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.

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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NYC Government x Design Citywide Design Services contracts

New York City

PotSiEu

Romania

Dublin City Council's Consultation Hub

Dublin, Ireland

This site will help you find and participate in consultations that interest you

Sandstorm

Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps

Engagement tech

Center for Technology & Civic Life's election administration web template

A professional development course for election officials

Gov.uk Verify

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

GDS is leading the digital transformation of the UK government.

Soliguide

France

a user-friendly platform that centralizes data about all public services and facilities that can cater to the needs of vulnerable citizens, such as where to eat, to shower, to find shelter or get social welfare

homelessness

CitizenLab

Cantersteen 12

Bringing the town hall to your citizens

Voksmonitor

Voksmonitor 2018 - Melyik párt áll hozzád a legközelebb?

Audiencias Interativas

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

livestreams video from the committee debates in Brasilia, and includes a chat window designed to let citizens ask questions, vote on others' questions, and generally chat about the proceedings with other viewers

PublicInput.com

16 West Martin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

PublicInput.com connects organizations with the communities they serve.

Shine Your Eye

Nigeria

Keeping our eyes on members of Nigeria's National Assembly!

Neighborland

Boulder, CO

Neighborland is a communications platform that empowers organizations to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way.

housing

Behavior Change for Good Initiative

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, USA

StepUp is a free habit building, science-based workout program developed by the Behavior Change for Good Initiative. The program is being launched in partnership with 24 Hour Fitness.

Open.Media

1424 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Open.Media is the nonprofit online transparency portal for governments of all sizes. Open.Media allows you to upload, timestamp and archive video of meetings and proceedings with searchable, automated transcriptions.

Beta Blocks

Boston, MA

Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.

Vox Pop Labs

We create survey-based applications that organize information in ways which are easily accessible, scientifically rigorous, and profoundly personalized. In so doing, we offer compelling online experiences that promote civic engagement and informed dialogue.

Represent by Pro Publica

155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA

See what your representatives in Congress say and do.

Podemos

Madrid (Spain)

Contigo, construimos el cambio político en nuestro país. Sí se puede. ¡Podemos!

Instituții Publice

Romania

Navighează profilele celor 14.000+ instituții publice și evaluează eficiența, profesionalismul și integritatea acestora din prisma propriei experiențe.

Better Reykjavik

Reykjavík, Iceland

Better Reykjavik allows citizens to propose the policies that matter to them

Rock the Vote registration widget

A Simple Solution for Modern Voter Registration

US Election 2020

cVIGIL

India

cVIGIL is an innovative mobile application for citizens to report Model Code of Conduct and Expenditure violations during the elections

apps

Ecrivons Angers

Angers, France

Angers participatory budget - a Decidim instance

Decidim

Vote.org

US Election 2020

Australia Digital Transformation Agency

50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT, Australia

At the Digital Transformation Agency, we help government improve digital services to make them simple, clear and fast.

Grand Débat National

France

À l'initiative du Président de la République, le Gouvernement engage un Grand Débat National permettant à toutes et tous de débattre de questions essentielles pour les Français.

World Economic Forum White Paper on Digital Policy Playbook

MetroQuest

Vancouver

MetroQuest is public involvement software with a track record of award-winning planning projects. Engage thousands, gain insight, build community support.

Gebiedonline

Amsterdam

De leukste buurt maak je samen, op een buurtplatform van gebiedonline.

Connecticut Data Collaborative

UnionBase

Washington, DC

the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles

Disqus

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

Pokket

75 5th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

recidivism

Decidim

Barcelona, Spain

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

Decidim

Ciudad.Decide

Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain

Ciudad.Decide is a pilot project to encourage citizen participation in Fuencarral, district of Madrid, Spain.

cities

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.

Jarokelo.hu

Hungary (Magyarország)

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

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. Communities can also start crowdfunding campaigns to raise funds for example the campaign to raise funds for the construction of new toilets in the Mzondi community in Ivory Park which raised about R68 890, excedeeding the community's R60 000 goal. Communities can also create community groups for different purposes. In total as of 17 October Grassroot had a total of 19 433 groups. In total Grassroot has about 169 037 users (October stats).