Founded by billionaire Frank McCourt, Unfinished "works to strengthen our civic life in the digital age."

• Decentralization
• Inactive Projects Archive

Democracy only works when we vote. But voter laws are different in every state in America, so the process for registering to vote, checking your registration...

• state

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

This coming week, the New Public Festival will kick off with a phenomenal group of participants examining better, less commercialized, public spaces on the internet.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

I-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Inactive Projects Archive

UndocuHacks 2017 - the nation's first immigrant-youth-led hackathon. Hosted by UndocuMedia.org

• The People
• Build something
• Inactive Projects Archive

An un-conference, one of the leading gatherings in the space, that brought together close to 1,000 attendees from 132 countries in 2018.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Conferences

Villages in the Indonesian province of Aceh that have successfully reduced forest fires are to be rewarded through a clever new scheme that uses blockchain-based smart contracts. Here's how it...

• Responsible consumption and production
• Life on land
• Climate action

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

• The People
• Build something
• Inactive Projects Archive

A big 'Thank You!' to the hundreds of thousands of you who supported our two-month Kit Kat campaign by e-mailing Nestlé, calling them, or spreading the campaign message via your Facebook, Twitter and other social media profiles

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Inactive Projects Archive

Open web fellowship hosted by Mozilla

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

OuiShare Fest is an international event that gathers entrepreneurs and social innovators, non-profit and business leaders, grassroots activists and public officials each May in Paris.

• Conferences
• In-person meetings
• Inactive Projects Archive

We want to support and strengthen the community of activists and advocacy organisations pushing for the transparency that is needed for citizens around the world to follow the money

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Inactive Projects Archive

Are you a reporter interested in covering voting issue this election cycle? See our Electionland project.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

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• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

More than half of the world now lives in urban areas. In the U.S., urban dwellers are the vast majority of the population. What does it mean to live in a city today? What are the challenges for cities going forward? NPR explores urban life in the 21st century.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Inactive Projects Archive

Across six sessions on March 7, 2019, we’ll look at how public interest tech is already changing the way power is distributed and decisions are made across public policy, philanthropic organizations, and Silicon Valley board rooms.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Adjacent Fields

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Community Leaders for Internet Health spotlights internet issues in diverse local community contexts and creates collaboration among local leaders to engage with tools for open campaigning towards Internet Health

• Foundational layers
• Inactive Projects Archive
• Open internet

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Inactive Projects Archive

Produced with AdaptNY and ISeeChange, along with WE ACT for Environmental Justice. WNYC's resilience reporting is supported by The Rockefeller Foundation.

• heat

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

A financial inclusion platform targeted at smallholder farmers. Makes it easy for institutions to on-lend and disburse funds to a large network of smallholder farmers. Gives access to trustworthy low risk farmers.

• Inactive Projects Archive
• Fintech for good

One Idea, One Minute to Apply, and the Chance to Win $50,000!

• The People
• Get funding
• Inactive Projects Archive

A 'big data for innovation' competition using telecom data

• The People
• Get funding
• Data science for social good

An Android game that provided users with an immersive role playing experience of the 2019 Hong Kong protests

• The Tech
• Media
• Organize campaigns

Durban Answers is a city website where Durban citizens can information and services with a simple search. On the website you can find information about licencing issues, health information, public transport, universities, schools, libraries, metro fines etc.

• Govtech
• Communicating with the government
• Inactive Projects Archive

The Elections Performance Index (EPI) compares election administration policy and performance across the states and from one election cycle to the next.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency

As the biggest single buyer of palm oil in the world, Unilever has a special responsibility to help clean up the industry that's behind so much forest destruction

• Life on land

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Inactive Projects Archive

We will use the hackathon concept to come up with new products, business models, policy and campaigns by encouraging cross-pollination of ideas.

• Inactive Projects Archive
• COVID
• Civic hackathons

To learning about current projects and initiatives and brainstorm practical applications or recommendations related to topics.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Conferences

The must-attend gigabit technology conference for city and community leaders.

• Conferences
• In-person meetings
• Inactive Projects Archive

NYC Digital Safety: Privacy & Security is a partnership between New York City’s three library systems and METRO, a library resources council serving NYC and Westchester County

• libraries

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Kaiser Permanente | Our News and ViewsNews and views from one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Local governments working together to address the epidemic with data and maps

• opioids

• Civic maps
• Inactive Projects Archive

The goal of the Unfriend Coal is to make coal uninsurable. Without insurance, few new coal plants can be built and existing projects have to be phased out.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Inactive Projects Archive

Public Data University is APDU’s signature education initiative, designed to develop the knowledge and skills of data users of every experience level.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Inactive Projects Archive

A Distributed Network of Institutions for Peer to Peer Public Deliberation

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Facebook, World Bank and the OECD launched a measure of business sentiment based on a “Future of Business Survey” questioning companies that use their Facebook pages to connect with customers.

• Facebook

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

By Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding

New America’s Public Interest Technology Fellowship Program is an ambitious new initiative designed to support an emerging public interest technology sector in America.

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships