Data Catalogue Vocabulary (DCAT) AP is a specification for metadata records, enhancing semantic interoperability across European data portals.

• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards
• Government Interoperability

Everything MCP: servers, clients, use cases, tools and a weekly newsletter

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic tech catalogs
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)

The official portal for European data

• Civic data
• Open government data
• Predecessors & Pioneers

As part of the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Program, the Data Vandals created a data-art kiosk and conversation space on the downtown 6-train platform at 51st & Lexington.

• Civic data
• Digital literacy
• Artistic interventions

Aggregating civic tech jobs from Digital Services Coalition companies and other modern civic tech firms.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

A timeline of policy and legal developments on EU open data have taken place since 2003.

• Civic data
• Timelines

An open-source civic discourse platform where individual statements inside posts can be highlighted and voted on (agree/disagree, true/false, like/dislike).

Pentesting, dependency scanning, and more for AI-coded apps

• Build something
• Cybersecurity

This practical book outlines the benefits of communities of practice, including accelerating professional development, breaking down organisational silos, enabling knowledge sharing, building better practices, helping to hire and retain staff, and making people happier.

• Books
• Community-building resources

Tacit is a UK based organisational consultancy founded in 2014, working with government, public sector, third sector and private organisations to create better-equipped leaders, connected learning organisations, and thriving people and teams.

• Internal communication and coordination

Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Policy

Scale participation with decidim chat integrations

• Engagement tech
• Chat and messaging
• Civic platform interoperability

"the first frontier-quality, open-weight text-to-speech model designed specifically for enterprise use." - VentureBeat

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

Meta announced it was introducing a community notes program and ending its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. The company indicated it would refine community notes before making it available for users outside the U.S.

• Fight disinformation
• Crowdsourcing

Explore our library of connectors to automate your business without writing code

• Build something
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

Building the world we want through holding leaders accountable for their promises

• Watchdogging and transparency

Open source automation platform

• Build something
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

At the intersection of peacebuilding and technology, Build Up uses new tools for old problems, and old tools for new problems.

• Digital peacebuilding

Paste any Rightmove rental listing URL for instant deal intelligence — market position, negotiation advice, and drop predictions.

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic maps

CyberWell is the first-ever live database of online antisemitism.

• Civic data
• Content moderation

European Commission resources on open justice and legal tech

• Legal tech
• Open justice

A group of more than 50 international think tanks and research centers in areas of digital and data policy. This Network serves as a trusted interface, offering independent research and observations on the implementation of the Guidelines, and ensuring a human-right respecting and multistakeholder approach on the governance of digital platforms.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Tech or Digital Policy
• Policy

An interactive data project by The Washington Post that created an 800-person reader sample to monitor TikTok interaction data

• Journalism
• Crowdsourcing
• Engagement journalism

It maps the dominant narratives that shape how people understand democracy, explains how messaging interacts with deeper mental models, and identifies strategies that can help rebuild support, engagement, and participation.

• Learn about civic tech
• Narrative tech
• Reports

A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.

• Learn about civic tech
• Shows and films

This is the tool that helps you to make quicker and better informed tech choices in your media organisation.

• Media
• Journalism
• Civic tech catalogs

This systematic literature review examines how narratives about democracy shape democratic engagement and behavior.

• Learn about civic tech
• Narrative tech
• Reports

The Busara Lab is now the largest behavioral science lab in the world with a panel of more than 133,000 participants across sites in India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Surveys & polling

An AI-powered media observatory that measures bias, framing, and transparency in the Chilean press

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Media and social media analysis

The Democracy Narratives Alliance (DNA) is a global initiative bringing together 40+ organizations, research institutions, and funders to shift how we talk about democracy.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Narrative tech
• Democracy organizations

A new multi-stakeholder initiative dedicated to shaping a democratic, values-driven digital future for Europe.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Democracy organizations

A new legislative toolkit from the Knight-Georgetown Institute equips lawmakers with modular components to support the development of legislation that encourages algorithmic feeds that put people first.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Tech or Digital Policy
• Civic tech legislation and policy

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) Forum is an online collaborative platform that offers support to citizens when organising a European citizens’ initiative.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Get funding

When a global developer purchases Industry City - a massive industrial complex on the waterfront - and begins to transform it into an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of the neighborhood and of New York City itself.

• Learn about civic tech
• Urban planning
• Innovation teams and labs

Planning and politics collide in the struggle to redesign Brooklyn’s notoriously dangerous McGuinness Blvd.

• Learn about civic tech
• Urban planning
• Shows and films

The European Citizens´ Initiative Forum provide[s] tailor-made and independent advice to (potential) organisers of European citizens’ initiatives in any of the official EU languages within maximum eight working days, such as legal advice, advice on campaigning, on fundraising or on any other relevant topics.

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Expert networks