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
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

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

Open Data meets Liquid Democracy

• Participatory democracy
• Emerging tech
• Graveyard

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
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

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
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

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
• Meet the others
• Adjacent Fields

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
• Artificial Intelligence

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?

• All Our Ideas

• The People
• Fieldwide resources
• Civic tech community surveys

Simple. Secure. Reliable messaging.

• commercial
• WhatsApp

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

What is Emerging Citizens? Emerging Citizens is a suite of digital multiplayer games and media literacy curriculum

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

Our goal is to exponentially accelerate our ability to address global challenges that threaten our existence.

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Wetaase is an online and mobile platform serving high-risk individuals, victims and survivors of human trafficking in Uganda.

• anti-trafficking

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

IEEE GHTC focuses on advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

We crack the SCHUFA

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

The Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund invests in the most innovative enterprise software companies that drive measurable social and environmental impact.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

SecondMuse is an impact and innovation company that works with communities focused on climate, equity, and tech.

• Civic and social impact companies

an experimental project to enable practical alternatives to how we manage our personal data and interact on the internet

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Decentralization

The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Using the power of satirical AI -generated media to create awareness about the climate emergency.

• Climate action

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Martus was a free, open source, secure information collection and management tool that empowers these rights activists to be stronger in their fight against injustice and abuse.

• Graveyard
• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

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

The GSBI Accelerator is Miller Center’s signature program and is for the highest potential social enterprises we can find. Participating organizations have proven traction and potential to scale their impact dramatically

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

2018 Book by Susan Crawford

• books

• Books
• Connectivity

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 Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Con i Laboratori potrai segnalare, creare e far votare proposte per il tuo quartiere: contattaci o vieni agli incontri, per lavorare insieme a tecnici del Comune di Bologna ed esperti di coprogettazione.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Code for BCS is a Code for America Brigade (local chapter) focused on improving the lives of residents in Bryan/College Station.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Goteo is an open network for crowdfunding, collaborations and training, leader in social innovation. With 2 rounds and fiscal advantages for donors!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

OpenMobilityData will be the first data commons to fully integrate with transit data editors to update data automatically.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data

Haki Law App intends to make knowledge about laws easily accessible. The mobile application provides legalinformation and connects citizens to lawyers.

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges