Designing a more equitable world

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

ml5.js aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser, building on top of TensorFlow.js with no other external dependencies.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Parks and trails are a cornerstone of public health and quality of life. The Open Trail System Specification (OpenTrails) helps citizens get outdoors to enjoy them.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Democracy Fund is a bipartisan foundation working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A website dedicated to helping employers create vote-friendly workplace policies, and celebrating those that do

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The first national magazine covering information technology in state and local government.

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

BallotReady is an online voter guide to local elections. We make it easy to vote informed on every candidate all across America.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech

We bring together people from the UK, no matter what their background, to stop the Tories from winning another parliamentary majority at the next election. We use electoral data to determine which left-leaning party has the best chance of beating the Tories in 50 of the most marginal seats and support any and all volunteers to get out campaigning.

• Brexit

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

What are your hopes and dreams for California's new Office of Digital Innovation?

• The People
• Fieldwide resources
• Civic tech community surveys

Simple. Secure. Reliable messaging.

• commercial
• WhatsApp

• Organize campaigns
• Group communication tools
• Internal communication and coordination

Newsbound is a creative studio specializing in visual storytelling for good.

• Civic and social impact companies

eclips.is is a free, lightweight platform where you can launch your (virtual) servers. It is funded by Open Technology Fund (OTF) to facilitate an easy accessible cloud infrastructure.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Medsaf is a curated medication marketplace for African hospitals and pharmacies.

• Good health and well-being

• Tech for public challenges

Tired of paper & pen checklists, shift notes, and log books? Join 1000s of restaurants nationwide and streamline your food safety & quality with our mobile app!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

As Deloitte Consulting LLP’s flagship federal think tank and innovation center, GovLab develops a unique understanding of an increasingly complex and dynamic world

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence

Berlinweit gibt es ca. 84.000 Menschen die staatliche Unterstützung in Form von Grundsicherung zur Sicherung ihres Lebensunterhalts bekommen.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Nesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Get funding

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Our software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.

• development

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Here we discuss two pillars of a Citizens’ Assembly website: its design and editorial principles; and the information that should be included.

• guides

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital participation platforms

by First Draft News

• COVID
• COVID Media Projects

All The Data, For We The People

• Build something
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic hacking meetups

Neighborhood Knowledge Platform

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Google team focused on election information and civic features within Google products

• Google

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

Knight Foundation is inviting nominations for its inaugural Knight Public Spaces Fellowship.

• Fellowships

GISCorps serves our global community by providing mapping expertise where it’s needed most. We match GIS volunteers with organizations in need worldwide.

• The People
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

Community searching for technological solutions to societal challenges.

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

A campaign leveraging personal stories about Pre-Existing Conditions, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act to defend it from legislative attacks

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Narrative tech

Open Data meets Liquid Democracy

• Participatory democracy
• Graveyard
• Emerging tech

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Through various tools on its website, MyLawBC provides legal aid, legal advice, information and representation topeople facing a legal problem.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Is the City Support Programme (CSP) of National Treasury initiative to help cities improve their governance performance, with a particular focus on land development and infrastructure development

• Bureaucracy tech

An Evaluation of Digital Gaming Platforms on Civic Capacity and Collective Action in the Boston Public School District

• The People
• Evaluate impact

The Emanuel administration hoped to harness the city’s trove of digital data to improve Chicagoans’ health, safety, and quality of life.

Its a free emergency app that connects South Africans to safety just by a press of a button which tells operators who you areand where you are

Plataforma colaborativa de financiamento de iniciativas voltadas para o enfrentamento dos efeitos do Coronavírus nas periferias brasileiras.

• Civic crowdfunding platforms

The Nigerian Law blog publishes blogposts to educate users on legal issues. It also engages users through social media by publishing information about laws and citizens’ rights.

Discourse instance for paying fines and more

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

The MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Academic programs

Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to delve deeper.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Fight disinformation

OpenBlock is a web application and RESTful service that allows users to browse and search their local area for "hyper-local news

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

Validated Real Time Information

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

We're building a platform where citizens can help realign our institutions and leaders with the public.

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the government
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Empowering citizens democratically with Artificial Intelligence

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

It opens avenues for reflection to renew our democracy and offers concrete solutions that everyone can take up.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.

• learning difficulties
• literacy
• blind

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Quality data collection for challenging settings

• commercial

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization