We're the UK's leading public participation charity, on a mission to put people at the heart of decision-making

• People Powered

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• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

How to Help is a digital media startup that connects you with ways to do something about the day’s big news stories.

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• Media
• Advocacy tech

The place where you can make a difference

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• Participatory democracy

Una plataforma de participación ciudadana digital que permite visibilizar y priorizar propuestas ciudadanas a nivel nacional

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• Emerging tech
• Digital participation platforms

Past event at the Aspen Institute in DC

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• Build something

Citizen reporting platform

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the government
• Issue reporting

data.org brings together philanthropy, private sector technology, academia, and social impact organizations to build the field of data science for social impact.

• Data science for social good

Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.

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• guides

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• Civic data
• Books

One of many services that makes it easier to message people individually through your existing Gmail account

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• Campaign tools

SparkInfluence is a new breed of advocacy and engagement solution. A robust, mobile-friendly platform, SparkInfluence mixes the most advanced tools on the market with unrivaled data tracking and reporting to help advocacy professionals get the most out of their stakeholders.

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• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Over a thousand cities and other public sector partners are already working with Waze to gain better data and insights; reduce driving alone with Waze Carpool; and to make their communities safer with Waze's Beacons and Crisis programs.

• civic features
• Google
• mobility

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• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Use these cards early in the design process to help you sketch, plan, prototype and design content, interactions and processes.

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• Govtech
• Engagement tech

iCarol non-profit and charity help line software for crisis, referral and emotional support lines.

• Access social benefits

This project was born at LocalGov Camp 2014, during a session on common technology standards for local government services.

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• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Contests have a long history of driving innovation, and web-based information technology has opened up new possibilities for managing tournaments. One such poss

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• Challenges

Uitelkaar helps couples organise their separation or divorce procedure online. The website offers step-by-step consultation and complete guidance at a fixed price.

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

The Civic Tech Innovation Database is a living collection of civic tech initiatives in South Africa.

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• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

City Tech transforms cities into testbeds for new ideas. With partners and people, City Tech remakes essential services and infrastructure.

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• Graveyard

Transcripts and voting records digitalized! A complete solution for any organization aiming for full transparency and digitalization of sessions. Parlameter handles transcripts and voting records from their collection to visualization and publishing.

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• Civic data
• Engagement tech

• United States (federal government)

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• Data science for social good

The California Report Card was developed by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Office of Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom. The California Report Card explores how smartphones and networks can enhance communication between the public and government leaders.

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• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Researchers used satellite and cell phone data to map how malaria spreads throughout Namibia and show where elimination efforts have the greatest impact.

• The People
• Civic maps
• Data visualization

We’re building the world’s largest and fastest learning network around development challenges.

• Decent work and economic growth
• United Nations
• United Nations Development Programme

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• Emerging tech
• Hardware

Solutions Through rigorous research and strategic partnerships, the Institute empowers media makers, studios, and industry leaders

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• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Ushahidi powered tool allowing citizens to report cases of corruption via SMS, twitter or web. The website allows users to view reported cases on the site

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• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

This repository is designed to be a public, forkable, pull-requestable repository for standardized data schemas for use in Socrata’s open government applications as well as your own.

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• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age, Citizenville reveals how ordinary Americans can reshape their government for the better.

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Who's on that thing, and where are they going? The scooter company knows, but the city might, too!!

• mobility

• Data science for social good

Factchecking Iranian public officials and media

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• Media
• Factchecking

Are you a Democratic woman who wants to run for office? Our candidate training programs prepare women to run and win. Let us help you!

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• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

The Poverty Research Unit (PRU) of the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity has multiple openings for technical fellows in the area of developing and implementing measures of poverty, mobility, and medical care economic risks.

• No poverty
• research

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• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider: Ours to Hack and to Own, the rise of platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work and a fairer Internet.

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Covers local mutual aid, self care, mental health, kids, funders, messaging, and relief funds

• COVID
• COVID Organizing Projects

Urban Intelligence Lab

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• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

An online forum for community discussion

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• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Community Leaders for Internet Advocacy builds upon the work of Open Internet for Democracy Leaders by engaging in the principles of a democratic internet and adapting the Open Internet for Democracy Advocacy Playbook

• Foundational layers
• Open internet

App that analyzes your public speaking style and offers tips on how to improve

• apps

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• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Tools

If like us, you are inspired by the potential of people and technology to power a better society, then you might be interested in Jobs for Good.

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• Job boards

WAT IS JOUW POLITIEKE SMAAK?

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Learn about the air we breathe.

• air quality

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• Civic data
• Emerging tech

A dedicated dashboard to understand coronavirus searches

• Google

• Data visualization
• COVID
• Dashboards

See which American political parties, candidates, and ballot initiatives match your beliefs based on the 2018 issues that are most important to you.

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• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

• Watchdogging and transparency

Placemark Story was a way to create and share interactive map stories.

• Graveyard
• Narrative tech
• Mapping tools

aims to promote fact-based information consumption and sharing through the development of design prototypes, design guidelines, and empirical research that explores the landscape of ways to signal the credibility of information to everyday users.

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• Media
• Fight disinformation

A group for people critically following the Aadhaar/UID project in India.

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• Govtech
• Organize campaigns

An anatomical case study of the Amazon echo as a artificial intelligence system made of human labor

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy

A multi-million dollar ongoing survey contract to understand New Yorkers' sentiment toward the NYPD. Built by Elucd and shut down by the City.

• police violence
• policing

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• Graveyard
• Communicating with the government

New Media Ventures is the first seed fund and national network of angel investors supporting media and tech startups that disrupt politics and catalyze progressive change.

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• Funders & donors
• Investors

Data Zetu (“Our Data” in Swahili) aims to empower communities to make better, more evidence-based decisions to improve their lives.

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• The People
• Civic data