A political data and intelligence start-up helping to connect the public and politicians.

• Civic data
• Media and social media analysis
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• city

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Автоматизированный мониторинг и аналитика по заключенным госконтрактам – инструменты для общественного анализа, выявления злоупотреблений, борьбы с коррупцией и неэффективным расходованием государственных средств.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Open collaborative network for journalists and other researches, experts and engaged people working on housing across Europe

• housing

• Media
• Nonprofit newsrooms
• Expert networks

The blockchain-based land-titling project is being presented at both Harvard and the United Nations.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

The first comprehensive study of automated decisionmaking in Europe

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

M-Haki allows users to send SMS messages with legal questions, which the organisation’s lawyers and volunteerlawyers answer for a small fee.

• Adjacent Fields
• Organize campaigns
• Tech for public challenges

Through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, we seek to educate citizens to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world.

• The Tech
• Media
• Journalism

The mailing list hosted by Action Network, an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.

• labor

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

Make a Difference (MaD) is a regional think-and-do collaborative platform – where you can explore creativity for good, meet cross-disciplinary changemakers and synergize across sectors for innovative solutions to social challenges.

• Hubs
• Working groups

Better walking, biking, and transit

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

A maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal

• apps

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Entrepreneurs, sign up for our Abaca platform to get notified when a relevant accelerator opens up

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Urban Systems is an inter-disciplinary professional practice providing strategic planning, engineering, environmental science, and urban design services to both public and private sector clients throughout Western Canada.

• indigenous

• Govtech
• Social impact design firms

This tool helps predict the choices of mobility modes made at the individual level throughout the entire Boston Metro area.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

CODE, founded as the Center for Open Data Enterprise, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to maximize the value of open and shared data for the public good.

• Roundtables

Uliza Wakili LLP aims to provide low-cost alternative dispute resolution and legal advice to SMEs and startups.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

This re­gion­al view is your portal to in­di­vidu­al maps and stat­ist­ics for 158 cit­ies and un­in­cor­por­ated places and 114 neigh­bor­hoods with­in the city of Los Angeles.

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Harnessing Data Science to Measure and Counter Hate Speech & Crime

• harassment
• racial equity

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

JamiiForums is a Tanzania-based user-generated content website founded by Maxence Melo and Mike Mushi in 2006

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Working to restore a balanced relationship between people and planet

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A free, user-friendly, extendable application and API for drone image processing.

• Drones

Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.

• No poverty

• The People
• Meet the others
• Evaluate impact

Build Peace is a conference that brings together practitioners, activists, artists and technologists from around the world to share experience and ideas.

• peace

• In-person meetings
• Conferences
• Digital peacebuilding

SmartProcure is a procurement database company for businesses and government agencies.

• Govtech
• Procurement

Explore what the world is searching

• commercial
• Google

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Media

• state

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

Civic Capital is a call to fundamentally shift the way we understand the value embedded into civic assets, how it can be actualized, captured and redistributed.

• fintech

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns

Der Prototype Fund ist ein Förderprogramm des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), das von der Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland betreut und ausgewertet wird.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

g0v is a decentralized civic tech community from Taiwan, advocating transparency of information, building tech solutions for citizens to participate in public affairs from grass-roots

• g0v

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Salsa Labs is a technology company that creates powerful donor management, online fundraising, and online advocacy tools for nonprofits helping them Engage and Change the World.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

The Open Cities Accra Project seeks to make Alogboshie and its environs resilient to natural disasters, especially flooding. The project will also involve the remote mapping of Nima, Akweteman and Alajo.

The Innovation Bridge Between the City of San Antonio and its Residents

• The Tech
• Govtech
• The People

Join the movement to end online harassment! We’re fighting fire with water, and working step by step to assist people facing harassment, educate communities, and stop harassment online.

• Media
• The People
• Fight disinformation

Generation Citizen believes all students have the right to civics education that prepares them to participate in our democracy.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

The production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.

• culture

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Narrative tech

Document DEFINING OPEN IN OPEN DATA, OPEN CONTENT AND OPEN KNOWLEDGE

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Open knowledge

The mission of the DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project is to create transparency and data-driven information through court monitoring to ensure that all victims of domestic violence have equal access to a clear, fair and consistent judicial process that prioritizes victim safety and offender accountability.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

The State Decoded parser can either be modified to use bespoke PHP to parse a legal code in its native format, or it can parse a prescribed XML format.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Code for Japan Brigade based in Nerima-ku, Tokyo

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Single Stop brings together America's most effective anti-poverty tools to create economic mobility for families and individuals.

• No poverty
• Decade-Plus Club
• Robin Hood Foundation

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation reports we found in our research.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Connecting Museums and Communities

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

The Data Justice Lab examines the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice, highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and big data

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

Our Mission is to empower people through inclusive economies by conducting & supporting various academic research & strategic philanthropic investments.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Bloomberg Philanthropies works to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Open-source budget visualization framework

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

Helping recruit and support under-35 year old progressives running for down-ballot office to build a Democratic bench.

• partisan

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

Turn helps social impact organisations have personal, guided conversations that improve lives at scale.

Tactical Remain voting in the UK European elections 2019

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections