Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy

• TICTeC 25

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Policy

ICEBlock is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their [i]phone.

• immigration
• Project 2025
• apps

• Crowdsourcing
• Open justice

Explore Pakistan's rich legal and parliamentary heritage with our AI-powered chatbot.

• TICTeC 25

• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Civic Interaction Design is an interdisciplinary research group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

• TICTeC 25

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Design

Empowering communities to influence the development of AI initiatives, through access to education and training.

• workshops
• TICTeC 25

• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the people
• Governance of AI

Google Sheet tracking amendments to the "Big Beautiful Bill"

• Project 2025

• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Legislation trackers

A civic tech tool that uses AI to summarize and simplify Kenyan parliamentary proceedings, making them accessible to all.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

Caixa-Preta é um podcast que trata de assuntos ligados ao impacto da tecnologia na sociedade.

• podcasts

• Learn about civic tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

O podcast traça um panorama sobre os impactos e as mudanças que a internet trouxe para as campanhas eleitorais.

• podcasts

• Learn about civic tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Eurobarometer is the polling instrument used by the European Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe on issues related to the European Union as well as attitudes on subjects of political or social nature.

• Communicating with the people
• Surveys & polling
• Listening

Red colaborativa que promueve la protección de los derechos humanos y la participación de la sociedad civil en el ámbito de las tecnologías de la IA.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital rights

By Mavis Machirori for Ada Lovelace Institute

• local

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Procurement

Supported by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Grants Programme, this guidance is designed to help employers and engineers to involve workers and their representatives in the design, development and deployment of algorithmic systems so that risks are anticipated and managed, 'good work' is promoted, the law is complied with, innovative approaches are unlocked and trust in technology is built.

• labor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluate impact
• Celebrating public service and public servants

Ao longo do ano, nada menos que 580 casos de ataques contra a imprensa foram registrados no monitoramento realizado pela RSF.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Journalism

• labor

• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits

O Volt Data Lab é uma organização que dá suporte ao jornalismo há mais de 10 anos, oferecendo consultoria, análise e serviços de tecnologia e jornalismo de dados para veículos de notícias e ONGs de todos os tamanhos.

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

This toolkit provides an actionable framework for empowering worker voice throughout the procurement process.

• guides

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Procurement

"a near live environment as a safe place to safely explore, learn, co-design, demonstrate and test the “art of the possible” in public procurement."

• Govtech
• Procurement
• Testbeds and Sandboxes

O Legislatech é uma ferramenta de clipping de órgãos públicos e da imprensa, com monitoramento em tempo real

• commercial

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

An AI Assistant for the Zimbabwean Constitution, designed to help you navigate and understand constitutional law with ease.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Access to laws
• Constitutions

A playbook commissioned by Participation AI

• reports
• guides

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Procurement

We promote, protect and remedy Human Rights in Zimbabwean communities through the use of technological means.

• human rights
• Gender Equality

• Participatory democracy
• Civic apps outfits

Xarta é um pequeno sistema de publicação que ajuda a manter informações em seu site sempre atualizadas com cards embedáveis de contexto que só precisam ser alterados uma vez. O Xarta foi desenvolvido pelo Núcleo Jornalismo como parte do programa Codesinfo, programa administrado pelo Projor e que tem financiamento do Google News Initiative. O grant recebido para o desenvolvimento dessa ferramenta foi de R$ 97.400,00. O backend do Xarta é desenvolvido utilizando a API do Ghost como headless CMS, com o frontend construído em cima do framework Next.js (baseado em React.js).

• Website builder
• Content Management Systems (CMS)

Datashades.info is a comprehensive search hub and discovery tool for the global CKAN community, designed to enhance the accessibility and usability of open data.

• CKAN

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Open civic data

The UN Public Service Day intends to celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlight the contribution of public service in the development process; recognize the work of public servants, and encourage young people to pursue careers in the public sector.

• United Nations

• Celebrating public service and public servants
• Holidays

Optimice sus chats y acelere las conversiones con chatico IA

• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots
• AI Constituent Service

2023 gathering in support of OSPOs

• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

Urban in Mind is a trusted urban planning consultant serving the Greater Toronto Area.

• Urban planning
• Participation consultants

A powerful, user-friendly, interoperable GIS used by thousands of users worldwide.

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Open source

A qualitative survey on Policy and Practice, by Johan Linåker, Sachiko Muto

• reports

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Open source

The Deepfake Sandbox is an interactive demo that allows you to create a deepfake of yourself in mere seconds. After the photo is generated, we examine the societal implications of deepfakes and other AI technology.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital literacy
• AI literacy

Building tools to make sense of the future

• Artificial Intelligence
• Games and gamification
• Artistic interventions

Assisting government agencies in increasing their use of Free and Open Source software and supporting their efforts to publish source code .

• France (national government)

• Govtech
• Open source
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

Katalog med öppna programvaror som används av offentliga organisationer. Ett stöd för att välja ett öppet alternativ.

• Govtech
• Open source
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

Signalen is the Open Source software of, for and by Dutch municipalities for receiving and processing reports from public spaces.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Issue reporting

Swedish network for collaboration on open data and open source code

• Govtech
• Procurement
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

This pilot, in collaboration with The University of the West Indies, and UNDP, is...a model for how open-source practices can strengthen digital ecosystems and drive inclusive innovation across the region.

• United Nations Development Programme
• United Nations

• Govtech
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

Annual symposium celebrating Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs)

• Govtech
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for digital technologies (ICTs). 

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Govtech
• Predecessors & Pioneers
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-led multi-stakeholder initiative on Open-Source Generative AI for Public Services aims to develop an end-to-end, open-source implementation framework that enables public sector stakeholders to easily build and deploy their own GenAI solutions using modular, open-source software blueprints.

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source

ITU Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) is committed to harnessing the power of open-source technologies to empower nations, organizations, and individuals to leverage cutting-edge digital solutions for the sustainable development. ​​

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

Racjonalny dyskurs publiczny jest możliwy

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

BlueHats 🧢 is a worldwide community of public servants (teachers, researchers and other government workers, etc.) who promote Free and Open Source software in, by and for the public sector.

• Govtech
• Open source
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

The Open Source Ecosystem Enabler project seeks to empower local and regional public and private actors to effectively adopt open source technologies for delivering digital government services.

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

ohsomeNow Stats is being developed and provided by HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) and offers up-to-date and global scale overview statistics on mapping activity in OpenStreetMap (OSM).

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Evaluate impact
• Indicators

Cybersecurity for Cities and Nonprofits

• Cybersecurity
• Nonprofit tech
• Pro bono and volunteer

Brooklyn-based creative agency behind Zohran Mamdani's campaign socials

• Organize campaigns
• Narrative tech
• Civic and social impact companies

Building public understanding of AI capabilities and dangers

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

Fondée en 2002, l'ADULLACT a pour objectifs de soutenir et coordonner l'action des Administrations et Collectivités territoriales dans le but de promouvoir, développer et maintenir un patrimoine de logiciels libres utiles aux missions de service public.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• Open source
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

Devolutos is a pro-bono project built by a collective of activists to map Lisbon's empty housing and encourage the government to tax their owners to prompt redevelopment.

• housing

• Advocacy tech
• Civic maps
• Crowdsourcing