We build durable, impactful websites for world-changing nonprofits.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector
• Social impact design firms

MOSIP offers countries modular and open-source technology to build and own their national identity systems.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Govtech
• Identity

Singapore's digital transformation unit

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Innovation teams and labs

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Digital Benefits Network (DBN) at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University, and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) are collaborating on a two-year-long collaborative research and development project to adapt NIST’s digital identity guidelines to better support the implementation of public benefits policy and delivery while balancing security, privacy, equity, and usability.

• Good health and well-being

• Access social benefits
• Identity

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

• mobility
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Academia

Our Exiled Media Toolkit, produced in partnership with the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO), brings resources to journalists and outlets established or preparing to be in exile, as they report on communities and events in their home countries.

• diaspora
• toolkits

• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

This website tells a story of how a little known legal [corporate tribunal] mechanism is enriching fossil fuel corporations with public money, delaying climate action and threatening our future.

• Climate action
• sustainability

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

We envision mosip16.9 to be a collaborative hub where diverse perspectives converge to contribute to the current discourse on digital identity.

• Govtech
• News and blogs
• Identity

The nonpartisan standards define excellence in U.S. election administration for local election departments across the country.

• Voting and elections
• Data schemas and standards
• Election administration

The recent wave of protests calling for peace in Palestine have been met with unwarranted and aggressive suppression from law enforcement, universities, and other bad actors. It’s clear that the changing role of surveillance on college campuses exacerbates the dangers faced by all of the…

• guides
• students

• Digital security and privacy
• Direct action

Primer by Wanheng Hu and Ranjit Singh

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Governance of AI

Former president Bolsonaro claimed 600,000 attended a rally for him, but researchers used the tool to prove it was less than a third of that.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech
• Drones

Our SAMbot project measures abusive content that candidates and political parties receive online during Canadian elections.

• anti-harassment

• Bots
• Supporting public sector from outside government

POPVOX Foundation is working with legislative offices, support institutions, civil society, academics, and tech innovators to explore the future landscape of two-way engagement between representatives and constituents.

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

Humans of the House has received national media coverage and has been the #1 show in the Government category for several weeks on Apple Podcasts where it has also been featured as a New & Noteworthy Special Series.

• Govtech
• Civic literacy
• Podcasts

A now defunct digital transformation unit for England's health and social care institution

• Good health and well-being

• Govtech
• Graveyard
• Digital transformation

"Joining the Dots with PEPs" makes available to the public information on public officials’ Financial Declarations, government procurement and contracting, and contracts and tenders of companies in the extractive sector, with the aim of identifying possible conflicts of interest, corruption or misuse of public office.

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Careful Industries gives good advice to leaders navigating the intersections of social justice and technology.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civil society research outfits

CivTech is a Scottish Government programme that brings the public, private and third sectors together to build things that make people’s lives better

• Govtech
• Accelerators
• Building inside government

Transformation to improve health and care for everyone

• Good health and well-being

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

The IAAA is a community of practice that aims to advance and organise the algorithmic auditing profession, promote AI auditing standards, certify best practices and contribute to the emergence of Responsible AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Peer networks

As a citizen-centric European civil society organisation, ECAS developed its First Aid Democracy toolkit aimed at equipping citizens and civil society organisations with knowledge and practical tips for maintaining a healthy democracy.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech

Select a country and language to get all the practical information on how, when and where you can register on the electoral roll, as well as voting possibilities in your country of residence.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Voter registration
• Make a plan to vote

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector.

• Awards and prizes

Communiti Labs’ AI-powered data analytics allow project teams to collate insights across all channels and convert them into actionable strategies.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Welcome to the first global community for stateless people and their allies. Together we empower stateless people.

• immigration
• migration
• refugees

• Meet the others
• Open justice
• Solidarity networks

This research brief explores how public participation practitioners might encounter AI tools; examines the risks, opportunities and uncertainties these tools present; and offers ethical considerations to guide their use.

• research
• resources
• ChatGPT

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

• Social media

Wir machen das Rundum-Paket für deinen sozialdemokratischen Verband!

• partisan

• Campaign tools
• Internal communication and coordination

Using social movement research to tackle the world's most pressing problems

• Advocacy tech
• Civil society research outfits
• The craft of organizing

Open source financial management software for organizations (Die Finanzverwaltungssoftware)

• students
• Prototype Fund

• Bureaucracy tech
• Nonprofit tech
• General purpose open source tools

Workshop series to provide "a hands-on way for government to learn about the opportunities and considerations of leveraging AI and implementing these systems responsibly."

• workshops

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech

Non-profit fiscal host promoting a healthy and sustainable open source ecosystem.

• Get funding
• Nonprofit tech
• Open source

Open source chat and collaborative software like Slack and Teams

• Open source
• General purpose open source tools
• Internal communication and coordination

a collaborative project aimed at enabling protest groups and NGOs to evaluate their impact on public discourse.

• Advocacy tech
• Media and social media analysis

Give directly to worthy causes and get a video update showing the difference you make.

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Citizen assembly model

• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Deliberation
• Democratic Innovations

Augmenting participation, co-creation, trust and transparency in Deliberative Democracy at all scales

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Deliberation