Technology at work for the public

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Get funding

"Honour a financial services or technology organisation for its outstanding contribution to a charitable cause, for example, through funds donated, services offered pro-bono, or a creative volunteer programme"

• The People
• Fieldwide resources
• Awards and prizes

Established in 1966, the Fellows Program is a cornerstone of Institute life and the only program of its kind at Harvard University or anywhere else

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Civic tech catalogs

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

• The Tech
• The People
• Participatory democracy

An approach to machine learning where the data is not centralized

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Tools

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate

• Google

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Legal Aid Checker provides a guided pathway to information about common legal issues.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

This book explains the transition by tracing the brief and colorful history of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who sought to lead nonprofits across the digital divide

• Organize campaigns
• Predecessors & Pioneers

Pavilion builds technology that empowers public servants to deliver better, faster public services from a wider and more diverse group of businesses.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

So, what are you crowdfunding for?

• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Rocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source. Replace email, HipChat & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet

• Access to Information Community of Practice
• TICTeC 25

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Access to information

Mozilla Festival (MozFest) brings the world together to leave the internet better than we found it. Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, invites you to our annual interactive festival in London, England. Come shape our best future online.

• 2023 Webby Awards

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

CARTO Turns Your Location Data Into Business Outcomes.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Washington, D.C. – Eleven projects that seek to help develop and expand best practices in immersive storytelling, including narratives, ethics and production, will receive a share of $285,000 as winners ... Read More

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Journalism

• Watchdogging and transparency

the official public purchasing information portal on open procurement in Ukraine

• The Tech
• Procurement
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

In the midst of an immigration crisis on the US-Mexico border, Code for America, Codeando México, and The GovLab organized online listening sessions to help determine areas of need and where the civic tech community might help.

• immigration

• Needs assessment

The UK’s street fault reporting website (rebranded as FixMyCommunity)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The Government Digital Service podcast looks at innovation and digital transformation across the public sector. We’ll interview interesting people both inside and outside government and cover new developments as they happen.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Build something

Canvassing & voter management software

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

• air quality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Welcome to your 8-day data detox! In just half an hour or less per day, you'll be well on your way to a healthier and more in-control digital self. What are you waiting for?

• The People
• Build something
• Toolkits

We’re excited to share that over the next year, we’ll be carrying out a new research initiative looking at how UK charities re-use existing digital tools for service delivery.

• reuse

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Nonprofit tech

Ask Izzy helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to find the services they need, right now and nearby.

• homelessness
• housing

• Bots
• Access social benefits
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Nesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Get funding

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Our software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.

• development

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

“Salzburg macht auf!” Das Land Salzburg stellt unter Open Government Data (OGD) bestehende Verwaltungsdaten zur freien Wiederverwendung und Weiterverwertung zur Verfügung.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Here we discuss two pillars of a Citizens’ Assembly website: its design and editorial principles; and the information that should be included.

• guides

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital participation platforms

All The Data, For We The People

• Build something
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic hacking meetups

Professional development courses for election officials

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Neighborhood Knowledge Platform

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Fired Without Cause helps users understand whether their employer treated them fairly. The app also has a severance pay calculator.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

The Voting Information Project helps voters find information about their elections with collaborative, open-source tools.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Google team focused on election information and civic features within Google products

• Google

• The People
• Build something
• Civic features

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

• city
• manifestos
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Participatory democracy

MeMeZa Shout Crime Prevention was started in 2012 and it specializes in providing affordable innovative Connected Community Safety Technology, with a special focus on the most vulnerable people in society.

The Veza online tool is an open data platform developed by Corruption Watch with the goal of improving transparency and accountability in the South African Police Service (SAPS).

• police violence
• policing

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

Mit dem Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen unterstützen Wikimedia Deutschland, der Stifterverband und die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler dabei, ihre Forschung und Lehre offen zu gestalten

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone

The MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Academic programs

Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to delve deeper.

• The People
• Fight disinformation
• Learn about civic tech

the first and only Multi-Stakeholder Question & Answer Community for refugee topics

• refugees

• The Tech
• Tech for public challenges
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech