Projects - The Tech

civic.json

A specification of the civic.json metadata standard for civic technology projects

Microsoft AI for Good Challenge

In the 2020 Microsoft AI for Good Challenge, Australian students in Grades 7-12 are supported by their teachers to learn the basic concepts of Artificial Intelligence.

Information for the People: Tunisia Embraces Open Government, 2011–2016

To secure the necessary financial and technical resources to publish large quantities of data online in user-friendly formats

Warren's Meme Team

United States of America (the)

Saving the nation with selfies and memes

Disqus

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

Collaction

Hong Kong

We are committed to building a crowdsourcing community for social innovators.

Govtech 360

A show that takes the two dullest subjects in the world, government and technology, and makes them irresistibly relevant and undeniably fascinating. (Trust us!)

podcasts

AllSides

Balanced News from the Left, Center and Right

Cuentas Claras en Elecciones

Bogotá

A page that allows candidates and parties to present election campaign finance information.

Pokket

75 5th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

recidivism

Decidim

Barcelona, Spain

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

Decidim

Brighthive

A data collaborative company. Using open source tech & data trusts to enhance impact, inform decisions, & increase equity of opportunity.

MIT Open Documentary Lab Docubase

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Drawing on MIT’s legacy of media innovation and its deep commitment to open and accessible information, the MIT Open Documentary Lab brings storytellers, technologists, and scholars together to explore new documentary forms with a particular focus on collaborative, interactive, and immersive storytelling.

Ciudad.Decide

Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain

Ciudad.Decide is a pilot project to encourage citizen participation in Fuencarral, district of Madrid, Spain.

cities

Meine Stadt Transparent

Up-to-date information about Stadt Jülich's city politics - by Meine Stadt Transparent, the open source council information system

Denver Vision Zero online survey map

by the City of Denver

Vote Women

Kampala, Uganda

Vote:Women is a leadership springboard for women to achieve their dreams. We provide a platform for support every step of the way through capability development, fundraising, and campaign management using innovation, technology and a sense of community. Vote:Women empowers women to follow their ambitions of civic leadership.

women

From the Ground Up: Developing Jamaica’s National Land Agency, 2000-2016

Jamaica

In 2001, registering or transferring land in Jamaica was an uphill battle. Four separate departments handled different aspects of land administration, leading to weak coordination and delay. Even straightforward transactions dragged on for weeks, simply getting information was a struggle, and fraud was commonplace. In April of that year, Jamaica established the National Land Agency, charged with merging the four departments, speeding up services, and improving their quality. As the new agency’s CEO, Elizabeth Stair led a team of managers that had to oversee the consolidation, design systems to prevent fraud, improve performance, and implement new procedures and technologies to increase speed and transparency. During its first decade and a half of operation, the National Land Agency significantly reduced processing times and won acclaim for its customer service and innovative use of technology. Despite these successes, there was still room to improve land tenure security. Stiff documentation requirements, high costs, and limited awareness of the process meant that registration and related services remained out of reach for many Jamaicans.

land

Standards.data.gov.uk

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Shared, open cross-government standards make services better for users and cheaper to run.

Impact Stack (formerly Campaignion)

Europe

Join leading charities and unions in Europe and use our powerful technology platform to increase your impact.

Vote for Policies

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Vote for Policies makes it easy to compare what the political parties are promising to do in the 2017 general election. It helps you decide who to vote for.

Jarokelo.hu

Hungary (Magyarország)

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit

Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods

guides

Proof

2180 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5N6, Canada

Proof empowers governments to go paperless by streamlining approvals and improving data-driven decisions.

Code for Australia ORBIT

Victoria, Australia

Helping staff and volunteers make accurate referrals across the legal assistance sector in Victoria.

Building & Land Development Specification (BLDS)

An open data specification for building and land development permits

Quartz Bot Studio

New York City

The Quartz Bot Studio builds narrative experiences for messaging and voice platforms.

COVID-19 map

Taiwan

Members of g0v.tw built a page that matches government information on the recent movements of confirmed coronavirus patients with users' location history based on Google Maps Timeline to check whether or not they may have had contact with the patients, and if so — where and when.

COVID-19

Link NYC

LinkNYC is a first-of-its-kind communication network, bringing the fastest free public Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers and visitors.

Digital Cities

United States of America (the)

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the city with awards presented concurrently with the National League of Cities conference held each November.

cities

Grassroot

Johannesburg, South Africa

Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists. Communities can also start crowdfunding campaigns to raise funds for example the campaign to raise funds for the construction of new toilets in the Mzondi community in Ivory Park which raised about R68 890, excedeeding the community's R60 000 goal. Communities can also create community groups for different purposes. In total as of 17 October Grassroot had a total of 19 433 groups. In total Grassroot has about 169 037 users (October stats).

Amsterdam DocLab IDFA Festival

IDFA International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, Frederiksplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is one of the leading documentary events in the world.

Media Party

Buenos Aires

The Media Party is a three days event that brings together 2000 entrepreneurs, journalists, software programmers and designers from five Continents to work together for the future of media.

Urban Forest Map

San Francisco

A collaboration of government, nonprofits, and you to map all the trees of San Francisco's urban forest and understand the ecosystem services they provide.

Sustainable cities and communities

Facebook Groups

Palo Alto

Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board

Impactive (formerly OutVote)

240 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144, USA

Outvote is a friend-to-friend texting app for political campaigns. We allow you to digitally volunteer for campaigns by reaching out to your friends with

Annenberg Civic Media Fellowship

3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281

a fellowship program to empower social entrepreneurs, artists, activists, scholars and other catalysts to increase awareness, understanding and engagement around pressing areas of public interest, with particular attention to underrepresented communities and their ideas

The Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab)

3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281

The Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

LocalData

Collect the place-based data you need using our easy mobile tools and web dashboard. Create your own survey or engage around community health, safety, commercial development, blight, historic resources, and more. Quickly export your data for Excel or as a Shapefile.