The Lenfest Institute is home to communities of practice serving various types of journalism professionals and organizations.

• Media
• Journalism
• Partner networks and coalitions

Harnessing the power of technology and collaboration to support immigrants and their allies.

• immigration

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Help out

The NOTICE Coalition (No Tech Criminalization in Education) is a national network of advocates, researchers and organizers building a movement to end police surveillance in schools and defend youth justice in the digital age.

• youth
• surveillance
• criminal justice

• Digital security and privacy
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns

THE CIVICS supports both citizens and civic educators to deal with the challenges of our time, such as threats to democracy, causes and effects of climate change, growing polarisation, and divides. Our goal is to strengthen the democratic competences, self-efficacy, and resilience of citizens across Europe.

• Civic literacy
• Partner networks and coalitions

"Given the global significance of the DSA, a coalition of civil society and research organizations is setting up a “Global Majority House” in Brussels to ensure the implementation of the landmark legislation, as well as other digital regulations, is equitable and inclusive." - Tech Policy Press

• Reduced inequalities

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Hubs

The GovAI Coalition went public...publishing a set of deliverables any organization could use to help jumpstart their agency with responsible AI practices.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Localret és el consorci local format per les administracions locals de Catalunya per acompanyar els municipis en la seva transformació digital

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Partner networks and coalitions

A new platform for coordinating the nation’s cyber volunteer networks, allowing volunteer groups to scale their impact on community cybersecurity.

• Cybersecurity
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON) is a network of non-governmental organizations and coalitions of civil society organizations that monitors the work of and/or regularly engages national, subnational, and regional parliaments across Africa.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Partner networks and coalitions

CivicTechZenChiba is an alliance of civic tech action members in Chiba to support each other.

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups
• Partner networks and coalitions

We are a growing international network ​racing to save everything we love by using effective civil resistance across our 12 countries.

• Climate action

• Advocacy tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

The World Bank's program to "support countries in adopting sound practices and solutions in GovTech, and to ensure a broad global partnership for effective exchange and transfer of knowledge and good practice."

• Govtech
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Foundation initiatives

Tech for Democracy is a Danish-led initiative that brings together representatives from governments, multilateral organisations, tech industry and civil society to make technology work for democracy and human rights, not against them.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Funders & donors
• Partner networks and coalitions

Imali Yethu is a coalition of civil society organisations working with the South African National Treasury to make budget information more accessible, user-friendly and empowering.

• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Budget explorers

We are an international network of organizations, associations, and individuals that develop, implement, and promote ways to improve democracy, from the local to the global level.

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Shield initiative united a set of actions for institutions and civil society, aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the elections.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Misinformation Combat Alliance is a cross-industry alliance bringing companies, organizations, institutions, industry associations and government entities together to combat misinformation and fake news and create an enlightened and informed society.

• Fight disinformation
• Partner networks and coalitions

National Digital Inclusion Alliance advances digital equity by supporting community programs and equipping policymakers to act.

• Foundational layers
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Connectivity

The Northern Ireland Open Government Network (NIOGN), established in 2014, is an alliance of individual citizens, activists and representatives of community and voluntary organisations.

• Participatory democracy
• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Wales Open Government Network is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making Welsh Government work better for people through enhanced transparency, participation and accountability.

• Participatory democracy
• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions

The UK Open Government Civil Society Networks are coalitions of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through transparency, participation and accountability.

• Participatory democracy
• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Scotland Civil Society Open Government Network is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making Scottish government work better for people through enhanced transparency, participation and accountability.

• Participatory democracy
• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Climate Data JLN will surface key data governance innovations that will enable climate-relevant data to be more accessible and useful for frontline governments and communities.

• Climate action

• Civic data
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Data governance

We are training the next generation of cyber leaders and safeguarding community organizations.

• Academia
• Cybersecurity
• Pro bono and volunteer

We are a partnership bringing together 20 specialist organisations to support democracy.

• Participatory democracy
• Partner networks and coalitions

We Need Cooperation Among Fact-Checkers

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

A global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers

The Nordic Smart City Network is a collaboration initiative joining five Nordic countries, and currently 20 Nordic cities with a common goal: to explore the Nordic way to create livable and sustainable cities.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Partner networks and coalitions

The goals are to oversee the congress, eliminate inadequate legislators and improve congress culture.

• LINE

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Partner networks and coalitions

Twelve like-minded European and global organizations committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation are coming together in the new Horizon project Nets4Dem.

• Participatory democracy
• Partner networks and coalitions

Un consorcio de organizaciones de la sociedad civil conformado por Asuntos del Sur, Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente, Extituto de Política Abierta e Instituto Pro Comum quienes tienen como misión conjunta impulsar formas innovadoras de gobernanza y acción colectiva en Ciudades del Sur Global.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Partner networks and coalitions

The Digital Trade Alliance is a collaborative effort of digital rights and consumer groups assembled in 2018. The Alliance model provides effective advice and expertise to us in order to structure the transnational debate on digital trade.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Partner networks and coalitions

The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) works in more than 100 countries to develop long-term relationships with civil society, governments, and the international community to strengthen civic space.

• Legal tech
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Nonprofit tech

PowerSwitch Action is a national community of organizers, strategists, and leaders forging multiracial feminist democracy and economies in our cities and towns.

• Advocacy tech
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Campaign organizations

Join us in building the European way of Digital Transformation for 300 million Europeans

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Digital transformation

Interconexión.lat es una plataforma que impulsa el intercambio y co-producción de datos entre organizaciones de sociedad civil en América Latina para hacer frente a retos transfronterizos y hacer eficientes los esfuerzos de la región.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Data governance

ACT is a newly formed organization that will connect volunteer civic technology efforts, in both technology and advocacy, in their local communities.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

FOWIGS is a network of Think Tanks from southern regions which brings data and knowledge together to build evidence-based narratives on the Future of Work. At FOWIGS, we contribute to the policy frameworks from and for developing countries.

• labor

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Civil society research outfits

Bienvenido a Hive Mind, un espacio de aprendizaje para activistas digitales. Ayudamos a los actores de la sociedad civil a desarrollar su resiliencia digital.

• trainings

• Advocacy tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

A UK-wide community of democracy organisations and initiatives, working to build stronger relationships, connections and resources amongst those working to build a stronger, more resilient democracy in the United Kingdom.

• Participatory democracy
• Partner networks and coalitions

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) is a coalition of over 200 public interest groups and trade unions concerned with the increasing influence exerted by corporate lobbyists on the political agenda in Europe, the resulting loss of democracy in EU decision-making and the postponement, weakening, or blockage even, of urgently needed progress on social, environmental and consumer-protection reforms.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions

ENEMO is an international organization, a network composed of 22 national election monitoring CSOs from 18 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including three European Union countries.

• Voting and elections
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Election oversight

As part of the Beeck Center’s Digital Service Collaborative , a project in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, we will knit together a collection of state agencies based on common needs to help them collaboratively procure, develop, and maintain the software that they all depend on

• local

• Govtech
• Procurement
• Peer networks

The mission of the Coalition for Independent Tech Research is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Academia
• Partner networks and coalitions

Providing democratic safeguards to the global communication and information space

• Media
• Govtech
• Fight disinformation

End-to-end fact-checking on the WhatsApp Business API organized by Meedan

• WhatsApp

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

When fintechs and nonprofits work together, they can offer a powerful combination of well-designed tech solutions and supportive relationships with trusted partners to improve financial health.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Fintech for good

The DeepTrust Alliance is a global coalition of stakeholders advancing the fight against digital disinformation and deepfakes.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Partner networks and coalitions

"Al Sur" is a consortium of organizations that work in civil society and academia in Latin America and that seek with their joint work to strengthen human rights in the digital environment of the region.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Digital security and privacy

The African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) is a network of media and civil society organizations that work to counter misinformation. The network supports fact-checking missions to debunk dangerous content, including conspiracy theories and misinformation.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking