The Working for an MP website is a resource for anyone working for a British Member of Parliament or with an interest in how Parliament works.

• Govtech
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Predecessors

A "protest plugin" that allows Wordpress administrators to set their Stripe plug-in's to credit referral payments to their own accounts.

• extensions
• Wordpress

• Specific campaigns
• Payments

A nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy.

• Media
• Nonprofit newsrooms
• Tech or Digital Policy

Welcome to w4mpjobs, funded by the House of Commons to provide career development opportunities for those working for MPs and those who are looking for a job with an MP or in other areas of political activity. 

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

The Economic Change Unit (ECU) campaigns to change the way the economy works so that everyone has the freedom and security to

• Decent work and economic growth

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign organizations

The Sunday Show is the weekly (and sometimes more often) podcast from Tech Policy Press.

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts
• Tech or Digital Policy

Join our newsletter on issues and ideas at the intersection of tech & democracy.

• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

A pilot program to pay maintainers of critical open source technologies.

• Get funding
• Fellowships
• Open source supply chain

Forms that do it all

• commercial

• Forms

The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)

• workshops
• mobility

• Engagement tech
• Urban planning
• Public Interest Tech

The AI Governance Fellowship is a pioneering program dedicated to advancing the fairness and integrity of AI technologies in the Global South, with a focus on African nations.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

A Social Ecosystem connecting Voters, Elected Representatives, Thought Leaders and Authorized Organizations

• apps
• commercial

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people
• Social networks

As an academic community that believes in technology’s potential to have a positive impact on public life, Missouri S&T is honored to be recognized as a member of the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN).

• culture
• Gender Equality

• Public Interest Tech

The Rural Infrastructure Challenge Summit is an in-person mentoring event and workshop to inspire the next-generation of solvers in rural communities.

• rural

• In-person meetings
• Challenges

A grassroots interdisciplinary responsible AI lab for Africa and the Global South. Researching technical alignment and governance of AI

• workshops

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Governance of AI

This is a collective of dedicated individuals and organizations committed to fostering ethical AI practices, encouraging research, and addressing the societal implications of AI across Africa and largely the Global South.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Working groups

Crypto-infused newsletter platform

• commercial

• Blockchain
• Decentralization
• Newsletter tech

A decentralized social network

• Decentralization
• Social networks

The official Biden-Harris administration Reddit account, launched to provide updates on Hurricanes Milton and Helene

• Reddit
• hurricanes

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Verified government accounts

We’ve put this guide together to point you to some of the brilliant resources available for UK activists.

• guides

• Advocacy tech
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

To examine and analyze the downside risks associated with the ubiquitous advance of AI & Automation, to engage in risk mitigation and ensure the optimal outcome… ForHumanity.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI
• AI Auditing

An AI-powered tool designed to efficiently digitize handwritten petition sheets, transforming them into organized, upload-ready CSVs to streamline data management and optimize volunteer efforts.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech
• Petitions

The US government's emergency response department has taken to the internet to fight an unprecedented amount of information about 2024 hurricanes.

• hurricanes

• Fight disinformation
• Communicating with the people

Science Secretary launches new Regulatory Innovation Office to speed up public access to new technologies

• Emerging tech
• Tech or Digital Policy

The most comprehensive, insightful, and accessible data platform for the U.S. nonprofit Democracy field.

• Civic data
• Participatory democracy
• Civic tech catalogs

Our goal is to identify, categorize, and quantify existing organizations, networks, and funders who work to promote and protect healthy democracy in America. We aim to create a compelling, interactive resource that educates and empowers users to engage in democracy.

• Civic data
• Civic tech catalogs
• Civic literacy

Quality data collection for challenging settings

• commercial

• Surveys & polling
• Forms

A collective effort to save and maintain Juicebox EV Chargers

• Affordable and clean energy
• Right to repair

• Hardware

Space X's Starlink unit was granted permission by the US FCC to activate a satellite connectivity option for Americans in hurricane zones

• hurricanes

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Connectivity
• Satellites

We are on a mission to amplify Black* voices and ensure our complete engagement in the national debate about how to build a better Britain founded on accessible citizenship, judicial rights, climate and racial justice, equality, and fairness.

• racial equity

• Voting and elections
• Help more people run for office

Moved by these challenges, Nova SBE’s team, represented by the Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center, started mapping the social ecosystem by creating a public and easily accessible platform aimed at providing quality information in a simple, intuitive, complete, and fair way about all social and environmental impact organizations in Portugal.

• Civic data
• Nonprofit tech

A public-owned social network for public institutions (municipalities, schools, libraries, hospitals, museums, etc) to engage communities without using Big Tech, and instead using infrastructure based on public values

• Social networks
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Imagine if we could place ourselves 100 years from now and still have access to photos shared by millions of people on Flickr…

• culture

• Archives
• Cameras

30 ADS govtech applications in Washington state

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

Amber is a tool for blogs & websites to keep linked content accessible

• extensions

• Open knowledge
• Archives

Enhancing the privacy and security of national digital identity systems

• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights
• Identity

Connects Americans to public resources that help them lower their bills

• No poverty

• Access social benefits
• Economic development

3 essays by Beth Kerley, Carl Miller, and Fernanda Campagnucci outline possible paths toward a prodemocratic vision for AI

• reports

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Reports

The Fund is a shared space for philanthropists to leverage one another’s expertise, incubate investment strategies to advance visionary concepts, and catalyze big ideas that can transform the use of technology to serve the public interest.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Public Interest Tech

Helping Others Help Others

• Build something
• Nonprofit tech
• Building in the private sector

Building a Digital Ecosystem for Refugees

• refugees

• Access social benefits
• Identity
• Decentralization

We are a growing international network ​racing to save everything we love by using effective civil resistance across our 12 countries.

• Climate action

• Advocacy tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

A modern rewrite that hopes to make it a bit easier for federal product teams to adopt, adapt, and extend the USWDS.

• Govtech
• Build something
• Design

See for yourself how accurately you can identify AI-generated images

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Deepfakes

"A global coalition working to fight organized cybercrime in Southeast Asia" - New York Times

• Cybersecurity
• Fight cybercrime

A full suite of mapping and geodata tools developed by and for Medecins Sans Frontieres

• Good health and well-being

• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Mapping

The aim of the UN World Data Forum is to spur data innovation, nurture partnerships, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development.

• United Nations

• Civic data
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Participatory Autonomy Budget Monitoring Project

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Budget explorers

The Global DPI Summit, hosted in Cairo, Egypt, stands as a premier convening of stakeholders in the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem, bringing together representatives from across the globe.

• Govtech
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

The NABIT (Nucleic Acid Barcode Identification Tool) is a low-cost, hand-held, field-ready automated tool to validate the identity of a wildlife or food product, anywhere in the world, without specialized training, equipment, reagents, or even continuous power.

• animals

• Emerging tech
• Hardware