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This guidance outlines the expectation for how civil servants should approach the use of Large Language Models.
mxDistritos
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoThe 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.
MetroLab’s In the Lab Initiative focused on GenAI for Local Governments, a task force
Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL)
Dhaka, BangladeshOur aim is to build a community that supports the Open Data and uptake of the Living Lab paradigm.
CLJE:Lab (Center for Labor and a Just Economy)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USACLJE:Lab is the policy and legal innovation lab at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy – where our ideas for building worker power and strengthening democracy hit the ground.
Tech4Democracy
Spain (España)In collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, IE University is leading Tech4Democracy, a powerful initiative to identify entrepreneurs dedicated to developing technology that will promote and protect democracy worldwide.
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.
Use the Guide Finder to explore proposed approaches to common data for social impact challenges.
World Health Organization Innovation hub
Geneva, SwitzerlandWe use sustainable innovation to solve bottlenecks, accelerate impact, and improve health, focusing on the most neglected problems and people.
Vote Report India
India (Bhārat)Ushahidi-powered project tracking voting irregularities in the 2009 Indian election
FPWA’s NYC Funds Tracker monitors New York City’s revenue and the flow to budget expenditures.
8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions
CoreData.nyc is New York City’s housing and neighborhoods data hub, presented by the NYU Furman Center.
Spotlighting Illegal Transfers to Curb Corruption
Civic Tech Innovation Short Course, Wits School of Governance
Johannesburg, South AfricaThis course will provide you with skills to develop an applied understanding of how to use technological platforms to enhance the interface between government and citizens in the delivery of services.
Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit
PhiladelphiaThe City of Philadelphia aims to improve collaboration with communities. This website shares guidance on how to engage communities equitably.
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.
CivicSearch is a search and discovery tool for everything that is said in local government meetings, texts, and laws. It covers 547 cities and towns in the US and Canada.
Datamuse is a collection of websites, mobile apps, and APIs designed to help people create and communicate more effectively.
Find your elected rep with GPS
San FranciscoThis free app includes information on 100 Senators, 50 State Attorney Generals, 50 Governors, 426 Congressional reps by state. And 1,964 State Senators and 5,443 State House Reps.
Say When
San FranciscoFind when something was said in a video or podcast with AI-powered SayWhen.us
Common Knowledge
LondonWe use technology to help social movements build power
PoliDashboard
TorontoAn app for tracking political advertisements on Meta-owned advertising platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
OpenPV
Germany (Deutschland)Currently a solar potential look-up tool for the German state of Bavaria. "We support the roll-out of more photovoltaic roof systems."
FedGeoDay
Washington, DCFedGeoDay 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.
Developed for Occupy Wall Street in 2011, the first mobile panic button app.
Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN)
Alexandria, VASupports the creation of a prototype Open Knowledge Network — an essential public-data infrastructure to power the next information revolution.
PeaceFem
The University of EdinburghPeaceRep – a consortium of research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and local research teams led by the University of Edinburgh Law School – has recently launched a mobile app provides insights and strategies to support women’s inclusion in peacemaking.
The Decentralized Social Networking Protocol establishes a shared social graph that is no longer dependent on a specific application or a centralized platform.
OpenLitterMap
Cork, IrelandHelp us create the world's most advanced open database on litter, brands & plastic pollution.
A design toolkit for USAID staff on how to design inclusive digital technology interventions, written for work on global hunger but applicable in many other contexts.
Democracy Innovations for Better Public Meetings
Washington, DCBetter public meetings are possible, sustainable, and measurable.
Civic Infrastructure Scan
Washington, DCTo build the foundations of democracy with intention, as Jill Blair and Malka Kopell suggest, there is a need to survey the types of civic infrastructure in place and how these building blocks fit together in order to appreciate where the cracks and crevices are that need strengthening.
Mapatón Ciudadano
XalapaMapeo de rutas para futuras ciudades sostenibles
Octree
Geneva, SwitzerlandOctree is a startup studio to build today's digital commons: viable, open & fair.
The Planning London Datahub
LondonThe 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.
Farmer.CHAT
India (Bhārat)An AI Assistant by Gooey.AI and Digital Green to make vetted farmer knowledge accessible.
Cycling updates to Google Maps now take account of traffic conditions and the availability of high-quality cycling infrastructure
Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence
Barcelona, SpainIts goal is to promote research and disseminate best practice in the ethical application of artificial intelligence in cities.
SocorroBot
Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)SocorroBot is an interactive guide designed to assist individuals in the process of reporting a missing person in Mexico.
ATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.
재단법인 팩트체크넷 (Fact Check Net Foundation)
Republic of South Korea (Hanguk or Namhan)South Korean fact-checking organization, supported by government during the pandemic but now shut down
DOLL Living Lab
CopenhagenOur expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a digital twin for urban innovation at a 1:1 scale.
Anonimometro
RomeAlgorithmic tool by the Italian government to fight tax evasion by cross-checking self-reported income with assets and other databases in a privacy-protecting approach
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