In this Playbook, we explore the evolution of the procurement function’s missions, from its original cost reduction role to risk management and to contribution to growth as a strategic partner.

• The People
• Build something
• Procurement

To promote European reforms, advocate transparency and accountability of the government, contribute to enhancing the quality of politics, and fight for the freedom of speech.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Holopolis bot allows always available participation. It packages vTaiwan as a contact you can add friend with and share your opinions on cases under discussion.

• The Tech
• Bots
• Emerging tech

Wir messen, wo Autos Radfahrer eng überholen.

• cycling

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Tech Community Incubator in Hudson Valley

• Decent work and economic growth
• Quality education

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy

Etalab is the Prime minister’s digital taskforce and innovation lab of the French government

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

PesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative to verify the financial and other statistical numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa, supported by International Budget Partnership, and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

• indigenous

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Budget explorers

Libre is a small design firm that employs AI to craft products and services for clients. "Our mission is to widely disseminate the benefits of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and make them accessible to the world."

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

• Microsoft

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

Una plataforma para crear la Constitución de Todos, entre Todos.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The purpose of this guide is to help PB implementers understand how they can use mass text messaging to effectively engage underrepresented communities in participatory budgeting (PB).

• guides

• SMS tools
• Participatory budgeting

WoeLab is a grassroots network of inventors and entrepreneurs who want to build smart city projects or a digital democracy. This is an original initiative of the L’Africaine d´architecture, a platform that “anchored modernity”, which are attempts to make Africa the next technology revolution hub and was established by Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou.

The Police Data Initiative promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, innovation, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them.

• policing
• racial equity
• criminal justice

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

eclips.is is a free, lightweight platform where you can launch your (virtual) servers. It is funded by Open Technology Fund (OTF) to facilitate an easy accessible cloud infrastructure.

• Adjacent Fields
• Cybersecurity
• Digital security and privacy

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

A first-of-its-kind technology, data science, and design internship program for innovative students to solve pressing problems in US federal agencies.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Desarrollamos tecnología cívica abierta: Promovemos el uso y desarrollo de software y hardware libre, diseño abierto y datos abiertos. Our mission is to promote the principles of a free culture and defend civil rights on the Internet, fostering spaces for interaction and exchange of knowledge and developing Web tools with open code and design, supported by an alternative and innovative communication and advocacy work.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Digital security and privacy

Help train an AI that encourages women to use more assertive language in their bios and professional descriptions.

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Heat Seek's sensors monitor heat for New York City tenants during heat season.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Legal tech

The first effort to monitor the performance of Iran’s parliament, often referred to as “Majlis”

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Outline makes it easy for news organizations to set up a virtual private network (VPN) on their own server.

• VPNs

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Media

Nonprofit, comms, marketing, education jobs list

• The People
• Job boards
• Find a job or hire someone

An online meeting place to discuss how to use civic technology to improve peoples' lives.

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

AskYourGov.ug has been built to help members of the public get the information they want about/from Uganda public authorities – by asking for it. It will also make life easier for Ugandan public officials because they will be less likely to have to answer repeated requests about the same subject: once a question has been answered everyone will be able to find the information stored on this website

Secure messaging, anywhere

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Cybersecurity

Helping staff and volunteers make accurate referrals across the legal assistance sector in Victoria.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Govtech

This humanitarian aid worker attracted the famous mentor and launched a virtual reality film business acquired by Verizon AOL.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Virtual and augmented reality

Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

It reflects the discussions and proposals of dozens of people and collectives involved in the Digital Democracy and Data Commons participatory process.

• manifestos

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A quest for friendship with a humanoid robot turned into a rabbit-hole of questions and an examination of the codification of social, cultural and future histories at the intersection of technology, race, gender and social equity.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Polis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Human Rights Commission of Spokane

• human rights

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Organizations

The Internet Master Plan is a new vision for broadband infrastructure and service in New York City.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• cities

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Help more people run for office

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Group communication tools

WindyGrid is a computer application, designed for City personnel, that makes Chicago’s big data easily and strategically accessible in one place.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

This site tracks COVID-19 testing data and hospital bed availability over time in the city of Chicago.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Data visualization
• COVID Data Projects

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Delivering eLearning success through open source technology, extreme customer service, top-to-bottom integration, and true cloud hosting that reduces costs and increases ROI.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

It is time for a new league of heroes to take charge.

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

Barefoot Law offers free legal information and assistance to people through social media, SMS, Skype calls, andcommunity engagement.

• Adjacent Fields
• Organize campaigns
• Tech for public challenges

Human Agency is a platform that democratizes the tools of advertising

• The People
• Help out
• Advertising

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Freedom of Information

A living-learning community at the University of Maryland based on instilling civic engagement

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic literacy

Xcential provides SaaS-based solutions enable legislatures and regulatory to more efficiently create/publish legislation and regulations.

• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

El Programa de Derechos Humanos busca, desde su creación en el año de 1998, contribuir a la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en México a través de la investigación con pertinencia social, la incidencia en el contexto político y social y la promoción de la justicia.

• The Tech
• The People
• Machine learning