Bringing underheard voices to the center of a stronger public dialogue

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Enspiral is a network of people working on stuff that matters. Our mission is to support people to do the same.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Founded in Taiwan, "g0v" (gov-zero) is a decentralised civic tech community with information transparency, open results and open cooperation as its core values. g0v engages in public affairs by drawing from the grassroot power of the community.

• g0v

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Nigerian issue reporting platform

• Issue reporting

‘Pocket Change’ is a Hindi digital content channel that creates relatable, comedy content for young Indians with civic engagement at its heart.

• YouTube

• Civic fiction
• Shows and films

J++ is an international team of data journalism specialists, with offices in Stockholm and Porto. The team integrates experts in research, data analysis, data-driven storytelling, newsroom programming and full-stack design.

• Media
• Data visualization
• Engagement journalism

citizink es una plataforma de participación creada con tecnologías de código abierto

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

Project Debater is the first AI system that can debate humans on complex topics. The goal is to help people build persuasive arguments and make well-informed decisions.

• IBM

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Debate

Online collaboration, discussion & consensus. For institutions, organisations & groups.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

A small static website gathering open data from Decidim platforms around the world.

• Decidim

• Engagement tech
• Evaluate impact

The Deliberatorium is a web-based system that combines ideas from argumentation theory and social computing to address this critical challenge

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Deliberation

A case study of legislative theater in Mulhouse, France.

• Engagement tech
• Artistic interventions

Czech participatory engagement platform for towns, villages, schools, and non-profits (and NYC's participatory budgeting)

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

Clean and user-friendly public participation platform to increase citizen engagement.

• Digital participation platforms
• Ideation
• Neighborhood forums

All-in-one resident engagement suite in Czechia

• apps

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Mapping tools

Mapping solution for municipalities

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Mapping tools

Trainings and storytelling for open government in Latin America

• trainings

• Govtech
• Engagement tech
• Digital literacy

Estonian engagement platform with binding triggers for popular proposals to go before government, locally and nationally

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Ideation

Platform for internal planning of engagement processes

• Digital participation platforms
• Bureaucracy tech

Open planning platform

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

NYC's open participation platform (using CitizenLab) to get public feedback on government use of tech

• Engagement tech

A digital participation platform offered by Enviroissues

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

Participatory engagement organization in Chengdu

• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

Es un espacio para fomentar la participación de la ciudadanía en la generación de ideas para mejorar la gestión de la ciudad.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

Dutch participatory engagement company

• Engagement tech
• Participation consultants

Italian company offering services and projects to engage the public in decision-making

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

A public engagement project around air quality

• air quality

• Engagement tech

All Our Ideas is an innovative tool that you can use for large-scale online engagements to produce a rank-ordered list of public input.

• ChatGPT

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech

Participatory process facilitators and partners

• People Powered

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Participation consultants

Coordinate your universe of online actions. Create a pattern of regular engagement and watch your support skyrocket. Built on NationBuilder.

• extensions

• Organize campaigns
• Manage volunteers

French association of consultation professionals for an innovative public debate.

• Engagement tech

Express your opinion on social issues that matter to you by voting on our consultations. Together – citizens, organizations, companies – let's set our priorities to make a change through concrete actions!

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Group decision making

A 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with residents, organizations, and municipalities to help improve the quality of life of all people in communities. We do this through engagement, education, connection and design.

• Design

We aim to find and elevate the diverse ways that city leaders are actively engaging their citizens to solve critical public problems.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Awards and prizes

The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) was formed in June 2004 with a mission to promote democratic citizen participation in governance and strengthen the capacity of communities to cope with human rights and development challenges through holding civic forums, leadership engagement, research, outreach and mobilization for social change.

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is dedicated to strengthening civic life in America.

• Citizen Engagement

Yiaga Africa is a non-profit civic hub of change makers committed to the promotion of democratic governance, human rights and civic engagement.

Rappler is an independent, digital-only social news network that leverages community and digital engagement to drive social change.

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• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Organize campaigns

Digital platform and methodology to open local governments. Powered by CONSUL.

• Consul

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

Concise civic engagement research summaries

• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs
• Peer-reviewed research

Closing feedback loops and building accountability in communities

• anti-trafficking

• Engagement tech
• Group decision making

76engage is an online platform that strengthens the bonds between citizens and public institutions through meaningful public engagement.

• Digital participation platforms
• Surveys & polling

Public Sentiment helps decisionmakers solve local problems using genuine community engagement fueled by local community networks and powerful digital tools

• Digital participation platforms

Kijiji Yeetu is a smart village platform that offers a unique ecosystem for activating our villages’ resources, knowledge, inspiration into viable development opportunities in 47 counties in Kenya, East Africa and beyond the world.

• towns

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

Makes digital democracy easy - for everyone no matter where.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

Divao aims to build a CivicTech toolbox with a focus on public discourse, group decision-making, and civic collaboration.

• place-based

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

The production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.

• culture

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Narrative tech

Established in 1993, Joint Venture Silicon Valley provides analysis and action on issues affecting our region’s economy and quality of life.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• city

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors