Civis is a platform that enables citizens to understand and share feedback with the government on laws and policy decisions.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

a modified fork of the open source Discourse discussion platform meant to host general legislative conversations between citizens and representatives

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Building consensus for how we measure and manage impact

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Open By-laws South Africa is a project to help South Africans be more informed about the legislation that governs them.

• Civic data
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Find Meetups about Civic Hacking and meet people in your local community who share your interests.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Smart City Expo World Congress is the world's biggest and most influential event on urban innovation.

• city
• commercial
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Emerging tech
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

ProspectSV is a nonprofit cleantech innovation hub driving the adoption of sustainable solutions in advanced mobility, energy and the built environment.

• The People
• Build something
• Incubators

helps government employees in Arnsberg develop both the skills and understanding necessary for a modern, innovative government that focuses on meeting the needs of citizens

• The People
• Build something
• Building inside government

European Foundations And Journalists Working Together To Ensure More Effective And Impactful Funding Of Journalism.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

A card game that helps organizations and communities explore governance around a shared codebase, whether hypothetical or in a real-world collaboration.

• The Tech
• Games and gamification
• Data governance

Dear Landlord is an interactive app that helps tenants in privately-owned properties to understand their rights andeviction laws. It also helps users generate and review documents such as letters to their landlord or fill out a reviewapplication to the Civil Administrative Tribunal.

• landlord

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises

• France (national government)

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Involved is an application that connects you with all of your elected officials through polling and direct messaging

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Enspiral Space is Enspiral's co-working facility in Wellington, New Zealand. (Courtesy Enspiral)

• The People
• Meet the others
• Peer networks

We forge partnerships between neighbors who use technology to improve interactions with, and access to, public services.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Panacea allows you to check your food stamps and cash benefits balance all on your smartphone.

• apps

• Access social benefits

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Parcours interactifs, ateliers, conférences, hackathons, journée portes ouvertes etc. mettent en lumière des méthodes originales pensées par des acteurs locaux pour concevoir plus efficacement les politiques publiques et transformer l'administration.

• France (national government)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Holidays

Desarrollamos tecnología cívica abierta: Promovemos el uso y desarrollo de software y hardware libre, diseño abierto y datos abiertos

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Digital security and privacy

Justika offers real-time legal support over the telephone for a broad range of problems, such as marriage, inheritance, and employment.

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

• Govtech
• Innovation teams and labs
• Internal government tech capacity

Making innovation in philanthropy easier.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Civic Quarterly is a publication about transforming government with digital tools & design thinking.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Graveyard

About The Civic Innovation Lab at BetaNYC is committed to serving the growing need for public interest technology in New York City. We use data, design, and technology to make research and information on urban issues more accessible to as many civic partners as possible, especially under-resourced organizations. Our team works with elected officials, government

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

An urban tech company acquired by Intersection

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

Swayable lets political campaigns and brands measure how content changes people’s minds. Campaigns using Swayable increase their impact on opinions by measuring persuasion, breaking down exactly which kinds of people respond to which content.

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

a platform for collaboratively verifying news in real time

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Google Group

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

To learning about current projects and initiatives and brainstorm practical applications or recommendations related to topics.

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

Civic Discourse is a platform that encourages conversation and discourse around policy issues that affect our communities and our nation.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Graveyard

Mobile storytelling project at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Visuals for Gender is an initiative that seeks to equip citizens, policy makers and Civil Society Organisations to understand gender-based issues using both dynamic and static data visualizations

• Gender Equality

Our monthly newsletter is one of the ways we keep up with each other and share resources, funding opportunities and challenges. Now, we’re opening it up to our wider community.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

Vote Forward volunteers encourage fellow citizens to participate in our democracy by writing and sending letters at their own expense. A diverse community of more than 150,000 volunteers from all over the country has written letters in 2020.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Es un proyecto que nace desde la sociedad civil para fortalecer sus capacidades de incidencia en los procesos de toma de decisión política y en la generación de un debate público informado sobre la pobreza y la justicia social en España.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Free and Open Company Data on 135 million companies and corporations in over 125 jurisdictions, including US, UK, Switzerland, Panama...

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency

A map visualizing traffic in the city with incidents

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

An interactive website that asks residents to balance their city budget

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

The causes and effects of air pollution comprise a complicated chemical recipe that is all too easily reduced to superficial observation (the color of the sky) or an abstract statistical reading from static instruments

• air quality

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Beginning in January 2016, our team interviewed journalists and nonjournalists to get a sense of the elements that create trust and credibility between communicator and receiver. We read related academic research and industry best practices.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

handbook.opendata.swiss provides support for individuals and organizations wishing to publish open government data.

• guides

• The Tech
• Civic data

The goal of OpenElections is to create the first free, comprehensive, standardized, linked set of election data for the United States, including federal, statewide and state legislative offices.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Voting and elections

A global platform connecting physical places: a curated network for civic innovation, connecting local innovators with government, academia, business, and community both within their cities and around the world.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Build something
• Urban planning

A global nonprofit committed to shaping a better urban future.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Meet the others
• Peer networks

GOT Data is an annual international conference, formerly known as ODPA (Opening Data in Public Administration), which gathers public officials and other International open data and transparency stakeholders to discuss the importance and impact that open data has.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Confident Commuter helps people deal with ticket inspectors and fines. The user follows a guided process of questions and answers to find a solution for their case.

• mass transit

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

Talk London is City Hall’s online community. Have your say on big issues and help shape our plans and policies. Let’s make London better together.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

An annual gathering of progressive organizers from across issues and around the country who learn, celebrate, and grow together.

• partisan

• Conferences

Original site for the Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent, which now live at https://civicdesign.org

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections