Civic Tech Field Guide

Reported.ly

Reported.ly wrapped up in August 2016 but during its brief yet impactful run, its international team of journalists surfaced breaking news and reported on human rights and social justice issues through the expansive lens of social media.

HousingMaps.com

HousingMaps was the very first Google Maps mashup, created before there was a Google Maps API. It overlaid Craigslist apartment and housing listings on a map, for some 30 US cities plus London.

housing

ParticipateDB

San Jose, California, USA

the digital engagement catalogue

Project Defenders Sustainable Emergency Grants

Brussels

Any NGO, human rights or media organisation that faces threats due to the work they are doing, can apply for this grant.

Google Bulletin

Mountain View, CA, USA

Create right from your phone with Google

Google

Openly Operated

535 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States

The free transparency certification

Quantum GIS

Create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and mobile devices For your desktop, server, in your web browser and as developer libraries

Cleveland Park Listserv

Cleveland Park, Washington, DC, USA

Cleveland Park Listserv

Future Cities Community Solutions Portal

Canada

Browse resources, connect with other leaders and see practical examples of smart cities approaches that can help your community thrive.

Technosylva

A suite of tools for wildfire response and planning

fires

Mask supply and demand information platform

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

Maps and inventory status of masks to help reduce the spread of Coronavirus in Taiwan

Beacon

United States of America (the)

Beacon makes it easy for you to take action on the issues that you care about.

apps

Hukoomi

Qatar (Dawlat Qatar)

Hukoomi is an e-governance application which provides access to a broad range of information, including legal information for business, and information about visa and immigration procesess.

Hong Kong Address Parser

Hong Kong

我哋幫你拆解難搞地址

Mapping tools

Apollo

Washington, DC

The Apollo DemTool is a powerful system for compiling, managing, and analyzing citizen reports from an election monitoring mission.

TrialWatch

United States of America (the)

Microsoft and the Clooney Foundation for Justice have teamed up to create TrialWatch, an app designed to help human rights advocates more easily monitor legal proceedings around the world.

Public Good

Public Good’s context and action-based approach is the most effective way to engage consumers in your brand.

WeVote

Philadelphia

The WeVote app is a one stop shop to learn about the candidates and your voting rights and responsibilities, act on Election Day by voting or volunteering and share events you plan to attend and materials you have read.

apps

Urban Archive

155 Rivington Street, New York, NY, USA

Urban Archive is a technology nonprofit that creates new connections between people, places, and historical institutions.

Up & Go

443 39th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, United States

Home cleaning in NYC you can feel great about

labor
coop

Government Digital Service UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

We help government work better for everyone by leading digital transformation.

United Kingdom (government)

RaRaRe

58 Omorinre Johnson Street, Lekki Phase I, Lekki, Nigeria

A Civic Platform To Drive Positive Change In Africa

WhatsApp

GetCalFresh

Code for America, Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

Apply for food stamps in 10 minutes

Access social benefits

‎Australian Christian Lobby

4 Campion Street, Deakin ACT 2600, Australia

An example of an issue campaign app

apps

Reported

New York City

Reported lets you submit feedback about NYC taxis in 30 seconds. Reported submits this feedback directly to NYC's 311 system and the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Code for France

France

Put technology at the service of the general interest

Halcyon Incubator

We are seeking social entrepreneurs who have bold ideas to solve some of the most pressing global challenges and are willing to translate their passion and beliefs into a tangible model to empower social change

VacFind

Portland, OR

A list of state and national resources that help people find a covid vaccine

vaccines

DemTools

DemTools is designed to help empower civil society organizations, political parties and legislatures around the world by applying technology solutions to common challenges

Guardian Project

Guardian Project creates easy to use secure apps, open-source software libraries, and customized mobile devices that can be used around the world by any person looking to protect their communications and personal data from unjust intrusion, interception and monitoring.

apps

CivicRush

California

Volunteer & Serve for Community Project

apps

Machine Learning and the Rule of Law

Predictive judicial analytics holds the promise of increasing the fairness of law.

research

Marocviz

Morocco (Al Maghrib)

Le Moteur de visualisation de données ouvertes convertie pour vous les données publiques en formes narratives de visualisation.

U.S. Digital Response

United States of America (the)

We place experienced, pro-bono technologists to work with government and organizations responding to crisis, to quickly deliver critical services and infrastructure that support the needs of the public. We’re non-partisan, fast, and free.

RTS Where's My Bus?

A realtime bus locator service

CivicConnect

CivicConnect provides a suite of applications that leverage Augmented Reality and mobile technologies to enable a compelling experience for Smart Cities.

Open Eligibility

The Open Eligibility Project is an initiative of Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation in order to simplify the process of finding and applying for human services.

Amandla Mobi

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

Amandla.mobi is a platform that aims to "turn every cellphone in South Africa into a democracy tool" by using Whatsapp, SMS, USSD, Web and social networking to run multi-issue and multilingual campaigns so that people can connect and call for accountability on various matters.

WhatsApp

Ciudadanía Inteligente

Santiago, Chile

One of South America's leading campaign and tech organizations

Emerson Engagement Lab

Emerson College, Boylston Street, Boston, MA, USA

We are an applied research lab dedicated to innovating the ways people participate in civic life and expanding the study of citizenship in a digital era.

The Open Internet for Democracy Playbook

1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC

The Open Internet for Democracy Playbook serves as a companion piece to the Democratic Principles for an Open Internet, which is a framework for understanding what principles must be upheld in order for the internet to foster democracy.

MapaTanda

12 Makadios, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Mapping with and for the Older Adults (Senior Citizens) and Ageing Population in the Philippines

The U.S. Digital Services Playbook

United States of America (the)

The American people expect to interact with government through digital channels such as websites, email, and mobile applications. By building digital services that meet their needs, we can make the delivery of our policy and programs more effective.