Data Stewards Intensive Course in Berlin - Second Edition

The second edition of the Data Stewards Intensive Course was implemented from 6 October to 3 November 2025 as a one-month hybrid program combining in-person sessions in Berlin with online modules and project presentations. Delivered by The Data Tank in collaboration with The GovLab and supported by the Bertelsmann Stiftung under the Data Atlas for Civil Society initiative, the course provided practical training for civil society professionals working with data.

As part of our skills and training efforts, we organized a second edition of the Data Stewardship Intensive Course in Berlin in collaboration with Bertelsmann Stiftung.

This course gathered 19 participants across civil society and social sector organizations in Germany and beyond. The bootcamp was organized as part of the Data Atlas for Civil Society initiative pioneered by our partners at the Bertelsmann Stiftung. It was made special by the community of alumni and partners that we have built, where a lot of participants from our first edition recommended the course to their colleagues who joined us.

The course was organized as a one-month hybrid course taking place in-person and online. With 6 distinguished guest speakers (industry experts), the course tackled the use and re-use of data for the common good within the civil society landscape. For this course we paid a visit to Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications, City Lab Berlin, and Tactical Tech.

Participants gained: