A campaign to name more of Montevideo's streets after women

• Gender Equality
• cities

NDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income urban residents—on a research initiative to explore the innovative ways that megacity governments are strengthening urban democracy.

• cities
• research

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Our platform provides unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights for decision-makers.

• cities
• earthquakes
• floods

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

• books
• cities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.

• cities

• Research and policy centers
• Peer-reviewed research

With Hush City app, you are an active part of a soundscape and citizen science research project to map and evaluate everyday quiet areas.

• apps
• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Future Cities Catapult has developed a City Data Sharing Toolkit. The toolkit includes tools, approaches and resources for local authorities sharing non-personal data.

• cities
• toolkits

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.

• cities
• neighborhoods

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

• cities
• manifestos

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Engagement tech

Paint the Town is a collaborative data art project. It allows anyone to paint a New York City tax lot to any color they choose.

• cities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Lab uses scientific insights and methods to test and improve policies and provide timely, relevant, and high-quality analysis to inform the District's most important decisions.

• cities

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

The World Smart City Awards seek to recognize pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that promote sustainable urban development around the globe.

• cities

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Each episode explores one idea or innovation that will transform cities.

• cities
• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

Our mission at WeGovNYC is to bring New Yorkers together to create the world’s best municipality.

• cities

• Support civic projects with tech

Das CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung

• cities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Fundación Avina is a Latin American foundation created in 1994 and focused on producing the large-scale changes necessary for sustainable development by fostering collaborative processes among leaders from different sectors, thereby contributing toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

• biome
• cities
• Climate action

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

APPCityLife is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that empowers cities to rapidly deploy affordable mobile apps and engage citizens through CityLife Chatbot, our Artificial Intelligence chatbot built specifically for cities.

• apps
• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Graveyard

The premiere national event on building better places

• cities

• Conferences
• In-person meetings

Calgary’s LoRaWAN — a long-range, low power digital wireless network — sensors will be used to categorize noises like gun shots, trains, construction and road noise through the work of a government partnership.

• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Somos la comunidad mexicana de reportes ciudadanos que se preocupa por tu bienestar y el de toda tu ciudad.

• apps
• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

We help Open Source projects for cities become successful, build sustainable communities around them and create a thriving public Open Source ecosystem.

• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech

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

• cities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

CityScore is an initiative designed to inform the Mayor and city managers about the overall health of the City at a moment’s notice by aggregating key performance metrics into one number.

• cities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

With curbside delivery on the rise, get a quick free tool to help you know when customers arrive to pickup their order.

• cities

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

A dockless bike and scooter pilot in Washington DC that provides ridership information and more data to help plan a more integrated transportation system.

• cities
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Regulation

urbAIn is a series of unique, one-day events gathering 100-150 city leaders and innovators to explore the many ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) is changing city life.

• cities

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

The Startups Driving Europe's GovTech Revolution

• cities

• Awards and prizes

Janaagraha’s mission is to transform quality of life in India’s cities and towns.

• cities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Portal de datos abiertos sobre problemáticas urbanas

• cities

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

In partnership with the Social Tech Trust, the Civic Innovation Challenge is calling on tech startups and innovators to develop solutions to London’s biggest challenges.

• cities
• mobility
• planning

• The People
• Get funding
• Challenges

Supernormal is an architecture, urban design, and research firm investigating the inevitable overlap of cultural and digital practice.

• cities
• urban planning

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

A global platform connecting physical places: a curated network for civic innovation, connecting local innovators with government, academia, business, and community both within their cities and around the world.

• cities

• The People
• Build something
• Govtech vendors

A global nonprofit committed to shaping a better urban future.

• cities

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• cities

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Urban Archive is a technology nonprofit that creates new connections between people, places, and historical institutions.

• apps
• history
• place-based

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

“Marsad Baladia” , or the Municipality Observatory, was launched in January 2014, aiming to monitor municipal activity through access to information, and to present it in a clear and updated manner. The project also aims to strengthen the link between the municipality and citizens,

• cities

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

The Integrated Technology Platform for Local Government

• cities
• local
• towns

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.

• cities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A simple citybuilder

• cities

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Enable cities and companies to communicate clearly about curb regulations to enable better analysis, planning, and management of public space

• cities
• streetscape

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Internet access in major global subway networks

• cities
• mass transit
• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

AppMyCity! is a contest for the world’s best urban app

• cities

• The People
• Awards and prizes
• Fieldwide resources

Civic I/O is a network of innovators and instigators committed to the hard work of progressing their cities. United by a common drive and ambition, civic leaders join together to help each other imagine and realize what is truly possible, altering the course of their city’s future and making a lasting impact.

• cities

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Kumpulan cerita tentang orang, studi kasus, penelitian kami, dan wajah kota yang selalu berubah yang Anda jalani. // Qlue is a crowd-sourcing smartphone app where the users can report various incidents such as flooding, crime, fires or waste-related issues.

• apps
• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech

a McKinsey report

• cities
• reports

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

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.

• cities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Sidewalk Labs is reimagining cities to improve quality of life.

• cities
• mobility

• Civic data
• Civic teams at tech companies

The South African Cities Open Data Almanac (SCODA) is a city-centric data portal that contains data and indicators on issues such as city demographics, productive cities, inclusive cities, sustainable cities and well governed cities. These datasets can help cities by supporting the planning, management, monitoring, and reporting needs of cities.

• cities
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

It explores how different stakeholders in the Smart City ecosystem can come together to build safer, more efficient and sustainable cities of the future.

• cities
• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts