Civic Tech Field Guide

Code for America

San Francisco

Code for America is a non-partisan, non-political 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2009 to address the widening gap between the public and private sectors in their effective use of technology and design

Block'hood

Block’hood is a city building simulator video game that focuses on ideas of ecology, interdependence and decay.

The Hub East Africa

Nairobi

The knowledge hub for start-ups and SME’s

Centre for Humanitarian Data's Data Fellows

Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal, The Hague, Netherlands

Through this programme, Fellows design and deliver targeted projects that contribute to the Centre's overall goal of increasing the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector.

Technology Transformation Service citizen authentication

GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

18F is working iteratively with a team of technologists from across the government to build a platform for users who need to log in to government services

United States (federal government)

Work4Germany

Zionskirchstraße 73a, Berlin, Germany

Work4Germany is a 6 months full-time fellowship program for private / non profit sector talents who will work for a German ministry with the goal of modernising working methods and digitising the government from within.

Tulsa Community Foundation

Across Green Country, from the Tulsa Zoo to ONEOK Field, education to health, assisting neighborhoods to assisting nonprofits, Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF) is making a difference in Eastern Oklahoma

Cities benefit from open dockless data

Washington, DC

A dockless bike and scooter pilot in Washington DC that provides ridership information and more data to help plan a more integrated transportation system.

The World Bank Governance Global Practice

The Governance Global Practice supports client countries to help them build capable, efficient, open, inclusive, and accountable institutions.

Bridgespan Nonprofit Job Board

Boston, MA

Skews towards fundraising, organizations pay to post jobs

Gates Foundation

We seek to unlock the possibility inside every individual

The Impacts of Civic Tech Conference (TICTeC)

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France

TICTeC is an annual milestone in the Civic Tech world, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and all those with an interest in how technology is changing the way we engage with society.

People's Roadmap for a Digital New York City

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

In this citizen created roadmap, we outline how to humanize technology, move beyond transparency for transparency's sake, and ensure we have government technology that works for the people, built with the people.

UNLTD USA

We work at the city-level to find, fund and support the most promising entrepreneurs; then we build an ecosystem of support around them

LegalApp

Colombia

Digital tool that helps Colombian citizens know where, how and what to do regarding their everyday legal paperwork

MIT Center for Civic Media

MIT Media Lab

Creating Technology for Social Change

Democratic Principles for an Open Internet

1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC

The Democratic Principles for an Open Internet have been primarily designed for citizens and civil society organizations in fragile and emerging democracies, who are new to the digital rights space, are beginning to engage more regularly online, and who may be more likely to encounter deliberate internet disruptions as a result of government interference.

The Funders Network

Patricia L. Smith, President & CEO, The Funders Network

GovLab digest email

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Blockboard

San Francisco

Know you neighborhood

SF Civic Tech

San Francisco

Formerly Code for San Francisco, we are a welcoming and inclusive volunteer group of developers, designers, data geeks, and citizen activists who use creative technology to solve civic and social problems.

Biscate

Mozambique (Mocambique)

Biscate (meaning odd jobs in Portuguese) is a platform using inclusive technologies such as SMS, USSD and web to connect skilled workers from the informal sector with customers

TED action platform

TED Conferences, Hudson Street, New York, NY, USA

the Knight Foundation gave the TED conference a $985,000 grant to help develop TED.com into an “action platform,” to help channel people moved by a powerful talk into taking meaningful action on the issues being raised

Code for Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

Code for Fort Collins is a volunteer organization who develops technology-driven solutions to challenges faced by charities, government agencies, and other groups within the city.

MIT GOV/LAB

30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

The MIT GOV/LAB is a group of political scientists focusing on innovation in citizen engagement and government responsiveness.

Azim Premji Foundation

Towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society Our journey began with Education. Over the years, our work has expanded to Grants, Health and Livelihoods Read more Towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society Our journey began with Education. Over the years, our work has expanded to Grants, Health and Livelihoods Read more What […]

LISA

United States of America (the)

Robot Lawyer Lisa works with you and another party to generate a mutually-satisfactory Non-Disclosure Agreement without involving human lawyers

Town Hall Project

Town Hall Project 2018 is a progressive, volunteer-based initiative working to identify and promote upcoming Congressional forums nationwide.

partisan

Kdovpliva

Slovenia (Slovenija)

Povezave med lobisti, lobiranci, podjetji in državnimi institucijami v omrežjih vpliva.

Vote by Design

Stanford d.school, Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Our free digital curriculum allows educators, civic organizers, and community leaders to help new voters find clarity on what leadership qualities are most important to them in a U.S. President -- and why.