The smart governance platform for cities and towns. Wir ermöglichen Entscheidungsträgern in Städten und Gemeinden, datengetrieben zu steuern.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We’re an ever-expanding and increasingly diverse group of co-conspirators who, mainly, partner with activist groups on creative tactics to further campaigns.

• Specific campaigns
• Artistic interventions

The Green Button initiative is an industry-led effort to respond to a White House call-to-action to provide electricity, natural gas, and water customers with easy access to their energy- and water-usage data in a consumer-friendly and computer-friendly format.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Digital Woman Uganda is a Civic-tech and Digital Rights Advocacy organization – operating an ICT powered model to extend the literacy and skills of an eco-system economy that the world currently operates in to a woman/ girl child

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

TAFTIE is the European Association of leading national innovation agencies

• The People
• Meet the others
• Build something

Data for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potential of the digital revolution in the government sector.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our mode is entrepreneurial nonprofit.

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

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and promote internet norms and principles essential to democratic governance.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Tumml empowers entrepreneurs to solve urban problems. A nonprofit, Tumml's goal is to support the next generation of Zipcars and Revolution Foods.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

To specifically break through online rumors, restore the truth, and urge everyone to continue to enjoy life.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

IIT Institute of Design (ID) is a graduate design school with a history of innovation

• The People
• Build something
• Toolkits

MindMixer acts as a virtual town-hall allowing community planning to happen online.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

#MineAlert allows you to track and share mining applications and licences

• mining
• apps

• Watchdogging and transparency

Laudelina is a mobile application, aimed to empower domestic workers. It has an accessible guide to labour rights, abenefits calculator, a list of protection agencies, and an option to create a social network with fellow domestic workers.

• apps
• labor

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

City Bureau is a nonprofit civic journalism lab based on the South Side of Chicago. We bring journalists and communities together in a collaborative spirit to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

Latvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

As a Code for America Brigade, we're part of a national network of civic-minded volunteers using technology for the public good.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Microsoft AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source robotics simulation platform. From ground vehicles, wheeled robotics, aerial drones, and even static IoT devices, AirSim can capture data for models without costly field operations.

• Microsoft

• Drones

Mostly fundraising and roles that support fundraising in large organizations, education, foundations.

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Consolidation in the Internet Economy

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Open internet

The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke

• books

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Realize an Emissions Free World by 2040

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Tech for public challenges
• Carbon calculators

The alumni Twitter account for a 2-year graduate program in Tisch, NYU to explore the creative uses of communication technologies

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

The fastest way for local governments to discover, test, and share innovative solutions.

• Govtech
• Graveyard
• Bureaucracy tech

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

• OpenStreetMap

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Meta's collection of VR for social good stories

• Meta

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate.

• Climate action
• research

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

an initiative of UNDP and the Slovak Ministry of Finance, to support cities in the application of innovative approaches

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

We’ve worked with more than 1,000 different social enterprise start-ups operating in more than 100 different countries since 2004.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Track bills, review legislation, research data & see how your representatives are voting.

• state

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Ranking ICT sector companies on respect for free expression and privacy

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital rights
• Evaluate impact

See what's happening in Right Wing media from the safety of your inbox.

• newsletters

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Progressive HackNight is a bi-weekly gathering of coders and creatives, makers and doers, to foment and inspire action. We use our collective talents and abilities to push forward pro-social change in benefit of the common good.

• partisan

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Centre for Collective Intelligence Design will explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to make the most of our collective knowledge and develop innovative and effective solutions to social challenges.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Connect to Congress in realtime

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

ShotSpotter is the leader in gunshot detection solutions that helps law enforcement officials and security personnel identify, locate and deter gun violence

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Ever wondered how you’d do as President of the United States? Find out with Executive Command!

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups

The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that they don’t know how. Solving this problem led us to create Democracy.com. Our groundbreaking free-to-join platform makes citizen action as easy as buying a book online.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Citizen science

Chart the frequency of words and phrases in UK Parliament debates

• Media
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Media and social media analysis

The New York Times asked officials in every state and the District of Columbia about their reporting processes and what share of votes they expect to be counted by noon on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Here’s what they said to expect.

• Voting and elections
• Election observation

"A tool to help Democratic campaigns sift through data on hundreds of millions of people across the U.S....It will help campaigns decide who to call, text, email and target with digital advertisements during this contentious and unprecedented election year and beyond."

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Code for Milwaukee is looking for volunteers with a creative mind to come together to make our city better for everyone.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups