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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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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.

Wisdom Bank Torfaen

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

Spot the Box

United States of America (the)

Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations

US Election 2020

Nesta Designing for Public Services: a practical guide

58 Victoria Embankment

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.

OpenGov Foundation

Washington, DC

The OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.

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.

United Kingdom (government)

SeeClickFix

New Haven, CT

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

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Architizer

New York City

Architizer is how architects find building-products.

Wahlbeteiligung

Germany (Deutschland)

Where Do I Vote UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Find out where to vote

NYC Benefits Screening API

New York City

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).

Bringing Social Safety Net Benefits Online

United States of America (the)

Comparison of online social benefit platforms for all 50 US states

Councilmatic

United States of America (the)

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

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

Berlin

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

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.

United States (federal government)

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.

Where's my school bus?

Boston, MA

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.

DebateIsland

The Best Online Debate Website

Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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.

Mi Senado

Mi Senado: Aplicación Oficial del Senado de la República de Colombia (en tiempo real)

The Perfect Candidate

1 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW, Australia

Driven by data, not bias, I’ll help you discover how aligned our leaders are with the issues that matter most to you and start a more courageous conversation about Australia’s future.

ThinkVoting – The Voting App

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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

India (Bhārat)

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

OpenLaws.com

Kirchenstraße 15, 5301 Eugendorf, Salzburg, Austria

openlaws.com is a thematic search engine that is covering legal content.

Fluicity (Efalia Engage)

4 Rue du Caire, 75002 Paris, France

Fluicity is a community engagement software for public and private entities

National Democratic Institute (NDI)

455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001

The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government

Crisis Text Line

DoSomething.org, West 21st Street, New York, NY, USA

Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis. Text HOME to 741741 in the United States.

AppCivist

The CITRIS Invention Lab

AppCivist is a platform for democratic assembly and collective action.

Republic

San Francisco

Now you can be an angel investor

US Department of Defense talent directory

Missions Publiques

Paris, France

est une agence spécialisée en participation citoyenne basée à Paris, Bonn et Bruxelles. Depuis 1998, nous avons initié ou organisé plus de 1300 dialogues citoyens dans 125 pays

Pizza to the Polls

Portland, OR

Pizza to the Polls is making democracy delicious by delivering free food for all to polling places with long lines. Send us reports of long lines and we'll send in the delicious reinforcements.

US Election 2020

Outreach Grid

Irvine, CA

Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.

homelessness

Ride Share 2 Vote

RideShare2vote provides full training for drivers regarding voter laws as well as implementing CDC guidelines regarding masks, sanitizing before and after completing rides and social distancing with only one rider in the back seat.

Participez Nanterre

Nanterre, France

Bienvenue sur la plateforme participative de la ville de Nanterre! Construisons ensemble une société plus ouverte, transparente et collaborative. A Decidim instance.

Decidim

Open Culture Foundation

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

Open source, open data, and open government.

People's Assembly

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

People's Assembly is a website that provides information about elected representatives for example, finding out what member of parliaments have been saying in parliament and it allows citizens to provide feedback to the representatives and institutions.