NYC's open participation platform (using CitizenLab) to get public feedback on government use of tech

• Engagement tech

A crowdsourced collection of personal stories, how-to articles, and resource lists on four major topics: Funding, People, Mission, and Operations + Tech.

• Playbooks and design principles

a newsletter about how local governments use data and technology to shape our communities

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Newsletters

This seminar by Jonathan Piron tackles the issues raised by digital technologies for political institutions, politics and policies, and more broadly for the evolution of what we call “democracy“.

• Courses

Utility that generates a namecard containing your pronouns and how to pronounce your name

• Diversity & Inclusion

An IRL game where you try to recruit 1,000 supporters to your campaign

• Organize campaigns
• Games and gamification

​Democracy Without Borders campaign

• United Nations

• Participatory democracy

Reimagining Caribbean Society in the Digital Age

• Civic and social impact companies

Es un espacio para fomentar la participación de la ciudadanía en la generación de ideas para mejorar la gestión de la ciudad.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

211CHECK is a fact-checking and information verification platform that works on countering misinformation and disinformation in South Sudan.

• WhatsApp
• Facebook
• workshops

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

The ArcticHubs project is an ambitious, multi-disciplinary international collaboration that aims to develop research-led, practice-based solutions to help address the urgent challenges faced in the Arctic.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• Climate action
• Arctic

• Partner networks and coalitions

Making Cities for People

• Govtech vendors

Stop Guessing. Start Community Mapping.

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Surveys & polling

Dutch participatory engagement company

• Engagement tech
• Participation consultants

Italian company offering services and projects to engage the public in decision-making

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

A hardware table that lets people gather around it for collective decision-making processes

• Digital participation platforms
• Hardware

A public engagement project around air quality

• air quality

• Engagement tech

All Our Ideas is an innovative tool that you can use for large-scale online engagements to produce a rank-ordered list of public input.

• ChatGPT

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

A Geolocation Technology Company

• Mapping tools

Translated: We, "Civic Tech Saitama," also want to make use of the knowledge and wisdom of "Ichi-dwellers" living in Saitama City to create services necessary for the region and make public services easy to use. To that end, we will make it possible for governments and companies to provide the data and resources necessary for creating services, create a place where various people can gather, and make us "Civic Tech" interesting.

• Civic hacking meetups

A project to create an index of democratic quality

• Evaluate impact

Participatory process facilitators and partners

• People Powered

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Participation consultants

"A collaboration among several street artists and Carol Ott, proprietor of the Baltimore Slumlord Watch blog, the group has painted murals on about a dozen vacant buildings in the city so far this summer."

• housing

• Artistic interventions

A network and resource library for open sharing of democratic innovations

• resources

• Peer networks

The All-In-One platform for citizen-centric campaigns

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• SMS tools

Our mission is to create a seismic shift in the way politics are done, through innovations that empower social, economic, and environmental justice movements.

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Civic and social impact companies

Helsinki's Decidim instance used for participatory budgeting

• Decidim

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Participatory budgeting

Tru is a social media publishing platform built to elevate truth. It offers a clean, curated feed, with no ads, noise or surveillance. It's in private beta.

• Internal communication and coordination

Express your opinion on social issues that matter to you by voting on our consultations. Together – citizens, organizations, companies – let's set our priorities to make a change through concrete actions!

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Group decision making

French association of consultation professionals for an innovative public debate.

• Engagement tech

Coordinate your universe of online actions. Create a pattern of regular engagement and watch your support skyrocket. Built on NationBuilder.

• extensions

• Organize campaigns
• Manage volunteers

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation's compendium of toolkits for public sector innovation and transformation, curated by OPSI and our partners around the world

• Civic tech catalogs
• Fieldwide resources
• Playbooks and design principles

Identifying high-priority policies and needs that could benefit from shared software across jurisdictions.

• local

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Partner networks and coalitions

From the Wiki for local government innovation, the Govlaunch podcast shares the stories of local government innovators and their efforts to build better governments.

• Govtech
• Podcasts

Baltimore City Council Bill 19-0429 requires the Department of Housing & Community Development to post signage on vacant buildings that will identify owners so that they can be held accountable by the public.

• housing
• place-based

• Cameras

A technical certification process for emergency response apps

• apps

• Data schemas and standards
• Emergency services

Foundation for Public Code's livestream show and podcast

• Podcasts
• Shows and films

A 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with residents, organizations, and municipalities to help improve the quality of life of all people in communities. We do this through engagement, education, connection and design.

• Design

The Tech Worker Handbook is a collection of resources for tech workers who are looking to make more informed decisions about whether to speak out on issues that are in the public interest

• labor

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Whistleblowing

Across Maps, Search, Nest, Flights, and Shopping

• Climate action
• Google

• Civic features

India's open challenge platform

• India (Government of)

• Challenges

Explore the economic, social, environmental, and physical health of New York City across race/ethnicity, gender, location, and income.

• Reduced inequalities

• Open data publishing portals

Start a paid newsletter

• Newsletter tech

Higher education must give the next generation of technology and policy leaders the interdisciplinary training they need to succeed, write Anne-Marie Slaughter, Darren Walker and Larry Kramer.

• Quality education

• Public Interest Tech

Covering data for social good, data governance, and societal-level data considerations

• reports

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data science for social good
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

People Powered's course for government and organization staff managing citizen participation + environmental programs

• Climate action

• Participatory budgeting
• Courses
• Participatory budgeting tools

The overarching goal of the Civic Science Fellows Program is to co-create strong, diverse, and inclusive connections between science and civic life.

• Fellowships

We aim to find and elevate the diverse ways that city leaders are actively engaging their citizens to solve critical public problems.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Awards and prizes

The Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative leverages a competitive process led by an independent judging panel of experts to identify 50 early-stage fintechs driving financial inclusion and resilience.

• fintech

• Awards and prizes

More than a non-governmental organization, Conectas are part of a lively and global movement that persists in the struggle for equal rights

• human rights