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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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Cleveland Park Listserv

Cleveland Park Listserv

Cleveland Park, Washington, DC, USA

Cleveland Park Listserv

http://www.cleveland-park.com/
GovLab Crowdlaw Catalog

GovLab Crowdlaw Catalog

GovLab New York University

The CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world.

https://catalog.crowd.law/
Apollo

Apollo

Washington, DC

The Apollo DemTool is a powerful system for compiling, managing, and analyzing citizen reports from an election monitoring mission.

https://dem.tools/guides-and-tools/apollo
SPILNO

SPILNO

Darvina St, 5, Kyiv, Ukraine

Digital democracy platforms for citizens, organizations and institutions

https://spilno.org
World e-parliament report

World e-parliament report

220 E 42nd St, New York, New York 10017-5806, US

This 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.

https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reports/2016-07/world-e-parliament-report-2016
Government Digital Service UK

Government Digital Service UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

We help government work better for everyone by leading digital transformation.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service
Barcelona Digital City

Barcelona Digital City

Barcelona, Spain

The 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.

https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/digital/ca
Parliament Watch (Uganda)

Parliament Watch (Uganda)

Uganda

Par­lia­ment Watch is a non-profit or­ga­ni­za­tion that mon­i­tors and re­ports on the work of the Par­lia­ment of Uganda

https://parliamentwatch.ug/
Vot Diaspora

Vot Diaspora

Romania

Vot 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.

https://votdiaspora.ro/
RaRaRe

RaRaRe

58 Omorinre Johnson Street, Lekki Phase I, Lekki, Nigeria

A Civic Platform To Drive Positive Change In Africa

https://rarare.com/
Legislation.gov.uk

Legislation.gov.uk

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The official home of UK legislation, revised and as enacted 1267-present.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
Talkto.nyc

Talkto.nyc

New York City

It's time to forge stronger connections between NYC citizens and city decision makers.

http://talkto.nyc/
Vital Communities – VT and NH

Vital Communities – VT and NH

Visit the post for more.

http://vitalcommunities.org/community-discussion-lists/
Conversation AI

Conversation AI

Google, 8th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

Conversation AI is a collaborative research effort exploring ML as a tool for better discussions online.

https://conversationai.github.io/
Protect the Vote

Protect the Vote

Common Cause, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Protect the Vote is a national coalition of nonpartisan organizations focused on making sure everyone can vote. They have great volunteer opportunities across the country.

https://protectthevote.net/
Democracy Club (UK)

Democracy Club (UK)

Stroud, UK

Democracy needs an upgrade

https://democracyclub.org.uk/
OurSay

OurSay

Australia

Intelligence driving public sector performance

http://web.archive.org/web/20210609174744/https://home.oursay.org/
DemTools

DemTools

DemTools is designed to help empower civil society organizations, political parties and legislatures around the world by applying technology solutions to common challenges

https://dem.tools/
The Center for Election Science

The Center for Election Science

We hope these tools help you out in running your next election

https://electology.org/election-tools
Desafios SP

Desafios SP

San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Municipal open challenge program

http://web.archive.org/web/20200927125002/http://desafios.sanpedro.gob.mx/
Your Fucking Polling Place

Your Fucking Polling Place

A parodical -- but functional -- polling place lookup site modeled on 'What's for fucking dinner?'

https://yourfuckingpollingplace.com/
Ethelo Citizen Budget

Ethelo Citizen Budget

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.

https://citizenbudget.ethelo.net/page/welcome
Register to vote on Snapchat

Register to vote on Snapchat

Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Register to vote on Snapchat

https://www.snap.com/en-US/news/post/register-to-vote
DemocraciaOS

DemocraciaOS

Buenos Aires

DemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.

https://democraciaos.org/
CouncilStat NYC

CouncilStat NYC

New York City Council, Broadway, New York, NY, USA

A source of complaint data to help NYC's City Council be more responsive to constituents

https://council.nyc.gov/districts/data1/
United Kingdom Digital Service Standard

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.

https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard
New York City Volunteer Language Bank

New York City Volunteer Language Bank

a case study by GovLab

http://www.thegovlab.org/static/files/smarterstate/NYC-volunteer-bank.pdf
Commonplace

Commonplace

London

Boost understanding, get consensus and deliver projects that people love with our all-in-one citizen engagement platform.

