Our mission is to educate the public about privacy in digital communications and to develop tools that anyone can use. By embracing "privacy by design," we help make digital security and privacy more accessible to everyone.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Connectivity

A Simple Solution for Modern Voter Registration

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.

• US Election 2020
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

At the Digital Transformation Agency, we help government improve digital services to make them simple, clear and fast.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Crowdfund innovations in tech and design before they go mainstream, and buy hundreds of unique products shipping now from Indiegogo's Marketplace.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

m-Omulimisa is an agriculture technology company that leverages ICT tools especially mobile phone technology to improve the livelihoods of small holder farmers in Uganda.

• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

Ulule: The 1st European crowdfunding site. Already 24208 projects funded with success. Make good things happen!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

MetroQuest is public involvement software with a track record of award-winning planning projects. Engage thousands, gain insight, build community support.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Sometimes, collaboration means an overt step forward. Other times it's a step to the side. With this in mind, we're bidding farewell to OpenCongress and redirecting users to GovTrack.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

• recidivism

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Ciudad.Decide is a pilot project to encourage citizen participation in Fuencarral, district of Madrid, Spain.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

We connect volunteer drivers with anybody who needs a ride to claim their vote. CarpoolAction is maintained by the Progressive Coders Network community.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

BriteHeart's mission is to ENGAGE, CONNECT and EMPOWER citizens for positive change through ARTIVISM. #getcivic

• Artistic interventions
• Organize events

De leukste buurt maak je samen, op een buurtplatform van gebiedonline.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

How Do You Like It So Far uses pop culture to take soundings of a society in transition, exploring intersections with civic imagination and engagement, and social and political change. Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay are your guides on this adventure.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

Dear Social Good Coders! It’s with huge excitement today that I announce the relaunch of our SocialCoding4Good (SC4G) initiative as Code Alliance!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

Connecting people & data for good

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

We’ll index local government, committee, department, commission and school boards agendas, minutes, budgets and myriad other documents municipalities must publish by law as well as those they may be posting voluntarily.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Vote for Policies makes it easy to compare what the political parties are promising to do in the 2017 general election. It helps you decide who to vote for.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Spendrise is a platform for creating positive change everywhere you spend money. Speak up as a paying customer and help businesses you love become even better.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

CivicTechYYC is a community based group that is part of a global movement to leverage technology for public good.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citizen action, and engagement using technology.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

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

Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board

• commercial
• Facebook

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

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

Anonymous Voting at Work, School, and Play :)

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Cosa fanno i tuoi rappresentanti? Tutte le attività parlamentari aggiornate quotidianamente.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A legislation commenting platform in Kenya

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

In this panel called Citizen Observatory, a group of people chosen at random will approach and provide solutions to key issues for the life of the citizens of Madrid.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists.

• apps
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

Vote at home? Or at uni? An election is coming and it matters where you register. Enter your home and uni postcodes to find out where your vote will make the biggest impact for Labour. Made by Momentum.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

One IT solution for all participatory budgeting activities. Available as SaaS or self-hosted.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

I'm Resistbot. Text RESIST to 50409 and I'll help you contact your officials.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

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

Collaborative writing of laws

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

This Expert Network Accelerates The Search For Talent. Case study by GovLab

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

“Otgovariat.bg” е платформа, чиято главна цел е укрепването на демократичния процес в България чрез създаване на онлайн комуникационен канал, свързващ българските политици и гражданите.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A map of local restaurants offering pick-up and delivery

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

PeakMetrics tracks news and government action around the clock, so you save time and react faster.

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

Political Change Starts Here

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

HandUp makes giving to nonprofit organizations and their clients easy, secure and transparent -- and your donation goes directly to the cause. We partner with nonprofits whose mission is to serve those experiencing poverty. Every donation, small or large, can have a huge impact on a person's life.

• No poverty
• Partnerships for the Goals

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy