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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Civil Kapocs

Hungary (Magyarország)

segítünk tisztán látni - tracks public meetings

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.

cities

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.

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.

New York City Volunteer Language Bank

a case study by GovLab

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

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.

Participacio Ciutadana

Barcelona, Spain

Perquè la democràcia es fa entre tots i totes.

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。

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.

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

How small firms can deal with government procurement processes

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

Represently

Tell your advocates' stories. Change policy.

Plural (previously OpenStates.org)

United States of America (the)

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

state

GovTrack.us

United States Capitol

Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.

Listening Post Collective

The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.

Innovation in Democracy Programme

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Trialling the involvement of citizens in decision-making at local government level through innovative models of deliberative democracy.

IssueVoter

United States of America (the)

Giving everyone a voice in our democracy

US Election 2020

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.

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

research

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.

Wahllokalfinder

Hier findest du eine Übersicht aller Wahllokale: Wähle deine Stadt aus, gib deine Adresse ein und finde dein Wahllokal in wenigen Sekunden.

Election Tools

Free, practical resources for election officials

PeopleApps

671 Edison Street, Detroit, MI, USA

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

Collection of eIdentity and eSignature solutions

A resource from Joinup

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.

NeosLab

Vienna

Das NEOS Lab, die Parteiakademie der NEOS, schafft Raum für politische Entfaltung, um neue Lösungen für eine neue Politik zu entwickeln.

Marsad Majles

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie

“Marsad Majles” is Al Bawsala's project to monitor Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA).

Blue Nove

Levallois-Perret, France

bluenove is a technology and consulting company that pioneers massive collective intelligence and is actively committed to civic tech. They operate the Assembl collective intelligence platform.

I Change My City

India (Bhārat)

Make your city better

apps
cities

CONSUL

Amsterdam

Open source Open Government and E-Participation Web Software

CONSUL

Wahlkarte

Analysen und Visualisierungen der Daten zur Bundestagswahl 2017 in Karlsruhe. Größte Änderungen, Wechselwähler, Erststimmen und mehr Statistiken.

Direct Democracy Database

Stockholm

The Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries.

Delib Suite

Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH

Makers of Citizen Space, Dialogue, and Simulator.

Brella

An online conference platform

id kaart Estonia

Discover the Estonian eID (Estonian: ID-kaart), its major applications and benefits for all citizens.

Caminos de la Villa

Thames 1024, DCV, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Caminos de la Villa es una plataforma de acción ciudadana que permite acceder de manera sencilla a la información vinculada con los procesos de urbanización en las villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y ver de qué manera se están llevando adelante. ¡Sumate!

project tracking

Silicon Valley Talent Partnership

Established in 1993, Joint Venture Silicon Valley provides analysis and action on issues affecting our region’s economy and quality of life.

Participa Portugal

Portugal

A maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal

apps

Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS)

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

To connect Taiwan and the world, PDIS incubates and facilitates public digital innovation and service, optimises the processes and tools of the public service with design thinking, guides the public sector to adopt social innovations and collaborate with communities of practice.