Through a comprehensive analysis of various ICT projects, this study examines the success and challenges of using technology to protect and restore land rights.

• land
• indigenous

• Academia
• Peer-reviewed research
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

Empowering the New Mobility Workforce: Educating, Training, and Inspiring Future Transportation Professionals enlists a multidisciplinary roster of subject matter specialists who identify the priorities and strategies for cultivating a skilled workforce for the rapidly changing transportation landscape

• books

• books
• city

• Civic data
• Smart Cities and sensors

This book charts this influence and describes the unique effect electronic communication has on organizations, communities, nations, and cultures--Provided by publisher

• books

We are the first donor fund dedicated to community organising. We will provided targeted long-term funding in key geographies across the UK.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• The craft of organizing

The project produces information on new forms of digital power and enables people to make a difference in matters that are important to them.

• Participatory democracy
• Public Private Partnerships

How do you measure gifts of time, expertise and leadership? What indicators can you use to assess grassroots power building, organising and volunteer initiatives?

• reports

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Evaluate impact

What is a more ambitious vision for data use and regulation that can deliver a positive shift in the digital ecosystem towards people and society?

• reports

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Working groups
• Algorithmic transparency

Progressive Power Lab provides management and marketing services to nonprofit and for-profit organizations working to realize democracy, achieve justice, and restore our environment

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Graveyard
• Organize campaigns

The first research to take a comprehensive view of what community power looks like and to analyse evidence of the impact of community power.

• local

• Community-building resources

The Center for Cultural Power is a women of color, artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature.

• culture

Community Technology Empowerment Network (CTEN) is a refugee-founded and led organisation, which began in 2016 as community-based initiative in Rhino Camp refugee settlement West Nile region of Uganda

• refugees

• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)
• Co-design

Find original research, insights, and assessment tools to help you solve your biggest tech challenges.

• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Nonprofit tech
• Digital literacy

The Empower Rangers es una creación animada pensada y ejecutada por RedesAyuda y el primero, de un grupo de ellos, es el Empower Ranger Azul.

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Artistic interventions

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy and freedom

• books

• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields
• Books

The Global Participatory Budgeting Hub is the initial flagship program of People Powered. It aims to improve and expand participatory budgeting (PB) around the world by addressing common challenges and opportunities faced by PB implementers and supporters.

• People Powered

• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting tools

Through training, research and digital tools, our expertise in relational organizing makes an impact at hundreds of progressive organizations, including Sunrise Movement, AFL-CIO, and Rock the Vote.

• trainings
• partisan

• Organize campaigns
• Relational organizing

People Powered is a global hub for participatory democracy - the direct participation of community members in making the policy decisions that affect their lives.

• People Powered
• CTFG partners

• Engagement tech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Partner networks and coalitions

A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance (Brookings / Ash Center Series, Innovative Governance in the 21st Century)

• books
• city

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Messaging flows for campaigns and organizations

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Launching Tech Careers. Transforming Lives.

• The People
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

Connecting people to power with their phones

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

GuideStar connects donors and grantmakers to non-profit organizations.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

DISTRIBUTED DIALING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO REACH BEYOND THEIR BASE

• Organize campaigns
• Phone banking tools

Run for office successfully. Govern effectively.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

Civic technology should empower us as citizens.

• research

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The BlocPower Smart Cities platform connects investors and community members to green building projects that save energy and improve health outcomes in financially underserved communities.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

We’re transforming how we think about power, who holds it, and how we wield it in our communities — we’re looking at power in every context, and speaking truth to it.

• trainings
• workshops

• Organize campaigns
• Workshops

Datashades.info is a comprehensive search hub and discovery tool for the global CKAN community, designed to enhance the accessibility and usability of open data.

A mobile-first civic platform connecting clients to local freelancers and cybercafés to boost youth employment and access to digital services across East Africa.

The Open Source Ecosystem Enabler project seeks to empower local and regional public and private actors to effectively adopt open source technologies for delivering digital government services.

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

ITU Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) is committed to harnessing the power of open-source technologies to empower nations, organizations, and individuals to leverage cutting-edge digital solutions for the sustainable development. ​​

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity
• Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)

A powerful, user-friendly, interoperable GIS used by thousands of users worldwide.

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Mapping tools

The Digital Forensic Research Lab’s Democracy + Tech Initiative centers human rights and democracy in technology and policy debates.

• human rights

• Fellowships
• Civil society research outfits

RightAnswers combines powerful AI knowledge creation and delivery to reduce costs, enhance self-service adoption, and simplify complex support workflows.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Panviva combines the power of AI with the trust of compliant knowledge to exceed your customer’s expectations.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

AI-Powered Civic Engagement Platform

• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

This comprehensive resource offers a free planning tool to help Tribal governments, municipalities, and public utilities accurately estimate and manage lead service line replacement costs. By enabling data-driven decisions, the tool supports regulatory compliance and advances public health protection. Aligned with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator (LSLRCC) enhances budgeting accuracy, optimizes resource allocation, and uncovers massive potential savings for BIL’s $15+ billion investment.

Traffy Fondue is an application designed for communicating urban issues between the public and the responsible authorities.

Tenant Watch is a mobile-first platform that empowers renters to report unsafe housing conditions and enables cities to monitor violations, enforce codes, and improve housing equity through data-driven oversight.

• housing

We want an equitable and just digital world where people are empowered to negotiate with technology

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Contratados.org allows workers to share their experiences and write reviews about their recruiters and employers in order to make the recruitment process transparent and generate a mechanism for accountability for compliance or non-compliance with the obligations of employers and/or recruiters.

• migration
• refugees
• immigration

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Consumer watchdogging

This taxonomy is a living repository of digital systems that fall under the definition of what we call ‘Resistance Technology’ or ‘ResTech’, a digital layer in the migration sphere that is community-led, and built to fill gaps in information, welfare, and development through bottom-up means, thereby rebalancing existing power structures and enabling negotiation for people on the move.

• immigration

• Civic tech catalogs
• Taxonomies

MeshPoint One believes that access to Internet is one of basic human rights. Their mission is to enable Internet access and improve the quality of life for people in disaster struck areas. Also by empowering people in rural communities to take action to build their own village telecoms to address disadvantage, become more sustainable and increase local control. Currently, they are focused on Syrian refugees in Croatia.

• migration
• refugees
• immigration

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hardware
• Connectivity

Voices of Venezuela (VOV) is committed to empowering Venezuelan migrants through innovative, AI-powered solutions and community-driven initiatives.

• migration
• refugees
• immigration

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data
• Bots

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Join Us

• free speech

• Media