Civic Tech Field Guide

Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short space of time.

ChatGPT

Listening Post Collective

Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.

I Change My City

India (Bhārat)

Make your city better

CONSUL DEMOCRACY

Amsterdam

Open source Open Government and E-Participation Web Software

Consul

Peak Democracy

1900 Addison St, Berkeley, California 94704, United States

Peak Democracy Inc is a nonpartisan company that provides Open Town Hall - a cloud-based online citizen engagement platform that increases participation and builds public trust in government.

Wahlkabine.at

Austria (Österreich)

Österreichs erfolgreichste Politik-Orientierungshilfe im Internet

Composites Collective

New York City

Using deliberative democracy models to inform city decision making and to connect organizations and districts around NYC’s

Wahllokalfinder

Hier findest du eine Übersicht aller Wahllokale: Wähle deine Stadt aus, gib deine Adresse ein und finde dein Wahllokal in wenigen Sekunden.

Election Tools

Free, practical resources for election officials

Odkazprestarostu.sk

Slovak Republic (Slovensko)

Nahláste problém z vášho okolia a sledujte jeho riešenie v súčinnosti s miestnou samosprávou.

id kaart Estonia

Discover the Estonian eID (Estonian: ID-kaart), its major applications and benefits for all citizens.

Caminos de la Villa

Thames 1024, DCV, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Caminos de la Villa es una plataforma de acción ciudadana que permite acceder de manera sencilla a la información vinculada con los procesos de urbanización en las villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y ver de qué manera se están llevando adelante. ¡Sumate!

NeosLab

Vienna

Das NEOS Lab, die Parteiakademie der NEOS, schafft Raum für politische Entfaltung, um neue Lösungen für eine neue Politik zu entwickeln.

Center for Technology and Civic Life

Chicago, IL

Modernizing engagement between local government and the people you serve

Marsad Majles

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie

“Marsad Majles” is Al Bawsala's project to monitor Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA).

Tumblr

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.

Megaphone podcast

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

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bluenove

Levallois-Perret, France

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

Center for New Democratic Processes (formerly Jefferson Center)

332 Minnesota St, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USA

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

methodology

Nametag.chat

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

Wahlkarte

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

Participation 2.0? Crowdsourcing Participatory Development @ DFID

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

Nonprofit Journalism Issues Around Impact

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

Civic Power: Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis

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.

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Direct Democracy Database

Stockholm

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

cocounsel.co

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.

Delib Suite

Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH

Makers of Citizen Space, Dialogue, and Simulator.

Brella

An online conference platform

Outfox AI

New York City

Outfox AI is an intuitive, low-cost Facebook ad-buying platform for down-ballot progressive campaigns and causes.

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Participa Portugal

Portugal

A maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal

apps

Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS)

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

To connect Taiwan and the world, PDIS incubates and facilitates public digital innovation and service, optimises the processes and tools of the public service with design thinking, guides the public sector to adopt social innovations and collaborate with communities of practice.

Ballotpedia

8383 Greenway Blvd, Middleton, Wisconsin, USA

The encyclopedia of American politics

NewFounders EveryElection app

‎Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about EveryElection

apps

Dialectic

Singapore

Dialectic.sg: Better debates for a better Singapore. Learn more about and discuss important policies facing us today.

Offene Wahlen Österreich

Austria (Österreich)

Offene Wahlen Österreich ist ein Community-Projekt von Forum Informationsfreiheit, das sich für offene Daten und Transparenz bei Wahlen einsetzt.

VoteIQ

Vote iQ connects voters & elected officials. We help you learn about issues, simplify the election process,...

Legge regionale sulla partecipazione

Bologna, Italy

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

Wikilegis

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

Lets citizens collaboratively draft and edit legislative texts, as well as upvote and downvote individual clauses

Ideame

Ayuda a creadores latinos a realizar sus proyectos a través del financiamiento colectivo.

IdeaMapr

Citizen Engagement tools and services for city governments

Place Speak

New City Ventures, Attn: PlaceSpeak, 1005 Cypress Street, Vancouver, BC, V6J 3K5, CANADA

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

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FixMyStreet

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The UK’s street fault reporting website (rebranded as FixMyCommunity)

New Zealand Digital Service Design Tools

New Zealand

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

CoInspect

Tired of paper & pen checklists, shift notes, and log books? Join 1000s of restaurants nationwide and streamline your food safety & quality with our mobile app!

Block Party

New York City

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

Grundsicherung in Berlin

Germany (Deutschland)

Berlinweit gibt es ca. 84.000 Menschen die staatliche Unterstützung in Form von Grundsicherung zur Sicherung ihres Lebensunterhalts bekommen.

Nos Députés

17 Rue Corneille, 31100 Toulouse, France

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.