Civic Tech Field Guide
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Demonstrating impact in the civic tech field can be hard. In this section of the guide, you will find tools that can be used by governments, organizations and communities to track performance, collect data and manage impact. In addition to resources for building monitoring and evaluating systems, you can explore databases to analyze public policy or researches on how entities and nonprofits that use tech and data are generating positive effects.
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Accountability Research Center (ARC)
Washington, DCAccountability Research Center bridges research and frontline perspectives to learn from ideas, institutions, and actors that advance strategies to improve public and corporate accountability. Learn more Make a gift to ARC
Paper by Joy Aceron, 2019. This paper explains why and how a reform program that opened up spaces for participatory budgeting was ultimately unable to result in pro-citizen power shifts that transformed governance.
GOV.UK Service Standard Reports
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Assessments of government programs provided by the Central Digital and Data Office
GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI)
Washington, DCThe GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) was developed as part of the GovTech Initiative to introduce a measure of GovTech maturity in four focus areas — supporting core government systems, enhancing service delivery, mainstreaming citizen engagement, and fostering GovTech enablers— and to assist practitioners in the design of new digital transformation projects.
El programa Cali Cómo Vamos, el laboratorio ciudadano Mi Cali Contrata Bien, la Unidad de Acción Vallecaucana y el observatorio Cali Visible, ponen a disposición una ruta de obtención de datos referidos a indicadores de bienestar y gestión pública de la ciudad.
Cali Cómo Vamos
CaliCali Cómo Vamos es un programa de seguimiento y evaluación de la calidad de vida en la ciudad, tiene como referencia el Programa “Bogotá Cómo Vamos”, adelantado desde 1998 por iniciativa de la Casa Editorial El Tiempo, la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá y la Fundación Corona.
Open Government for Stronger Democracies
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceAn OECD global assessment of countries' implementation of its 2017 Recommendation on Open Government
Relationality Lab
St Louis, MOWe help people who nurture relationships that drive change prove that their work has impact.
The only solution that combines an AI grant-writer, a case management system, a CRM, a booking platform and impact reporting — so you can get more funding, keep costs low, and keep all your information in one place.
Civic Engagement Scorecard
Washington, DCIt's a quick tool for the public to rate: 1) Official public meetings (such as city council meetings, board/commission meetings, school board meetings) that you have attended. 2) How connected your community (people, organizations and institutions) is.
Oxford Insights
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We make technology work for the public good
Mission Metrics
Oakland, CaliforniaWhen founding The Oaklandside in 2020, we launched Mission Metrics, an innovative pilot program for reader feedback.
Impact Tracker
OhioThe IA Impact Tracker is a digital platform to help news organizations, funders, and other stakeholders understand the impact of journalism by defining, measuring, and tracking real world change.
Understanding journalism impact: A multi-dimensional taxonomy for professional, organizational and societal change
United States of America (the)Drawing on literature from multiple disciplines, we propose a multi-faceted metric which future researchers, journalists and news agencies will be able to use when analysing media impact.
Cheeri IMM
Hong KongBy making it easy for impact funders and fundees to define, measure, analyze, report and manage their impact projects, we help purpose-driven organizations such as social enterprises and nonprofits get trust-based, continuous funding.
ReliefWeb Numbers
New York CityThe new ReliefWeb Numbers site aims to deliver easily discoverable topline numbers on the world's most pressing humanitarian crises.
Suomi.fi Quality Tools
Finland (Suomi)Finnish government tools to make it easy for government offices to assess and improve upon their digital service delivery
How do you measure gifts of time, expertise and leadership? What indicators can you use to assess grassroots power building, organising and volunteer initiatives?
Did you know hundreds of scientists have researched what makes activism effective?
Iguala
Madrid (Spain)IGUALA es el sistema de analítica avanzada del Ayuntamiento de Madrid para elaborar el Índice de Vulnerabilidad Territorial Agregado.
A collection of case studies where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens, by People Powered
IDinsight
AfricaIDinsight is a mission-driven global advisory, data analytics, and research organization that helps global development leaders maximize their social impact.
The SDG16 Survey jointly developed by UNDP, UNODC and OHCHR provides a high quality, well tested tool that countries can use to measure progress on many of the survey-based indicators under SDG16.
A series of articles interrogating the concept of rigor in the context of impact evaluation in our work, by Keira Lowther
Research Excellence Framework Impact case study database
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)"Documents put together by university departments that attempt to explain the reach of their research beyond academia."
Automated data gathering, simple ESG frameworks & actionable insights for venture capital investors and portfolio companies.
The data analytics platform for impact-driven organizations.
The Data for Good Fund, a single-entity fund, was established in partnership with the Tides Foundation. With donations from mission-aligned donors, the Data for Good Fund will allow nonprofits to leverage UpMetrics tools and services at no cost for 1-2 years.
The Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust or ARTT is focused on helping people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.
Paper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg
This paper identifies and addresses persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.
Digital Maturity Indicator
Melbourne VIC, AustraliaThe Digital Maturity Indicator (DMI) is a tool to help organisations measure, benchmark and improve their digital maturity across six key areas.
The Civic Tech Field Guide's view of impact metrics
AidData has assembled a collection of replication datasets associated with scholarly research on aid allocation and aid effectiveness. Whenever possible, there is a link to the computer code that is necessary to replicate the results reported in a particular publication.
Amp Impact is a Salesforce-based solution for organizations pursuing impact.
Visualize your impact, track data trends, and share the stories that matter most.
A platform to help social good outfits import, visualize, and analyze impact data
Algorithmic Impact Assessments: A Practical Framework For Public Agency Accountability
New York City, NY, USAA framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability
"Our goal was to apply a simple but powerful canvas tool to help our peers plan to measure immediate and long-term results of their projects."
We improve the effectiveness of international development efforts by understanding and encouraging what works using rigorous, actionable and engaging evidence.
The Common Approach is composed of 4 related standards that are community-driven.
Post-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Research into whether legislation achieved its policy goals
A small static website gathering open data from Decidim platforms around the world.
Evaluating Digital Citizen Engagement: A Practical Guide
Brazil (Brasil)A World Bank working paper (2016)
A project to create an index of democratic quality
Ranking Digital Rights
740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005Ranking ICT sector companies on respect for free expression and privacy
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