Enabled search through UK political documents such as speeches, press releases, voting records, and candidates' profiles, providing comprehensive insights into the political landscape.

• ChatGPT

• Artificial Intelligence
• Graveyard

Bringing Generative AI to the way the Civil Service works

• United Kingdom (government)

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Graveyard

We’re a growing community of not-for-profit digital leads committed to making the most of digital technology for positive social impact, by sharing best practice and peer-to-peer learning.

• Meet the others
• Digital transformation
• Peer networks

We’re a community of tech for good agencies, consultancies and freelancers. We hang out on a Slack Workspace and support each other to do socially impactful work.

• Slack

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

A fact-checking website designed to provide critical support to investigative journalists, fact-checkers, and data journalism experts by simplifying access to information from Armenian open sources.

• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

ThemeFinder is a topic modelling Python package designed for analysing one-to-many question-answer data (i.e. survey responses, public consultations, etc.).

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech

This is a project that aims to broaden horizons through live-streaming webcams from around the world, allowing you to observe virtually any part of the planet.

The largest Persian e-petition platform in Iran

• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech
• Petitions

Open source contact center software for crisis response helplines

• Hotlines

Lightweight responsible data governance initiative, modelled after Open Source and Creative Commons, but for data which should not be open

As a national think tank, we are committed to proposing policy recommendations on emerging technologies based on the public needs of democracy and society and to offering the international community a unique Taiwanese perspective.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Participatory democracy
• Research and policy centers
• Think tanks

Open source software for landscape leader, land stewards, smallholders, farmers, ranchers.

Voice survey tool to increase public engagement

Curious whether Congestion Pricing is having an impact on commutes in NYC? Take a look to compare traffic data before and after Congestion Pricing

• Sustainable cities and communities
• city
• mobility

• Data visualization
• Civic maps

Tavanmand is a social media short video series in Persian (Farsi) aimed at empowering communities by showcasing practical, low-tech solutions and fostering positive cultural and behavioural changes through accessible, engaging content.

• videos
• People Powered
• urban planning

• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

We are seeding a future in which ‍truth is a shared asset, and trust between citizens in Europe is fostered by transparency in the digital sphere.

• Fight disinformation
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Google DeepMind and Stanford researchers built the "Habermas Machine" and found that AI mediators generated more palatable summary statements of the discussions, as rated by participants, than human-written summaries, while still representing minority views in the final version.

• Google

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Peer-reviewed research

Save Social Media From Billionaire Capture.

• Bluesky

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns
• Decentralization

This article proposes, and presents results from, an online technology platform and a methodology, which can help depolarize sectors of society, with the specific application to the current divisive post-war landscape within Colombia.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Peer-reviewed research

A country’s EPI reflects the e-participation mechanisms that are deployed by the government as compared to all other countries.

• United Nations

• Govtech
• Participatory democracy
• Evaluate impact

The E-Government Development Index presents the state of E-Government Development of the United Nations Member States.

• United Nations

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Evaluate impact

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Peer-reviewed research

Conversations with the people building the Next Generation Internet (NGI). They’re working on free and open source technologies to make the internet more resilient, secure, trustworthy, accessible and human-centered.

• podcasts

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts
• Open internet

We support organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Open internet

Stanford + DeepMind study that used LLMs to simulate people with AI agents based on a 2-hour interview

• Google

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Academia

By Jennifer Pahlka and Andrew Greenway for the Niskanen Center

• reports

• Govtech
• Reports
• Internal government tech capacity

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

• fires
• floods
• apps

• Crowdsourcing
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Service alerts

The best open source [and non-profit] blog & newsletter platform

• General purpose open source tools
• Newsletter tech
• Website builder

"Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast" - The Verge

• Google

• Artificial Intelligence
• Media
• Journalism

Publix is ​​a new home for everyone who does journalism, shapes public opinion and strengthens democracy.

• Meet the others
• Journalism
• In-person meetings

Die DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie leistet ganz konkrete und zielgerichtete Beiträge, um Qualität und Unabhängigkeit des Journalismus und damit seine Abwehrkräfte gegenüber autoritären Tendenzen zu stärken und verfolgt dabei eine systemische Herangehensweise.

• Media
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A guide to public service in the digital age

• books

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

Fondation Botnar works with and for young people towards a world that fulfils their rights and supports their wellbeing.

• youth
• city
• mental health

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A community of care and practice building systems and tools for a regenerative future

• Meet the others
• Community-building resources

Improving how Meta treats people and communities around the world

• Meta

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic teams at tech companies

The Media Forward Fund funds media diversity in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Journalism

The conference will bring together ACS data users and U.S. Census Bureau staff to share information about key ACS data issues and applications

• census

• Civic data
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Phantom is an innovative safety application developed by iftech, designed to enhance safety in factories and industrial areas.

• Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
• health

• Labor platforms