Civic Tech Field Guide
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Participatory democracy strives to create opportunities for all members of a population to make meaningful contributions to decision-making and seeks to broaden the range of people who have access to such opportunities. (Wikipedia: Participatory democracy)
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Parliament Watch (Uganda)
UgandaParliament Watch is a non-profit organization that monitors and reports on the work of the Parliament of Uganda
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.
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.
Participedia
VancouverAnyone can join the Participedia community and help crowdsource, catalogue and compare participatory political processes around the world.
Ciudadanía Inteligente
ChileOne of South America's leading campaign and tech organizations
a case study by GovLab
DemocraciaOS
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.
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.
Participacio Ciutadana
Barcelona, SpainPerquè la democràcia es fa entre tots i totes.
Plural (previously OpenStates.org)
United States of America (the)Track bills, review legislation, research data & see how your representatives are voting.
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
Plural Policy (formerly Civic Eagle)
MinnesotaShape 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.
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.
Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)
360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, USAThe Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) is an interuniversity partnership that pursues original urban research on the cutting edge of scholarship and public policy, with an emphasis on opportunities created by novel digital data.
Assembl
Paris, FranceMassive 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.
Jamnevisi
Tehran“Jamnevisi” provides a platform which public – specially scholars and stakeholders – can participate in the process of providing the draft of country’s legal texts; a platform which significantly will result in the improvement and debugging of legal texts of the country.
Listening Post Collective
Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.
CONSUL DEMOCRACY
AmsterdamOpen source Open Government and E-Participation Web Software
Delib Suite
Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EHMakers of Citizen Space, Dialogue, and Simulator.
NeosLab
ViennaDas 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).
bluenove
Levallois-Perret, Francebluenove 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.
Center for New Democratic Processes (formerly Jefferson Center)
332 Minnesota St, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USAThe Jefferson Center is a nonpartisan organization committed to advancing democratic, citizen-driven solutions to community and public issues.
Direct Democracy Database
StockholmThe Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries.
Participa Portugal
PortugalA maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal
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.
Civic technology should empower us as citizens.
ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice)
Riga, LatviaLatvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."
Cal Poly Institute For Advanced Technology and Public Policy
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Grand Avenue, CA, USAThe Digital Democracy project has been one of the earliest and most ambitious projects of the IATPP, being almost continuously worked on for over ten years.
vTaiwan
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)A public engagement method that invites citizens and stakeholders to come to a consensus together, using a mix of digital tools.
Cap Collectif
25 rue Claude-Tillier 75012 Paris, FranceLa plateforme d’intelligence collective la plus complète et la plus polyvalente sur le marché.
Citizen OS
TallinnOpen source platform for collaborative decisions and e-democracy applications.
Citizens Foundation
Reykjavík, IcelandA platform that offers different citizen engagement solutions
Crowdicity is an idea management software solution that can be used to harness the ideas of your employees, customers, and stakeholders to drive innovation.
Involve
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We're the UK's leading public participation charity, on a mission to put people at the heart of decision-making
ParticipaBOt
Cochabamba, BoliviaUna plataforma de participación ciudadana digital que permite visibilizar y priorizar propuestas ciudadanas a nivel nacional
mySociety
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to invent and popularise websites and apps that enable citizens around the world to exert power over institutions and decision makers.
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