Projects - Engagement tech

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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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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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Patagonia's voter kit

The outdoors brand takes on climate deniers

WITNESS

WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.

human rights

Streetmix

Philadelphia

Civic engagement for street design

mobility

RapidPro

Nyaruka, Kigali, Rwanda

RapidPro allows you to easily design, pilot, and scale services that connect directly with a mobile phone user...without the help of a software developer.

Vote411

1730 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Election Information You Need, sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund

US Election 2020

Civocracy

Berlin

Civocracy is fixing the relationship between citizens and their government using digital citizen participation.

Association Civic Tech Europe

TalkLondon

London

Talk London is City Hall’s online community. Have your say on big issues and help shape our plans and policies. Let’s make London better together.

JobKraftwerk

Germany (Deutschland)

The platform makes it easy for social workers and refugees to create and access digital records related to their settlement and integration into Germany, also supporting local labour market integration.

Votizen

Activism platform

Dokeza

Kenya

A legislation commenting platform in Kenya

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.

Citizen Observatory Madrid

Madrid (Spain)

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.

Grassroot

Johannesburg, South Africa

Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists.

Facebook Groups

Palo Alto

Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board

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.

World Bank talent network

This Expert Network Accelerates The Search For Talent. Case study by GovLab

Copy, Paste, Legislate

Phoenix, AZ, USA

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

PeakMetrics

Los Angeles, CA

PeakMetrics tracks news and government action around the clock, so you save time and react faster.

Bang the Table EngagementHQ

Australia

Our complete suite of listening, information, analysis, reporting and relationship management features enable you to mix and match precisely the right online tools for your community engagement objectives.

US FDA's device approval process

The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Connecting Expertise to Government

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!

Mzalendo

Kenya

Mzalendo is a non-partisan entity that keeps an eye on Kenyan Parliament with a mission to facilitate public participation in Parliamentary processes through Information Sharing, Research and Networking.

Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

Public Square

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Public Square is a two-year action research programme that explores how to improve participation at a local government level.

research

Ballotpedia

8383 Greenway Blvd, Middleton, Wisconsin, USA

The encyclopedia of American politics

NewFounders EveryElection app

‎Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about EveryElection

apps

Dialectic

Singapore

Dialectic.sg: Better debates for a better Singapore. Learn more about and discuss important policies facing us today.

Legge regionale sulla partecipazione

Bologna, Italy

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

Place Speak

New City Ventures, Attn: PlaceSpeak, 1005 Cypress Street, Vancouver, BC, V6J 3K5, CANADA

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

place-based

FixMyStreet

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The UK’s street fault reporting website (rebranded as FixMyCommunity)

New Zealand Digital Service Design Tools

New Zealand

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

Block Party

New York City

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

Nos Députés

17 Rue Corneille, 31100 Toulouse, France

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

Voting Information Project

Democracy Works, Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA

The Voting Information Project helps voters find information about their elections with collaborative, open-source tools.

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya 00100

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

Participation Factory

Prague, Czechia

Participation Factory is a social enterprise that mainstreams participation and data-driven approaches into governance and process design.

People Powered

ElectionDay.org

A website dedicated to helping employers create vote-friendly workplace policies, and celebrating those that do

CoInspect

Tired of paper & pen checklists, shift notes, and log books? Join 1000s of restaurants nationwide and streamline your food safety & quality with our mobile app!

Irmaresponse.org

Resources and tools for Hurricane Irma response, relief and recovery.

hurricanes

Popvox Legidash

Bay Area, CA, USA

The Democracy Fund is a bipartisan foundation working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.

Bologna Neighborhood workshops

Bologna, Italy

Con i Laboratori potrai segnalare, creare e far votare proposte per il tuo quartiere: contattaci o vieni agli incontri, per lavorare insieme a tecnici del Comune di Bologna ed esperti di coprogettazione.