Civic Tech Field Guide

Matras 2

Qatar (Dawlat Qatar)

Matras 2 offers a range of services, related to matters such as vehicle registration, immigration and visadocumentation, and loss of documents.

Senseable Cities

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

Urban imagination and social innovation through design & science

Mi Senado

Mi Senado: Aplicación Oficial del Senado de la República de Colombia (en tiempo real)

PeaceTech Lab

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera)

PeaceTech Lab works to reduce violent conflict using technology, media, and data to accelerate and scale peacebuilding efforts

Hubs

The Perfect Candidate

1 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW, Australia

Driven by data, not bias, I’ll help you discover how aligned our leaders are with the issues that matter most to you and start a more courageous conversation about Australia’s future.

Displacement Alert Portal

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004, United States

DAP Portal is a comprehensive new research tool that includes dozens of datasets indicating harassment and potential displacement from New York City housing.

housing

Enexis Open Data Agenda

Enexis, a Dutch energy company, makes anonymized data about residential gas and electric energy use publically available via its website.

WeThePeople

The White House, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The original White House petition site

Proterra

1815 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA

Heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer delivering clean, quiet transportation for all.

mobility

Fluicity

4 Rue du Caire, 75002 Paris, France

Fluicity est une solution d’engagement citoyen, qui permet la prise de décision collective autour des sujets d’intérêt général.

apps

TPXimpact (formerly FutureGov)

Over the past ten years, we’ve helped more than a hundred local and national authorities across four continents think differently about public services

Code for America Technology Awards

The Code for America Technology Awards recognize outstanding products and implementations of government technology.

Coronavirus Print & Social Media Resources to help #StopTheSpread

Posters and social media resources for Canva users

print resources

Global Factchecking Summit

In the four years since fact-checkers around the world first gathered in London for the inaugural Global Fact-Checking Summit, a lot has happened

City of Seattle Privacy Principles

Seattle, WA, United States of America

City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Monday to provide a framework for dealing with current and future technologies that impact privacy

Digital States

United States of America (the)

A comprehensive study that examines best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations.

Ashoka Fellowship

A global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs -- individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems.

Our mission is to support development actors to better collect, structure, use and open data, while respecting people's privacy and preserving the interests of the nation - through research, advocacy, training, tools and assistance

OpenBudgets

Europe

A toolbox for analyzing and visualizing public budget data as well as support participatory budgeting

Patronicity

Detroit, MI

Patronicity brings together local citizens and sponsors to support great initiatives in their communities.

Civic crowdfunding platforms

PesaCheck

East Africa

PesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative to verify the financial and other statistical numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa, supported by International Budget Partnership, and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

indigenous

Bosque Urbano

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

An urban tree counter

PlusPool

New York City

A water-filtering floating pool in New York for everybody

Clean water and sanitation

Kremlin Watch

Kremlin Watch is a strategic program of the European Values Center for Security Policy which aims to expose and confront instruments of Russian influence and disinformation operations focused against Western democracies.

Civic Hall Digital Learning Center Professional Training Programs

Civic Hall is launching the Digital Learning Center (DLC) to address the nonprofit digital leadership gap by providing professional development classes and workshops aimed specifically at building the digital, data and technology literacy of New York City nonprofit organizations and their leaders.

MightyCause

Alexandria, VA, USA

A HUB OF FUNDING TOOLS MADE WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN MIND

Civic Labs Belgium

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)

Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium

Project Vote Smart

Vote Smart, 1153 24th Street, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA

Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988.

OpenSecrets.org

Center For Responsive Politics, L Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

We pursue our mission largely through our award-winning website, OpenSecrets.org, which is the most comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere

Watchdogging and transparency

Citizen interaction design

Michigan, USA

in which students are partnered with a local community in Michigan for the purpose of using information and technology to effect change in how citizens interact with and are served by local units of government.

rural

HuriDocs

Geneva, Switzerland

Human rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.

human rights

Open Government Partnership Global Summit

Washington, DC

Promoted open data disclosure and use for the public and businesses through key public data disclosure, business matching, youth internship program, and cooperation with relevant organizations

Epp Peace Incubator

140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Advancing peace through social innovation

CivicPage

Marsad Baladia

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie

“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

AppCivist

The CITRIS Invention Lab

AppCivist is a platform for democratic assembly and collective action.

Impact.jor

Brazil (Brasil)

O Impacto.Jor é uma iniciativa para medir o impacto do jornalismo na vida das pessoas, através de um software criado para reportar e agregar impactos.

Isocity

A simple citybuilder

cities

Code for Science and Society

Portland, OR

We empower communities to work together and build innovative technology for the public good.

Census Reporter

Census Reporter provides useful facts about every place in America. Compare places using tables and maps, download data, and embed charts on your site!

census

WorkIt Walmart employee app

New York City

AI bot that can navigate and serve up FAQ content in conversations with workers

Republic

San Francisco

Now you can be an angel investor

Weather or Not

Weather or Not is a simple game designed to introduce the basics of forecast-based humanitarian decisions.

DoNotPay bot

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

The World's First Robot Lawyer

Communally

Assisting low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move from the Crisis of poverty to being able to make real Choices in their lives through the practical application of innovative technology, public policy expertise, and community outreach.