Equipping policy makers and researchers with AI-driven tools to explore legislation, analyse parliamentary developments, and empowering them in the policy making process.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

An end-to-end solution to sharing data across government

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Open government data

Consult is a machine learning and LLM-powered tool to automate the processing of public consultations.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.

• apps
• fires

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Crowdsourcing

A network of neighborhood groups and network builders organizing to provide aid and support to New Yorkers.

• Peer networks
• Access social benefits

A survey composed of 21 questions designed to collect qualitative and quantitative data on influencers' experiences working with PGP and their respective influencer-led programs.

• Good health and well-being
• reports

• Fight disinformation
• Creators and Influencers

GovOS is a leading provider of government software solutions in the United States.

• Govtech 100

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Govtech vendors

At Intersec, we leverage artificial intelligence to empower critical decision-making in civil protection, homeland security, corporate safety, and telecommunications. Our cloud-based applications provide real-time location and alerting for one billion people and devices worldwide.

EPSA – the European Public Sector Award – is a Europe-wide award scheme for public sector entities at all levels of government which has been organised every two years since 2009 by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA).

• Govtech
• Awards and prizes
• Supporting public sector from outside government

A collaborative and global capacity development project designed to help address the unique needs of HRDs living in exile.

• diaspora

• Advocacy tech
• Get funding
• Cybersecurity

We provide independent, accurate & accessible information about HIV.

• Good health and well-being
• LGBTQI
• AIDS

• Graveyard
• Access social benefits

Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. At the end of a trying 2024, here’s what they had to say.

• Media
• Journalism
• Emerging tech

Open access book by Xabier E. Barandiaran, Antonio Calleja-López, Arnau Monterde, and Carol Romero

• books
• Decidim

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Books

Mobimocc is an IVR-based platform that empowers rural women by providing accessible GBV education, interactive support, and real-time counseling through feature phones.

• Gender Equality
• Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

• Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

Digital Woman Uganda empowers women and girls by promoting digital literacy, gender equality, and innovation through training, advocacy, and technological solutions.

The Chief Digital Office (CDO) was created in 2019 to enable, accelerate and promote digital transformation within UNDP and throughout its programmatic work.

• United Nations Development Programme
• United Nations

• Digital transformation

FOI request tool based on Alaveteli

The Parliamentary Resource Hub (PRHub) is an online knowledge platform that facilitates the sharing of high-quality information on African parliaments, and contributes to strengthening the capacities of parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) through interactive learning to effectively promote parliamentary development in Africa.

• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Online courses

Platforma për monitorimin e Kuvendit

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Government transparency

Pacto pela Democracia é uma coalizão da sociedade civil que coordena os esforços de atores sociais em todo o espectro ideológico para aumentar a capacidade da sociedade civil de defender e revigorar a democracia no Brasil.

• Specific campaigns
• Partner networks and coalitions

O Software Público Brasileiro é um tipo específico de software livre que atende às necessidades de modernização da administração pública de qualquer dos Poderes da União, dos Estados, do Distrito Federal e dos Municípios e é compartilhado sem ônus no Portal do Software Público Brasileiro.

• Brazil (federal government)

• Govtech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Open source

Paper by Joy Aceron, 2019. This paper explains why and how a reform program that opened up spaces for participatory budgeting was ultimately unable to result in pro-citizen power shifts that transformed governance.

• reports

• Evaluate impact
• Participatory budgeting
• Reports

Protest site compaing Direct.gov.uk and Google Search results

• Govtech
• Specific campaigns
• Games and gamification

[A]n ambitious programme launched in 2002 with an initial budget of some £6.2 billion. It attempted to implement a top-down digitization of healthcare in England's National Health Service (NHS)

• Good health and well-being

• Govtech
• Graveyard
• Digital transformation

The Online Deliberation Platform is a video discussion platform for groups of 8-15 people.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Academia

In 1999, 400 democrats founded the World Movement for Democracy in New Delhi, India.

• Participatory democracy

Starting in 2024, Albert will be tested at local public service counters — Maisons France services — to help users with their paperwork.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

Amplifying the Power of Civic Engagement

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Every two years, the World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly brings together hundreds of democracy advocates from around the world to foster new networks for mutual solidarity and support across borders.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Caddy is an AI powered co-pilot for customer service functions everywhere.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

In Spring 2024, NCSL surveyed eight legislative staffing groups about their use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for legislative work.

• state

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Apply for a 15% discount for non-profits.

• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Nonprofit tech

As an administrator for your organization, you’ll receive an alert if a user is detected as a possible victim of a government-backed attack.

• Google

• Cybersecurity
• Civic features

Our Reporters Database is a Python library or JSON file that provides structured information about nearly every American legal reporter.

• Civic data
• Journalism
• Legal tech

Our Courts Database is a Python library or JSON file that provides structured information about nearly every American court, past or present.

• Civic data
• Legal tech
• Archives

The Big Cases Bot follows the most important federal cases in the country

• Legal tech
• Bots
• Access to laws

For the benefit of researchers, practitioners, and the public we are proud to host a comprehensive and growing structured database of judges and their financial interests.

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

The Social Media Election Policy Tracker is a tool created to broadly chronicle a timeline of selected social media companies’ evolving policies which have impacted the information environment related to U.S. elections and campaigns from 2016 – the present.

• Voting and elections
• Tech or Digital Policy
• Social media

Capacitate Social Solutions is a social enterprise that was established in 2015 to support stakeholders across the social and green economy and drive innovation for impact.

• Build something
• Govtech vendors
• Social impact design firms

The SAGA Smart Machinaka Project is a demonstration project that aims to improve the convenience of the city center of Saga City through the use of technologies such as AI and IoT, and to create a city that is easy to live in.

• city
• place-based
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hardware

"BigScience Large Open-science Open-access Multilingual Language Model is a 176-billion-parameter transformer-based autoregressive large language model. The model, as well as the code base and the data used to train it, are distributed under free licences." - Wikipedia

• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source AI

The Breakout Program is a $250,000 seed funding initiative launched by eQualitie to support innovations in digital communication that can withstand network shutdowns and censorship of global connectivity.

• free speech

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Connectivity

Black Iowa News, an independent digital and print news platform, is dedicated to producing high-quality journalism that highlights Black perspectives, showcases the Black community, and amplifies the voices of Black Iowans. The Black-led organization launched a quarterly statewide newspaper in 2023. With a circulation of about 10,000, the mission of the state’s only Black newspaper is “prioritizing, educating, and uplifting ourselves.” 

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

The Haitian Times was founded in 1999 to be a leading voice in the community’s evolution and to bridge the generational and geographical gaps among Haitians. To gather and share this nuanced narrative, it actively engages with its audiences in the ongoing journey toward real solutions for Haitians’ thorniest issues. It prioritizes people and humanizes policy decisions with coverage that brings a deeper understanding of Haitian and American culture and politics.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Founded in 1867, the Iola Register serves Iola, Kan., and the surrounding areas with quality news and journalistic integrity. The Iola Register is committed to serving Allen County by being independent in all things, but radical in the pursuit of freedom, justice, and equal rights.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Founded in 1996, Latino News is a free weekly newspaper that has remained one of the most effective communication bridges for the Hispanic community in Alabama. It delivers news in Spanish and educates and provides resources to the Latino community on such topics as immigration, Latin America, world news, health, sports, science and technology, entertainment, and more. 

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Since 1938, the Jackson Advocate has steadfastly served as the voice of Black Mississippians, documenting their challenges, sacrifices, and triumphs. Its mission remains rooted in social justice advocacy, informing the community on critical local, national, and global issues. Today, it leverages digital platforms, including a website, social media, webcasts, podcasts, and investigative journalism to reach a broader and more diverse audience. 

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

The Nome Nugget, Alaska’s oldest newspaper, has been in circulation since 1900. The Nome Nugget is the trusted sole source of locally and regionally relevant news for more than 10,000 people living in a vast and isolated area of western rural Alaska; its mission is to seek the truth and report it.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Established in 1878, the Houston Herald is the award-winning county seat weekly newspaper serving Texas County. In 2024, the Herald was judged one of the state’s top newspapers in its class in the Missouri Better Newspaper Contest.  

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Carolina Public Press is an independent nonprofit news organization dedicated to nonpartisan, in-depth, and investigative news built on the facts and context North Carolinians need to know. Its award-winning journalism dismantles barriers and shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing the state’s almost 10.7 million residents.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news