Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Build something

Code for America is a non-partisan, non-political 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2009 to address the widening gap between the public and private sectors in their effective use of technology and design

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

Code for Kenya uses data to give citizens hyper-local and hyper-personal information to make better informed decisions about bread & butter issues. Code for Kenya also builds technology tools to amplify citizen voices.

• Civic hacking meetups

Digital Attack Map visualizes the most powerful DDoS attacks happening in the world right now

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

it's like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

Our objective is to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve and consolidate electoral processes world-wide.

• People Powered

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Meet the others

Climate Designers provides the knowledge, skills, and professional network to support designers to be climate leaders everywhere they work

• Climate action

• The People
• Peer networks
• Pro bono and volunteer

Discover how citizens and governments are coming together around the world and how you can join them.

• The People
• Evaluate impact
• Narrative tech

New innovation methods for designing public policy involving all public stakeholders

• The People
• Build something
• Co-design

The interactive map of over-indebtedness in the Czech Republic based on real data from Central register of enforcement proceedings (financial executions)

• debt

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

Open Google Doc guide

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

To enable all people to exercise their rights and access services, ID4D helps countries realize the transformational potential of inclusive, robust, and responsible digital identification systems.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Identity

Technical.ly grows local technology communities by connecting organizations and people through news, events and services.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Alliances

The “Digital Policy Playbook 2017” is designed to help leaders understand the complex dynamics and difficult decisions they will face in managing their transition into the digital domain

• Playbooks and design principles
• Regulation

The Land Access Neighborhood Development (LAND) mapping tool visualizes the distribution of local institutional and government-owned vacant, as well as underused properties.

• housing
• public space
• land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The Canadian Digital Service teams up with federal departments and agencies to put people’s needs at the centre of government services.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Police Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

Angers participatory budget - a Decidim instance

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.

• civic features
• Google

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Travel to the right donors, at the right time.

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

GenderGap.AFRICA is a tool designed to help users calculate the gender pay gap in any African country

Blockchain

• Blockchain
• Internal government tech capacity

A map of the Internet measuring its compliance with human Rights (R), evaluating its Openness (O) and Accessibility (A), and assessing the involvement of Multistakeholder actors (M) in its governance

• human rights

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Evaluate impact

We are a community of volunteers who develop open-source projects as a Code for America Brigade by focusing on open government, open data, great design, and social good in Baltimore.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

CityBase is a gov tech platform that connects cities and citizens to make government more accessible and efficient.

• Govtech
• Civic and social impact companies
• Forms

This weekly digest email helps you more efficiently manage your portfolio so you prioritize the right donors at the right time and raise more

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

iCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship

• youth

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

See what your representatives in Congress say and do.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

NDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income urban residents—on a research initiative to explore the innovative ways that megacity governments are strengthening urban democracy.

• city
• research
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Government in which the public is fully served through business innovation and the efficient and effective use of technology policy

• state

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Workspaces, Events & Programs In Rotterdam ▶ Move-In Ready ▶ Dedicated Onsite Staff ▶ Unmetered Conference Rooms ▶ Fully Stocked Kitchens

• Hubs

Peer-to-peer texting enables real conversations at scale. Raise money, boost participation, mobilize your base with Hustle's best-in-class P2P SMS software.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

TLC Data Hub offers users a new and convenient location to access and visualize taxi and for hire industry data.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We convene, connect, and support the next generation of civic leaders.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

Die re:publica Berlin ist das Festival für die digitale Gesellschaft und die größte Konferenz ihrer Art in Europa. Die Teilnehmer*innen der re:publica bilden einen Querschnitt unserer (digitalen) Gesellschaft.

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Kita finden leicht gemacht.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Digital organizing training

• Organize campaigns

Wagbot is a Facebook Messenger-based chatbot designed to answer questions from school children about sexualhealth and related issues.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

The basic idea of the game is to end the monopolistic practices of the 3-company-combinations of the game board.

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

• recidivism

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

New urban visions, the final event of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, will see the launch of our experimental index and ideas bank, a pioneering piece of work exploring how city ecosystems and governments can support and work with DSI, and of our new collection of positive visions for the future of DSI.

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

A data collaborative company. Using open source tech & data trusts to enhance impact, inform decisions, & increase equity of opportunity.

• The Tech
• Civic data

Drawing on MIT’s legacy of media innovation and its deep commitment to open and accessible information, the MIT Open Documentary Lab brings storytellers, technologists, and scholars together to explore new documentary forms with a particular focus on collaborative, interactive, and immersive storytelling.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

Empowering employers and employees to ensure fair wages

• labor
• Decent work and economic growth

• Data visualization

The premiere national event on building better places

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Get answers from EU Institutions

• Alaveteli

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Advocacy tech

Experimientos ciudadanos para el cambio social en la región

• workshops

• Workshops

NLC develops, connects, and uplifts inclusive, cross-sector leaders who transform our country through social and political change rooted in equity.

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