Ensuring safe and ethical artificial intelligence is a global challenge. We must work together to achieve it.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Participation is by invitation only, based on submission of a statement of interest or proposed talk/poster abstract.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Conferences

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• Nonprofit tech
• Civic and social impact companies

Since our establishment in 1973, we have been dedicated to reshaping the economic framework by restraining corporate power and championing social equity.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

Demokratie-Wegweiser is a digital tool that connects citizens with the right political representatives based on their location.

The new committee will set guidelines, strategies, policies, and mechanisms to guide and implement the transformation of the digital economy at central and local government levels.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

• Mapping

Requiring open digitalisation and publication of planning data in the UK

• local

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Urban planning

A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.

• housing
• land

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Urban planning

An Essay Series Part of the Democratic Legitimacy for AI Initiative

• Learn about civic tech
• Evaluate impact
• Fieldwide resources

"Consult was generally good at identifying the themes in a given consultation response."

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Roadmap for the Digital Transformation of the South African Government addresses the urgent need for a transformative shift in governmental operations

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Tech roadmaps

According to BSA’s 2024 analysis of state legislative action on AI through Feb. 7, 2024: There are a total of 407 AI-related bills currently active across 41 US states with legislatures currently in session.

• state

• Artificial Intelligence
• Policy

School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) is an experimental school in New York and online founded in 2013. SFPC facilitates the study of art, code, hardware, and critical theory through lenses of decolonization and transformative justice.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Academia

The innovation management platform by Crowdpolicy helps organizations to run innovation programs with the right guidelines, organizational methods and advanced functions, tested in numerous implementations with measured results.

• Govtech
• Engagement tech
• Ideation

O sul global no centro das soluções para o bem viver

• Climate action

• Narrative tech
• Civic hackathons

Re-imagining Democracy with Europe’s Diverse Communities

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations
• Citizen Engagement

The largest dataset of deep seafloor imagery ever assembled, showing "we have visually observed less than 0.001%"

• Life below water

• Crowdsourcing
• Environmental data

The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information - this is not just the Federal Commissioner himself - it is above all a modern data protection supervisory authority. 

• Govtech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

The International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) is a worldwide annual forum that connects Information Commissioners, Ombudspersons and other bodies in charge of overseeing the implementation of Access to Public Information legislation.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Government transparency

Der Open Source Hostinganbieter

• Bureaucracy tech
• General purpose open source tools

The Office of Innovation works collaboratively with government, academic, non-profit, and private sector institutions to drive innovation in the Garden State and improve the design and delivery of policies and services to the state's residents, businesses, and institutions.

• Govtech
• Public sector innovation labs

We’re on a mission to mobilise a global network of engineers for good.

• Build something
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Pro bono and volunteer

Innovation Engine is a strategy firm that helps organizations across sectors unlock new value, often by doing something they’ve never done before, or through a model they haven’t used before.

• Build something
• Civic and social impact companies
• Building in the private sector

This paper offers a comprehensive examination of the role emerging digital technologies can play in improving citizen participation.

• reports

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Emerging tech

This collection included information about political geography, as well as elected officials.

• Google

• Civic data
• Graveyard
• Civic data APIs

• youth

Abordaje conceptual y metodológico para la incorporación de las preferencias de la ciudadanía en políticas públicas

• Argentina (federal government)
• guides

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech

The DSI Community Democracy at the University of Zurich focuses on research related to the impact of digitalisation on the political system, on democracy, and on related topics.

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Book by Eduardo Albrecht

• books

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Books

• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism
• Nonprofit newsrooms

Reporting by Sarah Scire for Nieman Journalism Lab

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Graveyard

Russian-based professional association for participatory budgeting consultants

• Meet the others
• Participatory budgeting
• Peer networks

O OPA é um instrumento pioneiro que permite à população participar da elaboração do orçamento anual do Estado do Piauí. Através do programa, os cidadãos podem indicar diretamente como desejam que parte dos recursos públicos sejam investidos em seus municípios.

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting tools

Meta uses AI to find teens pretending to be adults and place them in more restricted Teen Accounts. Plus proactive notifications to their parents' accounts.

• youth
• Meta

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital security and privacy
• Civic features

Een stad die klaar is voor de toekomst. Hier werken we aan, samen met bewoners, bezoekers, bedrijven en overheid. Verschillende specialisten onderzoeken de invloed van technologie op Amsterdam.

• city

• Govtech
• Innovation teams and labs

The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) is a programme aimed at safeguarding inclusive democracy and human rights in the digital age.

• Participatory democracy
• Digital security and privacy
• Foundation initiatives

GIJN is an international association that supports the work of investigative journalists worldwide.

• Media
• Journalism
• Partner networks and coalitions

Violation Tracker Global is the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct around the world.

• Civic data
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

A Tool for Researching Corporate Regulatory Infringements in the United Kingdom

• Civic data
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

The Civic Information Index uses data to map drivers of engaged, informed, equitable, and healthy communities nationwide.

• census
• reports

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits
• Indicators

We break information barriers and strengthen African democracies through research and media innovation

• Media
• Journalism
• Civic apps outfits

Founded in 1895, it is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations and one of the largest ones measured by the number of people represented: 1 billion cooperative members on the planet.

• coop

• Fieldwide resources

So far, the NGI has funded more than 1000 innovators with inclusive and trust-based complementary technology building blocks. Discover their solutions.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

ARX is a comprehensive open source software for anonymizing sensitive personal data.

• Civic data
• Digital security and privacy
• General purpose open source tools

A collaborative analysis platform for effective aid response

• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Open data publishing platforms