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.
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Future Perfect is a live, choose-your-own-adventure game where players join an imagined society called Tomorrowland.
Public Option for AI (PO4AI) is an immersive experience designed for elected officials and city staff to explore how residents’ voices might be centered in decision-making around public-interest technologies.
Free Machine awakens civic participation where emerging technology, public policy, and culture meet.
POPVOX Foundation
United States of America (the)POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone.
coletivo delibera
BrazilO coletivo delibera trabalha com uma forma inédita e democrática de atuação da sociedade nas decisões de pautas políticas do país, de comunidades, de cidades e até mesmo de bairros.
Es geht LOS!
BerlinWir sind ein zivilgesellschaftlicher, überparteilicher Think & Do Tank für losbasierte Bürgerbeteiligung. Wir initiieren geloste Bürgerräte kommunal, im Wahlkreis, national und sogar in öffentlichen Institutionen.
Rahvaalgatus
TallinnEstonian engagement platform with binding triggers for popular proposals to go before government, locally and nationally
Innovationshauptplatz of the city of Linz
Linz, AustriaYou want to actively shape your Linz? Join the Innovationshauptplatz Linz and become part of our community of 7,300 users!
A collection of case studies where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens, by People Powered
Creamos
Santiago, ChileEl Programa Creamos de INJUV está dirigido a jóvenes entre 15 y 29 años que quieran ser líderes y generar cambios a pequeña o mediana escala, proponiendo ideas innovadoras para problemas que afecten a una comunidad.
New Ways Feed
Korea (Republic of)Korean app to match young people to politicians in their area and discussing their issues
Maino Tech
Helsinki, FinlandWe provide modern, effective solutions for participation and collective decision-making. Our Services
Ampliando Democracia
Madrid (Spain)Ampliando Democracia es un proyecto que promueve la reflexión sobre cómo mejorar la gobernanza, las políticas públicas y la calidad democrática a través de una participación ciudadana más profunda, inclusiva y sólida.
Maino Tech
FinlandWe provide modern, effective solutions for participation and collective decision-making. Our Services
A report for lawmakers, governments and policymakers at national and European level, 2023
The Centre for Civic Innovation
Sydney NSW, AustraliaWhat would you like to do for your community? We want to help make it happen.
ManaBalss.lv
Riga, LatviaLatvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."
by Mark Findlay, Sharanya Shanmugam. In this article, through vignettes from the United Kingdom and Singapore’s experience, we highlight how digital transformation can be made more participatory for users affected by digital initiatives.
"We created the foundation in 2016 - economists, IT and communication specialists - to support the development of free digital tools necessary for community decision-making, and to operate such tools." (Translated)
Red Ciudadana
GuatemalaParticipación, formación ciudadana y apertura de datos Somos una organización que trabaja por una Guatemala más democrática, innovadora y transparente.
Partimap
HungaryPARTIMAP is a free, easy to use and customizable map-based survey for those who believe that affected citizens should have a say in public development projects.
Namma Mahiti Kendras
BangaloreIT for Change’s Namma Mahiti Kendras are ICT-enabled information centers that aim to break down the barriers to citizens’ right-claiming processes.
Hoplr
Ghent, BelgiumThe all-in-one platform for community engagement
Our mission is to direct technological development towards the collective good.
CONSUL für Schulen
GermanyGemeinsam für eine starke Schule
Talk to Loop
The Hague, NetherlandsLoop’s feedback platform is revolutionising accountability in humanitarian aid and development by providing a space for accessible feedback, reliable complaints mechanisms and safe reporting of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH).
Our artificial intelligence platform covers many of today's most relevant topics: from sustainable cities to citizen security, from migration to climate change & biodiversity, and more.
The People's Money
New York City, NY, USANYC's first citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) (2022-2023)
The Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community. It is a tool for people who want to open up government to meaningful and equitable community participation.
Through participatory policymaking, residents propose, debate, and vote on new policies and policy changes, through online platforms and meetings.
In legislative theater, communities, advocates and policymakers work together, to identify, develop, and build support for new legislation.
Climate section of the Participation Playbook
Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short space of time.
Colab.re
BrazilFaça com que os direitos sociais se tornem uma realidade.
Paper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg
Purpoz
FrancePurpoz, la plateforme de démocratie participative pour bâtir une société plus pertinente. (Citizen engagement platform by Cap Collectif)
Investigating the empirical case of urban biking activists in Madrid, we explore how the design of the digital platform Decide Madrid impacted the collaborative practices involved in digital participatory budgeting. We found that the design of the platform made the interaction competitive, where individuals sought to gain votes for their single proposals, rather than consider the relations across proposals and the larger context of the city decisions, even if the institutional process rewarded collective support.
Civic Voices
NairobiWith the Civic Voice, you have the power to access, follow through and contribute to bills that matter most to you.
This is the online learning portal of the Community Solutions Network. Here you can access courses, guides, and additional resources as part of your digital transformation learning journey. Whether you are just embarking on this path or are a seasoned hand, there are courses tailored to your level and interest!
A guide prepared by Codeando México and Code for Pakistan as part of the Code for All Exchange Programme.
actNOW
AfricaA public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.
Smart City-Strategie Berlin
BerlinPublic engagement around plan to merge digital strategy and smart city strategy in Berlin
CiviCue
TaiwanCiviCue is a democratic media equipped with blockchain voting and friendly voter authentication to establish shared understanding.
Urbanpinion
Eastern EuropeUrbanpinion is a citizen engagement platform that lets city government, community leaders, architects and activists easily set up a landing with an interactive map to collect citizens suggestions, receive analytics based on collected data and make later on right decisions for city development.
Center for Policy Alternatives
Sri LankaThe Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) was formed in the firm belief that there is an urgent need to strengthen institution and capacity-building for good governance and conflict transformation in Sri Lanka and that non-partisan civil society groups have an important and constructive contribution to make to this process.
La Constitución es Nuestra
Santiago, ChileProyecto de evaluación ciudadana del proceso constituyente en Chile
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