https://www.commonplace.is/
Vooter

Vooter

France

Consultez différemment.

https://vooter.co/
Civil Kapocs

Civil Kapocs

Hungary (Magyarország)

segítünk tisztán látni - tracks public meetings

http://www.civilkapocs.hu/www/
Janaagraha Center for Citizenship & Democracy

Janaagraha Center for Citizenship & Democracy

Thimmaiah Road, Govinda Chetty Colony, Rajiv Gandhi Colony, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Janaagraha’s mission is to transform quality of life in India’s cities and towns.

http://www.janaagraha.org/
Networked European Democracy

Networked European Democracy

Europe

To explore the different ways that people at the local level can influence conversations and policy making at the European level.

http://www.demsoc.org/projects/networked-european-democracy/
News Nerdery

News Nerdery

This Slack has over 1,300 members of the journalism-tech community from around the world, who chat in over 40 topical and geographic channels.

https://newsnerdery.org
Plural Policy (formerly Civic Eagle)

Plural Policy (formerly Civic Eagle)

Minnesota

Shape the future of public policy with Plural’s intuitive, AI-powered legislative tracking and stakeholder collaboration tools. Effectively influence US federal and state legislation and say goodbye to clunky legacy software and manual spreadsheets.

https://pluralpolicy.com/?nab=1
Participacio Ciutadana

Participacio Ciutadana

Barcelona, Spain

Perquè la democràcia es fa entre tots i totes.

https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/participaciociutadana/
I am in the city / 我地.市正

I am in the city / 我地.市正

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Neighborhood forum //「我地.市正」(Ourland Searching) 係一個街坊媒體。 用家可以查詢即時位置或選擇位置附近 1 公里內發生的社區事件: 公共設施 社區活動 社區議題 街坊可以隨時隨地「報料」: 匯報社區問題，仲可以一直跟進事態發展。

http://web.archive.org/web/20211107201833/https://ourland.hk/
Plural (previously OpenStates.org)

Plural (previously OpenStates.org)

United States of America (the)

Track bills, review legislation, research data & see how your representatives are voting.

https://pluralpolicy.com/open/
GovTrack.us

GovTrack.us

United States Capitol

Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.

https://www.govtrack.us/
BillCam

BillCam

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA

Find any State or Federal bill and, if you like, share it live through social media

https://billcam.dailyclout.io/
Voatz

Voatz

50 Milk St, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Voatz is on a mission to make voting safer and more accessible. All citizens have a right to vote regardless of their circumstance.

https://voatz.com/
ePart

ePart

Italy (Italia)

ePart è la soluzione web per la gestione partecipativa dei cittadini alla gestione degli ambienti urbani. Consente ai cittadini di interagire con l'amministrazione pubblica segnalando disagi e disservizi presenti sul territorio

http://www.epart.it/
How small firms can deal with government procurement processes

How small firms can deal with government procurement processes

United States of America (the)

Michael Knapp is the CEO and founder of Green River, a software design and development firm that has worked extensively with local governments

http://web.archive.org/web/20210506195648/https://wearecommons.us/2018/07/09/if-you-try-to-procure-without-risk-in-the-end-youre-more-likely-to-fail/
Represently

Represently

Tell your advocates' stories. Change policy.

https://represently.com/
GovTech Catalyst

GovTech Catalyst

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/govtech-catalyst-information
IssueVoter

IssueVoter

United States of America (the)

Giving everyone a voice in our democracy

https://issuevoter.org
Bill To Text

Bill To Text

United States of America (the)

BillToText.com turns PDFs of federal legislation into text files. It provides a formatted document that you can download and edit with a word processor program.

https://billtotext.com
Online Deliberation Singapore (ODSG)

Online Deliberation Singapore (ODSG)

Lower Kent Ridge Road, National University of Singapore, Singapore

A platform and a process to engage Singapore citizens in policy deliberation

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290605.3300247
PeopleMovers

PeopleMovers

671 Edison Street, Detroit, MI, USA

Connect, communicate and collaborate to leverage community strengths and advance your mission.

https://peoplemovers.com/
Collection of eIdentity and eSignature solutions

Collection of eIdentity and eSignature solutions

European Commission, Rue Philippe Le Bon, Brussels, Belgium

A resource from Joinup

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eidentity-and-esignature
Assembl

Assembl

Paris, France

Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short space of time.

https://bluenove.com/en/offers/assembl/