Civic Tech Field Guide

Voting Information Project

Democracy Works, Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA

The Voting Information Project helps voters find information about their elections with collaborative, open-source tools.

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya 00100

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

Participation Factory

Prague, Czechia

Participation Factory is a social enterprise that mainstreams participation and data-driven approaches into governance and process design.

People Powered

Civically.io

Australia

Discourse instance for paying fines and more

LegislationLab

Kyiv

GovRight provides citizens the opportunity to understand and contribute to government and legislation.

ElectionDay.org

A website dedicated to helping employers create vote-friendly workplace policies, and celebrating those that do

Campaign Together

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

We bring together people from the UK, no matter what their background, to stop the Tories from winning another parliamentary majority at the next election. We use electoral data to determine which left-leaning party has the best chance of beating the Tories in 50 of the most marginal seats and support any and all volunteers to get out campaigning.

Brexit

Knight Public Spaces Fellowship

Miami

Knight Foundation is inviting nominations for its inaugural Knight Public Spaces Fellowship.

Fellowships

Irmaresponse.org

Resources and tools for Hurricane Irma response, relief and recovery.

hurricanes

Bologna Neighborhood workshops

Bologna, Italy

Con i Laboratori potrai segnalare, creare e far votare proposte per il tuo quartiere: contattaci o vieni agli incontri, per lavorare insieme a tecnici del Comune di Bologna ed esperti di coprogettazione.

Goteo

Barcelona, Spain

Goteo is an open network for crowdfunding, collaborations and training, leader in social innovation. With 2 rounds and fiscal advantages for donors!

Grove

North America

We're building a platform where citizens can help realign our institutions and leaders with the public.

Le coup d'État citoyen

9 bis, rue Abel-Hovelacque - 75013 Paris

It opens avenues for reflection to renew our democracy and offers concrete solutions that everyone can take up.

Latinno

Berlin

cases of democratic technology in Latin America from eighteen countries in a twenty-six year period (1990-2016)

Wetaase

Kampala, Uganda

Wetaase is an online and mobile platform serving high-risk individuals, victims and survivors of human trafficking in Uganda.

anti-trafficking

Twitter Vote Report

United States of America (the)

Twitter Vote Report (TVR) was an all-volunteer nonpartisan online project designed to encourage voters in the 2008 U.S. presidential election to submit brief accounts of their voting experiences using mobile and online tools.

X (Twitter)

Mic

Mic covers news, opinion, reviews and analysis around arts, entertainment, celebrity, LGBTQ, social justice, police brutality, dating, sex, feminism, body positivity, space, innovation, climate change.

Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR)

Toronto

Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR) is an open-source communication standard to increase the transparency, legibility and accountability of digital technology in the built environment.

Brightest COVID-19 Relief

Brightest, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Connecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support

Tech Tuesdays

Tech Tuesdays are a series of learning events from NCDD focused on technology for engagement.

Integrated Benefits Initiative

United States of America (the)

Code for America partnered with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Nava Public Benefit Corporation to conduct pilots in Michigan (in partnership with Civilla), Colorado, Alaska, Vermont (led by Nava PBC) and Louisiana.

Popvox Legidash

Bay Area, CA, USA

The Democracy Fund is a bipartisan foundation working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.

Sponsor the Vote

Make a small donation and this group will mail voter registration forms to unregistered voters in that state.

US Election 2020

Code for Boise

Boise, ID

Open Boise is an inclusive coalition of civic-minded volunteers that builds, researches, and designs technology to help foster community engagement and improve quality of life for residents of the Treasure Valley.

Ushahidi

Nairobi

Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better

Forward by Forward Labs

Appleton, WI, USA

Forward is a web app that tracks civic engagement opportunities ranging from town hall meetings, to rallies, to civic art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin.

apps

On The Issues

Tired of media reports of fundraising and poll results instead of policy issues? At OnTheIssues.org, you can see the view of every candidates on every issue.

Mi Medellín

Medellín, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

Ahora los ciudadanos de Medellín tenemos un espacio para compartir ideas y asumir retos frente a temas de ciudad: #MiMedellín

Civic Innovation Slack

An online forum for community discussion

Front Porch Forum

Burlington, VT

Front Porch Forum is a free community-building service in Vermont.

Open Data New Zealand

New Zealand

A cross-government programme to accelerate the release and reuse of open government data to maximise the value of that data.

MyGrowConnect

Indo relawan

Jakarta Selatan, South Jakarta City, Jakarta 12510, Indonesia

Connecting volunteers to social organizations / Misi kami adalah untuk membuat kolaborasi antara relawan dan komunitas dengan misi sosial menjadi lebih mudah.

GovChat

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

GovChat is a web platform that also uses Whatsapp and USSD to allow citizens to connect with government representatives.

WhatsApp

Haqdarshak

India (Bhārat)

Haqdarshak enables citizens to access government welfare schemes for which they are eligible. They provide onlineand offline support with documentation and applications.

Extituto

Bogotá

Political organization focused on generating healthy physical and digital spaces for co-creation and incidence in the political landscape.

Idealist.org

Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.

Voting for transparency

San Francisco

Voting works wants to restore trust and faith in the electoral process while also battling the risk of election interference from hackers

Vote Match

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Vote Match is an online voter quiz which matches users to the political party that best represents their views in an election, based on the issues which they select as most important.

Opinary

Engeldamm 62-64, 10179 Berlin, Germany

We are not just a widget – we are THE platform for brands to scale content marketing and insight

CityBlock

55 Washington Street, Unit 552, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Bringing a new approach to urban health, one block at a time

CoVIg-19 Plasma Bot

Bot to help recruit recovered COVID-19 patients to help treat sick ones

Microsoft

Partecipa

Bologna, Italy

Partecipa is the Bologna participation and collaboration platform where it is possible to access the processes of collaboration and care of common goods. Sign up, report, propose and vote for proposals.

Outreach Circle (formerly VoterCircle)

Los Angeles, CA

Support your favorite cause or campaign Anytime, Anywhere

apps

CHVote

Geneva, Switzerland

This prototype is being developed as a Proof of Concept for the protocol the eVoting group of the BFH (Berner Fachhochschule) is working on, in partnership with Canton Geneva.