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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CivicBudget

Europe

Civicbudget is an open source participative platform enabling any organization, public or private, to launch a consultation process.

Code for Australia Legal Aid Checker

Victoria, Australia

Legal Aid Checker is an online triaging system, helping to determine if people are eligible to recieve services and help from Victoria Legal Aid.

LaunchGood

Detroit, MI

Crowdfunding Incredible Muslims

racial equity

Usability.gov

Washington, DC

The US government's guide to usability methods, guidelines, and tools

Nyaaya

Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024, India

Nyaaya’s platform provides comprehensive information on various legal topics in an accessible and simple language,covering aspects of the law that the public interact with in their daily lives.

D-Cent

Barcelona, Spain

D-CENT is a Europe-wide project creating open, secure and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.

Ignition Deck WordPress plugin

IgnitionDeck is the world's most popular WordPress crowdfunding plugin. Includes free WordPress Crowdfunding Theme. Integrates with Paypal, Stripe, Mailchimp.

Wordpress

The Human Utility

287 Lester Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606, USA

The Human Utility provides assistance to families and makes sure they always have running water at home.

Clean water and sanitation

Liquid Democracy

Our mission is to promote the advantages of online participation in all kinds of contexts, from international organisations to small local initiatives.

Konveio

1624 Market St, Denver, CO 80202, USA

Konveio turns regular PDFs into social documents for draft reviews, interactive reports, digital workshops or immersive guides and training materials.

Election data gathering parties

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Help build the free database of UK election candidates

Government of South Australia Digital Transformation Toolkits

State Administration Centre, 200, Victoria Square, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia

To assist agencies to modernise and transform their government services, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet has developed these four toolkits.

toolkits

Swap my Vote

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Platform that allows voting partners to make their votes count in a different constituency, where each voter’s first preference has a better chance of winning a seat

Your Priorities

Vegmúli 2, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland

Your Priorities is an eDemocracy web application designed by the non profit Citizens Foundation to help groups speak with one voice.

Mexico City Crowdsourcing a Constitution: case study

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

To get input on Mexico City's constitution, LabCDMX experimented with Google Docs, PubPub, Change.org, paper surveys, and kiosks

GovDelivery

Effective cloud communications tools are the key to reaching and engaging citizens - all while enhancing transparency and building trust.

Consul Democracy Foundation

Amsterdam

CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation is a new organisation whose mission is to manage and continuously develop the largest open source digital democracy platform – CONSUL.

CONSUL

Swing Left

The 2018 midterm elections are our next chance to get a say in our government. We can stop the Trump agenda by joining together NOW, wherever we live.

CityScope Champs-Élysée

Pavillon de l'Arsenal, boulevard Morland, Paris, France

An interactive platform to improve decision-making related to the revitalization of the Champs Élysées

urban planning

ConsultVox

EuraTechnologies, 165, Avenue de Bretagne, 59000 Lille, France

Co-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence

Boulder eligibility calculator

Boulder, CO

"Google.org and Boulder, Colorado, are teaming up to create a new eligibility calculator, which residents of that city will be able to use to determine if they qualify for public programs, discounts or rebates"

CitySourced

CitySourced, Inc. 1642 Westwood Blvd. Penthouse Suite, Los Angeles, CA 90024

With CitySourced, you can deploy an unlimited number of applications to a single native app. From paying bills to election info to FAQs or newsletter signups - downloading a single app is easier for citizens, and it's easier for you!

apps

Change Research

San Francisco

Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win

Ideascale

Berkeley

IdeaScale is the leading innovation management software platform for the enterprise, government, and education. Gather ideas and implement them.

DebateWise

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

Crowdgauge

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd

Voor Je Buurt

Wil je zelf een programma opstarten in samenwerking met Voor je Buurt?

Democracy Works Elections API

Brooklyn, NY

Our full-time research team maintains a detailed calendar of upcoming state, special, and local elections, which we release as our Elections API.

Open Australia Foundation

The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780

Giving all Australians the tools they need to effect the change they want.

ElectionGuard

Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting

Congress on anything

United States of America (the)

The latest bills and statements by members of Congress on the topics you care about - search the record

Democratic Society

15-17 Middle Street, Brighton BN1 1AL, England, UK

Connecting people and power

synAthina

Greece (Ellas, Ellada)

Engagement platform by the City of Athens

Loomio

Wellington, New Zealand

Loomio helps groups of people make decisions together, online

Hello Lampost

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.

cities

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.

Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society

Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK

The conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.

criminal justice

Citizens' Voice

Witte Kruislaan 55a 1217 AM Hilversum

Citizens’ Voice platforms is used to develop evidence on youth needs, aspirations and behaviour which is shared with media, partners and changemakers.