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

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

The South African Data Archive serves as a broker between a range of data providers (for example, statistical agencies, government departments, opinion and market research companies and academic institutions) and the research community

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

The #opensource #opendata platform. Powering http://data.gov.uk, http://data.gov & portals around the world

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms

The International Innovation Corp at The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy creates scalable solutions to critical development problems

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

E-Collecting eID+ Schaffhausen

• Govtech
• Identity

To compatible with core administrative law principles such as transparency, accountability, legality, and procedural fairness

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

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

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is a data-visualization, data analysis, and storytelling collective documenting dispossession and resistance upon gentrifying landscapes.

• housing

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Data visualization

Website builder platform for cities and amalgamated communities in Ukraine

• Govtech
• Participatory democracy
• Budget explorers

A startup developing an automated toolkit for energy monitoring and management

• Climate action

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Mzalendo is a non-partisan entity that keeps an eye on Kenyan Parliament with a mission to facilitate public participation in Parliamentary processes through Information Sharing, Research and Networking.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Engagement tech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

File, track, and share public records requests.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

A UNICEF Mobile and Web Digital Mapping Solution

• United Nations

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

Inclusion for allowing citizens with hearing impairment to interact with public services and institutions.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

By Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcherDan Gillmor's Bayosphere citizen media project has been acquired by Backfence, a Vienna, Virginia based company that intends to use local communities to generate all online content and sell advertising around it.It is a logical move but it also shows that citizen media is not easy to do. Bayosphere did not...

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

It’s hard to see how something as simple as a text can serve underrepresented communities, save lives, or encourage financial stability. That is, until

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

Measure air quality yourself

• air quality

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

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

Civic Seed is on online multi-player RGP to prepare college students for community service work that is now an integral ...

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

The encyclopedia of American politics

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

A free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text and objects

• apps

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

The Startups Driving Europe's GovTech Revolution

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Awards and prizes

The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) requires all government-produced digital products, including websites and applications, to be consistent, modern, and mobile-friendly.

• The People
• Govtech
• Foundational layers

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

Open Belgium is an annual event gathering industry, research, government and citizen stakeholders. Experience this one-day community driven conference with talks, discussions, panels, workshops and become part of the open community.

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

Offene Wahlen Österreich ist ein Community-Projekt von Forum Informationsfreiheit, das sich für offene Daten und Transparenz bei Wahlen einsetzt.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Technology at work for the public

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Get funding

Established in 1966, the Fellows Program is a cornerstone of Institute life and the only program of its kind at Harvard University or anywhere else

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

An approach to machine learning where the data is not centralized

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Tools

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

For too long, advocacy tools have been fragmented and siloed.

• Organize campaigns
• Manifestos

Citizen Engagement tools and services for city governments

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

International community of policymakers, service designers, digital people & others working to reform government and make public services better

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

• place-based

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The list contains relevant articles for anyone interested in understanding the space of technological solutions to societal, governmental, and society-government interface problems.

• Learn about civic tech
• Reading lists

Making our community a better place to live, work, and play through technology.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

ControlShift is a set of web tools that helps your organization build community, leadership, and real power among your members.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Freedom of Information

Washington, D.C. – Eleven projects that seek to help develop and expand best practices in immersive storytelling, including narratives, ethics and production, will receive a share of $285,000 as winners ... Read More

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Journalism

the official public purchasing information portal on open procurement in Ukraine

• The Tech
• Procurement
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

In the midst of an immigration crisis on the US-Mexico border, Code for America, Codeando México, and The GovLab organized online listening sessions to help determine areas of need and where the civic tech community might help.

• immigration

• Needs assessment

The UK’s street fault reporting website (rebranded as FixMyCommunity)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The App was designed on the basis of good governance

Parks and trails are a cornerstone of public health and quality of life. The Open Trail System Specification (OpenTrails) helps citizens get outdoors to enjoy them.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

A VR museum tour of The Colored Girls Museum

• museums
• racial equity

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the county, these awards are presented during NACo’s annual conference held each July.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

A program started in 2002 to recognize those technology leaders putting their knowledge to work to solve problems and serve their communities.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Circumvention tech

Artificial intelligence powered mobility solution for smart cities

• mobility

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech