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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Civocracy
BerlinCivocracy is fixing the relationship between citizens and their government using digital citizen participation.
Vote411
1730 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20036, USAElection Information You Need, sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund
RapidPro
Nyaruka, Kigali, RwandaRapidPro allows you to easily design, pilot, and scale services that connect directly with a mobile phone user...without the help of a software developer.
Streetmix
PhiladelphiaCivic engagement for street design
WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.
The outdoors brand takes on climate deniers
In partnership with municipal crowdfunding platform Neighborly and the Berkeley Blockchain Lab, Berkeley City Council is planning on issuing municipal bonds on the blockchain.
State by state tracking of mail ballots requests and returned
La boîte à idées
Plougastel-Daoulas, FranceA la boîte à idées, on travaille en partenariat avec les collectivités, et on connecte tout l'écosystème local pour créer des communautés engagées.Vous voulez lancer une initiative ? Participer, à votre guise, sur votre commune ? Vous avez frappé à la bonne porte.
This toolkit is designed to help you implement the OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies.
Neocity
FranceNeocity est la référence des applications mobiles pour Villes, Communes et EPCI. Choisissez l'application mobile pour Maire la plus plébiscitée en
NY Senate Bill Alerts
New York, USAThe New York State Senate's bill alerts makes it easy for you to stay up-to-date on the bills that are important to you in the New York State Legislature. Subscribers receive timely email notifications for important milestones in the lifecycle of a bill.
Wahl-O-Mat
GermanyThe Wahl-O-Mat is an online tool that aims to assist and mobilize voters in Germany.
Ethelo
VancouverEthelo decisions is a web platform or business intelligence tool built to help groups, communities or organization to find effective decisions quickly and fairly.
The experiment will test whether machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) can effectively cluster similar proposals and recommendations from ‘like minded citizens’ on the Consul digital democracy platform
GovLab Crowdlaw Catalog
GovLab New York UniversityThe CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world.
Apollo
Washington, DCThe Apollo DemTool is a powerful system for compiling, managing, and analyzing citizen reports from an election monitoring mission.
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.
We have been commissioned by Wheatley Group, a major provider of social housing, care and other services in Scotland*, to explore how they can engage better with their customers – facilitating customers to shape the services they receive. The Chartered Institute of Housing are also working with us on this project to ensure our learnings are spread into the wider housing sector.
SPILNO
Darvina St, 5, Kyiv, UkraineDigital democracy platforms for citizens, organizations and institutions
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.
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.
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. The organization also leverages technology to share live minute-by-the-minute updates on social media and provides in-depth analysis to create a better understanding on the business of Parliament.
RaRaRe
58 Omorinre Johnson Street, Lekki Phase I, Lekki, NigeriaA Civic Platform To Drive Positive Change In Africa
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
We hope these tools help you out in running your next election. If you do not have word processing or spreadsheet software, you can use Libre Office or Open Office for free. If you've found this resource valuable, please tell others and consider a donation. Additionally, we do not offer resources for plurality elections because it is an awful voting method and should never be used.
Register to vote on Snapchat
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, USARegister to vote on Snapchat
DemocracyOS
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.
Janaagraha Center for Citizenship & Democracy
Thimmaiah Road, Govinda Chetty Colony, Rajiv Gandhi Colony, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJanaagraha’s mission is to transform quality of life in India’s cities and towns.
Networked European Democracy
EuropeTo explore the different ways that people at the local level can influence conversations and policy making at the European level.
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.
BillCam
Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USAFind any State or Federal bill and, if you like, share it live through social media
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