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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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Dublin City Council's Consultation Hub

This site will help you find and participate in consultations that interest you

Sandstorm

Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps

Vox Pop Labs

We create survey-based applications that organize information in ways which are easily accessible, scientifically rigorous, and profoundly personalized. In so doing, we offer compelling online experiences that promote civic engagement and informed dialogue.

Gov.uk Verify

Gov.uk Verify

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

GDS is leading the digital transformation of the UK government.

Soliguide

a user-friendly platform that centralizes data about all public services and facilities that can cater to the needs of vulnerable citizens, such as where to eat, to shower, to find shelter or get social welfare

Podemos

Podemos

Madrid (Spain)

Contigo, construimos el cambio político en nuestro país. Sí se puede. ¡Podemos!

Instituții Publice

Navighează profilele celor 14.000+ instituții publice și evaluează eficiența, profesionalismul și integritatea acestora din prisma propriei experiențe.

Audiencias Interativas

Audiencias Interativas

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

livestreams video from the committee debates in Brasilia, and includes a chat window designed to let citizens ask questions, vote on others' questions, and generally chat about the proceedings with other viewers

PublicInput.com

PublicInput.com

16 West Martin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

PublicInput.com connects organizations with the communities they serve.

Shine Your Eye

Keeping our eyes on members of Nigeria's National Assembly!

Neighborland

Neighborland

Boulder, CO

Neighborland is a communications platform that empowers organizations to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way.

Behavior Change for Good Initiative

Behavior Change for Good Initiative

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, USA

StepUp is a free habit building, science-based workout program developed by the Behavior Change for Good Initiative. The program is being launched in partnership with 24 Hour Fitness.

Open.Media

Open.Media

1424 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Open.Media is the nonprofit online transparency portal for governments of all sizes. Open.Media allows you to upload, timestamp and archive video of meetings and proceedings with searchable, automated transcriptions.

Represent by Pro Publica

Represent by Pro Publica

155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA

See what your representatives in Congress say and do.

Grand Débat National

À l'initiative du Président de la République, le Gouvernement engage un Grand Débat National permettant à toutes et tous de débattre de questions essentielles pour les Français.

Better Reykjavik

Better Reykjavik

Reykjavík, Iceland

Better Reykjavik allows citizens to propose the policies that matter to them

cVIGIL

cVIGIL

India

cVIGIL is an innovative mobile application for citizens to report Model Code of Conduct and Expenditure violations during the elections

MetroQuest

MetroQuest

Vancouver

MetroQuest is public involvement software with a track record of award-winning planning projects. Engage thousands, gain insight, build community support.

Vote.org

Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.

Australia Digital Transformation Agency

Australia Digital Transformation Agency

50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT, Australia

At the Digital Transformation Agency, we help government improve digital services to make them simple, clear and fast.

Pokket

Pokket

75 5th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

Decidim

Decidim

Barcelona, Spain

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

Ciudad.Decide

Ciudad.Decide

Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain

Ciudad.Decide is a pilot project to encourage citizen participation in Fuencarral, district of Madrid, Spain.

Gebiedonline

Gebiedonline

Amsterdam

De leukste buurt maak je samen, op een buurtplatform van gebiedonline.

UnionBase

UnionBase

Washington, DC

the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles

Disqus

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

Vote for Policies

Vote for Policies

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Vote for Policies makes it easy to compare what the political parties are promising to do in the 2017 general election. It helps you decide who to vote for.

Jarokelo.hu

Jarokelo.hu

Hungary (Magyarország)

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

Citizen Observatory Madrid

In this panel called Citizen Observatory, a group of people chosen at random will approach and provide solutions to key issues for the life of the citizens of Madrid.

Democ

Democ

California

Anonymous Voting at Work, School, and Play :)

OpenParlamento

Cosa fanno i tuoi rappresentanti? Tutte le attività parlamentari aggiornate quotidianamente.

ResistBot

I'm Resistbot. Text RESIST to 50409 and I'll help you contact your officials.

Debate.org

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

Vote Compass

Vote Compass is an award-winning application, showing you how your views align with those of the candidates running for election.

SeamOS

SeamOS

Colombia

A través de SeamOS, podremos sentar un voto de opinión sobre las propuestas que se presentan en el Concejo de Bogota.

Copy, Paste, Legislate

Copy, Paste, Legislate

Phoenix, AZ, USA

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

Polco

Polco

Middleton, WI

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy.

GoFundMe

GoFundMe: The most trusted free online fundraising platform. Start a successful crowdfunding campaign on the site with over $5 Billion Raised. Read our guarantee!

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