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The Apollo DemTool is a powerful system for compiling, managing, and analyzing citizen reports from an election monitoring mission.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

Microsoft and the Clooney Foundation for Justice have teamed up to create TrialWatch, an app designed to help human rights advocates more easily monitor legal proceedings around the world.

• apps
• human rights

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Democracy needs an upgrade

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Cofacts is a collaborative system connecting instant messages and fact-check reports or different opinions together.

• LINE

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Open source research data repository software

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

From bikes to scooters and everything in between, dockless mobility offers cities a range of new options and challenges. Ride Report is your comprehensive toolset to manage emerging mobility services.

• apps
• cycling

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

• OpenStreetMap

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

As a healthcare provider, lab, or other business, follow these steps to submit information on COVID-19 testing locations that Apple may display to its users.

• civic features
• Apple

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

The Michigan Moonshot aims to leverage public and private partnerships to connect everyone in rural Michigan, regardless of geography.

• rural

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Foundational layers

The most innocent clues can sometimes help crack a case. The objects are all taken from the background of an image with sexually explicit material involving minors. For all images below, every other investigative avenue has already been examined. Therefore we are requesting your assistance in identifying the origin of some of these objects. We are convinced that more eyes will lead to more leads and will ultimately help to save these children.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

The mission of the DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project is to create transparency and data-driven information through court monitoring to ensure that all victims of domestic violence have equal access to a clear, fair and consistent judicial process that prioritizes victim safety and offender accountability.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Citizens Tracker of Government COVID-19 Measures

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• COVID Engagement Projects

Humanity Road is a disaster response 501c3 charity specializing in sourcing critical information and resources when disaster strikes.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.

• apps
• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election

• 2024 elections

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Wikidata acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.

• Wikipedia

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

GoGetta has New York’s most up-to-date service information on food, personal care, shelter, and clothing.

• homelessness

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Founded in 2008, the Sentinel Project is a Canadian non-profit organization that assists communities threatened by mass atrocities worldwide through direct cooperation with the people in harm’s way and the innovative use of technology.

• human rights
• humanitarian

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Fight disinformation

Monitoreo ciudadano de datos sobre ciclismo urbano en Cochabamba

• cycling
• mobility

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Communicating with the government

ipaidabribe.com is Janaagraha's unique initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens.

• corruption

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

U-Report is a free SMS social monitoring tool for community participation, designed to address issues that people care about

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

We train youth to produce high quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

Collect the place-based data you need using our easy mobile tools and web dashboard. Create your own survey or engage around community health, safety, commercial development, blight, historic resources, and more. Quickly export your data for Excel or as a Shapefile.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Organising community involvement with road safety on a grand scale

• road safety
• speeding
• Vision Zero

• Crowdsourcing
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

by the City of Denver

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”

• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

Report transportation hazards and dangerous traffic behaviors in our community

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

KoBoToolbox is a suite of tools for field data collection for use in challenging environments. Our software is free and open source. Most of our users are people working in humanitarian crises, as well as aid professionals and researchers working in developing countries.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

We crack the SCHUFA

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Project to create articles about notable women that do not currently exist on Wikipedia

• women
• Gender Equality
• Wikipedia

• Adjacent Fields
• Crowdsourcing
• Foundational layers

Create greener communities and explore our urban forests, together.

• Life on land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Crowdsourcing

Help build the free database of UK election candidates

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

Watchdogging apps for voter suppression, police brutality, and bullying

• apps
• police violence
• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Communicating with the government

ODK lets you build powerful offline forms to collect the data you need wherever it is. Join the leading social impact organizations that use ODK to make the world a better place.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Investigate how weather and climate change are impacting our communities and environment.

• apps
• Climate action

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Data analytics from collection to analysis.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

BERN was mostly used for “relational organizing”, which is a tactic of asking supporters to reach out to their friends to persuade them to vote and volunteer.

• apps

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

With Hush City app, you are an active part of a soundscape and citizen science research project to map and evaluate everyday quiet areas.

• apps
• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

a tool to crowdsource answers to FOIA request.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Zooniverse gives people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to participate in real research with over 50 active online citizen science projects.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.

• apps
• fires

• Civic data
• Tech for public challenges
• Crowdsourcing

First real-time map of auroral visibility based on user contributions and crowd sourcing.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

We work to build citizen capacity to use data for better engagement with government and other stakeholders.

• Crowdsourcing