Now GovEx

• research
• trainings

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

Contribute to software projects for social good. Give your time or money to help build software to better the arts, education, government, science, and more.

• The People
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

FactChecker.in is India’s first dedicated Fact Check initiative.

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation

The Open Source Peer to Peer SMS Tool

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• SMS tools

A five-year partnership that hoped to improve procurement through open data and transparency

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Graveyard

LawGives is an online legal service platform. Users can input their legal problem and the site generates free quotes and consultations from registered attorneys.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Holds you Accountable! Macedonian fact-checking outlet

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Mapping Hard to Count (HTC) Communities for a Fair and Accurate 2020 Census

• census

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Pentru munca de cercetare din cadrul proiectului „Podul Bunei Guvernări", au fost verificate 106 instituţii din România (18 ministere, 41 de consilii judeţene şi 47 de primării ale municipiilor reşedinţă de judeţ, inclusiv Bucureşti şi cele 6 sectoare).

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Mapping
• Civic maps

Networked Neighbourhoods is a consultancy combining the expertise of experienced practitioners in social media, communications and community development.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

GSA’s Emerging Citizen Technology program collaborates with U.S. businesses, civic organizations and inter-agency communities.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Change.org is the web's leading platform for social change, empowering anyone, anywhere to start petitions that make a difference.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

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

• peace

• The People
• Build something
• Building in the private sector

Congressional Research Service Reports for the People

• Watchdogging and transparency

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

Wise Entertainment is an award winning independent studio that develops, creates and produces content that lives at the intersection of entertainment, social justice and civic imagination. Their “proof of concept” was the hit drama series East Los High.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Specific campaigns

Intervention SimulationAugmented Reality Decision Support Systems topredict and quantify the impact of disruptive interventions

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Urban planning

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

We advocate, visualize and track government spending and international aid, and let you know how effective it has been in our rural communities.

• The Tech
• The People
• Watchdogging and transparency

As the Confederation turns 150, Connected Canada will examine what it means to be a digital citizen in Canada today

• Conferences

Local meetings happen all the time. Let’s make showing up easy.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

We are an organization that defends and promotes Internet freedom, through concrete actions of research, dissemination and defense in cases where there is a violation of digital rights.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

At the heart of CharityBase is the most comprehensive source of public data on charities in the UK.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Nonprofit tech

An international network of organizations who believe that digital technology opens new channels for citizens to more meaningfully engage in the public sphere and have a positive impact on their communities.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

This portal makes available data on the City of Cape Town to increase transparency in its processes and actively involve residents and other stakeholders in local government, as well as promote economic opportunity.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Digital Rights Monopoly is a game that reflects core digital rights issues affecting youth in marginalized regions, and offers pathways to build a healthier internet in local communities.

• The Tech
• Media
• Adjacent Fields

ioby brings neighborhood projects to life, block by block.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

QuakeQuizSF Earthquake awareness quiz, is a fun interactive quiz that provided useful suggestions on what to do in case of an earthquake.

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Reveal hidden gender bias

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

Philadelphia’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) pilots experiments that offer the potential to improve radically the quality of City services

• cities

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

A research lab that addresses local issues through participatory data practices: methods, approaches and tools for co-creation to learn about and through data.

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

Open Source Politics is a company that builds participatory democracy open source tools and hosts collective inteligence workshops for private or public stakeholders willing to engage in a public consultation or a participatory budgeting process.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics was formed in 2010 as one of the first municipal innovation offices in the world

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Auf meinBerlin finden Sie eine Übersicht über Projekte der Berliner Verwaltung sowie zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, sich aktiv an der Gestaltung unserer Stadt zu beteiligen

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

This section contains information about the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), an international standard that is used by IPAWS to send public alerts and warnings.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Civic engagement can take many forms and Cityflag, a mobile phone app that allows citizens to highlight and track local issues, wants to make it just a download away

• The Tech
• Media
• Govtech

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Freedom of Information

The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.

• guides

• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The research conducted by Tactical Tech and our partners over the last 18 months has confirmed that WhatsApp is now a primary means of delivery for political messaging in many countries in the Global South, with particularly strong penetration in rural communities where internet is accessed mostly via smartphones.

• reports
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Organize campaigns

Tea Base is a DIY community art space in the basement of the Chinatown Centre in Toronto.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Organizations

We’re a new office within the City of Austin that’s dedicated to designing and building services for residents that grow and adapt with their needs.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

A web application to connect the general public with the large network of shelters and rescue organisations when people run into wildlife in distress.

• animals
• Sustainable cities and communities
• fires

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

Uber's open-source, WebGL-powered visualization frameworks

• mobility
• Uber

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

Visualizing Iran

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

Step into someone else's Twitter feed

• extensions

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

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

Reach the right people at the right time with our Political Phone Banking, Robocalls, Peer to peer texting, and Text Broadcasting Software. CallHub is available in 200+ countries.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns