The Beirut Built Environment Database is a platform gathering geolocalised social, environmental, and economic information on building activity in the Greater Beirut Area.

• city
• landlord
• land

• Civic data
• Civic maps

The Beirut Urban Observatory is a platform of geolocalized urban data informing ongoing post-blast recovery efforts.

• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Civic maps

NYC's first citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) (2022-2023)

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

@nycdatabot is a Twitter bot that lets you explore the city of New York through data.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Bots
• Open government data

Im BVV-Planspiel machen Sie gemeinsam mit anderen Spieler:innen Bezirkspolitik. In einem konkreten Streitfall entwickeln Sie die Position einer fiktiven Partei und vertreten sie in der BVV. Ziel ist es, einen konkreten Antrag an das Bezirksamt zu richten.

• libraries

• Games and gamification
• Civic literacy

Openly mapping for the pedestrian experience.

• place-based
• city
• OpenStreetMap

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Mapping tools

An annual survey and report by Data Foundation

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Open government data

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.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Incubators

Outfit that organized digital volunteer deployments around humanitarian crises. No longer active in this regard, but still publishing reports.

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Pro bono and volunteer

The New Haven Independent is produced in conjunction with the Online Journalism Project, a not-for-profit effort to promote professional-quality ​“stand-alone” and ​“hyperlocal” news sites on the Internet.

• Media
• Nonprofit newsrooms

Accelerator for America and Honeywell Collaborate to Promote Smart City Growth in Five U.S. Cities

• commercial

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Accelerators

FUSE increases the capacity of local governments to engage communities, advance racial equity, and work more effectively for everyone.

• Fellowships

As part of the Beeck Center’s Digital Service Collaborative , a project in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, we will knit together a collection of state agencies based on common needs to help them collaboratively procure, develop, and maintain the software that they all depend on

• local

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Partner networks and coalitions

ParityBOT is a Twitter bot that spins the abuse and toxicity directed at women in politics into positive, uplifting and encouraging messages. The artificial intelligence technology that powers ParityBOT detects and classifies hateful, harmful and toxic tweets directed at women in leadership or public office

• Gender Equality
• women

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Bots

The national voice of municipalities relating to information and communications technology.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Peer networks
• Trade groups

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Was 4 pilot projects in European cities

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

The African Leadership Institute (AFLI) focuses on building the capacity and capability of visionary and strategic leadership across the continent.

Refugees as City-Makers

• city
• refugees
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Research and policy centers
• Civic maps

The three sections of our work, Election Observation, Capacity Building and Campaign & Advocacy are different parts of ANFREL’s holistic approach to the promotion of democratic institutions. These divisions, while different, support one another.

• Voting and elections
• Election observation

Mayor Emanuel's tech plan for Chicago

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

OpenTripPlanner (OTP) is a family of open source software projects that provide passenger information and transportation network analysis services.

• mobility

China’s Participation Center developed a “mini app” for the popular WeChat platform, and grew the number of participatory budgeting users in Chengdu city to more than 3 million

• WeChat (Weixin)

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

The Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism (L.A. REPAIR) is L.A.'s first participatory budget pilot program. L.A. REPAIR will distribute roughly $8.5 million directly to nine L.A. City neighborhoods, called REPAIR Zones.

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

The task force is creating multi-faceted policy and practice tools to inform, guide, and facilitate responsible data governance by cities and counties

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Working groups
• Data governance

This paper identifies and addresses persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Evaluate impact

Nft-gated directory of low cost resources

• Blockchain
• Access social benefits
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

Advocacy Assembly is a free learning community for human rights activists and journalists.

• trainings

• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Leveraging digital data in ways that advance your mission and respect the rights of the people you serve is a core capacity of foundations and nonprofits in the 21st century

• Nonprofit tech
• Digital transformation
• Toolkits

This is an audio/visual story exploring the sounds of Mexico City’s streets.

• noise

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Artistic interventions

by Okki Berendschot

• city
• Reduced inequalities
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Learn about civic tech
• Artistic interventions

Investigating the empirical case of urban biking activists in Madrid, we explore how the design of the digital platform Decide Madrid impacted the collaborative practices involved in digital participatory budgeting.

• cycling

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

ACT 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.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Supporting public sector from outside government

The 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.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Peer networks
• Awards and prizes

ClearRoad provides cloud-based solutions to keep roads well-maintained and well-managed Schedule a demo

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Urban planning

With the Civic Voice, you have the power to access, follow through and contribute to bills that matter most to you.

• apps

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Ushahidi instance crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.

• floods

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping

Our 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

• trainings
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Supporting public sector from outside government

Powering comments sections

• Media
• Engagement journalism

Mobile app to help easily check the veracity of an information - article, image, video, etc.

• Fight disinformation

When fintechs and nonprofits work together, they can offer a powerful combination of well-designed tech solutions and supportive relationships with trusted partners to improve financial health.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Fintech for good

Harassment Manager is a web application that aims to empower users to document and take action on abuse targeted at them on online platforms.

• Google
• anti-harassment
• hate speech

• Solidarity networks

Empowering and inspiring civic innovators across central Virginia

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Join us for the 2022 Public Interest Tech University Network (PIT-UN) Convening, hosted by City University of New York, on Oct. 28-29.

• Conferences
• Public Interest Tech

Urbanpinion is a citizen engagement platform that lets city government, community leaders, architects and activists easily set up a landing with an interactive map to collect citizens suggestions, receive analytics based on collected data and make later on right decisions for city development.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Community-owned internet infrastructure

• coop
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Connectivity
• Community-building resources
• Community wifi

Design for Civic Change is a professional development program for government workers interested in implementing community-engaged design within their work.

• trainings
• coaching

• Govtech
• Participatory democracy

The Initiative for Media Freedom (IMF) is a five-year program implemented by Internews and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Ethiopia Check debunks claims and exposes fake news using its platforms on Facebook (52,000 followers), Twitter (7,000 followers) and Telegram (34,000 followers).

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Animal Politico's fact-checking project. "Fooling a dog is difficult."

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking