Civic Capital is a call to fundamentally shift the way we understand the value embedded into civic assets, how it can be actualized, captured and redistributed.

• fintech

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns

The production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.

• culture

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Narrative tech

A political data and intelligence start-up helping to connect the public and politicians.

• Civic data
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Established in 1993, Joint Venture Silicon Valley provides analysis and action on issues affecting our region’s economy and quality of life.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• city

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an Asset

• guides
• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

A collaborative fact-checking project for the Philippines’ 2019 elections bringing together 11 news organizations and 3 universities to counter disinformation and provide the public with verified information

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

Ruck.us can give you a high-powered, attractive political website in five minutes.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Graveyard

The mission of the DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project is to create transparency and data-driven information through court monitoring to ensure that all victims of domestic violence have equal access to a clear, fair and consistent judicial process that prioritizes victim safety and offender accountability.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation reports we found in our research.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

The Data Justice Lab examines the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice, highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and big data

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

by @authoritycollective. Do No Harm

• guides

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

Build Peace is a conference that brings together practitioners, activists, artists and technologists from around the world to share experience and ideas.

• peace

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

We enable leading organisations working in the peace, justice and humanitarian sector to spearhead digital innovations to increase their impact on society.

• The People
• Help out
• Tech translators and intermediaries

To specifically break through online rumors, restore the truth, and urge everyone to continue to enjoy life.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Turn helps social impact organisations have personal, guided conversations that improve lives at scale.

Loup is a human-centered design and innovation consultancy that helps organizations listen to and learn from the people they serve.

• Social impact design firms

The District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, DC Code §§ 2-531-539, provides that any person has the right to request access to records.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Freedom of Information

Explore multimodal transportation in Washington D.C. through rich interactive data visualizations.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We’re an ever-expanding and increasingly diverse group of co-conspirators who, mainly, partner with activist groups on creative tactics to further campaigns.

• Specific campaigns
• Artistic interventions

The Green Button initiative is an industry-led effort to respond to a White House call-to-action to provide electricity, natural gas, and water customers with easy access to their energy- and water-usage data in a consumer-friendly and computer-friendly format.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Business intelligence for the public sector

• Civic and social impact companies

Data for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potential of the digital revolution in the government sector.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Greenpeace activists protest Coca-Cola’s use of climate-changing chemicals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Brand organizing

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and promote internet norms and principles essential to democratic governance.

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

OnlineSOS empowers people facing online harassment

• anti-harassment
• guides

• The People
• Media
• Meet the others

#MineAlert allows you to track and share mining applications and licences

• mining
• apps

• Watchdogging and transparency

City Bureau is a nonprofit civic journalism lab based on the South Side of Chicago. We bring journalists and communities together in a collaborative spirit to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

Microsoft AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source robotics simulation platform. From ground vehicles, wheeled robotics, aerial drones, and even static IoT devices, AirSim can capture data for models without costly field operations.

• Microsoft

• Drones

Activists from 15 countries taking on kleptocracy, political violence, technology, and environmental crisis.

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

The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke

• books

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Realize an Emissions Free World by 2040

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Tech for public challenges
• Carbon calculators

Das Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (ipb) will der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Protesten, sozialen Bewegungen und ihrem Wechselverhältnis zur Demokratie einen Ort geben.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

BUILD HIGH-IMPACT PRODUCTS FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

The DIY Toolkit has been specially designed for development practitioners to invent, adopt or adapt ideas that can deliver better results.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

It helps people and organizations to use inclusive technologies to build systems and services that are accessible, responsive, and resilient.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Building resilient systems to keep civil society safe online

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

The Police Data Initiative promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, innovation, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them.

• policing
• racial equity
• criminal justice

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

acquired by Airbnb and shut down

• The Tech
• Graveyard
• Emerging tech

We provide the expertise and infrastructure to turn ideas into real world change.

• Graveyard
• Civic and social impact companies

This is a blog about how the civic tech and accountability field measures its work and its impact.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Dashboards and experiences built using Tableau. Deployable anywhere.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Civic and social impact companies

The Startups Driving Europe's GovTech Revolution

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Awards and prizes

It is a dynamic take on the working club for innovators, activists, progressive thinkers, and creatives.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Organize campaigns

The aim of the festival is to strengthen understanding of the role of citizen engagement across the policy cycle.

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

Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

CitySDK is a “service development kit” for cities and developers that aims at harmonizing application programming interfaces (APIs) across cities.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Harness the power of your social data.

• Organize campaigns
• Media and social media analysis

PredPol’s software technology enables law enforcement agencies to better prevent crime in their communities by generating daily predictions on the places and times that crimes are most likely to occur during any patrol shift.

• crime

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.

• partisan

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers