The Shield initiative united a set of actions for institutions and civil society, aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the elections.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Partner networks and coalitions

This flagship event will gather people of all ages and backgrounds, including youth, journalists and EU institutions, for a vibrant debate on topics that matter to our everyday life and Europe's future.

• Holidays

(with Urban Futures Centre at DUT)

Powering current and next-generation map products by creating reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Mapping platforms

(with OpenUp and DPSA)

citizen monitoring of service delivery in informal settlements (with VPUU and Open Up)

• informal settlements

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Dashboards

machine learning platform for transparent and fair media (with Media Monitoring Africa)

An open-source Chrome extension powered by GPT-4 that demonstrates how AI can be used to subtly manipulate the content users consume

• extensions

• Artificial Intelligence
• Filter bubble poppers

(with SA Cities Network)

(with National Treasury)

(with Isandla Institute)

EDGE Open Data Platform (with SA Cities Network)

A Polish website that helps citizens visualize the entire information request process, understand the next steps if information is not provided, and offers templates and sample documents for various stages and scenarios.

Mapping debris cleanup following Hurricane Beryl 2024

• hurricanes

• Civic maps
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Guidance, tools, and case studies to help digital product/service owners and advisors in the aid sector design sustainable business models.

• Build something

a Discord bot for ethical, responsive digital ethnography

• Discord

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Bots
• Research tools

An eight-week program bringing together leaders of local-oriented online spaces to experiment with fun new practices and ideas

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Juvare’s cloud solution for unified emergency response and automated task workflows

• Govtech
• Emergency services

The messenger for emergency services

• disasters
• Matrix
• fires

• Govtech
• Emergency services

Modernized Volunteer Management for Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

• Govtech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Manage volunteers

Security, Safety & Critical Event Management Software. Acquired by IBM.

• Govtech
• Emergency services

Govtech vendor offering emergency services and elections management tech among other solutions

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Emergency services

Damage assessment software designed to rapidly and accurately collect damage assessments for FEMA’s disaster declaration process

• Govtech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Uncomplicated software for ‍emergency management

• Govtech
• Emergency services

Facilitate accelerated deployment of collaboration, communication, and task management capabilities for emergency response operations through our open-source app template in Microsoft Teams. Get solution

• Microsoft
• extensions

• Govtech
• Emergency services

We're a Community Creating Open Source Solutions for Financial Services

• General purpose open source tools
• Fintech for good

Helping job seekers find careers in renewable energy

emqnet delivers data-driven software built and supported by a team of resilience experts.

• Govtech
• Emergency services

260 Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations from OpeningParliament.org’s database (last updated in 2020)

• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Civic tech catalogs

• United Nations

OpeningParliament.org provides a forum for international collaboration on efforts to improve access to parliamentary information and share experiences and good practices among PMOs.

• Graveyard
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

In this monthly newsletter, this media nerd explores the opportunities that emerge in this disruptive moment for new models of civic media ventures.

• Media
• Newsletters

Somos una asociación civil peruana sin fines de lucro dedicada a investigar, facilitar el entendimiento público y promover el respeto de los derechos y libertades en entornos digitales.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Freedom of Information
• Digital rights
• Open civic data

Sitios web bloqueados en Perú sin orden judicial

• free speech

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Pidela.info es una aplicación web que hace dos cosas: (i) permite a cualquier persona enviar una Solicitud de Acceso a la Información Pública legalmente válida a través de Internet; y, (ii) archiva y hace disponible a terceros las solicitudes y respuestas recibidas anteriormente.

• Freedom of Information

Historial.pe es la respuesta a las necesidades de información jurisprudencial sobre temas relacionados a Internet y las nuevas tecnologías que experimentan abogados, litigantes y afectados.

• Legal tech
• Access to laws

We want to develop a standard approach to collecting data about disability from constituents and City employees to improve accessibility and inclusion in Boston.

• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

¿Cómo protegen las empresas de telecomunicaciones nuestra información cuando el Estado toca la puerta?

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

Hack Club gives teens time, space and engineering mentorship to code projects they care about and learn technical skills that build and protect democracy

• youth
• students

• Meet the others
• Build something
• In-person meetings

Carbyne Emergency Call Triage makes it possible for even a small or understaffed PSAP to handle a major crisis. Emergency Call Triage helps mitigate both redundant as well as abandoned calls.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emergency services

• Voting and elections
• Research and policy centers
• Academia