Helsinki's Decidim instance used for participatory budgeting

• Decidim

• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

Identifying high-priority policies and needs that could benefit from shared software across jurisdictions.

• local

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Partner networks and coalitions

Express your opinion on social issues that matter to you by voting on our consultations. Together – citizens, organizations, companies – let's set our priorities to make a change through concrete actions!

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Group decision making

A 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with residents, organizations, and municipalities to help improve the quality of life of all people in communities. We do this through engagement, education, connection and design.

• Design

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

An editorial newsletter tool for writers and publishers.

• Graveyard
• Newsletter tech

DATA Uruguay is a civil society organization founded in April 2012 that works on open government, open data, access to public information and participation through the use of civic technology. It is a horizontal organization based on consensus and the vast majority of the projects are co-created with expert partners on the subject (Government, Academia, Media, other Civil Society organizations) or with the community.

• Civic data
• Civic apps outfits

A conference in South Africa that sought to increase collaboration among players in media, technology, civil society, and business in order to improve both the quantity and quality of civic innovation in South Africa as well as other countries in the region.

• Media
• Conferences

medConfidential defends the confidentiality you desire for your medical records. Every use of data should be consensual, safe, and transparent. In matters of health and care, your relationship with your doctor is based on a very human spirit of confidentiality. Not the cold law of data protection.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Digital security and privacy

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

• Gender Equality
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

The Praekelt Foundation develops innovative mobile solutions to improve the lives of people living in poverty.

• No poverty
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech

Reporters without Borders or Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) is an international organisation that protects freedom of the press worldwide by protecting the safety and security of journalists operating in threatening regimes.

• Media

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

Herdict is an online platform that crowdsources internet users’ reports of website inaccessibility and outages.

Founded in 2020 in response to COVID

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

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

The IATI Standard is a set of rules and guidance about what data organisations should publish and what format it should be presented in.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data schemas and standards
• Fundraising tools

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

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism [PTCIJ] is a non-governmental organisation, that was founded in 2014

• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

A structured conversation to identify the most pressing, impactful questions for which data and data science have the potential to answer.

• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

International networking and support hub for those creating change in their communities through data and technology.

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Peer networks

A community of organisations and individuals involved in the effective production and usage of high-quality governance data.

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

CIVIX is a non-partisan, national registered charity dedicated to building the skills and habits of active and engaged citizenship among young Canadians

• Civic literacy

The Highway Africa Conference is a project of Rhodes University (Makhanda, South Africa)

• Journalism
• Conferences

An open data standard for restaurant information

• food

• Data schemas and standards

New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute runs the Membership Puzzle Project, which works to identify and incubate innovative early-stage membership models globally.

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 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.

APC is an international network of civil society organisations founded in 1990 dedicated to empowering and supporting people working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs)

Argentine Chapter Of Transparency International

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Rappler is an independent, digital-only social news network that leverages community and digital engagement to drive social change.

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.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a registered charity and the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.

• partisan

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

Open Institute's mission is to collaborate with governments, citizens, civil society organisations, and other players to develop policies, tools, and knowledge that strengthen citizens' voices in the governance and development in their societies.

Development Initiatives works to end extreme poverty by making data and information on poverty and resources transparent, accessible, and useable.

• No poverty

• Research and policy centers
• Data science for social good
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

ONE is a campaigning and advocacy organisation of nearly four million people, taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

• No poverty
• Good health and well-being

Fundacion para la Libertad de Prensa works to defend freedom of the press, the right to information, human dignity and the free work of journalists

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

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

Publish What You Pay is a global network of civil society organisations working to increase transparency and accountability in the extractive and government sectors.

• labor

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Graveyard

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

Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social is an organisation that works for the realisation of the human right to communication in Brazil.

• Translation and linguistic representation

Upturn promotes equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of digital technology. Their research and advocacy combines technical fluency and creative policy thinking to confront patterns of inequity, especially those rooted in race and poverty.

• No poverty
• Reduced inequalities

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.

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

• coaching

Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice