Secure messaging, anywhere

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Color Of Change’s digital petition and training platform

• racial equity

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Petitions

A show that takes the two dullest subjects in the world, government and technology, and makes them irresistibly relevant and undeniably fascinating. (Trust us!)

• podcasts

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

A platform for improving public services by showcasing and promoting the reuse of civic software.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Graveyard

The Quartz Bot Studio builds narrative experiences for messaging and voice platforms.

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

The Michigan Moonshot is Merit’s commitment to ending the digital divide

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

NationStates is a free nation simulation game. Build a nation and run it according to your own warped political ideals

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

a fellowship program to empower social entrepreneurs, artists, activists, scholars and other catalysts to increase awareness, understanding and engagement around pressing areas of public interest, with particular attention to underrepresented communities and their ideas

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Re-designing Service Delivery

• Gender Equality

• Civic apps outfits
• Social impact design firms

The use of prizes and awards is a visible element of the Obama Administration’s efforts to promote innovation in government

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

In 2001, registering or transferring land in Jamaica was an uphill battle

• land

• The Tech
• Govtech

The world's leading cloud software company powering #socialgood.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Get funding

LinkNYC is a first-of-its-kind communication network, bringing the fastest free public Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers and visitors.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the city with awards presented concurrently with the National League of Cities conference held each November.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The Ability Programme exists to advocate for the rights of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as well as SDGs 10 and 11

Powered by community we exist to enable your educational & entrepreneurial pursuits.

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

The Media Party is a three days event that brings together 2000 entrepreneurs, journalists, software programmers and designers from five Continents to work together for the future of media.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Mobile micro-fundraising and awareness platform for charities

• apps

• Mapping
• Civic crowdfunding platforms
• Mapping platforms

Microsoft Soundscape was a project from Microsoft Research that explored the use of innovative audio-based technology to enable people to build a richer awareness of their surroundings, thus becoming more confident and empowered to get around.

• apps
• Microsoft
• blind

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Vote Compass is an award-winning application, showing you how your views align with those of the candidates running for election.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

BIG DATA + MAPS + EDITOR

• desktop apps

• Graveyard
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

Deep learning is transforming the world. We are making deep learning easier to use and getting more people from all backgrounds involved through our: free courses for coders, software library, cutting-edge research, and community

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

ICTworks™ is the premier community for international development professionals committed to utilizing new and emerging technologies to magnify the intent of communities to accelerate their social and economic development.

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Graveyard

We build open source software, digital infrastructure, and governance frameworks to enable public-private collaboration and the seamless exchange of transport data.

• city
• mobility
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Connecting Expertise to Government

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Other analytic software can show you what is happening, but only Quid can unlock the context that explains why.

• commercial

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

Startups and social entreprises that are transforming cities around the world through technology.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Build something
• Incubators

Helping citizens and communities to give their view on civic issues through Messenger chatbots

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Villageois 2.0 is an association which aims to raise awareness among citizens of Guinea on the advantages and risks of ICTs

The European Social Innovation Competition, launched in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos, is a challenge prize run by the European Commission across all European countries

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Project Mobilize is a network of leaders working to create change both within the current systems and organizations that already exist as well as investing in new ideas on the local, state and national level that will break through the stagnate and partisan rhetoric in order to create a more unified, inclusive and forward-thinking nation.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Public Square is a two-year action research programme that explores how to improve participation at a local government level.

• research

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The #opensource #opendata platform. Powering http://data.gov.uk, http://data.gov & portals around the world

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms

The Startups Driving Europe's GovTech Revolution

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Awards and prizes

PredPol’s software technology enables law enforcement agencies to better prevent crime in their communities by generating daily predictions on the places and times that crimes are most likely to occur during any patrol shift.

• crime

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

We used a computer program to talk to young people on the dating app about the U.K. election. The results were amazing.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

A podcast on breakthroughs in public service technology.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

Rocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source. Replace email, HipChat & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Mozilla Festival (MozFest) brings the world together to leave the internet better than we found it. Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, invites you to our annual interactive festival in London, England. Come shape our best future online.

• 2023 Webby Awards

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

Canvassing & voter management software

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

• air quality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

eclips.is is a free, lightweight platform where you can launch your (virtual) servers. It is funded by Open Technology Fund (OTF) to facilitate an easy accessible cloud infrastructure.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Our software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.

• development

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Public contracts awarded in Slovak Republic since 2009

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

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

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

OpenBlock is a web application and RESTful service that allows users to browse and search their local area for "hyper-local news

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

Revivn collects excess hardware from your business, secures your data & repurposes your unused tech for a greater cause.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

The Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund invests in the most innovative enterprise software companies that drive measurable social and environmental impact.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation