The repository contains maps of Mexican districts used to elect representatives to various offices and code for data systematization and analysis. The primary source are shapefiles publicly distributed by INE (formerly IFE, Mexico's national election board, page here). Data in this repo is prepared for mapping and statistical analysis.

• 2024 elections

• Civic data
• Voting and elections

Civitech’s campaign management platform, RunningMate, is the affordable solution for campaigns of all sizes and budgets.

• partisan

• Civic data
• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools

An affordable voter file perfect for civic engagement and grassroots organizing

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Voter outreach

Common Crawl maintains a free, open repository of web crawl data that can be used by anyone.

• Civic data
• Open knowledge
• Research tools

Our aim is to build a community that supports the Open Data and uptake of the Living Lab paradigm.

• Mapping
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Civic apps outfits

Open candidate information for UK elections covering all 2,015 areas

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Crowdsourcing
• Ballot information

Podcast by CitizenLab

• Engagement tech
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.

• Voting and elections
• Cybersecurity
• Election administration

This database by Mozilla Foundation maps intersections between the key social justice and human rights areas of our time and documented AI impacts and their manifestations in society.

• human rights
• Decent work and economic growth
• racial equity

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic tech catalogs

An open-source comprehensive platform that serves as a one-stop solution for monitoring Thailand's parliament.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Recognizing organizations that support politicians to empower citizens and develop better policies for people and the planet.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Fieldwide resources

Use the Guide Finder to explore proposed approaches to common data for social impact challenges.

• guides

• Civic data
• Civic tech catalogs
• Data science for social good

The Digital Sandbox offers General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant datasets in a secure environment, mentorship from industry experts and access to the FinTech Community to help enable experimentation and scaling for proof of concepts.

• fintech

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Testbeds and Sandboxes

By Aure Schrock. Out in September. The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Books
• Civic tech community surveys

Ushahidi-powered project tracking voting irregularities in the 2009 Indian election

• Voting and elections
• Civic maps
• Election oversight

We are a non-profit that partners with state criminal justice agencies to advance their use of data and reduce incarceration.

• recidivism

• Civic data
• Data science for social good
• Justice tech

Spatial Equity NYC (SE), a tool developed by MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) in close collaboration with New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TA), visualizes mobility, environment, and health data.

• cities
• place-based
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

This report reviews Citi Bike’s performance to-date and recommends a comprehensive contract overhaul to ensure more reliable and equitable service, with a strategic mix of performance standards, attention to equitable service, and incentives to enable Citi Bike to thrive as a key element of the transportation network – whether under Lyft or a new operator.

• mobility
• cities
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data science for social good

Data for Judicial Transparency

• Civic data
• Justice tech

FPWA’s NYC Funds Tracker monitors New York City’s revenue and the flow to budget expenditures.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Government transparency

This programme will support 100 people to become Everyday Democracy Champions, in turn catalysing the action of others in communities furthest from power, and creating tangible change across all four UK nations.

• trainings

• Advocacy tech
• Civic literacy
• Courses

We are a civic tech organization fostering courtroom openness, social justice and citizen engagement in Nigeria.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Justice tech
• Trial monitoring

Civil society organization craving for improved government, political parties, CSOs and businesses accountability with the introduction of reliable and innovative civic engagement solutions.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Media and social media analysis

by Nanjala Nyabola

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Books

What is your city doing to upgrade informal settlements?

• informal settlements
• housing
• cities

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits

Highlighting modernization initiatives from legislatures around the world

• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Newsletters

Online course offered through Georgetown University’s Initiative on Technology and Society, the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and the McCourt School of Public Policy: a continuing education course to help participants rapidly grasp digital fundamentals in a way that is practical and relevant to their work.

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Online courses

Starting in the fall of 2023, this fellowship will empower student athletes from across the country to strengthen non-partisan civic participation on their teams, on their campuses, and in their broader communities.

• students

• Civic literacy
• Fellowships

The Global Innovations in Democracy: Parliamentary Exchange (GID), led by the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) at The Ohio State University, and the Center for Democracy Innovation (now part of the National Civic League), was established in 2022 to provide a global forum for legislators to discuss the most innovative methods and tools for gathering input, overcoming divisions, building trust, and gaining public support for public policy.

• Meet the others
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• In-person meetings

It can be tough for government decision makers to find current, reliable information on tried-and-tested technologies. The Exchange solves that problem by serving as a one-stop shop, featuring over 500 digital tools, products and opportunities for government technology decision makers, IT developers, and product vendors.

• Govtech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

The Climate Data JLN will surface key data governance innovations that will enable climate-relevant data to be more accessible and useful for frontline governments and communities.

• Climate action

• Civic data
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Data governance

Design Action Research with Government (DARG) is a guide for creating civic innovation projects.

• guides

• Building inside government
• Public Private Partnerships

We use technology to help social movements build power

• coop

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Civic apps outfits

Divestment campaign targeting local councils investing in fossil fuel companies

• Climate action
• local

• Specific campaigns
• Civic maps

MDS standardizes communication and data-sharing between cities and private mobility providers, such as e-scooter and bike-share companies.

• mobility
• cities

• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

An 2024 election info hub and civic caravan for Romanian citizens

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Voter outreach

An app for tracking political advertisements on Meta-owned advertising platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Voting and elections

Building spaces to grow the global conversation on environmental data access and use

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Civil society research outfits
• Environmental data

Quadrant 2 invents tech for good

• Civic and social impact companies
• Civic apps outfits

We have collected over 40 chatbot projects by nonprofits and social businesses around the world that help build a more just, equal and sustainable future.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Bots

We are on a mission to help the social sector organizations to scale their impact, increase their outreach and work smarter using artificial intelligence and chatbots, and smart automation.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots
• Nonprofit tech

We are Sea Island Software, Inc., a company specializing in hurricane threat assessment. HurricaneMapping.com is our storm tracking service for Google Earth and ESRI's ArcGIS.

• hurricanes

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

FedGeoDay is THE event devoted to "open geospatial ecosystems" (open source software, open/collaborative mapping, open science challenges, and open engagements) that are used to initiate and grow capabilities across the U.S. federal government. 

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Meet the others

As we move solidly into 2024, we have been considering how civic infrastructures, currently and in the future, will affect our experiences with technology, our experiences with services we take for granted, and how we relate to one another.

• Learn about civic tech
• Mainstream media coverage

During our four-week MOOC, you will learn about and explore the fascinating and ever-evolving world of technology and democracy, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of expression in elections.

• 2024 elections

• Artificial Intelligence
• Learn about civic tech
• Voting and elections

Supports the creation of a prototype Open Knowledge Network — an essential public-data infrastructure to power the next information revolution.

• Civic data
• Open knowledge

Whether it’s hate speech in our social media or bringing together diverse groups for online training, digital tools can harm and help our peacebuilding initiatives.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Civic tech catalogs

Just like how we use AI to detect sidewalks, street signs and road names in satellite imagery to display helpful information in Google Maps, we’ll also use AI to identify oil and gas infrastructure, like oil storage containers, in our imagery. Then, we’ll combine it with EDF’s information about oil and gas infrastructure to locate where the emissions are coming from.

• Google
• Climate action
• methane

• Civic maps
• Satellites
• Civic features

Help us create the world's most advanced open database on litter, brands & plastic pollution.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• apps

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Blockchain

Your weekly insight into GovTech collaboration and innovation in Europe and Asia

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters