A World Bank project forking the Your Priorities platform to meaningfully engage residents in Kyrgyzstan around a major development project

• development

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

"Findings from this study presents a developed model that can support community engagement for urban innovation by specifying factors that influences community engagement for smart sustainable city development." by Bokolo Anthony Jr.

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Academia

Hearken’s Engagement Management System empowers organizations to generate actionable insights from the public to create more relevant, representative and original content.

• Media
• Engagement journalism
• Surveys & polling

A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.

• city
• books

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Emerging tech

YAI’s Center for Innovation and Engagement understands how technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better participate in their community.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Adjacent Fields
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Innovation teams and labs

A space to enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City

• Decidim

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Participatory budgeting

Though successive generations of digital technology have become increasingly powerful in the past twenty years, digital democracy has yet to realize its potential for deliberative transformation.

• Deliberation
• Digital Public Infrastructure

We connect and support national digital campaigning organizations around the world which provide opportunities for activists to influence national and international politics.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Partner networks and coalitions

We designed Tactical Data Engagement to help cities go beyond a policy and portal, and facilitate opportunities for the community use of open data to improve residents’ lives.

• guides

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement

• The People
• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

Solutions journalism case study collection and engagement guide

• Solutions journalism

This paper shares lessons from Nesta’s research into some of the pioneering innovations in digital democracy which are taking place across Europe and beyond

Julien Carbonnell's thesis, featuring case studies in Taiwan, Israel, and Estonia

• books
• city

• Artificial Intelligence
• Books
• Urban planning

Northwestern University has launched the Medill Subscriber Engagement Index, a tool that allows local news organizations to see what content encourages subscribers to stick around and lets publishers benchmark their performance against outlets in comparable markets.

• Media
• Media and social media analysis
• Benchmarks

A World Bank working paper (2016)

• reports

• Evaluate impact

Digital heart for building cities together

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

76engage is an online platform that strengthens the bonds between citizens and public institutions through meaningful public engagement.

• Digital participation platforms
• Surveys & polling

To provide research‐based techniques for engaging digital audiences in commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways.

• Media
• Media and social media analysis

We provide the expertise and infrastructure to turn ideas into real world change.

• Graveyard
• Civic and social impact companies

This edited volume collects current research by academics and practitioners on playful citizen participation through digital media technologies.

• The Tech
• The People
• Participatory democracy

In the IBM Center’s new book, Government For The Future: Reflection and Vision for Tomorrow’ Leaders, Part Two of the book looks twenty years ahead – to 2040 -- offering perspectives on the future.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic imagination

MassChallenge is the global network for innovators working to solve massive challenges.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

• Good health and well-being
• housing

• Canvassing & Doorknocking

How to get engaged in Paris

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Our complete suite of listening, information, analysis, reporting and relationship management features enable you to mix and match precisely the right online tools for your community engagement objectives.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Fluicity is a community engagement software for public and private entities

• apps
• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

Change the face of social impact engagement globally

• maternal health
• WhatsApp
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Bots

Discover how citizens and governments are coming together around the world and how you can join them.

• The People
• Evaluate impact
• Narrative tech

Citizen Engagement tools and services for city governments

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Reading lists

DEET undertakes a number of evaluation and research activities that apply cutting-edge methodologies to examine the effects of technology on participation, transparency, accountability and government responsiveness.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Effective public engagement is not easy to achieve. This roadmap helps organizations get to where they want to go.

• The Tech
• Media
• Govtech

The European Hub for Civic Engagement is envisioned as a platform where European civil society and its civic tech community connect.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Build something

The Every Voice Engaged Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps citizens, governments and other nonprofit organizations solve problems that benefit from effective civic engagement.

An Evaluation of Digital Gaming Platforms on Civic Capacity and Collective Action in the Boston Public School District

• The People
• Evaluate impact

The aim of the festival is to strengthen understanding of the role of citizen engagement across the policy cycle.

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

• Microsoft

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech is an investigation into what it means to build civic tech with, not for.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

A team at Facebook that builds products around election and voting

• Facebook

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

We work to build citizen capacity to use data for better engagement with government and other stakeholders.

• Crowdsourcing

The Civic Engagement Commission will enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

University of Chicago's Office for Civic Engagement is committed to building community relationships.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

We are an applied research lab dedicated to innovating the ways people participate in civic life and expanding the study of citizenship in a digital era.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Graveyard

The Public Engagement Strategy Lab will provide you with the tools and resources you need to authentically engage stakeholders in thoughtful, democratic processes

• workshops

• Workshops

The Miami Affordability Project (MAP) is an interactive online map providing data on the distribution of affordable housing, housing needs, demographic profiles, and environmental resiliency in greater Miami.

Com o Colab, os cidadãos podem participar ativamente das decisões da cidade, acessar os serviços da prefeitura, contribuir com ideias, reportar demandas e votar em questões cruciais para suas comunidades.

• apps

• Govtech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

A $9.8 Trillion Opportunity. World Economic Forum report (2025)

• reports

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Fieldwide resources

Exploration and celebration of websites using the .nyc domain name.

• local
• city

• Meet the others
• Socialize online

contains more than 70 tools and 50 cases exemplifying the use of tools

• Engagement tech
• Graveyard
• Civic tech catalogs

The overall purpose of the COLDIGIT project is to generate new knowledge on innovative digital tools and approaches, in order to understand how they can support governance of complex societal processes in the Nordic region.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Learn about civic tech