The Rural Infrastructure Challenge Summit is an in-person mentoring event and workshop to inspire the next-generation of solvers in rural communities.

• rural

• In-person meetings
• Challenges

The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)

• workshops
• mobility

• Engagement tech
• Urban planning
• Public Interest Tech

Crypto-infused newsletter platform

• commercial

• Decentralization
• Blockchain
• Newsletter tech

This is a collective of dedicated individuals and organizations committed to fostering ethical AI practices, encouraging research, and addressing the societal implications of AI across Africa and largely the Global South.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Working groups

The AI Governance Fellowship is a pioneering program dedicated to advancing the fairness and integrity of AI technologies in the Global South, with a focus on African nations.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Fellowships
• Find a job or hire someone

A grassroots interdisciplinary responsible AI lab for Africa and the Global South. Researching technical alignment and governance of AI

• workshops

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Governance of AI

A decentralized social network

• Decentralization
• Social networks

As an academic community that believes in technology’s potential to have a positive impact on public life, Missouri S&T is honored to be recognized as a member of the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN).

• culture
• Gender Equality

• Public Interest Tech

A Social Ecosystem connecting Voters, Elected Representatives, Thought Leaders and Authorized Organizations

• apps
• commercial

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people
• Social networks

The official Biden-Harris administration Reddit account, launched to provide updates on Hurricanes Milton and Helene

• Reddit
• hurricanes

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Verified government accounts

To examine and analyze the downside risks associated with the ubiquitous advance of AI & Automation, to engage in risk mitigation and ensure the optimal outcome… ForHumanity.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI
• AI Auditing

We’ve put this guide together to point you to some of the brilliant resources available for UK activists.

• guides

• Advocacy tech
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

An AI-powered tool designed to efficiently digitize handwritten petition sheets, transforming them into organized, upload-ready CSVs to streamline data management and optimize volunteer efforts.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech
• Petitions

The US government's emergency response department has taken to the internet to fight an unprecedented amount of information about 2024 hurricanes.

• hurricanes

• Fight disinformation
• Communicating with the people

Science Secretary launches new Regulatory Innovation Office to speed up public access to new technologies

• Emerging tech
• Tech or Digital Policy

A collective effort to save and maintain Juicebox EV Chargers

• Affordable and clean energy
• right to repair

• Hardware

We are on a mission to amplify Black* voices and ensure our complete engagement in the national debate about how to build a better Britain founded on accessible citizenship, judicial rights, climate and racial justice, equality, and fairness.

• racial equity

• Voting and elections
• Help more people run for office

The most comprehensive, insightful, and accessible data platform for the U.S. nonprofit Democracy field.

• Civic data
• Participatory democracy
• Civic tech catalogs

Our goal is to identify, categorize, and quantify existing organizations, networks, and funders who work to promote and protect healthy democracy in America. We aim to create a compelling, interactive resource that educates and empowers users to engage in democracy.

• Civic data
• Civic tech catalogs
• Civic literacy

Space X's Starlink unit was granted permission by the US FCC to activate a satellite connectivity option for Americans in hurricane zones

• hurricanes

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Connectivity
• Satellites

Moved by these challenges, Nova SBE’s team, represented by the Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center, started mapping the social ecosystem by creating a public and easily accessible platform aimed at providing quality information in a simple, intuitive, complete, and fair way about all social and environmental impact organizations in Portugal.

• Civic data
• Nonprofit tech

Imagine if we could place ourselves 100 years from now and still have access to photos shared by millions of people on Flickr…

• culture

• Archives
• Cameras

Enhancing the privacy and security of national digital identity systems

• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights
• Identity

Amber is a tool for blogs & websites to keep linked content accessible

• extensions

• Archives
• Open knowledge

30 ADS govtech applications in Washington state

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

A public-owned social network for public institutions (municipalities, schools, libraries, hospitals, museums, etc) to engage communities without using Big Tech, and instead using infrastructure based on public values

• Social networks
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Helping Others Help Others

• Build something
• Nonprofit tech
• Civic and social impact companies

The Fund is a shared space for philanthropists to leverage one another’s expertise, incubate investment strategies to advance visionary concepts, and catalyze big ideas that can transform the use of technology to serve the public interest.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Foundation initiatives

Connects Americans to public resources that help them lower their bills

• No poverty

• Access social benefits
• Economic development

3 essays by Beth Kerley, Carl Miller, and Fernanda Campagnucci outline possible paths toward a prodemocratic vision for AI

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Reports

Building a Digital Ecosystem for Refugees

• refugees

• Decentralization
• Access social benefits
• Economic development

We are a growing international network ​racing to save everything we love by using effective civil resistance across our 12 countries.

• Climate action

• Advocacy tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

A modern rewrite that hopes to make it a bit easier for federal product teams to adopt, adapt, and extend the USWDS.

• Govtech
• Build something
• Design

See for yourself how accurately you can identify AI-generated images

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Deepfakes

"A global coalition working to fight organized cybercrime in Southeast Asia" - New York Times

• Cybersecurity
• Fight cybercrime

Build a home for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand.

• Internal communication and coordination

Insights about emerging technologies, digital democracy and public policy.

• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

The NABIT (Nucleic Acid Barcode Identification Tool) is a low-cost, hand-held, field-ready automated tool to validate the identity of a wildlife or food product, anywhere in the world, without specialized training, equipment, reagents, or even continuous power.

• animals

• Emerging tech
• Hardware

A comprehensive collection of six years of telemetry data from three Google buildings, providing real-world insights for developing and validating optimal control solutions.

• Climate action
• buildings
• Google

• Civic data
• Environmental data

The Global DPI Summit, hosted in Cairo, Egypt, stands as a premier convening of stakeholders in the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem, bringing together representatives from across the globe.

• Govtech
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

A global team of DPI builders helping countries co-design localised solutions that scale

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Unlike traditional conservation efforts, Conservation X Labs focuses on leveraging the best technology, the newest innovation, interdisciplinary genius, and the power of the marketplace to boldly confront the biggest problems facing the planet.

• animals
• sustainability

• Artificial Intelligence

A full suite of mapping and geodata tools developed by and for Medecins Sans Frontieres

• Good health and well-being

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

A powerful tool designed to train reinforcement learning agents to optimize energy consumption and minimize carbon emissions in buildings.

• buildings
• Google
• Climate action

• Civic data
• Open civic data
• Environmental data

Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Participatory Autonomy Budget Monitoring Project

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Budget explorers

Get energy data with a few lines of code

• Affordable and clean energy

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Environmental data

Conservation X Labs’ Sentinel transforms wildlife monitoring tools — like trail cameras and acoustic recorders — with revolutionary and intuitive AI technology, processing environmental data in real-time as it’s collected.

• animals

• Emerging tech
• Hardware

Join a free web-based platform that supports media to compete more effectively for audiences and revenues by learning from the performance of peers globally and participating in a marketplace of ideas.

• Media
• Journalism

Digital Square is a PATH-led initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a consortium of other partners to transform digital health.

• Good health and well-being

• Foundation initiatives
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

Election SOS offers training & resources for journalists, connecting them to best practices, resources and support around election coverage.

• 2024 elections
• US Election 2024

• Media
• Journalism
• Voting and elections