Civic Tech Field Guide
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Perhaps the core premise of civic tech is that it can improve civic engagement. Whether in concert with formal governmental bodies or independent of them, civic tech promises to help citizens (in the Latin sense, of the city) engage with one another to share power in the pursuit of building just societies.
Recommended reading:
- A collection of case studies demonstrating where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens
- The Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit is an excellent collection of guides and resources for equitably engaging communities in order to share power.
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Geo Pol.is about land use and conservation in the San Juan Islands
Public opinion infrastructure for cities
Rant & Rave
401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, USACapture customer and employee feedback in the moment to drive positive change throughout your organization.
Chat it
Mortsel, BelgiumMet onze mobile first webapplicatie laat je burgers input geven door middel van een dialoog waarbij meerkeuze en vrije antwoorden afwisselen met beelden, geluid, … alsof je in een echte conversatie zit zoals whatsapp.
Stemtesten
Mortsel, BelgiumDoor het invullen van een 25 tot 35-tal stellingen, ontdek je welke politieke partijen aansluiten bij jouw mening en welke er net ver van afstaan.
Hit Tine
Myanmar (Myăma)Faster, Safer, Secure and Trusted Community for Myanmar Citizens
Citizen Dialog Kit
Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)With wireless survey devices, we make it easy to gather the opinions of more and different people.
Frankly
The Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society at Harvard UniversityFrankly™ is an open source online video-based discourse platform designed to facilitate constructive dialogue and collaborative decision-making across and within diverse groups.
Consult Evaluation: Scottish Government’s Non-surgical cosmetic procedures consultation
10 Downing Street"Consult was generally good at identifying the themes in a given consultation response."
Veeto
San FranciscoVeeto is a civic tech platform that turns small-dollar contributions into verified lobbying actions.
SAAFE DelibTech
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Human-centred principles for the design and implementation of deliberative technologies
Crowdpolicy Innovation Management Platform
El. Benizeloy 82, Moschato 183 45The innovation management platform by Crowdpolicy helps organizations to run innovation programs with the right guidelines, organizational methods and advanced functions, tested in numerous implementations with measured results.
Crowd_Ideabox
El. Benizeloy 82, Moschato 183 45Crowd_Ideabox is a direct and easy way to submit, collect and evaluate ideas inside an organization.
Crowdapps
El. Benizeloy 82, Moschato 183 45Web apps and solutions for Municipalities & Regions
PSi
LondonGain insights from real-time conversations in less than one hour. No matter how many people.
SAAFE
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Human-Centred Principles for the Design and Implementation of Deliberative Technologies
Agora Citizen Network
FranceWhere citizens converge to exchange and debate ideas. Let’s turn our differences into progress, rather than conflict.
What Could BG Be
Bowling Green, KentuckyEngagement project with the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky
Sensemaker
New York CitySensemaker is an evolving toolkit developed by Jigsaw, designed to demonstrate how Google AI can help make sense of large-scale conversations. Sensemaker empowers users to categorize, summarize, and identify areas of agreement and disagreement in any discussion – turning conversation into clear, actionable insights, quickly.
Tackling civic participation challenges with emerging technologies
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceThis paper offers a comprehensive examination of the role emerging digital technologies can play in improving citizen participation.
Abordaje conceptual y metodológico para la incorporación de las preferencias de la ciudadanía en políticas públicas
Colab
São PauloCom o Colab, os cidadãos podem participar ativamente das decisões da cidade, acessar os serviços da prefeitura, contribuir com ideias, reportar demandas e votar em questões cruciais para suas comunidades.
Here, we explore four applications of LLMs to improve digital public squares: collective dialogue systems, bridging systems, community moderation, and proof-of-humanity systems.
From advanced stakeholder mapping and relationship health tracking to sentiment and qualitative analysis, each feature works together to help your organization get more from your stakeholder relationships.
ProTECHtion: Digitally Powered Community Protection
Oslo, NorwayNorwegian Church Aid, with the support of Innovation Norway, is working on the design of a digital “meeting place” for communities at risk of violence to talk safely about needs, priorities, and aspirations.
Council on Technology and Social Cohesion
United States of America (the)The Council on Tech and Social Cohesion is catalyzing the field of technology for social cohesion.
Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders
United States of America (the)Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker
Construyendo la Agenda de la IX Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en España
Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainBuilding the Agenda for the 9th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Spain on Consider.it
Turn presentations into conversations with interactive polls that engage meetings and classrooms.
Zesumme Vereinfachen
Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Letzebuerg)Bienvenue sur la plateforme officielle dédiée à la simplification administrative participative au Luxembourg.
ThemeFinder
10 Downing StreetThemeFinder is a topic modelling Python package designed for analysing one-to-many question-answer data (i.e. survey responses, public consultations, etc.).
Consult (Gov.UK)
10 Downing StreetConsult is a machine learning and LLM-powered tool to automate the processing of public consultations.
Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAStanford + DeepMind study that used LLMs to simulate people with AI agents based on a 2-hour interview
OpenCouncil
Greece (Ellas, Ellada)Demystify local government and enable citizen participation
Dembrane
Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)Let participants record conversations, we transcribe and help you analyse it in minutes..
Fundación Platoniq
Barcelona, SpainThe Platoniq Foundation designs digital participatory processes and facilitates innovative participation methodologies to help form more democratic societies and organizations, making use of open civic technologies.
UrbanistAI
EuropeThe platform to reimagine the future of our cities.
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