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In the municipal partnership program, ICLD offers local governments in a number of partner countries and Swedish municipalities and regions, the possibility to enter result oriented collaborations for exchange and peer learning.
This standard explains what you need to do to make your web content and services accessible. We need to design and build services and content that everyone can access and understand.
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
Cornell TechMaking cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.
An open guide promoting participatory urban planning
Canòdrom
Carrer Concepció Arenal 165 08027 Barcelona (Spain)Tecnologies obertes, democràcia participativa i cultura digital
Boston University Initiative on Cities
Boston UniversityThe Initiative on Cities serves as a hub for urban related research and teaching across Boston University. We engage with urban leaders, policymakers, academics, and students from around the world to work toward sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.
City of Seattle Digital Equity Grants
Seattle, WA, United States of America2023 applications for digital equity grant opportunities from the City of Seattle are now open for organizations and community groups looking to help close the digital divide. This year, the City is offering $545,000 for qualifying projects with Technology Matching Fund (TMF) grants.
“Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data
Boston, MAModern administrative data—from 311 and 911 calls to building permit applications to Tweets—offer a detailed view of events and conditions across the city.
Mapping NGOs Repairs
Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut LebanonBetween March and September 2021, BUL researchers identified around 80 NGOs that participated in shelter repair within the neighborhoods severely affected by the August 2020 port blast. The data and findings are presented through a recent mapping output on the Beirut Urban Observatory.
Beirut Built Environment Database
Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut LebanonThe Beirut Built Environment Database is a platform gathering geolocalised social, environmental, and economic information on building activity in the Greater Beirut Area.
The People's Money
New York City, NY, USANYC's first citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) (2022-2023)
Data of New York
New York City@nycdatabot is a Twitter bot that lets you explore the city of New York through data.
OpenSidewalks
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaOpenly mapping for the pedestrian experience.
The Opportunity Project for Cities puts open data to work. We bring together governments, community leaders, and tech volunteers to address local challenges through the power of open data and community engagement.
The national voice of municipalities relating to information and communications technology.
Beirut Urban Lab
Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut LebanonRefugees as City-Makers
MetroLab Network's Data Governance Initiative
444 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAThe task force is creating multi-faceted policy and practice tools to inform, guide, and facilitate responsible data governance by cities and counties
City of Sacramento Participatory Budgeting
Sacramento, California, USAOn June 15, 2021, the Sacramento City Council approved the use of up to $1 million in Measure U funds for residents to propose ideas and vote on project concepts.
European Capital of Democracy
Barcelona, SpainThe European Capital of Democracy Initiative will build a strong network of Cities that will foster participation; a platform for hope, and for exercising the will and power to change our world for the better.
ACT NOW
Vienna, VAACT NOW is an international programme run by The Innovation in Politics Institute, which supports local politicians in tackling the current challenges they face, such as migration flows, the climate crisis, and increasing social division resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
ClearRoad
99 Wall Street NYClearRoad provides cloud-based solutions to keep roads well-maintained and well-managed Schedule a demo
Community Solutions Network
Montreal, QC, CanadaOur experienced and diverse team of advisors supports municipalities and organizations of all sizes across Canada on a range of data and tech issues. We work alongside our partners’ teams to assess their needs, define problems, mobilize research and knowledge, design solutions and support their implementation. Contact Us
A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.
Community Tech NY
New York City, NY, USACommunity-owned internet infrastructure
COVID In Boston
Boston, MAWith the onset of COVID, BARI has sought to construct a data-support system for a city during a pandemic–both to serve our local communities and to act as a model for others across the country.
An intelligent urban measurement project that’s changing our understanding of cities and urban life. The Array of Things (AoT) is a collaborative effort among scientists, universities, federal and local government, industry partners, and communities to collect real-time data on urban environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use
An interactive reconstruction of the destruction of a thriving, Black-owned neighborhood that reconstructs a sense of place
OneCity
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)OneCity allows developers and businesses to identify, evaluate and compare investment opportunities that align with official spatial strategies.
The cities in this Atlas represent the vanguard of urban governments that are hosting tests, developing their own autonomous vehicle (AV) pilots, making plans and policy, and monitoring developments in AV technologies, uses, and markets.
New York City Directories
New York CityArchive of New York City directories
LA's Angeleno Account
Los Angeles, CAWith the Beta launch of the Angeleno Account, the City of Los Angeles is building the foundation for a common account to access your City apps.
FastFWD is a partnership among The City of Philadelphia, GoodCompany Group, a social enterprise accelerator, and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative.
#defensiveTO
TorontoDocumenting the use of defensive urban design in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.
The leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders.
Urban AI
FranceUrban AI is a Think Tank that proposes ethical modes of governance and sustainable uses of urban AI.
The 2021 Global Mayors Challenge is the farthest reaching, most ambitious to date
Poznan's Smart City app
Poznań, PolandAfter the installation, users can decide which messages they want to receive
Berlin Open Source
BerlinThis page provides an overview of open source projects that are developed, commissioned or funded by public administrations in the state of Berlin
Urban Impact Agency
BerlinWe are a hands-on, empathy-guided consultancy agency. Our projects help start-ups, corporates, and administrations navigate city ecosystems and deploy impactful urban tech solutions globally.
inCitu
New York CityWe take planning proposals out of city hall and onto their urban context, seamlessly communicating projects with a large, diverse audience to win community support while crowdsourcing stakeholders' feedback.
Detroit Urban Solutions
Detroit, MIBringing organizations in Detroit together for cross-sector collaboration on urban innovation.
Numina
Brooklyn, NYNumina measures all kinds of curb-level activity. Anonymously and in aggregate, Numina delivers the volume counts, paths, and traffic behaviors of travelers and objects in streets.
Municipales App
FranceA l’occasion des élections de 2020, Municipales.app dote le citoyen d’outils pour comprendre le débat, y participer et exprimer sa voix. Participez au changement !
AI4Cities
EuropeSix European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.
A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance (Brookings / Ash Center Series, Innovative Governance in the 21st Century)
A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers, by Shannon Mattern
A design study and report on how digital technology is changing how we design cities
City of Philadelphia Service Design Studio
PhiladelphiaCollaborating with Philadelphians to design better City policies and services.
Atlas of Urban Expansion
New York University, New York, NY, USAMuniphase research project exploring urban expansion and boundaries.
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