Civic Tech Field Guide

Listening Post Collective

The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.

Innovation in Democracy Programme

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Trialling the involvement of citizens in decision-making at local government level through innovative models of deliberative democracy.

Black Census Project

Launched by Black Futures Lab in early 2018, the Black Census Project is the largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States since Reconstruction.

BuildUp

California

We transform conflict in the digital age

Balancing Act

Denver

Balancing Act is a fun and easy way for residents to learn about public budgets and the choices their elected officials face in the budgeting process.

housing

Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)

360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) is an interuniversity partnership that pursues original urban research on the cutting edge of scholarship and public policy, with an emphasis on opportunities created by novel digital data.

neighborhoods

Michigan Moonshot

Michigan, USA

The Michigan Moonshot aims to leverage public and private partnerships to connect everyone in rural Michigan, regardless of geography.

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Measuring the Impact of Open Data

1440 G Street NW Washington, DC 20005

Strong evidence on the long-term impact of open data is scarce, so we're developing a body of research to better evaluate the impact of digital transparency initiatives.

Standby Task Force

Volunteer with us and use your research, mapping and digital skills to support humanitarian agencies in crisis response.

PeopleApps

671 Edison Street, Detroit, MI, USA

Connect, communicate and collaborate to leverage community strengths and advance your mission.

Data Cívica

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Más datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.

Mailfence

Rue Middelbourg, Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium

Secure and private email service with collaboration suite.

Vilsquare

Nigeria

Vilsquare strives to achieve digital transformation in different communities across Nigeria and all Africa, through use of open science technologies and methodologies. Their biggest success so far is Voltschool, a digital stem education scaled across 9 countries, which has helped over 7,000 kids learn effectively from home.

Gavel

Lagos

Gavel is a not-for-profit organization focused on improving the pace of justice delivery in Nigeria through digital technology and citizen engagement.

ParleyVox

Kansas City, MO

ParleyVox was a way for governments, businesses and community builders everywhere to keep their finger on the pulse of what large groups of people are thinking

Engineering Lab at Open Tech Fund

2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USA

The lab focuses on supporting the implementation and inclusion of established technologies into existing applications, organizations, and communities that are advancing Internet freedom, supporting the initial/bootstrap operating and infrastructure costs associated with getting deployments online, and, finally, conducting one-off assessments of existing apps or websites for recommended privacy, security, or anti-censorship improvements. All of this work will be conducted either by service partners or applicants themselves—with triage and oversight by an OTF.

URBEM

Monterrey

URBEM es una plataforma para digitalizar trámites y servicios de gobierno, y automatizar la atención ciudadana con Inteligencia Artificial.

LegalApp

Colombia

Digital tool that helps Colombian citizens know where, how and what to do regarding their everyday legal paperwork

Democratic Principles for an Open Internet

The Democratic Principles for an Open Internet have been primarily designed for citizens and civil society organizations in fragile and emerging democracies, who are new to the digital rights space, are beginning to engage more regularly online, and who may be more likely to encounter deliberate internet disruptions as a result of government interference.

Vote by Design

Stanford d.school, Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Our free digital curriculum allows educators, civic organizers, and community leaders to help new voters find clarity on what leadership qualities are most important to them in a U.S. President -- and why.

Avalanche Strategy

Washington, DC

Avalanche Strategy produces audience insights with the depth of a focus group and the accuracy of polling.

Humanitarian Knowledge Base

San Francisco

Airtable with tools for digital humanitarian work

eRegulations

GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

An open-source tool that makes government regulations easier to find, read, and understand.

Privacy International

62 Britton Street, London EC1M 5UY, UK

We’re here to protect democracy, defend people's dignity, and demand accountability from the powerful institutions who breach public trust.

Liquid

United States of America (the)

Demo data visualization of an election held with liquid democracy in place

Dublin City Council's Consultation Hub

Dublin, Ireland

This site will help you find and participate in consultations that interest you

Discotechs

Detroit, MI

The Community Prototype Fund

2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USA

The Community Prototype Fund supports the rapid development of innovative, viable and open Internet freedom technology prototypes that serve the immediate needs of the Internet freedom and human rights communities.

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can run OONI Probe to collect evidence of internet censorship.

Beta Blocks

Boston, MA

Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.

The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life

Chapel Hill, NC

The impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media

California Office of Data & Innovation

California

Governor's Budget Summary 2020-21

Gov.uk Verify

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GDS is leading the digital transformation of the UK government.

Fundación Karisma

Transversal 22a #59-44, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

Organización de la sociedad civil que trabaja en la promoción de los derechos humanos en el mundo digital

Xcential

841 2nd Street, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA

Xcential provides SaaS-based solutions enable legislatures and regulatory to more efficiently create/publish legislation and regulations.

Je m'engage

Hôtel de Ville, Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, Paris, France

How to get engaged in Paris

Audiencias Interativas

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

livestreams video from the committee debates in Brasilia, and includes a chat window designed to let citizens ask questions, vote on others' questions, and generally chat about the proceedings with other viewers