Civic Tech Field Guide

INTRVL

United States of America (the)

Audience targeting, Response analysis

Alliance of Civic Technologists (ACT)

United States of America (the)

ACT is a newly formed organization that will connect volunteer civic technology efforts, in both technology and advocacy, in their local communities.

EngageTech Community on LinkedIn

Australia

A group for peer-to-peer learning for engagement professionals who want to deepen their understanding about technologies for community and stakeholder engagement.

21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act

Washington, DC

The bill’s sponsor, Representative Ro Khanna, summed it up by saying, “Government exists to serve citizens, and this bill ensures government leverages available technology to provide cohesive, user-friendly online service that people around this country expect and deserve.”

United States (federal government)

Clipbook

Media monitoring

Bard

Generate text, code assistant

LangChain

Explore data

The Centre for Civic Innovation

Sydney NSW, Australia

What would you like to do for your community? We want to help make it happen.

Measure Studio

Analyze social content performance

AutoGPT

Multi-prompt chatbots

Consensus

Summarize research

Revoldiv

Transcribe Edit video and audio

Amazon

Seattle, WA, United States of America

E-commerce conglomerate with a couple of civic-related projects

Terra.do Job Board

A free climate job board with 10,000+ jobs from more than 800+ companies across industries and geographies!

Heintzman Leadership Award

Toronto

The Heintzman Leadership Award (HLA) is presented annually by the Institute for Citizen-Centred Service (ICCS) to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership within the Canadian public sector in promoting and influencing change in its delivery of citizen-centred service.

Common Measurements Tool

Toronto

The Common Measurements Tool (CMT) is a survey instrument built specifically for the public sector that can be used across the full range of service areas, service channels, and client types

Andrew Hyder Government Service Improvement Award

18F, Technology Transformation Services

TTS annually awards the Andrew Hyder Government Service Improvement Award to one or more federal employees who demonstrate both excellence in their work and a commitment to improving the public’s experience with government. This award commemorates the life and work of Andrew Hyder, a consulting software engineer at 18F who tragically passed away in 2021.

United States (federal government)

CitizenFirst Learning and Training courses

Toronto

Individual modules Citizen-Centred Service Design Becoming Citizen-Centric Public Service Delivery Fundamentals Listening to and Understanding Citizens Continuous Service Improvement Becoming an Inclusive Leader Building Service Culture Effective Service Delivery Management

trainings

Danes je nov dan

Ljubljana

Ljubljana, Slovenia based civic tech NGO, focusing efforts on (digital) political participation, open data, transparency, and public institutional oversight.

Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Government report

Toronto

This [Canadian] report includes the following: Importance of ethics in AI and government, Understanding the impacts of AI on society, Balancing AI-driven efficiency with privacy and security concerns, and Cyber-security and digital trust.

reports

CitizenFirst by Institute for Citizen-Centred Service

Toronto

Research, training, support and awards to promote citizen-centred public sector service to Canadians

Datadat

Europe

We equip progressive leaders and movements with innovative digital solutions to make social change possible

partisan

El Avispero

Bogotá

We are a platform of more than 140 thousand activists, organizations and groups that mobilize to transform behaviors and attitudes, generating influence in public policies and thus building a more tolerant, fair, sustainable, inclusive and participatory country.

WinWith.Me

Europe

WinWith.Me is the Messenger for Politicians - a Facebook Messenger bot-building platform integrated with NationBuilder for campaigns, NGOs and advocacy.

Facebook

IDinsight

Africa

IDinsight is a mission-driven global advisory, data analytics, and research organization that helps global development leaders maximize their social impact.

The Student Privacy Resource Center

Student Privacy Compass (formerly known as FERPA|Sherpa) is the student privacy resource center website. This site is your tool for finding information, news, and opinions on maintaining student data privacy. Student Privacy Compass is an initiative of the Future of Privacy Forum.

students

Eticas

We now bring this decade’s worth of insights and our intellectual capital to scale with our automated audits, and proprietary demographic and geographic database used to ensure the validity (and compliance) of the outputs.

CTFG partners

Future of Work in the Global South

Buenos Aires

FOWIGS is a network of Think Tanks from southern regions which brings data and knowledge together to build evidence-based narratives on the Future of Work. At FOWIGS, we contribute to the policy frameworks from and for developing countries.

labor

Digital Futures Lab

Goa

Digital Futures Lab is a multidisciplinary research network that examines the complex interactions between technology and society in the global south.

Solutions Journalism: New ways of elevating your reporting and engaging audiences

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

2023 MOOC organized by Knight

Construction of Positive Narratives Training

In this course, you will learn how stories and narratives make disinformation popular and credible and how to counter dangerous beliefs and attitudes.

trainings

JournalismAI Discovery

Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

JournalismAI Discovery is an interactive self-guided course that will help you understand what AI technologies can do to improve your journalism.

trainings

Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Review

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

US White House order including addressing AI generated public comments

United States (federal government)

Systemic Justice

Amsterdam

Community-driven litigation for racial, social, and economic justice

Data Governance Network

"Coming soon"

Data governance

Hive Mind

435 Brannan St, San Francisco, California, USA

Bienvenido a Hive Mind, un espacio de aprendizaje para activistas digitales. Ayudamos a los actores de la sociedad civil a desarrollar su resiliencia digital.

trainings

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

The Center for Information Technology Policy is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences.

Future of Privacy Forum Training Program

Washington, DC

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) Training Program provides an in-depth understanding of today’s most pressing privacy and data protection topics.

trainings

Uganda National ICT Innovation Hub

Kampala, Uganda

The Government of Uganda, through Ministry of ICT and National Guidance constructed the National ICT Innovation Hub primarily to establish an environment for ICT innovators facing challenges of workspace and internet connectivity.

Responsible Technology Initiative

Goa

A platform to evaluate the most complex of India's technology policy conundrums

Participatory Digital Futures: How digital transformation can be made good for all

by Mark Findlay, Sharanya Shanmugam. In this article, through vignettes from the United Kingdom and Singapore’s experience, we highlight how digital transformation can be made more participatory for users affected by digital initiatives.