS

and 38 individual collaborators and field experts to develop
resources and events to empower the community.

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guides and self-learning resources, 8 video talks
and tutorials, 6 new curriculum modules fortrainers, and 10 podcasts by international experts.

Journalists and citizen investigators whoengaged with the project community andparticipated in the events trained otherjournalists and activists in different
countries on topics like collaboration, risk
assessment and safety, storytelling andenvironmental and bio- investigations.

The project developed a wide range ofcontent that inspired and trained global
experts working together with theEuropean Centre for Press and Media
Freedom (ECPMF), The Civil Forum for
Asset Recovery (CIFAR), Data Harvest,
Break Free From Plastic Network, Diglab
Foundation, Correctiv, the Global
Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
and Seek.

Tactical Tech has a strategic partnership model that seeks to advance the ability of existing civil societystructures. In the frame of this approach, Tactical Tech developed two collaborations with key partners.

REACHING NEW AUDIENCES

THE “DIGITAL ENQUIRER KIT” AT A GLANCE

THE “DIGITAL YOU” PROJECT AT A GLANCE

In collaboration with GIZ, Tactical Tech developed the“Digital Enquirer Kit”, an e-learning course that has
trained over 330 learners on preventing the spread ofmisinformation, covering topics like media literacy,verification, and how to navigate the internet safely.

Tactical Tech worked with the Goethe-Institut tosupport 20 partners in 11 countries across Sub-SaharanAfrica in creating resources to train the next generationof researchers, journalists, activists, and conscious
consumers on digital and media literacy, verification,
digital safety, privacy, and online wellbeing.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTSPROJECT HIGHLIGHT

Together with digital security specialists, instructional
designers, investigators, and trainers, the project
developed4modules

that extended our set of materials and the accessibilityof our resources.

The Digital Enquirer Kit was translated into

10languages

to provide learning opportunities forcommunities who need it the most.

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MEMBERS OF
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

participated in two knowledge exchange summits on how data collection is used to influencepolitical campaigns, as well as how to identify misinformation and practice verification.

LANGUAGESOUR TEAMTACTICAL TECH IN A NUTSHELL• We are a Berlin-based non-profit organization established in 2003 with a diverse andmultidisciplinary team.
• We use an iterative, design-based way of thinking to innovate and have the most effectiveresources, creating a continuous loop between ideas, testing and development.
• We combine technology, research, design and creative elements to develop digitalawareness through innovative and interactive methods.
• Our scaling methods are open-source, adaptable, localisable, Creative Commonsand multiformat.
• Our resources and materials are available in 35+ languages:

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