Now part of Tech Impact. Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Technology Decisions

• The Tech
• Graveyard
• Civic tech catalogs

One IT solution for all participatory budgeting activities. Available as SaaS or self-hosted.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

Das zentrale Datenportal für Wirtschaft, Kultur, NGO/NPO, Forschung und Zivilgesellschaft. Das Open Data Portal bietet eine Plattform um auf Daten aus den

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Our mission at WeGovNYC is to bring New Yorkers together to create the world’s best municipality.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Support civic projects with tech

Pocket Law is an offline legal library for students with no internet connection at home, and for courts with limitedinternet connectivity. Additionally, smaller or younger law firms can also subscribe to use this legal library.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

The Municipal Barometer is a web-based portal that provides municipalities and people with local level data so municipalities can make informed and resolute decisions to deliver on their mandates

Eric Cantor's legislation-tracking platform, built on Facebook

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Connecting Expertise to Government

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Other analytic software can show you what is happening, but only Quid can unlock the context that explains why.

• commercial

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

SpeakEasy democratizes the political process by making it cheaper and easier for campaigns to use targeted direct mail to communicate with voters

• Organize campaigns

Gov Pod, a podcast series by Microsoft, takes us on a journey to understand how the cloud, AI and blockchain—among other technologies—simplifies the lives of citizens, first responders, and defense organizations while enabling more transparency in how governments provide their services.

• podcasts

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Visible Polls is a platform that curates election data across Africa

The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select group of social entrepreneurs whose innovations have already had significant, proven impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems, and invests directly in the promise of even greater impact at scale.

• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Pondera offers a comprehensive cloud solution to help you detect, investigate, and enforce fraud, waste, and abuse.

• fraud detection

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

A través de SeamOS, podremos sentar un voto de opinión sobre las propuestas que se presentan en el Concejo de Bogota.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• The People
• Evaluate impact

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

An Adhocracy-powered engagement campaign for Berlin. Kooperativer Ideenworkshop Zur Zukunft Des Wohnens

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

ODI Summit 2023, 7 November. Free and online. Join the global conversation about data and AI. Discover how data impacts technological developments.

• Civic data
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

From the federal to state to local government, the Books are Open… Search salary, pension and spending databases.

• Watchdogging and transparency

Given the volume of events being organized in the emerging field around Digital Disinformation, we are developing an events calendar to better track the timing and focus of these convenings.

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

Opportunity Awaits: Introducing (Port)Land of Opportunity, Our Newest Game

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Startups and social entreprises that are transforming cities around the world through technology.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Build something
• Incubators

WoeLab is a grassroots network of inventors and entrepreneurs who want to build smart city projects or a digital democracy

This humanitarian aid worker attracted the famous mentor and launched a virtual reality film business acquired by Verizon AOL.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

This site tracks COVID-19 testing data and hospital bed availability over time in the city of Chicago.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Data visualization
• COVID Data Projects

Helping citizens and communities to give their view on civic issues through Messenger chatbots

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

• research

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Built as a microcosm of Berlin, the game gives kids a chance to try out different roles in city life – and provides a testbed for ideas on real urban challenges

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

“Otgovariat.bg” е платформа, чиято главна цел е укрепването на демократичния процес в България чрез създаване на онлайн комуникационен канал, свързващ българските политици и гражданите.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A map of local restaurants offering pick-up and delivery

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

The International Innovation Corp at The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy creates scalable solutions to critical development problems

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

傳真社將逾220個大廈翻新工程的入標資料製作成「樓宇維修工程關係圖」，使用者只需要輸入屋苑、顧問或工程公司名稱，便可以找到相關公司或工程的入標紀錄，有助了解公司口碑。

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

• United States (federal government)

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Call to donate unused protective equipment

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• COVID

LawRato is an online platform which allows individuals and businesses to find lawyers and receive free legalinformation online.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

A startup developing an automated toolkit for energy monitoring and management

• Climate action

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

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• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Mzalendo is a non-partisan entity that keeps an eye on Kenyan Parliament with a mission to facilitate public participation in Parliamentary processes through Information Sharing, Research and Networking.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Engagement tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Kevin Desouza and Kiran Somvanshi examine a recent blockchain pilot project in West Virginia as a model to make voting easier and more transparent.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

Vision, mission, and leadership of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

File, track, and share public records requests.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

An interactive map lets readers explore the 2016 election in new detail.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Average $50k Per Startup The Summer Startup Accelerator is 12 weeks of focused growth. . Join the challenge and… . . Learn Experts guide you in: […]

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

The Internews Center for Innovation & Learning examines digital technologies and innovative approaches to meet information needs

• The People
• Media
• Build something

NICAR, the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, is a program of IRE, founded in 1989 and supported by the Missouri School of Journalism.

• Media
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

In our exhibit you’ll be invited to investigate how to make data-based, automated decision-making systems more understandable.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses