Neighborhood Knowledge Platform

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Fired Without Cause helps users understand whether their employer treated them fairly. The app also has a severance pay calculator.

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

This project will develop ethical principles and guidelines, as well as draft best practices for the use of remote sensing and volunteered geographic information (VGI) in crisis situations.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Mapping tools

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Its a free emergency app that connects South Africans to safety just by a press of a button which tells operators who you areand where you are

Participation Factory is a social enterprise that mainstreams participation and data-driven approaches into governance and process design.

• People Powered

• 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

Our goal is to exponentially accelerate our ability to address global challenges that threaten our existence.

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

IEEE GHTC focuses on advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

an experimental project to enable practical alternatives to how we manage our personal data and interact on the internet

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Decentralization

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

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Apps That Engage Everyone

• apps

• Graveyard
• Organize campaigns

GISCorps serves our global community by providing mapping expertise where it’s needed most. We match GIS volunteers with organizations in need worldwide.

• The People
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

OpenCounter builds tools to help applicants understand the costs and requirements of their projects—before they start pulling permits.

• land
• permits

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Govtech vendors

Development Seed is supporting the World Bank to identify dangerous housing in Colombia through the use of artificial intelligence.

• housing

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

• human rights
• immigration

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Legal Smart Channel is a web application that helps the public understand legal issues online, by offering free access to legal consultancy services.

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

From Saving the Census to Google Maps: The US Census Bureau's TIGER System, 1980-2010

• census

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A map of ethical and rights-based approaches

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Intel is working with University of California, Davis, to perfect irrigation techniques by placing sensors in crops and other strategic areas to monitor soil and air moisture levels.

• agriculture
• Zero hunger

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Personal Democracy Forum CEE is a unique space where the enthusiasm for technology is supported with meaningful debates on its role in the contemporary world.

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Mapping

Democracy 2.0 A Community of Intelligent Voters

• Voting and elections
• Matching views to votes

Forward is a web app that tracks civic engagement opportunities ranging from town hall meetings, to rallies, to civic art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

Avaaz mobilizes instant campaigns to address crises happening anywhere on earth, and to close the gap between the world we have the world most people everywhere want. Join the movement now.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Astrea Justice is human rights remedy mobile app that is being used in Zimbabwe and has the potential of being scaled into other countries.

• human rights
• apps

• Crowdsourcing
• Justice tech
• Blockchain

This is an exploratory overview of current and upcoming sources of data, processing pipelines, and data products. It is aimed at helping non-experts explore and harness the unfolding revolution of Earth observation, with an emphasis on understanding current capabilities and project development considerations.

• agriculture
• forests

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

A biotech makerspace located in a rural community.

• Citizen science
• Hubs
• Open science

The RD community is a place for those who use data in social change and advocacy to develop practical approaches to addressing the ethical, legal, social and privacy-related challenges they face.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A cross-government programme to accelerate the release and reuse of open government data to maximise the value of that data.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Peer networks

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• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

GovChat is a web platform that also uses Whatsapp and USSD to allow citizens to connect with government representatives.

• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

Haqdarshak enables citizens to access government welfare schemes for which they are eligible. They provide onlineand offline support with documentation and applications.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

APPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES

• The Tech
• The People
• Get funding

Wir messen, wo Autos Radfahrer eng überholen.

• cycling

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Crowdsourced reporting and mapping of public gendered harassment

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

10 tips to help hiring managers recruit employees

• The People
• Build something
• Find a job or hire someone

An API standard for ride hailing services

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

Bringing a new approach to urban health, one block at a time

• health
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

Field Papers is a tool to help you create a multi-page atlas of anywhere in the world.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Impact Hub Harare prides itself for being a catalyst of social impact.

• Hubs

Showcasing re-useable tools built across Africa and the people & organisations building them

Support your favorite cause or campaign Anytime, Anywhere

• apps

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

Using software, policy and data to empower activists and end oppression

• Build something
• Civic apps outfits
• Govtech vendors

• homelessness

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Mapping tools

Open Government initiative by the Nariño department in Colombia, combining approaches in collaborative economy and social innovation.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; appropriates $20 million from General Fund and $1 million annually thereafter.

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic literacy

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”

• peace
• universities

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Ethical tech and responsible tech