L'Atelier BNP Paribas 2017 report on "how technology is renewing civic engagement". (PDF file)

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Believing that technology provides endless opportunity, Microsoft Philanthropies works in creating a future where everyone has access to endless possibilities.

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The easy and powerful solution for creating meaningful change in your community. Anywhere, anytime.

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We support organizations by convening the nonprofit community, offering professional credentials and training, and facilitating community skill and resource sharing.

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A human-centered investigation by The OpenGov Foundation into the systems, tools, constraints, and people who drive constituent engagement in Congress.

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Huduma Kenya Programme is a Government of Kenya initiative whose aim is to turn around public service delivery by providing efficient and accessible Government services at the convenience of citizens through various integrated service delivery platforms

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NYPL Labs is an interdisciplinary team working to reformat and reposition the Library's knowledge for the Internet age.

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Measuring, analysing and countering online hate speech with advanced computational methods

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We are people who care about our community and want to help make it better.

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First real-time map of auroral visibility based on user contributions and crowd sourcing.

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Whether we’re finding the most efficient way to deliver food aid, streamlining the process for benefits access, or simply finding ways to serve more people with fewer resources, the DataKind Community is ready to find data-driven solutions, and build data maturity along the way.

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Building Blocks is a WFP corporate project and the humanitarian sector’s largest blockchain-based cash distribution system that leverages blockchain to coordinate with other humanitarian agencies and transfer cash assistance to refugees securely and efficiently.

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The Code for NL Foundation is the Dutch network of developers and designers who work together on an open and honest digital government and society.

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The first-of-its-kind organization whose sole mission is to develop and support sustainable business models for great local journalism. Learn more.

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CivicWise is an international distributed and open network that promotes citizen engagement, developing concrete actions and projects based on collective intelligence, civic innovation and open design.

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Fine Fixer provides a guided process for users who have been fined by local authorities. Based on the case, it guidespeople on how to fix a fine or determine a course of action in case of a fine.

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We want to empower New Yorkers to advocate for ADSs that work to undo unjust systems instead of encoding inequality.

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illuminating local water quality through data performances for collective action

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Search New York City parking & camera violations

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Open Budget este o platformă care îţi permite să vizualizezi bugetul statului român şi să modifici felul in care sunt alocate fondurile publice.

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Good Call NYC provides support during an arrest process. Its 24/7 hotline puts people in touch with lawyers, free of charge.

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

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Holopolis HiFi uses the High Fidelity VR platform to create a virtual commons. It imagines a far future in which we can all connect to and immerse in public policy deliberation anytime we choose. This may be h…

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Join Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.

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The Redirect Method is focused on reaching those who are actively looking for extremist content and connections. Rather than create new content and counter-narratives, our approach tries to divert young people off the path to extremism using pre-existing YouTube content and targeted advertising.

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“Majlesnama” is the first Parliamentary monitoring organization in Islamic Republic of Iran which helps to promote transparency of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

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Network of French civic tech organizations

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FiscalNote gives you access to the technology that can transform how you manage emerging and persistent issues in your environment.

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A well-designed, simple page to help direct action against racism (using Carrd)

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We are a Silicon Valley-based technology company that partners with cities to rethink the permitting and development process.

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Protests for a kinder world.

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we provide an open community space, an incubator that is vibrant and enables a collaborative environment for innovators and startups to think through their ideas, and develop their solutions, so as to turn these opportunities into meaningful products, services, and businesses

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the social good predecessor to Groupon

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Investing in Our Communities Citi and the Citi Foundation are working in new ways to help build equitable and resilient communities

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Extensive Tracxn 2018 report on the Govtech startup investment landscape.

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Central repository of Polish open public data.

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Parliamentary Initiative to open the National Assembly to citizens and the civic tech community

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A tool that shows how MPs use Twitter

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Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.

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Brought to you by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, in partnership with the people of San Francisco. sfdem.org

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A global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence

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The hundreds of progressive organizers attending NOI’s RootsCamp voted — and SmartVAN won as the Most Valuable Technology!

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um laboratório que reunirá mandatos das casas legislativas de todo o país para que compartilhem e construam caminhos para a inovação nos parlamentos brasileiros

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Beslis samen beter Wij helpen jou om je doelgroep te betrekken. Simpel, interactief en toegankelijk.

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Data for Democracy is a community of data people volunteering on social impact projects.

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Développer ensemble des solutions open source pour la démocratie.

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Cities and towns of all sizes are struggling to ensure compliance, safety, and efficiency along the curb. Coord makes it easy to collect, manage, and share curb data.

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A CIVIC TECH COMMUNITY FOR OPEN DATA IN DELAWARE.

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