Civic Tech Field Guide
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BogotáPolitical organization focused on generating healthy physical and digital spaces for co-creation and incidence in the political landscape.
Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.
People with access to lasercutters and 3D printers are designing and fabricating face masks for front-line healthcare workers
Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation program
Bloomberg Philanthropies, 25 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075, USAAPPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES
This book is a resource for (and by) practitioners inside and outside government—from the municipal chief information officer to the community organizer to the civic-minded entrepreneur.
Norman Lear Center
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, USAStudying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society
Amandla Awethu
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Awethu puts power in your hands. This is your space to run campaigns about issues affecting the Black majority of South Africa, particularly women. If you have an idea to make your community or the world, a better place for Black women, awethu can help you make it a reality.
Zlto
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Civic tech projects can aim at changing citizen’s behaviours. Zlato from South Africa is a digital platform which rewards positive behaviour inside communities thanks to a digital currency which can be used to purchase local products, from clothes to haircuts.
g0v Presidential Hackathon
Taipei City, TaiwanPresidential Hackathon is an initiative designed for the Taiwanese government to demonstrate its emphasis on open-source data, data utilization, and practice innovation to address the needs of the country in social innovations
Impact Hub is the world’s largest network focused on building entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale - home to the innovators, the dreamers and the entrepreneurs who are creating tangible solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.
The Datathon, a unique collaboration between nonprofit researchers and data scientists, brought together individuals from the Aspen Institute, Charity Navigator, GuideStar, Urban Institute, Syracuse University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and American University.
The Rules have developed a method and toolkit to help social movements bring about narrative and structural change. We call it Culture Hacking.
Principled Artificial Intelligence
Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USAA map of ethical and rights-based approaches
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On 26 July, 2018, we brought together global changemakers to learn from special guests Daisy Ozim, Veronica Garcia and Lee Brenner about using Blockchain to advance social change work.
Crowdsourced reporting and mapping of public gendered harassment
Code for America is working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the 21st century. We help residents and governments harness technology to solve community problems.
Open Seattle
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaOpen Seattle advocates for open data and civic technology projects that improve the lives of Seattle residents.
Vote Match
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Vote Match is an online voter quiz which matches users to the political party that best represents their views in an election, based on the issues which they select as most important.
G0vhk.io Hackathon
Eaton Hotel Hong Kong, Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei, Hong KongThe purpose is to solve social problems through technology and promote social progress in the form of projects
Census Accelerate Video Challenge
United States of America (the)Census Accelerate, an initiative within the innovation arm of the U.S. Census Bureau, has launched its first-ever video prize competition to reward the most engaging, impactful and informative videos about the 2020 Census - with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes.
What are the trends most impacting how campaigns create change in 2018? Bots. Decentralised campaigns. Facebook's ever-changing mood (and algorithm). MobLab and its network look at campaign trends in 2018.
Opinary
Engeldamm 62-64, 10179 Berlin, GermanyWe are not just a widget – we are THE platform for brands to scale content marketing and insight
Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech is an investigation into what it means to build civic tech with, not for.
OHail
New York CityAn API standard for ride hailing services
Fearless Cities: A Guide to the Global Municipalist Movement
Barcelona, SpainIn a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is emerging to defend human rights, democracy and the common good. Fearless Cities is the first book written by and for the global municipalist movement.
The Nigerian Lawblog
NigeriaThe 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.
PDX Women in Tech
Portland, ORPDX Women in Tech exists to encourage women to join tech and support and empower women so they stay in tech.
At TargetSmart, we make data better every day. And making better data helps our clients make the right decisions, define their audiences more intelligently, and communicate in a more impactful and cost-effective way.
ICT 4 Jobs
Chapel Hill, NCIf you're doing work in technology and development, submit an opportunity or ask how we can help connect you with top candidates.
Center for an Informed Public
The Information School, Mary Gates Hall, Northeast Grant Lane, Seattle, Washington, USATo resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse.
Nkola App
UgandaNkola App is a tool which can disseminate employment rights information via the short message codes on your phone – the ones usually used for airtime or service provision from the telecom companies.
Budget G0V TW
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)Data visualization and exploration tool for the Taiwanese Central Government General Budget
Open Petition
Greifswalder Straße 4, 10405 Berlin, Berlin, GermanyopenPetition supports petitioners in preparing their petition, collecting signatures and submitting the petition to the appropriate recipient.
Bots for Charity
Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USADirect Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
Change Research
San FranciscoChange Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win
Take back control of your ads. Keep your brand away from fake news, disinformation, and hate speech. Get an ad check.
Open declaration by Amnesty International and Access Now, endorsed by Human Rights Watch and Wikimedia Foundation at RightsCon Toronto 2018
Civic Plus
Topeka, KansasThe Integrated Technology Platform for Local Government
Innovation has been at the core of our corporate DNA since 1936, and the last several years have seen a wave of innovation that is delivering the promise of Smart Parking to cities of all sizes.
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