offers incubation, capacity building and financing options to new, small and medium business ventures and Kenyan entrepreneurs that are developing innovations to address the challenges of climate change.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Supernormal is an architecture, urban design, and research firm investigating the inevitable overlap of cultural and digital practice.

• city
• urban planning
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Engagement platform by the City of Athens

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

New York City partnered with behavioral economics firm ideas42 and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to test simple “nudges” to get people to court; text reminders improved appearance rates, resulting in thousands fewer arrest warrants

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Organize campaigns

EasyVote Solutions delivers a SaaS platform to city, county and state election offices to help manage the process of running elections.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Voice of Kibera is a citizen reporting platform

• Media
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media

More than half of the world now lives in urban areas. In the U.S., urban dwellers are the vast majority of the population. What does it mean to live in a city today? What are the challenges for cities going forward? NPR explores urban life in the 21st century.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Racial literacy is a new method for addressing the racially disparate impacts of technology.

• racial equity

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Foundational layers

NYC Planning Labs builds open, impactful, modern technology tools for urban planners

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Help us find the world’s electoral boundaries!

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Ma3Route is a mobile/web/SMS platform that crowd-sources for transport data and provides users with information on traffic, matatu directions and driving reports

Follow air quality in your city in real-time, and protect yourself from pollution thanks to our personalized advice and hourly forecasts.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics was formed in 2010 as one of the first municipal innovation offices in the world

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a collaboration between the Urban Institute and local organizations that connect people with neighborhood data.

• city
• neighborhoods
• trainings

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Indicators

LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Research and policy centers
• Peer-reviewed research

The Transit Innovation Partnership is a public-private initiative launched by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Partnership for New York City with the mission to make New York the global leader in public transit.

• mass transit
• mobility

• Public Private Partnerships

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

Philadelphia’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) pilots experiments that offer the potential to improve radically the quality of City services

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

We want you to work for the City of Los Angeles. However, the process involved in getting a City Job can be a bit confusing. This site exists to help explain the process and help make it easier to pursue a public service career.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The NewCities Summit gathered top entrepreneurs, policymakers, corporate leaders, designers and thinkers to work together to improve life in cities

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

Citizen Engagement tools and services for city governments

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Reading lists

DAP Portal is a comprehensive new research tool that includes dozens of datasets indicating harassment and potential displacement from New York City housing.

• housing

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Enexis, a Dutch energy company, makes anonymized data about residential gas and electric energy use publically available via its website.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Civic Hall is launching the Digital Learning Center (DLC) to address the nonprofit digital leadership gap by providing professional development classes and workshops aimed specifically at building the digital, data and technology literacy of New York City nonprofit organizations and their leaders.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

The Lawyers Hub is a Pan-African Digital Law and Policy Organization working at the confluence of Law and Technology.

• Civic data
• Legal tech
• Tech or Digital Policy

“Marsad Baladia” , or the Municipality Observatory, was launched in January 2014, aiming to monitor municipal activity through access to information, and to present it in a clear and updated manner. The project also aims to strengthen the link between the municipality and citizens,

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

AppCivist is a platform for democratic assembly and collective action.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Meditect offers an innovative mobile solution which combines blockchain and artificial intelligence to allow pharmacists and patients to scan their medicines and thus ensure their authenticity.

• Good health and well-being

• Tech for public challenges

Code For Boulder lies within the intersection of tech, data, and community engagement. Boulder is a vibrant city; we join up with local government, non-profits, and community organizers to help bring out the best in the place we call home.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Somos la comunidad mexicana de reportes ciudadanos que se preocupa por tu bienestar y el de toda tu ciudad.

• apps
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

Open Data portal for the City of Ghent

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

As the winner of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, we’ve been offered a unique opportunity: $50 million in grant funding from the USDOT and Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to discover how we can accelerate human progress through open mobility.

• mobility

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

A vision for unlocking the eastern waterfront’s potential.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Graveyard

The Art of Data exhibit represented a unique visual perspective on the data that drives decisions and improvements in Kansas City.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Specific campaigns
• Artistic interventions

CommonSpace is a map-based data collection mobile application that makes it easier to record observations of human activities in open spaces — a method known as public life studies.

• apps
• urban planning

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Search New York City parking & camera violations

• mobility

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

We work to build citizen capacity to use data for better engagement with government and other stakeholders.

• Crowdsourcing

Join Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Smart City Expo World Congress is the world's biggest and most influential event on urban innovation.

• city
• commercial
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Emerging tech
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

• Govtech
• Innovation teams and labs
• Open innovation

Internet access in major global subway networks

• city
• mass transit
• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Connectivity
• Foundational layers

The city of Seattle, Wash, has been changing the way they deal with homeless populations, and gathering data to drive some evidenced-based solutions

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Our platform provides unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights for decision-makers.

• city
• earthquakes
• floods

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

Founded in 2012, Civic Tech DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Fireside specializes in creating the most innovative and easy-to-use tools to help Congressional offices connect with their constituents more efficiently.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

About The Civic Innovation Lab at BetaNYC is committed to serving the growing need for public interest technology in New York City. We use data, design, and technology to make research and information on urban issues more accessible to as many civic partners as possible, especially under-resourced organizations. Our team works with elected officials, government

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

In partnership with the Social Tech Trust, the Civic Innovation Challenge is calling on tech startups and innovators to develop solutions to London’s biggest challenges.

• city
• mobility
• planning

• The People
• Get funding
• Challenges

CryptoHarlem is a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always open to the public and completely free of charge.

• workshops

• The People
• Meet the others
• Adjacent Fields