Civic Tech Field Guide
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Next City is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world.
Tempo – Time Credits
15 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PJ, UKWe co-design and deliver Time Credits programmes in partnership with local authorities, health, social care and housing providers, schools, businesses and voluntary sector organisations.
Hack Michiana
South Bend, INHack Michiana is a Code for America brigade and an opportunity for individuals to be engaged citizens and take an active role in our community.
Feeding America and Map the Meal Gap
United States of America (the)This collaboration between Feeding America and Nielsen in 2014 collected and mapped data about food insecurity across America to aid research and advocacy efforts.
International School for Transparency
Vilnius, LithuaniaINTENSIVE ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR FUTURE LEADERS offered by Transparency International
Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons
487 Central Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA“Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” showcases over a hundred sharing-related case studies and model policies from more than 80 cities in 35 countries.
Citizen Beta
LondonThe civic tech meetup for people working on civic technology, empowering citizens, and government transformation.
Data for Black Lives
United States of America (the)Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.
CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
113 Moses Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
Offers world-class online courses that empower you to think differently, learn collaboratively and join a global community of learners and doers with a burning desire to change the world.
DecidimFest
Barcelona, SpainDecidimFest is an intense 3-day program of activities devoted to the Decidim project, participatory democracy and open source tools for collective intelligence in the era of Global Democracy.
The portable unit interviews users about the apps, services and digital providers they interact with, reveals what these providers know about their users, then tells the user stories about what the effects of this may be and provides recommendations regarding their level of trustworthiness, relating to the individual themselves and to other people who may be more or less impacted by the same use or misuse of the data that accumulates around their digital life.
Harass Map
CairoBased on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.
Election Tech Handbook
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election
Civic I/O Mayors Summit
Austin Convention Center, East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX, USAEvery year, mayors from around the country gather at the Civic I/O Mayors Summit at SXSW. The summit is a time to bring together city leaders, entrepreneurs, and provocative thinkers in order to learn from one another and engage in the premier destination for discovery.
Factory 619
66 Avenue Salah Ben Youssef, Tunis, TunisiaWe are a Tech & Innovation Hub located in Tunis and operating all over the world. Our aim is to create, and co-found ventures in E-Health, Gaming, Blockchain & Digital Transformation.
Public Data University is APDU’s signature education initiative, designed to develop the knowledge and skills of data users of every experience level.
Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.
We are an international organisation that helps activists, organisations, and other social change agents make the most of data and technology to increase their impact.
Station for Open Cultures
Hong KongAn inter-galaxial space station that enhances open culture
Global Network Initiative
718 7th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAProtecting and advancing freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technologies.
The San Diego Foundation is a community resource that improves San Diegans’ quality of life by creating equity and ensuring opportunities in the region.
The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USAThe Rockefeller Foundation's mission, unchanged since 1913, is to improve the well-being of humanity around the world.
Code for Pakistan
PakistanTo bring together civic-minded software developers to use technology to innovate in public services, by creating open source solutions to address the needs of citizens
Civic Tech Toronto
TorontoCivic Tech Toronto is a vibrant and diverse community of Torontonians engaged in understanding and creating solutions for civic challenges through technology, design, and other innovative means.
I started a Google spreadsheet to track links to tech ethics syllabi
Increasing access to healthcare, advancing new research and ideas, and improving people’s quality of life, no matter where they call home.
This group is intended to serve as a venue for discussing three major issues: the magnitude of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the medical steps indicated to deal with it, and practical responses to the new social challenges it poses in everyday life and in the political work of left activists.
What we stand for: a just democracy, a fair economy and an environmentally sustainable future.
Elevator
Washington, DCA mentoring app connecting new and former members of Congress
Research and survey on social innovation labs in Canada.
Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab at Open Tech Fund
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USAOTF’s Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab offers secure usability and user-interface assistance to Internet freedom and digital security tools to help them recognise and solve usability challenges that hampered the adoption of those tools in repressive contexts.
Luminate
36-38 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EB, UKLuminate is a global philanthropic organisation focused on empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.
Challenge.gov
United States of America (the)Challenge.Gov is the official GSA government website supporting prize challenges and prize competitions that are sponsored by the US federal government.
The California Public Technology Roundtable
CaliforniaThe California Public Technology Roundtable is a volunteer, informal group of civic techology leaders and practitioners coming together to support digital innovation at and across the state.
Our crowdsourced localization results in more accurate and timely translations, and unlocks access to the internet for users all over the world
Earth Observation for Disaster Risk Management
We are joining together to stop Amazon’s growing, powerful grip over our society and economy.
Are you working on social change issues in Sub-Saharan Africa? Do injustice, corruption and inequalities in your community motivate your work? Do you use data and technology in your daily work?Apply to be The Engine Room's Matchbox partner!(Lire cet article en français)What is Matchbox?M
This book is meant for public servants and people working inside government who want to connect with innovators and technologists outside of the bureaucracy.
Open Tech Fund's list of funders
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USAOTF maintains a helpful list of alternate funding sources and services that support efforts relevant to the fields of Internet freedom, software development, journalism, and human rights.
Applying Bain Capital’s value-added approach to impact investing by building great companies, maximizing their financial potential, and scaling their social and environmental impact.
A process of improving, adapting, or developing a product, system, or service in order to deliver better results and create value for people.
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