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.
Recommended reading:
- 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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Involved is an application that connects you with all of your elected officials through polling and direct messaging
Meet the Kiosks event
6 Norfolk St, Boston, MA 02124, USAJoin Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.
Granicus empowers modern digital government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 160 million people with over 4,000 government organizations at the local, state and federal levels.
Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.
Brought to you by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, in partnership with the people of San Francisco. sfdem.org
Gabinete de Inovação
Asa Sul, Brasilia - Federal District, Brazilum laboratório que reunirá mandatos das casas legislativas de todo o país para que compartilhem e construam caminhos para a inovação nos parlamentos brasileiros
Civis
MumbaiCivis is a platform that enables citizens to understand and share feedback with the government on laws and policy decisions.
Singapore Behavioral Insights unit
SingaporeOur Singapore office was officially launched in September 2016.
engage2
Sydney NSW, Australiaengage2 is a boutique public participation and stakeholder engagement consultancy based in Sydney. We design and facilitate stakeholder and community engagement for social impact.
Improving procurement to take on homelessness in Seattle
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaThe city of Seattle, Wash, has been changing the way they deal with homeless populations, and gathering data to drive some evidenced-based solutions
Online fundraising software for nonprofit crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, and donation pages. Start taking donations online for free.
Important alerts from across the web when and where they are needed most.
Procurements are often perceived as routine processes to obtain products and services while complying with regulatory requirements
Veterans Affairs Canada Find benefits & services tool
Quebec City, QC, CanadaBy answering just a few questions, this tool can provide a list of benefits from Veterans Affairs Canada that are the most relevant to you.
Polis
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaPolis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.
Through OpenIDEO, people worldwide come together to build on each other’s skills and ideas for good.
VoxMapp Baseline allows you to collect high quality data even in contexts of crisis; VoxMapp Feedback ensures communities participate and remain at the center of the initiative; and VoxMapp Management centralizes the analysis, decision-making and learning mechanisms, to feed into a new positive cycle.
Worldie – Social Media for Good
San Diego, CAWorldie‘s mission is to create safety, equality, humanitarianism, positive social impact, and all-in-one integration to improve lives with technology, helpful social media systems, social projects, public safety, crowdsourced help, and a network of partners.
Ryecatcher
420 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025, United StatesRyeCatcher is online collaboration software that makes it easy for everyone involved in a student’s success to work together.
TurboVote
Brooklyn, NYWe help you vote, no matter what.
Apollo
Washington, DCThe Apollo DemTool is a powerful system for compiling, managing, and analyzing citizen reports from an election monitoring mission.
World e-parliament report
220 E 42nd St, New York, New York 10017-5806, USThis latest edition of the World e-Parliament Report follows up on previous findings and identifies major steps forward in how parliaments are using information and communication technologies (ICT) to engage with citizens.
Government Digital Service UK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We help government work better for everyone by leading digital transformation.
Barcelona Digital City
Barcelona, SpainThe priority of Barcelona is to go beyond the concept of smart city or smart city and take full advantage of the opportunities offered by data-based technologies and their great power of transformation.
GovLab Crowdlaw Catalog
GovLab New York UniversityThe CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world.
Legislation.gov.uk
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The official home of UK legislation, revised and as enacted 1267-present.
Talkto.nyc
New York CityIt's time to forge stronger connections between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
SPILNO
Darvina St, 5, Kyiv, UkraineDigital democracy platforms for citizens, organizations and institutions
Protect the Vote
Common Cause, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAProtect the Vote is a national coalition of nonpartisan organizations focused on making sure everyone can vote. They have great volunteer opportunities across the country.
Parliament Watch (Uganda)
UgandaParliament Watch is a non-profit organization that monitors and reports on the work of the Parliament of Uganda
Vot Diaspora
RomaniaVot Diaspora este o platformă dezvoltată de Code for Romania care oferă rapid românilor din Diaspora informații despre cum pot vota la alegerile din anul 2024.
RaRaRe
58 Omorinre Johnson Street, Lekki Phase I, Lekki, NigeriaA Civic Platform To Drive Positive Change In Africa
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Conversation AI
Google, 8th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, USAConversation AI is a collaborative research effort exploring ML as a tool for better discussions online.
A parodical -- but functional -- polling place lookup site modeled on 'What's for fucking dinner?'
DemTools is designed to help empower civil society organizations, political parties and legislatures around the world by applying technology solutions to common challenges
Register to vote on Snapchat
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, USARegister to vote on Snapchat
DemocraciaOS
Buenos AiresDemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.
CouncilStat NYC
New York City Council, Broadway, New York, NY, USAA source of complaint data to help NYC's City Council be more responsive to constituents
This Citizen Budget eDemocracy tool can show where tax dollars are spent, and allow the public to provide feedback more easily. With the Citizen Budget, you can cut or increase spending in various categories, and see how your choices would raise or lower taxes.
United Kingdom Digital Service Standard
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The Service Standard helps teams to create and run great public services.
a case study by GovLab
Commonplace
LondonBoost understanding, get consensus and deliver projects that people love with our all-in-one citizen engagement platform.
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