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
• Find a job or hire someone

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

Cloud-based budget and performance management software built for local governments.

• ChatGPT

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Budget explorers

TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Forward is a web app that tracks civic engagement opportunities ranging from town hall meetings, to rallies, to civic art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

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
• Graveyard
• Meet the others

10 tips to help hiring managers recruit employees

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• Build something
• Find a job or hire someone

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

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.

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• 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
• Meet the others

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
• Emerging tech

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
• Evaluate impact
• Certifications

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

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

• trainings
• workshops

• Civic and social impact companies
• Co-design

On August 11th, 2018, join the Code for America Brigades as we host a nationwide day of action.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

In partnerships with local and international organisations, each GTI has further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents addressing the risks, attacks and contexts faced by activist women in the region.

• indigenous
• LGBTQI
• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Our mission is to maximize the availability and impact of data for public good.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

We hope the project will arm activists, advocates, journalists, policy makers, and elected officials with relevant, timely information about how government functions—so we can fix it when it doesn’t.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Collectively created online space to inform and connect people working for a better democracy in the UK

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards
• Socialize online

DataViva is opening up data for the entire formal sector of the Brazilian economy through more than 1 billion interactive visualizations.

• The Tech
• Data visualization

Containerized Open-Source Mask Production Lines

• masks

• Graveyard
• COVID
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

a civic technology platform, which aims to raise awareness and sensitize citizens to play their roles well in the promotion of Peace, Union and Social Cohesion.

• Citizen Engagement

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

CiviCRM is an open source CRM built by a community of contributors and supporters, and coordinated by the Core Team. CiviCRM is web-based software used by a diverse range of organisations, particularly not-for-profit organizations (nonprofits and civic sector organizations). CiviCRM offers a complete feature set out of the box and can integrate with your website. CiviCRM is created and used by a global community of tens of thousands of individuals and organisations. Our vision is that 'all organisations – regardless of their size, budget, or focus – have access to an amazing CRM to engage their contacts and achieve their missions'.

• Organize campaigns
• CRM
• Manage volunteers

Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.

• trainings

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

I am Vigilant" is a Tunisian, non-profit, and independent monitoring organization that aims to combat financial and administrative corruption and enhance transparency. Anna Yazdat became the official contact point for Transparency International in Tunisia in November 2013 and since January 29, 2017 the branch is under construction for Transparency International in Tunisia. The organization aims at two main goals: transparency and fighting corruption

We build tools that help data journalists investigate the relationship between campaign contributions and political narratives in US elections.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

The World's First Robot Lawyer

• apps
• LGBTQI
• refugees

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Assisting low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move from the Crisis of poverty to being able to make real Choices in their lives through the practical application of innovative technology, public policy expertise, and community outreach.

• Graveyard
• Access social benefits

Free Wi-Fi should really be free

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

Missions Publiques is a high-impact social entrepreneur whose mission is to bring the voice of ordinary citizens into international and global discussions and negotiations on societal challenges through the organization of Citizens’ Debates.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech