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We develop a computer vision method to measure changes in the physical appearances of neighborhoods from street-level imagery.
Survey160
272 1st Avenue, New York, NY, USASurvey 160 is a software-as-a-service tool which seeks to improve traditional polling by using SMS messaging to reach audiences who are not responsive to phone surveys and are underrepresented in existing online panels.
We create survey-based applications that organize information in ways which are easily accessible, scientifically rigorous, and profoundly personalized. In so doing, we offer compelling online experiences that promote civic engagement and informed dialogue.
Democratic Innovation in Megacities
NDI, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USANDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income urban residents—on a research initiative to explore the innovative ways that megacity governments are strengthening urban democracy.
Bonayo
San FranciscoBonayo is free user-supported software that helps San Francisco citizens see every 311 call in the City.
Appropriate technology movement
Bonn, Germanya movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.
ElectNext
PhiladelphiaIf knowledge is a door to information, data is the key. When you’re talking about politics and government, information is extremely important to those who are making decisions on who to vote for and what legislation to get behind or block.
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 Trevor Project received a grant from Google AI Impact to do machine learning on incoming calls to route callers to FAQs or humans.
Digital Impact
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USADigital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
Grassroot
Johannesburg, South AfricaGrassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists. Communities can also start crowdfunding campaigns to raise funds for example the campaign to raise funds for the construction of new toilets in the Mzondi community in Ivory Park which raised about R68 890, excedeeding the community's R60 000 goal. Communities can also create community groups for different purposes. In total as of 17 October Grassroot had a total of 19 433 groups. In total Grassroot has about 169 037 users (October stats).
Annenberg Civic Media Fellowship
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281a fellowship program to empower social entrepreneurs, artists, activists, scholars and other catalysts to increase awareness, understanding and engagement around pressing areas of public interest, with particular attention to underrepresented communities and their ideas
“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”
Citizen Observatory Madrid
Madrid (Spain)In this panel called Citizen Observatory, a group of people chosen at random will approach and provide solutions to key issues for the life of the citizens of Madrid.
Adoption of self-driving, Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) promises to dramatically reduce the number of traffic accidents, but some inevitable accidents will requi...
Facebook Community Actions
Palo AltoFacebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield
Block Party
New York, NYWe make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.
How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes
Campaign Together
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We bring together people from the UK, no matter what their background, to stop the Tories from winning another parliamentary majority at the next election. We use electoral data to determine which left-leaning party has the best chance of beating the Tories in 50 of the most marginal seats and support any and all volunteers to get out campaigning.
Your Priorities applies AI
Reykjavík, IcelandEmpowering citizens democratically with Artificial Intelligence
Wetaase
Kampala, UgandaWetaase is an online and mobile platform serving high-risk individuals, victims and survivors of human trafficking in Uganda.
The GSBI Accelerator is Miller Center’s signature program and is for the highest potential social enterprises we can find. Participating organizations have proven traction and potential to scale their impact dramatically
2018 Book by Susan Crawford
OpenMobilityData will be the first data commons to fully integrate with transit data editors to update data automatically.
The Rules have developed a method and toolkit to help social movements bring about narrative and structural change. We call it Culture Hacking.
Intel's Big Data for Precision Farming
University of California, Davis, Shields Avenue, CA, USAIntel is working with University of California, Davis, to perfect irrigation techniques by placing sensors in crops and other strategic areas to monitor soil and air moisture levels.
OpenCoesione
Largo Pietro di Brazzà, Roma, RM, ItaliaTowards better use of development resources. Find out, follow, press forward.
Democracy 2.0 A Community of Intelligent Voters
We are working on medical devices, to have a fast and easy solution that can be reproduced and assembled locally worldwide.
FieldPapers
Russian Federation (the)Field Papers is a tool to help you create a multi-page atlas of anywhere in the world.
Best in class P2P texting and calling tools to help you reach your audiences at scale.
africanCOMMONS
AfricaShowcasing re-useable tools built across Africa and the people & organisations building them. Civic technologists do not need to reinvent the wheel. Civic software solutions to pressing developmental challenges already exist elsewhere in the world, and often simply need be customised or adapted to local requirements. Locally developed software solutions are also appropriate for reuse elsewhere on the continent, and the wider world. The challenge is discovery: end-user organisations and technologists are seldom aware of existing solutions elsewhere and/or struggle to find credible recommendations that are sensitive to local operational requirements. africanCOMMONS is a platform to showcase re-useable tools built across Africa and the people & organizations building them.
In partnerships with local and international organisations, each GTI has further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents addressing the risks, attacks and contexts faced by activist women in the region.
Smart growth is a way to build cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable.
PeaceTech Living Learning Community
Waterloo, ON, CanadaExploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
Reboot
49 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USAReboot builds and powers coalitions for courageous, structural change.
Open Mobility Foundation
Los Angeles, CAMunicipalities across the country have joined together to create a new global non-profit organization called the Open Mobility Foundation to support the development of open-sourced software that provides scalable mobility solutions for cities.
Munsoft Spatial and Revenue Management
South AfricaThe sustainable foundation for the modern Smart City: Munsoft Spatial ensures that our municipalities have an up-to-date list of all properties keeping the Property Register, Deeds Database, Valuation Roll and Registered Land Parcels in sync automatically, giving you a bird's eye view of the completeness of revenue.
Create campaign websites and embed email, call-in, fundraising and social network actions targeting politicians and decision makers anywhere in the world.
A resource hub for responding to coronavirus, compiled from a massive organizers' call
Bots for Charity
Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USADirect Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
a selection of guidelines and discussions produced by First Draft on reporting disinformation around coronavirus and other topics ethically and responsibly, as well as a curated list of other resources to help you navigate potential issues covering what the WHO has called an ‘infodemic’.
Nameesa, which is an AI powered conversational and personal engagement platform that automatically responds to people inquiries about Coronavirus (COVID-19) with information from credible sources such as WHO and Ministry of Health.
ConsultVox
EuraTechnologies, 165, Avenue de Bretagne, 59000 Lille, FranceCo-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence
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