This book examines the increasing popularity of online citizen science projects arising from developments in ICT and rapid improvements in data storage and generation.

• books

• Books
• Citizen science

This book examines how international organisations (IOs) have struggled to adapt to the digital age, and with social media in particular

• books

It shows how public managers need toretain and develop their own IT expertise and to carefully maintain well-contested markets if they are to deliver value for money in their dealings with the very powerful global IT industry

• books

And what tools and methods do commoners need to strengthen their work? These are the three questions at the heart of The Urban Commons Cookbook, a handbook for those interested in starting, growing and supporting community-led projects.

• books
• city

• Urban planning

Whether you're an IT specialist, a city planner, a human resources manager, or any other professional in local government, this book offers a wide array of prompts designed to stimulate innovative solutions, streamline operations, and ...

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• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Books

Examining the changing nature of cities in the face of smart technology, this book studies key new challenges and capabilities defined by the Internet of Things, data science, blockchain and artificial intelligence.

• books
• city

• Smart Cities and sensors

In Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement, Wynn analyzes the discourse that enables these scientific ventures, as well as the difficulties that arise in communication between scientists and lay people and the potential for misuse of publicly gathered data.

• books

• Data science for social good
• Citizen science
• Data donations

Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most pressing challenges is the lack of research on the use and interpretation of data sources. This accessible, engaging book closes that gap for researchers, practitioners and students. International researchers and crime analysts discuss the strengths, perils and opportunities of the data sources and tools now available and their best use in informing sound public policy and criminal justice practice.

• books

• Justice tech

We created a search engine for public domain works that can be adapted to work in each country as the legislation changes according to the nationality of the author of the work.

• Open knowledge

The Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab is a program supporting early stage entrepreneurs in journalism.

• Media
• Journalism
• Accelerators

CTCL is thrilled to launch a nonpartisan grant program to help rural and nonmetro election jurisdictions ensure reliable and secure elections consistent with applicable law.

• rural

• Voting and elections
• Get funding
• Election administration

Maximize your mission impact through technology. Let us help you harness its power.

• Build something
• Nonprofit tech
• Civic and social impact companies

By Alan R. Shark, with ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI

• local
• books

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Books

Actively supporting local government technology leaders and their teams through research & content, professional development, consulting services, learning and networking events, membership, workforce connections and recognition programs.

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Supporting public sector from outside government

Incrições abertas em 08/08 - É um programa de Educação Cidadã que se baseia nos princípios de governo aberto: transparência, prestação de contas, participação cívica, tecnologia e inovação. O objetivo do programa é promover a educação cívica e estimular a sociedade civil a participar ativamente nas políticas do Estado, reconhecendo-se como agente de transformação em sua realidade local.

• students
• Quality education
• Brazil (federal government)

• Participatory democracy
• Games and gamification

A tool that provides targeted legislative insights and AI-powered analysis, delivering updates and impact assessments on legislation.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Access to laws

The Shield initiative united a set of actions for institutions and civil society, aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the elections.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Partner networks and coalitions

• Artificial Intelligence
• Working groups

A Polish website that helps citizens visualize the entire information request process, understand the next steps if information is not provided, and offers templates and sample documents for various stages and scenarios.

An eight-week program bringing together leaders of local-oriented online spaces to experiment with fun new practices and ideas

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Helping job seekers find careers in renewable energy

OpeningParliament.org provides a forum for international collaboration on efforts to improve access to parliamentary information and share experiences and good practices among PMOs.

• Graveyard
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

Somos una asociación civil peruana sin fines de lucro dedicada a investigar, facilitar el entendimiento público y promover el respeto de los derechos y libertades en entornos digitales.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Civic apps outfits
• Digital rights
• Freedom of Information

Herramienta de transparencia que permite visualizar todos los proyectos de ley presentados en el Congreso peruano y buscar en ellos con actualización diaria respecto de la página del Congreso.

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

¿Cómo protegen las empresas de telecomunicaciones nuestra información cuando el Estado toca la puerta?

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

Un espacio para mujeres, disidencias, diversidades, y activistas que resisten ante la violencia de género en internet.

• anti-harassment
• Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV)

• Digital rights

Inactive Alaveteli instance for Israel

• Alaveteli

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Graveyard
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Undervaka har tagit tempen på offentlighetsprincipen 2017

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

ППЛ – зареєстрована у 2016 році неприбуткова організація, яка об’єднала експертів з великим досвідом роботи та високим рівнем експертиз у неурядовому секторі.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

iLab Liberia is a non-profit local tech hub that provides access to information, open and geospatial data, research, web technologies and expert ICT assistance through a community of volunteers leveraging technology for the good of Liberia.

• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

We work alongside governments, civic-focused organizations, and mission-aligned businesses to create and implement practical solutions through transformative digital strategies and data governance frameworks.

• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Bürokratt enables citizens or users to use public and information services with virtual assistants through voice-based interaction.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots

This is a free and collaborative resource on the United States federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

• wikis

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Civic literacy

En Abrimos.info combinamos nuestra experiencia abriendo datos con amplias capacidades narrativas, investigativas y de desarrollo para crear bases de datos fiables y verificadas que promueven el conocimiento estratégico.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Borimo se za svet, v katerem oblast, politika, gospodarstvo, civilna družba in dnevno življenje ljudi ne bodo prepleteni s korupcijo.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Freedom of Information

Today we’re launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their articles are being shared.

• Mastodon

• Journalism
• Civic features

The conference brings together trust and safety researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, civil society, and government.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Digital security and privacy

Drop notes and questions outdoors with augmented reality, and create 2D and 3D maps. Interact with citizens outdoors and let the city speak.

• apps

• Engagement tech
• Emerging tech
• Mapping

Land & Carbon Lab partners with leading scientists and technologists to harness the power of artificial intelligence and geospatial monitoring to build cutting edge, open access monitoring systems for the world’s land and its nature-based carbon.

• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production
• Life on land

• Civic data
• Environmental data

We help people who nurture relationships that drive change prove that their work has impact.

• Advocacy tech
• Evaluate impact
• Relational organizing

Our Machine Learning model for energy measurement in the cloud, for both virtualized and bare metal environments.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy

• Build something
• Report cards and audits
• Carbon calculators

Trabajamos en la defensa de los derechos digitales colectivos para lograr un entorno más abierto y colaborativo

• Climate action

• Digital rights

The Open Energy Badge displays energy/CO2 costs for GitHub projects, covering test runs, API calls, and more, created by Green Metrics Tool.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy

• Indicators
• Report cards and audits
• Carbon calculators

CarbonDB streamlines energy and carbon data management for businesses, aiding compliance with European guidelines and promoting sustainability.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy
• Responsible consumption and production

• Regulation
• Carbon calculators

The MLCommons AI Safety working group is composed of a global consortium of industry leaders, practitioners, researchers, and civil society experts committed to building a harmonized approach to AI safety.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Generative AI

The Catalyst Fund was launched in October 2023 to support the burgeoning ecosystem of actors working on the intersection of digital rights and climate justice to build cross-territorial strategies and weave thematic threads across movements.

• Climate action

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Digital rights

Eco-CI calculates the energy consumption of your CI/CD environments, supporting GitHub and GitLab.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy
• Responsible consumption and production

• Build something
• Report cards and audits
• Carbon calculators

Friends of the Earth is the UK's biggest grassroots network dedicated to protecting people and planet.

• Climate action

• Campaign organizations