Keeping our eyes on members of Nigeria's National Assembly!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Neighborland was a communications platform that empowers organizations to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way. Acquired by Nextdoor in 2019 and shut down.

• housing

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

We help you better understand NYC government, and give you decision-making tools to improve it

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A set of principles of open government data developed by advocates on On December 7-8, 2007. The meeting, held in Sebastopol, California, was designed to develop a more robust understanding of why open government data is essential to democracy

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force

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• The People
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• Books

Angers participatory budget - a Decidim instance

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

See what your representatives in Congress say and do.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

À l'initiative du Président de la République, le Gouvernement engage un Grand Débat National permettant à toutes et tous de débattre de questions essentielles pour les Français.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Zapraszamy do korzystania z otwartych danych Miasta Gdańska. W serwisie publikujemy dane m.in. o miejskich finansach, rozkładach jazdy komunikacji miejskiej, demografii. Otwarte dane czekają na wykorzystanie przez Ciebie, Twoją organizację pozarządową lub firmę!

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Better Reykjavik allows citizens to propose the policies that matter to them

• Your Priorities

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Explorez l'évolution de la loi au fil de la procédure parlementaire avec La Fabrique de la Loi ! Plus de 800 textes de loi promulgués depuis 2008 à explorer pour mieux comprendre comment les parlementaires influent sur la loi

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative 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
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• Participatory democracy

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity

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• The People
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• Books

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

Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that helps build a democracy that works for everyone and fuels progress on critical issues.

• People Powered

• Civic and social impact companies

A boycott app for the Hong Kong democracy movement

• apps

• Organize campaigns
• Boycott or buycott

We are San Diegans who believe data and technology can better serve citizens, sparking a more vibrant democracy and civic life. We treasure our communities and work together to bolster our public experience. We are a brigade of the national, non-partisan Code for America, leveraging their resources, but keenly focused on our improving local issues here at home.

• The People
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• Civic hacking meetups

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

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Voix et Actions Citoyennes is a civic organization led by young people and oriented towards Beninese and African youth

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

New urban visions, the final event of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, will see the launch of our experimental index and ideas bank, a pioneering piece of work exploring how city ecosystems and governments can support and work with DSI, and of our new collection of positive visions for the future of DSI.

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• In-person meetings

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

Get answers from EU Institutions

• Alaveteli

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Advocacy tech

MapLight is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that reveals the influence of money in politics, informs and empowers voters, and advances reforms that promote a more responsive democracy.

• Data visualization
• Watchdogging and transparency

As part of its Tech & Check Cooperative, the Reporters’ Lab is serving as a hub for automated fact-checking to connect journalists and technologists around the world. The conference gave them an opportunity to demonstrate current projects and discuss the big challenges of automation.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Conferences

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

• Artistic interventions
• Organize events

The Interface is a daily column about the intersection of social media and democracy.

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• News and blogs

The All-in-One Campaign Management Dashboard for Democrats and Progressives

• partisan

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

My Country Talks matches political opposites for 1:1 conversations

• The Tech
• Filter bubble poppers

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

Civiciti is a participation platform for continuous democracy. We help citizens, public administrations and organisations around the world discover, discuss and decide on the issues they care about.

• Graveyard
• Civic and social impact companies

Liberté Living-Lab is a new collaborative workspace for tech, civic & social innovation. Our ambition is to accelerate projects addressing key societal challenges. #techforgood

• Hubs

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

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

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

a novel about democracy in the age of algorithms

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• Civic fiction

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

Mobile micro-fundraising and awareness platform for charities

• apps

• Mapping
• Mapping platforms
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

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

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

LABIC are a series of labs aimed at fostering civic innovation in Ibero-America, in order to boost social transformation, democratic governance, and social, cultural and economic development.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

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

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

Civic Tech Sweden is a network of people working with technology for the common good and digital tools for community, democracy, and transparency.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

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

The Municipal Barometer is a web-based portal that provides municipalities and people with local level data so municipalities can make informed and resolute decisions to deliver on their mandates

Eric Cantor's legislation-tracking platform, built on Facebook

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Connecting Expertise to Government

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy