In just five months, 850+ residents engaged as Westminster’s Church Street team shifted from spreadsheets to real-time, data-driven engagement to build affordable homes in the community.

• housing

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Specific digital participation instances

The National University Student Competition: Intellectual Property and Technology is a simulated arbitration process competition that serves as an alternative and peaceful means of conflict resolution.

• students

• Academia
• Challenges
• Digital peacebuilding

Placemaking Europe is a European network that connects practitioners, academics, community leaders, market players and policy makers across the field of placemaking.

• Urban planning

At CoAfina 2025, university students from across Latin America will have the opportunity to develop collaborative solutions to scientific and educational challenges using open access data. This virtual hackathon will take place remotely from November 7 to 9.

• students

• Civic data
• Meet the others
• Civic hackathons

A one-stop-shop for accessible local political knowledge and discussion (for small towns in the NJ-NY-PA area).

• local

• Mapping tools
• Public meetings
• Budget explorers

Mark-a-Spot is a modular platform for digital citizen engagement and municipal case management. Citizens can easily report issues such as infrastructure damage, waste, or environmental concerns via smartphone, enriched with photos and geodata.

• city

• Govtech
• Communicating with the government
• Issue reporting

Challenging the power and politics of tech

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Build something
• Building in the private sector

A podcast about the politics of technology

• podcasts

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

We urgently call for international red lines to prevent unacceptable AI risks. Launched during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, this call has broad support from prominent leaders in policy, academia, and industry.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Specific campaigns
• Governance of AI

Wine and Wotsits is a regular meetup of campaigners and social activists organised by Alison Goldsworthy and Kate Norgrove.

• Advocacy tech
• Meet the others
• Organize campaigns

En RIJA promovemos reformas de justicia abierta y centradas en las personas para mejorar la confianza ciudadana en las instituciones judiciales y la protección de derechos fundamentales.

• Participatory democracy
• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions

We help organisations unlock the full potential of their people through tailored development, strategic guidance, and lasting cultural change.

• Build something
• Service delivery
• Building in the private sector

Transform complex content into accessible diagrams

• students
• teachers & educators

• Data visualization

The 2024 King's Speech announced 40 key policies designed to put Britain back on track. The changes aren't clear yet. What's happening to the Labour reforms? We track the bills announced in the King's Speech.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Promise trackers
• Political parties

Union reps can be more confident in starting organising conversations after practicing their approach on an AI actor using our tool.

• labor
• trainings

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech
• The craft of organizing

For impact funders, from VCs to foundations, Mútua combines AI and systems thinking to support mission-aligned decisions that address global challenges.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Tools for Funders

At CodeYourFuture, they turn barriers into tech talent. Disadvantage into diverse workforce.

• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone
• Digital literacy

The Conservative Party has accepted more than £27 million in donations since the 2019 elections, according to the Electoral Commission. Find out how much each industry has donated and what companies are making the donations.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Political parties

Connect with a cause that needs you!

• Newspeak House

• Find a job or hire someone
• Nonprofit tech
• Job boards

LoopTroop Foundation is a nonprofit building a rideshare and wellness support platform that provides transportation for prison visits, parole meetings, and court appearances, while offering mental health check-ins and reentry resources to underserved families.

• prisoners

• Open justice

The State of Play and Way Forward in Core Government Functions

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Reports

• handbooks

• Community-building resources

The Congressional Technology & Policy Fellowship is a six-week professional development program designed specifically for key Congressional staff who want to ensure that their policies achieve real-world impact.

• Govtech
• The People
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

The "Map of Polish Trees" is a nationwide, social project aimed at creating an inventory of trees growing across Poland.

• trees

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps
• Environmental data

Terms and Definitions you should know when localizing a product

• Learn about civic tech
• Translation and linguistic representation
• Glossaries

A new social media platform in civic tech

• corruption

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Book by Rajesh Veeraraghavan

• books

• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has opened a new Community Hub in Slovakia, connecting local innovators, entrepreneurs and partners to Europe’s largest innovation network. The hub will act as a one-stop shop for local talent to access EIT opportunities, strengthening links between business, education and research.

• Hubs

This document sets out key policies and guidance for how digital projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Procurement
• Playbooks and design principles

As the local media landscape in communities surrounding Washington, D.C., continues to shrink, The Banner has hired a team to bring its brand of trusted, independent journalism to the most populous county in the state.

• Journalism
• Nonprofit newsrooms

• Build something
• Building in the private sector

Iswe Foundation is an independent democracy innovation centre. Our mission is to make governance systems work for people and planet.

• Democracy organizations

The Coalition for a Global Citizens’ Assembly brings together organisations committed to co-creating informed, collective solutions.

• Climate action

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

The mission of this research area is to make today’s collective intelligence tools more open, modular, and interoperable, laying the groundwork for a capture-resistant ecosystem of deliberative tooling in which process innovation thrives and local creativity blossoms.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Working groups

Union is a civic co-pilot for New Yorkers that helps you find every representative for your address and contact them effectively on the issues that matter to you.

• Communicating with the government
• Find your representatives

POPVOX Foundation, the Niskanen Center, Civil Service Strong, the Partnership for Public Service and the Foundation for American Innovation invite departing federal employees to share your insights to help inform future Congressional action to strengthen federal programs.

• Project 2025

• Govtech
• Narrative tech
• Supporting public sector from outside government

My promise with Better (Political) Leadership is simple: reflections that are practical, timely, evidence-based, inspiring, and human. For all leaders—but especially for those in politics, where every decision is magnified and every mistake can feel existential.

• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

Comparing traditionally structured survey questions vs. the benefits of open-ended survey questions combined with text analysis to allow a wider range of responses.

• Peer-reviewed research
• Surveys & polling

Science-based journalism for democracy

• Journalism

A minimal, open, stewarded feed format for sharing local events, assets, dreams, plans, and notices across neighborhood websites, tools, and communities.

• neighborhoods

• Civic data
• Civic data APIs
• Community-building resources

A how-to-series on the command line and Bellingcat research tools. Created with the beginner researcher in mind.

• Learn about civic tech
• Digital literacy
• Shows and films

Airtable of 250+ Social Media Monitoring Tools (Sept 2025)

• Media and social media analysis
• Civic tech catalogs

A local events and community calendar system to keep neighbors informed about what's happening in their area.

• neighborhoods

• Media
• Community-building resources
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media

This is a local democracy reporting tool that enables researchers to search auto-generated transcripts of Council meetings for different authorities across the UK and Ireland.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

By Chris Miles with Brandon Silverman and Anna Lenhart

• reports

• Civic data
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

This course ​explores​ the theory and practice of legislative scrutiny and explores the potential role of technology​ to augment these efforts​. The course will take place online and in Berlin from 8–22 January 2026.

• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Courses

A resource sharing system where neighbors can lend and borrow party supplies and event materials within their community.

• neighborhoods

• Resource matching and sharing
• Community-building resources

A dashboard or directory showcasing community-built digital tools and resources created by and for local residents.

• neighborhoods

• Dashboards
• Community-building resources

A digital platform for neighborhood associations to manage activities, communications, and member engagement online.

• neighborhoods

• Community-building resources
• Internal communication and coordination

Case studies of 3 concrete examples of Civic Tech interoperability

• TICTeC 25

• Engagement tech
• Civic platform interoperability