Participatory process facilitators and partners

• People Powered

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

"A collaboration among several street artists and Carol Ott, proprietor of the Baltimore Slumlord Watch blog, the group has painted murals on about a dozen vacant buildings in the city so far this summer."

• housing

• Artistic interventions

The All-In-One platform for citizen-centric campaigns

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• CRM

The Tech Worker Handbook is a collection of resources for tech workers who are looking to make more informed decisions about whether to speak out on issues that are in the public interest

• labor

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Whistleblowing

Higher education must give the next generation of technology and policy leaders the interdisciplinary training they need to succeed, write Anne-Marie Slaughter, Darren Walker and Larry Kramer.

• Quality education

• Public Interest Tech

We aim to find and elevate the diverse ways that city leaders are actively engaging their citizens to solve critical public problems.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Awards and prizes

Start a paid newsletter

• Newsletter tech

A campaign to name more of Montevideo's streets after women

• Gender Equality
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

We use mobile technology to create scalable campaigns with immediate feedback

• SMS tools
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)
• Surveys & polling

The IWMF works to unleash the power of female journalists to transform the global news media

Civic hackers in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan have been working, eating, having fun, strengthening this network together for the past 2 years.

• Partner networks and coalitions

It is one of the largest Civic Tech conferences in Japan with about 1,000 participants in two days.

• Conferences

Transparency International aims to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability, and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of society.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Since 2002, the Fund for Global Human Rights has raised and invested over $100 million into the work of community activists in more than 25 countries, providing these bold local leaders with the funding, tools and contacts they need to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges

• human rights

The GFF (Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte / Society for Civil Rights) is a Berlin-based non-profit NGO founded in 2015. Its mission is to establish a sustainable structure for successful strategic litigation in the area of human and civil rights in Germany and Europe.

Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law bridges the worlds of scholarship, policy, and practice to promote democracy and sustainable economic development.

Temblores ONG seeks to activate and mobilise community processes of social transformation that put the hegemonic structures that guarantee the maintenance of exclusion, violence, discrimination and the systematic denial of the rights of communities and populations that have historically been marginalised

Africa Check is an independent, non-profit fact-checking organisation that aims to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa.

• Factchecking

Since 1992, the European Journalism Centre has been building a sustainable, ethical and innovative future for journalism through grants, events, training and media development

• Media
• Journalism

InternetLab is an independent research center that aims to foster academic debate around issues involving law and technology, especially internet policy

Fundación Vía Libre is a non-profit civil organisation established in Córdoba, Argentina, in 2000

• human rights

The Co-op Foundation helps disadvantaged communities overcome their challenges by putting co-operative values into practice. It aims to stimulate and strengthen community action that connects and empowers people so they can work together to make things better.

• coop

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Platform coops

News Deeply is a media and technology firm that aims to elevate the user experience of complex global news issues, primarily through the creation of rich, single-subject news platforms.

The Financial Transparency Coalition is a global network of civil society, governments, and experts that works to curtail illicit financial flows through the promotion of a transparent, accountable, and sustainable financial system that works for everyone.

LightBox provides “Solar-Home-Systems” solutions that use photovoltaic (Solar-Electric or PV) cells and rechargeable batteries to provide electrical power away from the main grids

Code for Africa is a people-driven movement that aims to empower active society and strengthen civic watchdogs to help government shape and improve its services to people.

• Civic hacking meetups

Leadership Academy for Development trains mid-career government officials and business leaders from developing countries to help the private sector be a constructive force for economic growth and development.

Rhize is a global network of movement-building coaches who train and support grassroots movements in their local communities

• coaching

In 2010, Paweł Reszka, Wojciech Cieśla, Michał Majewski and Roman Daszczyński got together to support journalism in the Eastern Partnership countries and created Fundacja Reporterów – the Reporters Foundation, one of the first journalistic NGO’s in Poland

Aventura Investment Partners was founded in 2010, with the goal of establishing, investing in, and supporting companies that provide value chain services to smallholder growers in Africa

The Anti-Corruption Data Collective brings together leading journalists, data analysts, academics and policy advocates to expose transnational corruption flows and push for policy change using the advocacy reach of ACDC partners

The California Immigrant Policy Center is managing a research project to gain a much deeper and broader understanding of how Americans think about immigrants.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) aims to speak truth to power, even when it is unpopular or difficult. They work to ensure that everyone in Ireland can enjoy all of their rights, all of the time. ICCL is a membership organisation and is fully independent of government.

Define American is a culture change organization that uses the power of narrative to humanize conversations about immigrants. Their advocacy within news, entertainment, and digital media is creating an America where everyone belongs.

• immigration

PPDC is a non-governmental organisation created to increase citizens' participation in governance processes in a way that improves the integrity of public and private sector processes.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Freedom of Information

Our independent, non-profit organization provides policy advice and advocacy infused with lessons learned in the field and with insights developed through rigorous research

Good journalism is one of the hallmarks of civilized society

• Media
• Awards and prizes

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information is a non-governmental organisation aiming to facilitate democratic governance in Georgia and abroad by informing and empowering the public

“Durante o Seminário, vários de nós voltamos a nos perguntar por que não temos ainda no Brasil uma instituição formada e mantida por jornalistas, independente, voltada para a troca de informações entre nós, para a formação profissional, para o aprofundamento dos conhecimentos e uso de ferramentas na área do jornalismo investigativo, para a formação de uma literatura e bancos de dados, para a promoção de seminários, congressos e oficinas de aperfeiçoamento profissional

The African Media Initiative strengthens Africa’s media sector through advocacy, investments, technology, and training.

The London-based Open Data Institute (ODI) seeks to identify and demonstrate the value of open data for governments, businesses, and non-profits

Directorio Legislativo is an Argentina-based research and advocacy organisation focusing on legislative transparency, consensus building and research on current regulatory affairs.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

The Right2Know Campaign launched in August 2010 and has grown into a movement centred on freedom of expression and access to information

Tax Justice UK is a campaigning and advocacy organisation, working to ensure that everyone in the UK benefits from a fair and effective tax system

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing

Founded in 2005, Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online

Fractured Atlas help individual artists and arts organizations at every level of the cultural ecosystem, in every creative medium by providing fundraising tools, educational resources, and personalized support

Hromadske TV is an initiative of Ukrainian journalists that aims to provide unbiased, censor-free information on political, economic, cultural and social events to Ukrainian citizens.

• free speech

A campaign by the Internet Archive to encourage support of internet freedom by showing a potential dystopian near-future

• Civic fiction
• Open internet

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• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Organize campaigns