This project seeks to facilitate the co-creation of prototypes that can advance digital transparency and enable agency in the world's public spaces.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Connecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support

• Nonprofit tech
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

Ethics In Technology works towards increased awareness around the ethical use of technology and seeks to make a positive impact through engaging the public at all levels of our society in conversation about these issues.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Drones

LABoratorio per la GOVernance dei beni comuni di Bologna

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

​Implementing Innovation: A User’s Manual for Open Government Programs is a hands-on resource that provides practical advice and guidance for government changemakers as they navigate the specific challenges of implementing innovative programs in the public sector.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Catalogul aleşilor penali. De consultat înainte să mergem la vot.

• Watchdogging and transparency

The RD community is a place for those who use data in social change and advocacy to develop practical approaches to addressing the ethical, legal, social and privacy-related challenges they face.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

A collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

High-impact jobs solving the climate crisis

• Climate action

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

Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

APPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES

• The Tech
• The People
• Adjacent Fields

This book is a resource for (and by) practitioners inside and outside government—from the municipal chief information officer to the community organizer to the civic-minded entrepreneur. 

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

Studying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Presidential Hackathon is an initiative designed for the Taiwanese government to demonstrate its emphasis on open-source data, data utilization, and practice innovation to address the needs of the country in social innovations

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Towards better use of development resources. Find out, follow, press forward.

• Open data publishing portals
• Open government data

Make a small donation and this group will mail voter registration forms to unregistered voters in that state.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Georgia Berry, Communications Officer for GVEP International, reports back on the Partner workshops. Launching a new programme of activities in East Africa, GVEP International Team members were in Uganda and Kampala in March to meet with some GVEP

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Democracy 2.0 A Community of Intelligent Voters

• Voting and elections
• Matching views to votes

We are a home, refuge and resource for people collaboratively shaping a kind, just, inclusive, and prosperous world.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Build With is a training, facilitation, and consulting practice led by Laurenellen McCann.

• trainings
• workshops

• Civic and social impact companies
• Co-design

Census Accelerate, an initiative within the innovation arm of the U.S. Census Bureau, has launched its first-ever video prize competition to reward the most engaging, impactful and informative videos about the 2020 Census - with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes.

• census

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

What are the trends most impacting how campaigns create change in 2018? Bots. Decentralised campaigns. Facebook's ever-changing mood (and algorithm). MobLab and its network look at campaign trends in 2018.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Graveyard

10 tips to help hiring managers recruit employees

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

At TargetSmart, we make data better every day. And making better data helps our clients make the right decisions, define their audiences more intelligently, and communicate in a more impactful and cost-effective way.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

We’re tracking the progress of 60 pledges Trump made in his “Contract with the American Voter” – and whether he achieved his goals.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Promise trackers

Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”

• peace
• universities

• Meet the others
• Research and policy centers
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Help make climate change visible in public spaces with design, data and stickers.

• Climate action
• guerilla

• The People
• Artistic interventions
• Specific campaigns

Data map of Uber and Lyft in San Francisco

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Maldita.es presenta la primera aplicación móvil capaz de avisarte cuando entras en una web con desinformación // a mobile application to fight against misinformation and promote transparency through the confirmation of facts and journalistic techniques

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Hack League is a friendly academic competition that invites all NYC middle and high school students to learn, design, and build projects to help their community.

• youth

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Machine learning software that scans Ukrainian government procurement contracts for signs of corruption

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Using software, policy and data to empower activists and end oppression

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

How do governments spend our taxes? Are the planned projects actually built? What contracts do governments make to sell their natural wealth? AfricanSpending looks at how we can use data to answer these questions. AfricanSpending maps out the ways in which public data can be used to improve the way we understand how governments spend our money.

WHAT WORKS CITIES CERTIFICATION IS THE NATIONAL STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR WELL-MANAGED, DATA-DRIVEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

• The People
• Certifications
• Evaluate impact

Metagenomics & Metadesign of Subways & Urban Biomes

• cities
• DNA
• mass transit

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

El programa per a la Digitalització Oberta: Programari Lliure i Desenvolupament Àgil de Serveis de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona defineix el procés de canvi profund i progressiu de la manera en que la ciutat oferirà els seus serveis a la ciutadania en els propers anys.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Find great local banks and invest in growing your community. Our interactive map and bank report cards arm you with knowledge you need to make the right choice.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

CrowdJustice is a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals, groups and communities to come together to fund legal action.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Variations in usage of civic tech across four core countries (US, UK, Kenya and South Africa) and the attitudes of users towards the platforms they are using.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

It's our House, so it should be our mouse.

• gerrymandering

• Data visualization
• Mapping
• Civic literacy

DAP Portal is a comprehensive new research tool that includes dozens of datasets indicating harassment and potential displacement from New York City housing.

• housing

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer delivering clean, quiet transportation for all.

• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.

• guides

• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The research conducted by Tactical Tech and our partners over the last 18 months has confirmed that WhatsApp is now a primary means of delivery for political messaging in many countries in the Global South, with particularly strong penetration in rural communities where internet is accessed mostly via smartphones.

• reports
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Organize campaigns

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessible to everyone.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Visualizing Iran

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

Self-written emails for you to send to your donors.

• The Tech
• The People
• Adjacent Fields

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping developers and companies create solutions that map to a single open specification. The OCF’s vision for IoT is that billions of connected devices (devices, phones, computers and sensors) will communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or transport. With the OCF fulfilling this promise, anyone – from a large technology company to a maker in their garage – can adopt the open standards of OCF to innovate and compete, helping ensure secure interoperability for consumers, business, and industry.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium

• The People
• Meet the others
• Open knowledge