Put technology at the service of the general interest

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

We place experienced, pro-bono technologists to work with government and organizations responding to crisis, to quickly deliver critical services and infrastructure that support the needs of the public. We’re non-partisan, fast, and free.

• Govtech
• Voting and elections
• Pro bono and volunteer

Mapping with and for the Older Adults (Senior Citizens) and Ageing Population in the Philippines

• OpenStreetMap
• seniors

• Mapping
• Civic maps
• Open government data

It let people set up pledges in the form: ‘I will do something, if a certain number of people will help me’.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that they don’t know how. Solving this problem led us to create Democracy.com. Our groundbreaking free-to-join platform makes citizen action as easy as buying a book online.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Selected organisations receive over the period of six to eight months* constructive assistance to create a secure environment for their employees and thereby the CSAs and HRDs they work with.

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

Bloomberg Philanthropies works to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A political data and intelligence start-up helping to connect the public and politicians.

• Civic data
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Media and social media analysis

Data for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potential of the digital revolution in the government sector.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Publish, Manage, Combine, Analyze, Visualize, and Share your data. In one place.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

CityScore is an initiative designed to inform the Mayor and city managers about the overall health of the City at a moment’s notice by aggregating key performance metrics into one number.

• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

I started a Google spreadsheet to track links to tech ethics syllabi

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

DearSA is a legally recognised and constitutionally protected non-profit platform which enables the public to co-shape all government policies, amendments and proposals.

• Petitions

ipaidabribe.com is Janaagraha's unique initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens.

• corruption

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Keeping our eyes on members of Nigeria's National Assembly!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The interactive map of over-indebtedness in the Czech Republic based on real data from Central register of enforcement proceedings (financial executions)

• debt

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

She Should Run is dedicated to dramatically increasing the number of women in public leadership by eliminating barriers to success. Join She Should Run and step up to inspire more women and girls to consider a future run.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

The basic idea of the game is to end the monopolistic practices of the 3-company-combinations of the game board. The players are Trust-Busting lawyers going about the board slapping lawsuits on the monopolies. The winning trust buster is the one who ends with the largest number of social-credit points when one of the players runs out of money.There are 3 kinds of company combinations on the board: Oligopolies, Trusts and Monopolies, marked by one, two and three “accusation circles” respectively. “Accusing” is done by placing a small, round chip of the same color as your token on such a circle. When all accusation circles of a combination are covered, the monopolistic practices of that combination have been ended. An accusation chip can be bought from the “Budget-Commissioner”; when lending money, he provides a Social-Credit card as an IOU.Variant rules are supplied for a Low-Budget Game and a Trading Game.Anspach fought –and won– a vicious court battle against Hasbro (and others) over this game.Anti-Monopoly was briefly (1976-1982) published as “Anti” and “Anti-Monopoly II” was published as “Choice” whilst the company was forbidden to use the word “Monopoly”. In 1984 after prevailing in court the company used the names “Anti-Monopoly” and “Anti-Monopoly II” for its two games. In 1987, Anti-Monopoly was withdrawn and Anti-Monopoly II was renamed “Anti-Monopoly”. The game described here was produced as Anti-Monopoly before 1976 and from 1984 thru 1987. The game produced as Anti-Monopoly after 1987 is a different game, with the same name. Plenty of potential for confusion there, eh?

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

New urban visions, the final event of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, will see the launch of our experimental index and ideas bank, a pioneering piece of work exploring how city ecosystems and governments can support and work with DSI, and of our new collection of positive visions for the future of DSI.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

We build job-matching platforms, omni-channel communications systems and evaluation tools for the most complex problems in the world today.

• refugees

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Graveyard

The Startups Driving Europe's GovTech Revolution

• cities

• Awards and prizes

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is a data-visualization, data analysis, and storytelling collective documenting dispossession and resistance upon gentrifying landscapes.

• housing

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Data visualization

Adoption of self-driving, Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) promises to dramatically reduce the number of traffic accidents, but some inevitable accidents will requi...

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

• civic features
• Facebook

• Graveyard
• Petitions
• Civic teams at tech companies

The stories turn up daily: Social media is being used to undermine democracy. Someone has run off with millions of Social Security numbers stored by a major financial institution. Internet service…

• The People
• Digital rights
• Manifestos

Impact Hub Harare prides itself for being a catalyst of social impact.

• Hubs

Unlocking People's Expertise to Solve Urban Challenges

• methodology
• reports

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Playbooks and design principles
• Building inside government

It provided an easy way for constituents to sign up to hear from their MPs, and a simple online forum for discussion.

• Graveyard
• Communicating with the government
• Communicating with the people

A card game for making suggestions on participatory budgeting

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Official online petitions in response to issues of the day, listing the number that got a Government response, and those that have been debated in the House of Parliament

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

With CitySourced, you can deploy an unlimited number of applications to a single native app. From paying bills to election info to FAQs or newsletter signups - downloading a single app is easier for citizens, and it's easier for you!

• apps

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Ted Cruz's official presidential campaign app

• apps

• Graveyard
• Organize campaigns
• Official campaign apps

Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.

• Resource matching and sharing
• COVID Engagement Projects
• COVID

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Digital literacy

Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

We gather citizen voices to improve public services

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The Center for Countering Digital Hate's primary goal is to disrupt alliances between hate actors and political parties actors in digital spaces.

• harassment
• hate speech

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Mapping
• Civic maps

Congressional Research Service Reports for the People

• Watchdogging and transparency

We're a brigade of Code for America, which means that we're a volunteer group of coders who like to work on software projects for the good of our community.

• indigenous

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Philadelphia’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) pilots experiments that offer the potential to improve radically the quality of City services. To design, conduct and evaluate pilot projects in these areas, MONUM builds partnerships between constituents, academics, entrepreneurs, non-profits and City staff.

• cities

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

PesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative to verify the financial and other statistical numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa, supported by International Budget Partnership, and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

• indigenous

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

O Impacto.Jor é uma iniciativa para medir o impacto do jornalismo na vida das pessoas, através de um software criado para reportar e agregar impactos.

• The Tech
• Media
• Evaluate impact

Ciklograd je web servis kojim želimo dapovećamo informisanost, bezbjednost i brojnost učesnika u biciklističkom saobraćaju u Podgorici.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Veovo instantly measures the number of passengers moving through a subway station to identify crowding and make service more efficient. The MTA can use this information to improve the deployment of staff to stations, change train distribution and plan more efficient station design.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

the social good predecessor to Groupon

• Graveyard
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

The Every Voice Engaged Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps citizens, governments and other nonprofit organizations solve problems that benefit from effective civic engagement.

A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.

• framework

• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data schemas and standards

Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Worldie‘s mission is to create safety, equality, humanitarianism, positive social impact, and all-in-one integration to improve lives with technology, helpful social media systems, social projects, public safety, crowdsourced help, and a network of partners.

• harassment
• humanitarian

• Engagement tech
• Online forums
• Social networks