Microsoft Soundscape was a project from Microsoft Research that explored the use of innovative audio-based technology to enable people to build a richer awareness of their surroundings, thus becoming more confident and empowered to get around.

• apps
• Microsoft
• blind

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Vote Compass is an award-winning application, showing you how your views align with those of the candidates running for election.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The Local Office Function Index (LOFI) is a standardized, nationwide dataset of what your elected officials are responsible for and how you can engage with them.

• local

• Civic data
• Voting and elections
• Data schemas and standards

The European Social Innovation Competition, launched in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos, is a challenge prize run by the European Commission across all European countries

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Das CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

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

Public Square is a two-year action research programme that explores how to improve participation at a local government level.

• research

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Answering the Call, a leadership development experience designed to help service alumni explore their interest in potentially seeking political office.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

The encyclopedia of American politics

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

• civic features
• Facebook

• Graveyard
• Civic features
• Petitions

Mit dem Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen unterstützen Wikimedia Deutschland, der Stifterverband und die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler dabei, ihre Forschung und Lehre offen zu gestalten

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone

We bring together people from the UK, no matter what their background, to stop the Tories from winning another parliamentary majority at the next election. We use electoral data to determine which left-leaning party has the best chance of beating the Tories in 50 of the most marginal seats and support any and all volunteers to get out campaigning.

• Brexit

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

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

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

netzpolitik.org ist eine Plattform für digitale Freiheitsrechte.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

The stories turn up daily: Social media is being used to undermine democracy. Someone has run off with millions of Social Security numbers stored by a major financial institution. Internet service…

• The People
• Digital rights
• Manifestos

Catalogul aleşilor penali. De consultat înainte să mergem la vot.

• Watchdogging and transparency

Awethu puts power in your hands. This is your space to run campaigns about issues affecting the Black majority of South Africa, particularly women. If you have an idea to make your community or the world, a better place for Black women, awethu can help you make it a reality.

• Advocacy tech

This prototype is being developed as a Proof of Concept for the protocol the eVoting group of the BFH (Berner Fachhochschule) is working on, in partnership with Canton Geneva.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

Technology and Design programming for the people of East Oakland and beyond

• racial equity
• trainings

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

In partnerships with local and international organisations, each GTI has further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents addressing the risks, attacks and contexts faced by activist women in the region.

• indigenous
• LGBTQI
• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

The Human Utility provides assistance to families and makes sure they always have running water at home.

• Clean water and sanitation

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

This guide is meant to provide key tips to help you establish successful hacknights.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) runs the Data.gov.za web platform which catalogues and links to existing open data sets on external websites but also hosts data on behalf of government departments and agencies

• Civic data

To assist agencies to modernise and transform their government services, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet has developed these four toolkits.

• toolkits

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Predictiv helps organisations make better and faster decisions.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Behavioral economics programs

Services week is a nationwide, cross-government event that looks at how we can work together to deliver end-to-end, user-focused services.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Conferences
• Peer networks
• Building inside government

An open, civic tech community in public safety and crime.

• criminal justice

• Civic data
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

Die Oö. Landesregierung unterstützt durch ihren Beschluss vom 29. Oktober 2012 die nachhaltige Entwicklung der Informationsgesellschaft und Bürgerbeteiligung nach den Grundsätzen Transparenz, Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Das Land Vorarlberg stellt auf data.gv.at allen Interessierten Regierungs- und Verwaltungsdaten zur Verfügung.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Learn how to run powerful campaigns this Autumn! Applications are due 9am on Tuesday 21 August.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Hold your politicians accountable. Tell your representatives what you want them to do. We'll track whether they listen, so you'll know if they deserve your vote in the next election.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Graveyard

Empowering rural communities with digital education

• rural

• Hardware
• Digital literacy

The Civic Cloud provides the raw infrastructure upon which to build the rest, or at least many, of the remaining services that might be needed or wanted.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

FixMyTransport was a mySociety project running from 2011 to 2015. It allowed passengers to send complaints directly to transport operators.

• mass transit
• mobility

• Graveyard
• Communicating with the government
• Communicating with the people

Citizens’ Voice platforms is used to develop evidence on youth needs, aspirations and behaviour which is shared with media, partners and changemakers.

• youth

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

EasyVote Solutions delivers a SaaS platform to city, county and state election offices to help manage the process of running elections.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Aktuelle Badegewässerqualität und Informationen rund um die Berliner Badestellen

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Training and empowering young people to help them run for office

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

EDGI is an action-oriented research collaborative driven by the Environmental Right to Know (ERTK) – the belief that people should be able to know and make decisions about environmental conditions of concern, and that the collection and stewardship of environmental information should equip people, communities, and workers to protect their health and support the flourishing of surrounding ecosystems.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• Life on land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency

Test+Build is a digital platform that provides customers with the tools to design their own behavioural science interventions and run their own randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Behavioral economics programs

Helping teams to create and run great public services that meet the Service Standard.

• United Kingdom (government)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

We're a brigade of Code for America, which means that we're a volunteer group of coders who like to work on software projects for the good of our community.

• indigenous

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

A global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence

• domestic violence
• Gender Equality

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

We collect nationwide datasets of who and what is on the ballot for each election.

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information

The Transit Tech Lab is an accelerator program for startups solving public transportation challenges. Successful companies have an opportunity to pilot their technology with the MTA and transform New York City.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

A crowdsourcing platform, run by volunteers, to share useful and verified information on the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy

• COVID Engagement Projects
• Civic crowdfunding platforms
• COVID

Our platform provides unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights for decision-makers.

• city
• earthquakes
• floods

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

Using 311 Data to Drive Change and Manage Performance

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization
• Evaluate impact