The platform for education and learning.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Tools

The ride-hailing company is working with DC to share data—and the much coveted curb.

• Uber

• Data science for social good
• Urban planning

Explore the far reaches of the world, right in your browser.

• Google

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Create campaign websites and embed email, call-in, fundraising and social network actions targeting politicians and decision makers anywhere in the world.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Communicating with the government

The media platform for the global development community

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Research paper by Amanda Clarke, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

• research

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

What if you are subjected to domestic violence?

• women
• Gender Equality

• Govtech
• Graveyard
• Communicating with the government

De Blasio Administration Launches NYCx to Stimulate Economic Growth, Create Jobs and Solve Big Challenges Through New Technologies

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

NYC’s best public interest tech + open data event of the year — NYC School of Data!

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

It is a competition designed to help city leaders think big, be bold and uncover inventive – and, ultimately shareable – ideas that tackle today’s toughest problems.

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Civicbudget is an open source participative platform enabling any organization, public or private, to launch a consultation process.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Global Laboratory of Future Mobility

• city
• mobility
• Sustainable cities and communities

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

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

• apps
• free speech

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

A report on innovations attempted by Mobile Network Operators following the major earthquake in Nepal

• earthquakes

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

The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

IDEO brings together technologists and social innovators to imagine new uses for these “flying helpers"

• Drones

Legal Aid Checker is an online triaging system, helping to determine if people are eligible to recieve services and help from Victoria Legal Aid.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

the easiest way to find local freelancers

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

Google Books Ngram Viewer

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

WeSpeak is a citizen feedback platform

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

De overheidsbrede kenniscommunity Gebruiker Centraal wil een servicegerichte en gebruiksvriendelijke (digitale) overheid. Via evenementen leren we van elkaars ervaringen en doen we ideeën op. Met instrumenten delen we die kennis.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Not accepting fellows as of 4/23/2020. The Compass Fellowship connects diverse changemakers with the tools, training, and jobs needed to build a career in the progressive movement.

• partisan

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Neighborhood Funders Group organizes philanthropy so that Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities and low income communities thrive.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Reboot builds and powers coalitions for courageous, structural change.

• Graveyard
• Civic and social impact companies

CIRCLE is a non-partisan, independent research organization focused on youth civic engagement in the United States.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

• Civic and social impact companies

Wish you had a better way to make sense of Twitter during disasters than this? Type in a keyword like #ChileEarthquake in Twitter's search box above and you'll see more tweets than you can possibly read in a day let alone keep up with for more than a few minutes

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

Crowdfunding Incredible Muslims

• racial equity

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

When conversations are held in public, everyone’s accountable

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Municipalities across the country have joined together to create a new global non-profit organization called the Open Mobility Foundation to support the development of open-sourced software that provides scalable mobility solutions for cities.

• city
• mobility
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Partner networks and coalitions

A collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices

• The People
• Meet the others
• Adjacent Fields

Chrome extension

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

To strengthen the topic of freedom of information as a whole by transparently depicting the inquiry and response process.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

GovChat is a web platform that also uses Whatsapp and USSD to allow citizens to connect with government representatives.

• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

Best in class P2P texting and calling tools to help you reach your audiences at scale.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Haqdarshak enables citizens to access government welfare schemes for which they are eligible. They provide onlineand offline support with documentation and applications.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

High-impact jobs solving the climate crisis

• Climate action

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

The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

Political organization focused on generating healthy physical and digital spaces for co-creation and incidence in the political landscape.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Enrich your stories with charts, maps and tables.

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Find a job or hire someone

People with access to lasercutters and 3D printers are designing and fabricating face masks for front-line healthcare workers

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• High-tech COVID Interventions

APPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES

• The Tech
• The People
• Adjacent Fields

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

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. 

• books

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

Studying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society

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

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.

• Advocacy tech

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.

Presidential 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

• g0v

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

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 People
• Build something
• Accelerators