Flare is an app that aggregates public and privately owned ambulance companies into an interface for patients and hospitals

• Emergency services

In the beginner's mind there are…

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Civic Tech Toronto is a vibrant and diverse community of Torontonians engaged in understanding and creating solutions for civic challenges through technology, design, and other innovative means.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Resilient Mesh Wireless project is a series of local networks serving small businesses combined with community-based trainings in Sandy-affected areas.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

Explore how cities around the world are applying innovation methods to tackle their tough challenges

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Go Code Colorado is a statewide apps challenge to bring developers and entrepreneurs together to build better business apps with public data.

• state

• The People
• Build something
• Building inside government

The New York Times beta Android app appears to be experimenting with a GoFundMe link to help readers touched by a story give back. Newspapers have run fundraising drives for local residents for years,...

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

This story map was created with the Story Map Series application in ArcGIS Online.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The chatbots are easily accessed via Whatsapp, Messenger and webchat for smartphones and via SMS for feature phones.

• WhatsApp
• COVID-19
• Good health and well-being

• Bots
• COVID Engagement Projects

SeeSay2020.com was an online tool that allowed voters to report instances of misinformation, voting machine issues, polling place wait times, and more, with the goal to attract media and legal attention to verified, ongoing issues in real time.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

We build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation focusing on EBT Food Stamps.

• apps

• Access social benefits

A mentoring app connecting new and former members of Congress

• trainings

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

OTF’s Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab offers secure usability and user-interface assistance to Internet freedom and digital security tools to help them recognise and solve usability challenges that hampered the adoption of those tools in repressive contexts.

• trainings
• coaching

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Our crowdsourced localization results in more accurate and timely translations, and unlocks access to the internet for users all over the world

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Help out

What happens when you mix technology with the strategic board game of Risk? For those unfamiliar with the game, the basis is world domination. Players roll dice and place tiny plastic soldiers and […]

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Are you working on social change issues in Sub-Saharan Africa? Do injustice, corruption and inequalities in your community motivate your work? Do you use data and technology in your daily work?Apply to be The Engine Room's Matchbox partner!(Lire cet article en français)What is Matchbox?M

• The People
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

OTF maintains a helpful list of alternate funding sources and services that support efforts relevant to the fields of Internet freedom, software development, journalism, and human rights.

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

Building Free Technology Tools for We, The People

• apps

• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections
• Specific campaigns

O COLAB é um centro de pesquisa que atua também no desenvolvimento de software e na formação de pessoas.

• Research and policy centers
• Civic apps outfits
• Academia

Kumpulan cerita tentang orang, studi kasus, penelitian kami, dan wajah kota yang selalu berubah yang Anda jalani. // Qlue is a crowd-sourcing smartphone app where the users can report various incidents such as flooding, crime, fires or waste-related issues.

• apps
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Govtech

Applying Bain Capital’s value-added approach to impact investing by building great companies, maximizing their financial potential, and scaling their social and environmental impact.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.

• apps

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

The Urban Knowledge Exchange Southern Africa (uKESA) is an online platform built to benefit urban development decision makers, urban practitioner, researcher or policy maker by providing knowledge on related issues.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

Crash Data Explorer is an open source analysis and engagement tool for urban pedestrian and bike safety.

• cycling
• mobility

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

The CLARITY project brings together stakeholder networks across Europe into an engaged and mobilised community that supports innovation in open eGovernment applications.

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

The New Media Index is an effort by PEJ to monitor the content appearing in new media platforms.

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

Future Cities Catapult has developed a City Data Sharing Toolkit. The toolkit includes tools, approaches and resources for local authorities sharing non-personal data.

• city
• toolkits
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Circumvention tech

Re-focus is a mobile application that provides legal information and welfare advice for women who are separated orare thinking of separating.

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

Live CO2 emissions of electricity consumption

• Sustainable cities and communities
• Responsible consumption and production

• Civic maps
• Mapping

Human-Led + AI-Supported Listening

• apps

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

Start where you are

• Graveyard
• Data visualization
• Mapping

the Knight Foundation gave the TED conference a $985,000 grant to help develop TED.com into an “action platform,” to help channel people moved by a powerful talk into taking meaningful action on the issues being raised

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

Povezave med lobisti, lobiranci, podjetji in državnimi institucijami v omrežjih vpliva.

• Data visualization
• Civic maps
• Watchdogging and transparency

Fathom text analysis has transformed 25M+ open ended responses into actionable insights for leading agencies and brands.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Narrative tech

Ask Without Shame provides accurate emergency sexual health information to youth in Africa through mobile technology

• WhatsApp

Darcy will allow everyone to run their own federated social media instance – without having to worry about technology, moderation or legal compliance, because Darcy will take care of that for you – if you want!

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps

• Engagement tech

Carrotmob is a new way to influence businesses. We spend money as a group, and in return businesses take socially-responsible actions we care about.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A now deprecated glossary of tech terms from the Mayor's CTO office

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Glossaries

Uma aplicação portuguesa de entreajuda comunitária

• Graveyard
• COVID
• Resource matching and sharing

SeeClickFix makes it easy for neighbors to request information and services from local service providers. But what about when these organizations need to reach out to the public to give them useful information and important updates?

• Communicating with the people
• Service alerts

Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.

• city
• neighborhoods
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

We create survey-based applications that organize information in ways which are easily accessible, scientifically rigorous, and profoundly personalized. In so doing, we offer compelling online experiences that promote civic engagement and informed dialogue.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The Going Digital Toolkit helps countries assess their state of digital development and formulate policy strategies and approaches in response. Data exploration and visualisation are key features of the Toolkit.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

Governor's Budget Summary 2020-21

• state

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

This is an assessment of efficiency and functioning of asset disclosure systems in 18 CEE countries.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Citizens monitor. Everyone wins.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Emerging tech

WindyGrid is a computer application, designed for City personnel, that makes Chicago’s big data easily and strategically accessible in one place.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization