Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.

• racial equity

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Digital upheaval also means a whole universe of tools and techniques are out there to make your reporting easier, faster, harder, smarter.

• The Tech
• Media
• The People

Based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.

• apps
• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Govtech
• The People

an ingenious tool that lets Zambian citizens participate in the country’s ongoing constitution-drafting process—effectively allowing almost any Zambian adult to help forge the nation.

• apps

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

• United Nations

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election

• 2024 elections

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Il sistema digitale gratuito per la gestione delle segnalazioni di corruzione nella Pubblica Amministrazione

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

Building on over 5 years of work supporting PB processes across North America, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) has created this toolkit to help organizers and advocates start new PB processes.

• toolkits

• The People
• Build something
• Participatory budgeting

User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of the lobby meetings, EU Lobbyists, MEP incomes, and Revolving Doors at the EU Institutions level.

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

An overview of the civic tech landscape, including 125+ active companies and organizations.

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

In this Playbook, we explore the evolution of the procurement function’s missions, from its original cost reduction role to risk management and to contribution to growth as a strategic partner.

• The People
• Build something
• Building inside government

Decolonize This Place is an action-oriented movement centering around Indigenous struggle, Black liberation, free Palestine, global wage workers and de-gentrification.

• racial equity

• Cameras

ClickLaw provides legal information and a map of legal support services in British Columbia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Cette plateforme permet d'adresser des pétitions à l'Assemblée nationale et de signer des pétitions déjà enregistrées. Les pétiti

• Decidim

• Govtech
• Petitions

Europe's largest association of hackers.

• Predecessors & Pioneers

Axon Vibe provides smartphone app technology that enables public transport operators to deliver personalized communications based on users’ commuting behavior.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

CityGML is an open data model and XML-based format for the storage and exchange of virtual 3D city models.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Maidan Monitoring Information Center is a non-government non-profit civic organization that cares for societal security in Ukraine, which is achieved through public dialogue, improving the culture of communication and reducing the level of violence in society.

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation

EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.

• guides

• The People
• Meet the others
• Learn about civic tech

Illinois allocates an incredible amount of money to incarcerate people from Chicago's poorest neighborhoods — sometimes millions for residents on individual city blocks. There are more effective ways to invest public dollars.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Digital Government Blueprint (DGB) is a statement of the Government’s ambition to better leverage data and harness new technologies, and to drive broader efforts to build a digital economy and digital society, in support of Smart Nation.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Offers world-class online courses that empower you to think differently, learn collaboratively and join a global community of learners and doers with a burning desire to change the world.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

DecidimFest is an intense 3-day program of activities devoted to the Decidim project, participatory democracy and open source tools for collective intelligence in the era of Global Democracy.

• Decidim

• The Tech
• The People
• Participatory democracy

The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University works to document and analyze the ways Free Speech is threatened in the United States through its flagship enterprise, the Free Speech Tracker, an online tool for monitoring Free Speech challenges and controversies in education, civil society, and government.

• democracy
• free speech

• Media
• Media and social media analysis
• Research and policy centers

The portable unit interviews users about the apps, services and digital providers they interact with, reveals what these providers know about their users, then tells the user stories about what the effects of this may be and provides recommendations regarding their level of trustworthiness, relating to the individual themselves and to other people who may be more or less impacted by the same use or misuse of the data that accumulates around their digital life.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• The People

The 2016 ONA Conference & Awards Banquet, Sept. 15-17

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Découvrez We Sign It, la plateforme de création de pétitions en ligne. Wesign.it vous permet en quelques clics seulement de lancer votre pétition, de faire campagne et de mobiliser autour de vous.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Largest organization for social change volunteers and community service, with 6,000,000 members and counting.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

EWB Canada is a vibrant community of professionals and students working to eliminate poverty by fostering innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Canada and around the world.

• No poverty
• Partnerships for the Goals

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Open Data for indicators and information regarding Colombian land and territory.

• land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms

Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.

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

Cobudget makes it easy for organizations and groups to allocate funds collaboratively and transparently.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Open public data of Olsztyn

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

CITE in Zimbabwe and Code for Africa have partnered to make Outline from Jigsaw available to news organisations and CSOs. It means VPN can be rolled out on their own servers to connect to the internet and keep communication private and safe.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Connectivity

Brazil's parliamentary innovation unit

• The Tech
• The People
• Participatory democracy

At Organizer, we strive to build the tools you need to make canvassing and field outreach efficient, effective, and accountable.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

A Taiwanese developer Carol created a chatbot called Aunt Meiyu on popular messaging app LINE. Aunt Meiyu is designed to combat disinformation circulated in private chat group, especially family chat groups

• LINE

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Media

December 11-13 2020

• racial equity

• Conferences
• Data science for social good

A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

GIVING YOU A VOICE ON THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOUR WORLD

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Neighborly delivers access, efficiency and transparency to borrowing communities and investors in the municipal bond market.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

To bring together civic-minded software developers to use technology to innovate in public services, by creating open source solutions to address the needs of citizens

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

• Good health and well-being
• housing

• Canvassing & Doorknocking

A web forum that elevates your community's opinions. Civil and organized discussion even when hundreds of stakeholders participate.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Civic Tech Toronto is a vibrant and diverse community of Torontonians engaged in understanding and creating solutions for civic challenges through technology, design, and other innovative means.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Every year, mayors from around the country gather at the Civic I/O Mayors Summit at SXSW. The summit is a time to bring together city leaders, entrepreneurs, and provocative thinkers in order to learn from one another and engage in the premier destination for discovery.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• The People

The Center for Civic Innovation focuses on improving the efficiency of public organizations and increasing civic participation. We are Atlanta's City Lab.

• Hubs

The Resilient Mesh Wireless project is a series of local networks serving small businesses combined with community-based trainings in Sandy-affected areas.

• Adjacent Fields
• Connectivity
• Foundational layers