This paper shares lessons from Nesta’s research into some of the pioneering innovations in digital democracy which are taking place across Europe and beyond

• Reports

Muniphase research project exploring urban expansion and boundaries.

• city
• United Nations
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Urban planning

Effective altruism is an intellectual project, using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible.

• Get funding
• Effective altruism

Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world.

• Media
• Journalism

CommonVC is an impact innovation and startup studio that is run and funded by people passionate about a sustainable future.

• Social impact design firms

We collect and join datasets together to create a data-driven view of New York City government.

• Civic data
• Open civic data
• Data Exchanges

Audrey will shares stories of the dramatic transformations underway to upgrade democracy in Taiwan: How they engaged thousands of citizens in bottom-up policy development to solve the Uber problem; A digital media channel where young people are engaging directly with politicians; And how virtual reality is shaping public policy.

Corruption Watch is a Transparency International chapter working to fight corruption in South Africa

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

FedScoop is the leading tech media brand in the federal government market

• United Kingdom (government)

Skaidresnės Lietuvos link! Esame viešosios politikos organizacija, kurios tikslas – įgyvendinti skaidrumo bei antikorupcines iniciatyvas.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.

• United Nations

WhoWasInCommand is our free to use, public database of military, police and other security and defense force units.

• peace
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• human rights

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Archives

Software for Public Servants

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

Enspiral is a network of people working on stuff that matters. Our mission is to support people to do the same.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Fundraising pages targeted at universities, nonprofits, and civil society orgs

• Fundraising tools

By providing a neutral report of what happens in court, trial monitors can help ensure that rights are respected and abuses exposed.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Watchdogging government

• Uber

Connecting people and data to improve lives

• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Starting life as an accelerator and investor, we have become a leading European government-focused technology company

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

africanDRONE seeks to empower the drone pioneers already living on the continent, by networking them together into a self-help association that can share resources and knowledge

• Drones

Located in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is a national leader in education and scholarship in the fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and public relations.

• Journalism

• Foundational layers
• Open internet

The UK's innovation accelerator for cities, transport & place leadership.

• mobility
• mass transit
• city

Doublethink Lab was founded in 2019 to strengthen democracy through enhancing digital defenses. Our work focuses on researching malign Chinese influence operations and disinformation campaigns and their impacts via the digital tools and methodologies we have developed.

• LINE

• Artificial Intelligence
• Media
• Fight disinformation