Make your data as dynamic as your city.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

14 immersive weeks of product development, punctuated by trips to Munich and Shenzhen. Learn more about what URBAN-X has to offer your early-stage comany.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world.

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

The bank you choose can make a big difference in terms of the social and economic impact created by your money.

• banking

• Boycott or buycott

We have rated & reviewed over 75,000 products based on safety and health. See your favorite products reviewed and rated.

• Watchdogging and transparency

Liba Rubenstein, Director of Social Impact and Policy at Tumblr, explores how Tumblr's versatile platform can help nonprofits, libraries, and other changemakers tell powerful stories, catalyze engagement, and drive measurable impact.

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

Politwoops tracked deleted tweets by public officials, including people currently in office and candidates for office

• Graveyard
• Watchdogging and transparency

MEGAPHONE is a community of activists working on issues such as the environment, women's rights, LGBTQ right, transparency and accountability and civic engagement

• LGBTQI
• women

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.

• racial equity

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

bluenove is a technology and consulting company that pioneers massive collective intelligence and is actively committed to civic tech. They operate the Assembl collective intelligence platform.

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The James Irvine Foundation

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Issue reporting, cameras, and sensors to improve government efficiency in Jakarta

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

The Jefferson Center is a nonpartisan organization committed to advancing democratic, citizen-driven solutions to community and public issues.

• methodology

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Co-design

Sphaera is a systems design firm that conceptualises, designs and develops legal, financial and technical infrastructure that supports connecting, collaborating and sharing resources across disparate organisations, networks and communities.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Alliances

OPEN DATA TODAY TO BUILD RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES TOMORROW

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

Our Launchpad is a month-long, hackathon-inspired event that facilitates citizen volunteers working together on civic-focused, open source projects.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

How technology is disrupting, remaking, and sometimes overrunning our cities.

• city
• podcasts
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

The OGP Toolbox is a free software initially developed by Etalab, the Prime Minister taskforce in charge of open data and open government French policy, on behalf of the Open Government Partnership community.

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

A platform for running online participatory budgeting elections

• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting tools

Observatoire citoyen de l'activité parlementaire au Sénat

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Tool for creating small online group discussions around an issue, originally created for political campaigning in the US

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

A 2018 initiative to organize American voters around the midterm elections

• Specific campaigns
• Distributed campaigns

The conscious company accelerators

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

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• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

The CYRILLA Collaborative is a global initiative that seeks to map and analyze the impacts of legal frameworks in digital environments by aggregating, organizing, and visualizing distributed legal data through open research methodologies, data models, taxonomies, and databases.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

The Cities, Government & Politics track focuses on innovative city planning and development, privacy and policy issues, and how politics plays a role in shaping policy in government.

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Analysen und Visualisierungen der Daten zur Bundestagswahl 2017 in Karlsruhe. Größte Änderungen, Wechselwähler, Erststimmen und mehr Statistiken.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

To allow low-powered devices to communicate with Internet-connected applications over long range wireless connections.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

We use the concepts of platform politics and voice to show that while Amplify managers and designers invested time and resources to include the voices of Amplify beneficiaries on the platform and elicit their feedback on projects supported via the platform, no meaningful participation took place.

• research

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• The People

It refers to the study and application of technology expertise to advance the public interest/generate public benefits/promote the public good.

• The People
• Graveyard
• Learn about civic tech

Google shares aggregate location data with public officials to show where stay-in-place orders are being followed

• civic features
• mobility

• COVID
• COVID Data Projects

A 2012 white paper from Pro Publica by Richard J. Tofel

• The People
• Media
• Evaluate impact

News for the global citizen covering stories from business, environment, politics, art, design, culture, technology, education, urban issues and the latest news

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

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

A digital hub where people determined to change the world can find a job, discover workshops and courses, locate funding, hire the right team, connect with mission-driven companies, share best practices, or learn from others who are using their careers to make an impact.

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Our mission is to monitor changes to government websites, holding our government accountable by revealing shifts in public information and access to Web resources, as well as changes in stated policies and priorities.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

TIRE SUA CAUSA DO LUGAR

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Based at the General Services Administration (GSA), OES is a team of interdisciplinary experts that works across government to help agencies build and use evidence.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The most innocent clues can sometimes help crack a case

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

We shine a light on the people & technology making our world better.

• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

The Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

CO/COUNSEl making the law accessible through crowdsourced legal maps. Browse the law in a map or in the easy-to-use columns. Contribute and be recognized. Become a thought leader in your field. Be a hero! Free the law and help make the nation a fairer place.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions supports communities to solve their own challenges, with a special focus on opportunity youth.

• youth

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Makers of Citizen Space, Dialogue, and Simulator.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

In March, we hosted an international conference bringing together leaders from 18 countries and 75 cities who participated on behalf of their communities, their work reshaping democracy through participation.

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

The News Provenance Project seeks to diminish the spread of misinformation by empowering readers to make more informed, confident judgments about the news they see online.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

An online conference platform

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Meeting tech

Join us as we transform the digital experience for all New Yorkers and create a more equitable city.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles