The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ) supports the development and production of independent news reporting in Massachusetts. BINJ provides organizational support to community publications, runs reporting collaborations and civic engagement initiatives, trains new and early-career journalists, and produces bold, independent journalism. 

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

We are on a mission to amplify Black* voices and ensure our complete engagement in the national debate about how to build a better Britain founded on accessible citizenship, judicial rights, climate and racial justice, equality, and fairness.

• racial equity

• Voting and elections
• Help more people run for office

A tool to help you run local campaigns with local data.

• Civic data
• Organize campaigns
• Data activism

Message provides email, text, and CRM solutions designed for large-scale digital programs run by top practitioners.

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• SMS tools

In acht Kapiteln aus der Zeit von 2013 bis 2020 sucht Ingolf Pernice die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf unsere Konzepte von Staat und Verfassung zu erschließen: Vom Strukturwandel von Öffentlichkeit und Politik und einem neuen Verhältnis von Staat und Bürger bis hin zu den Bedingungen einer "Verfassung des Internets" und den Möglichkeiten demokratischer Selbstbestimmung auch auf globaler Ebene

• books

Das Buch untersucht die Struktur, die Potenziale und die Risiken der Informationsgesellschaft und präsentiert den LeserInnen eine aktuelle und eingehende Analyse der wirtschaftlichen, technischen und politischen Fundamente dieser Gesellschaft im Umbruch

• books

The book presents evidence of a desire for change in party ethos, introducing the idea of the re-imagined party to explore perceptions of party representation, participation, governance and conduct

• books

Located at the nexus between politics and the digital, this PhD thesis wants to shed light on the changing dynamics, opportunities and challenges citizens and parties are confronted with due to ongoing technological changes

• books

User research is an effective strategy to gain a deeper understanding of your target audience — a crucial step in order to choose efficient design solutions and build smart products

• books

The Longest-running Longitudinal Survey and Analysis on Open Data

• books

• Civic data
• Books
• Open civic data

The Data Librarian’s Handbook, written by two data librarians with over 30 years’ combined experience, unpicks the everyday role of the data librarian and offers practical guidance on how to collect, curate and crunch data for economic, ...

• books

• Civic data

Guides readers through nine steps to social change and discusses strategies on running an effective meeting, writing a petition, and lobbying governments

• books

It shows how public managers need toretain and develop their own IT expertise and to carefully maintain well-contested markets if they are to deliver value for money in their dealings with the very powerful global IT industry

• books

This is a non-partisan guide made to help new [UK] MPs & their staff establish and run their offices after the 2024 election.

• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Internal government tech capacity

The annual Democracy R&D conference is the leading international event for people who fund, run, commission, study and advocate for Citizens’ Assemblies.

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

The Open Energy Badge displays energy/CO2 costs for GitHub projects, covering test runs, API calls, and more, created by Green Metrics Tool.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy

• Indicators
• Report cards and audits
• Carbon calculators

Hashtag Generation is a non profit organization and movement led and run by a group of young tech-savvy, socially conscious Sri Lankans advocating for the meaningful civic and political participation of youth, especially young women and young people from minority groups

• Issue
• hate speech
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Civic data
• Fight disinformation
• Campaign tools

Wir machen das Rundum-Paket für deinen sozialdemokratischen Verband!

• partisan

• Campaign tools
• Internal communication and coordination

This is a joint initiative run by Citizens UK, Migrant Democracy Project and Just Register. Together we are helping migrants in the UK to get registered to vote.

• 2024 elections
• immigration

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech
• Voter outreach

Digitalisierung für Entwicklung

• Govtech
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

A world in which political leaders are one of the most respected roles in society.

• Help more people run for office

The Horizon 2020 project U_CODE (Urban Collective Design Environment) aims to create an environment for urban co-design.

• city
• OpenStreetMap
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Graveyard
• Digital participation platforms

An affordable voter file perfect for civic engagement and grassroots organizing

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Voter outreach

"Find Local Help is a tool from CMS, which runs HealthCare.gov, that connects people to in-person, one-on-one help signing up for health insurance. Users can enter their location and get a list of local experts who can help them complete the process for free." - Ad Hoc

• Good health and well-being
• United States (federal government)

• Access social benefits

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

Mit ihren Projekten, Studien und Veranstaltungen regt die Bertelsmann Stiftung Debatten an und gibt Impulse für gesellschaftliche Veränderungen. Gemeinnützige Arbeit und nachhaltige Wirkung sind die Grundlagen ihres Handelns. Die Initiativen der Stiftung zeigen nicht nur Lösungen auf, sondern schaffen empirisch gestützte Orientierung in einer breiten Öffentlichkeit.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Planning DataHub is a collaborative project between all of the Planning Authorities in London to build a single open data set of development proposals in the planning process to enable monitoring of how our City is changing and develop a shared understanding of the data.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Urban planning
• Open government data

Internet of Things pilots to improve quality of life in London neighborhoods

• local
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Smart Cities and sensors

Online platform for civic participation

• Association Civic Tech Europe

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

whopostedwhat.com is a non public Facebook keyword search for people who work in the public interest. It allows you to search keywords on specific dates. You are granted access because of your work. We do urge you to donate a small amount of money to keep the server running.

• Facebook

• Media
• Media and social media analysis

48 organisations share 65 Guides to how they use digital tools to run their services and operations. You are free to copy and learn from what they've done.

• Nonprofit tech
• Digital literacy

This guidebook helps people design and run projects that involve the collaborative maintenance of data

• guides

• Civic data
• Playbooks and design principles
• Data governance

Mehr Freiheit und mehr Demokratie waren die großen Versprechen des Internets.

• books

• Books
• Decentralization

Crowdmatching for Public Goods

• coop

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

A flowchart guide to help users consider which type(s) of experiments to run in policy settings

• Data visualization
• Policy simulators
• Behavioral economics programs

A comprehensive set of resources to help new techies in government hit the ground running on day one.

• Govtech
• Digital literacy
• Supporting public sector from outside government

GoodParty.org empowers Independent candidates to run for office, win their elections, and serve their communities.

• Civic tech communities and platforms
• third party
• campaigns

• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections
• Organize campaigns

dijitalde eleştirel düşünme becerileri kazandıran, yanlış bilgi sorununa dikkat çeken, teyitçi gibi düşünmeye katkı sağlayan yazılardan oluşur.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

Civic Story, a wacky Civic Education Game.

• Games and gamification
• Civic literacy

Expanding the Democratic and progressive data ecosystem by facilitating a real time, blind exchange of voter contact data across the Left.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools
• Voter outreach

A taxonomy of deceptive design patterns, laws, cases, reading list, hall of shame, and Deceptive Patterns book

• guides

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Design

Paper by Paolo Cardullo, Ramon Ribera-Fumaz, and Paco González Gil. "In this paper we focus on the platform’s ‘soft infrastructure’ – the network of developers, ethical hackers, academics, maintainers, advocates and activists, and city administrators but also the agreements with the city and the documentation produced – on its internal governance arrangements and the provincialising relationships these might entail."

• Decidim

• Academia
• Peer-reviewed research

Long-running progressive digital organizing group based in the US

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign organizations

The AI4D multidisciplinary research lab run by two public academic institutions in Tanzania, UDOM & NM-AIST. We set forth an objective to establish a multidisciplinary AI4D lab that fosters capacity development, research and innovation in responsible AI and its application in addressing societal and developmental problems in Africa.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

We are a coordinating alliance of civil society organizations, foundations, state institutions and companies. Our goal is to create an ecosystem of interlocking solutions for the needs of people on the run.

• Ukraine

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Mutual aid

With unparalleled voter data, a powerful canvassing app, and easy-to-use contact tools, this all-in-one campaign solution packs a punch. Designed to scale with you from city council to Congress and beyond, our platform offers all the features you need to run smoother and smarter campaigns.

• Organize campaigns
• Fundraising tools
• Campaign tools

Propastop is a blog aimed at cleaning Estonia from propaganda, false information and media lie. The blog is run by volunteers.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Organizing 2.0 is a collective of communicators and online organizers working for unions and social justice activists

• trainings

• Advocacy tech

We provide online meeting and conferencing tools, powered by renewable energy, running on cooperatively owned infrastructure.

• coop

• Open source
• Meeting tech
• General purpose open source tools

Brand New Bundestag (BNB) ist eine unabhängige und überparteiliche Graswurzel-Organisation, die sich für eine progressive, zukunftsorientierte Politik einsetzt. Wir unterstützen Menschen, die mit progressiven Ideen frischen Wind in die Parlamente bringen, bei ihrem Weg in politische Ämter.

• Voting and elections
• Help more people run for office