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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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ConsultVox

ConsultVox

EuraTechnologies, 165, Avenue de Bretagne, 59000 Lille, France

Co-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence

Boulder eligibility calculator

"Google.org and Boulder, Colorado, are teaming up to create a new eligibility calculator, which residents of that city will be able to use to determine if they qualify for public programs, discounts or rebates"

Mexico City Crowdsourcing a Constitution: case study

To get input on Mexico City's constitution, LabCDMX experimented with Google Docs, PubPub, Change.org, paper surveys, and kiosks

CitySourced

CitySourced

CitySourced, Inc. 1642 Westwood Blvd. Penthouse Suite, Los Angeles, CA 90024

With CitySourced, you can deploy an unlimited number of applications to a single native app. From paying bills to election info to FAQs or newsletter signups - downloading a single app is easier for citizens, and it's easier for you!

Change Research

Change Research

San Francisco

Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win

Swing Left

The 2018 midterm elections are our next chance to get a say in our government. We can stop the Trump agenda by joining together NOW, wherever we live.

Ideascale

Ideascale

Berkeley

IdeaScale is the leading innovation management software platform for the enterprise, government, and education. Gather ideas and implement them.

DebateWise

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

Crowdgauge

Crowdgauge

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd

Democracy Works Elections API

Our full-time research team maintains a detailed calendar of upcoming state, special, and local elections, which we release as our Elections API.

Open Australia Foundation

Open Australia Foundation

The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780

Giving all Australians the tools they need to effect the change they want.

ElectionGuard

Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting

Congress on anything

Congress on anything

United States of America (the)

The latest bills and statements by members of Congress on the topics you care about - search the record

Democratic Society

Democratic Society

15-17 Middle Street, Brighton BN1 1AL, England, UK

Connecting people and power

Loomio

Loomio

Wellington, New Zealand

Loomio helps groups of people make decisions together, online

SEMA

SEMA

The Innovation Village Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

We gather citizen voices to improve public services

Hello Lampost

Hello Lampost

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.

Local Circles

LocalCircles takes Social Media to the next level and makes it about communities, governance and urban daily life.It enables citizens to come together in communities or groups to raise issues, find trusted information, participate in policy and engage in constructive collective action.

Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society

The conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.

Citizens' Voice

Citizens' Voice

Witte Kruislaan 55a 1217 AM Hilversum

Citizens’ Voice platforms is used to develop evidence on youth needs, aspirations and behaviour which is shared with media, partners and changemakers.

EasyVote Solutions

EasyVote Solutions

1 Innovation Way, Woodstock, GA 30188, USA

EasyVote Solutions delivers a SaaS platform to city, county and state election offices to help manage the process of running elections.

Slido

Slido is an audience interaction tool for meetings, events and conferences. It offers interactive Q&A, live polls and insights about your audience.

Wisdom Bank Torfaen

This neighbor-helping-neighbor expert network attempts to replace the “pub conversation”

Spot the Box

Spot the Box

United States of America (the)

Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations

Nesta Designing for Public Services: a practical guide

Our guide on using design tools and methods in the public sector, created in partnership with design firm IDEO.

Change Decision Makers

Change.org is the web's leading platform for social change, empowering anyone, anywhere to start petitions that make a difference.

United Kingdom Government Service Manual

United Kingdom Government Service Manual

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Helping teams to create and run great public services that meet the Service Standard.

SeeClickFix

SeeClickFix

New Haven, CT

Officials and neighbors have come together on SeeClickFix to resolve millions of issues. Let's get to work!

Architizer

Architizer

New York, NY

Architizer is how architects find building-products.

Where Do I Vote UK

Where Do I Vote UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Find out where to vote

ioby

ioby

540 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA

ioby brings neighborhood projects to life, block by block.

NYC Benefits Screening API

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

Councilmatic

Councilmatic

United States of America (the)

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

Open Source Politics

Open Source Politics

Liberte Living-Lab, rue d'Alexandrie, Paris, France

Open Source Politics is a company that builds participatory democracy open source tools and hosts collective inteligence workshops for private or public stakeholders willing to engage in a public consultation or a participatory budgeting process.

meinBerlin

Auf meinBerlin finden Sie eine Übersicht über Projekte der Berliner Verwaltung sowie zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, sich aktiv an der Gestaltung unserer Stadt zu beteiligen

FEMA Community Alerting Protocol

FEMA Community Alerting Protocol

United States of America (the)

This section contains information about the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), an international standard that is used by IPAWS to send public alerts and warnings.

Chalmers

Chalmers

Toronto

Chalmers can help you find things like: free meals, overnight shelter, clothing banks, emergency contacts and can point you to offline and online mental health services.

Code for Australia Wildlife Incidents and Emergencies

A web application to connect the general public with the large network of shelters and rescue organisations when people run into wildlife in distress.

Where's my school bus?

Our program offers real-time tracking of school buses through a mobile web app. We hope that — in a small way — this creates a better experience for parents and students.

BlocPower

BlocPower

Brooklyn, NY

The BlocPower Smart Cities platform connects investors and community members to green building projects that save energy and improve health outcomes in financially underserved communities.

Lexcare

Lexcare

India

Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.

Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos

Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Welcome to the ORIGINAL channel of Resistencia, Venezuela Hasta los Tuétanos. It is an information room about the political, social, and economic situation that Venezuela is going through.

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