Rep'd is a civic engagement platform that powers the digital conversation between voters and candidates, constituents and elected officials.

• Communicating with the government
• Open asks
• Campaign tools

‘Pocket Change’ is a Hindi digital content channel that creates relatable, comedy content for young Indians with civic engagement at its heart.

• YouTube

• Civic fiction
• Shows and films

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is dedicated to strengthening civic life in America.

• Citizen Engagement

Yiaga Africa is a non-profit civic hub of change makers committed to the promotion of democratic governance, human rights and civic engagement.

Concise civic engagement research summaries

• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs
• Peer-reviewed research

Using and creating technology to spark civic engagement, promote responsive government, and foster public-private collaboration for social change.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Shared Nation is a new form of civic engagement that allows thousands of people to pool resources and make collective decisions in order to have a big impact on global issues.

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

As a Code for America Brigade, we're part of a national network of civic-minded volunteers who contribute their skills toward using the web as a platform for local government and community service.

• The People
• Civic hacking meetups
• Meet the others

Think volunteer fire brigade for the 21st Century. We are a volunteer citizen brigade. We use technology and advocacy as a tool for open government, open data and civic engagement.

• The People
• Civic hacking meetups
• Meet the others

Civocracy is fixing the relationship between citizens and their government using digital citizen participation.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

We collect nationwide datasets of who and what is on the ballot for each election.

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information

The production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.

• culture

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic fiction

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• cities

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Open Cities Lab is a non-profit open and non-partisan organisation that combines the use of action research, co-design, data science, and technology with civic engagement, to enable the development of inclusive cities and urban spaces.

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

Zuela is a civic engagement, social networking platform aimed at promoting good governance. We are committed to creating a good community that is free from major issues affecting our society today.

• apps

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.

• racial equity

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Policymaking backed by BIG DATA

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

GIVING YOU A VOICE ON THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOUR WORLD

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

A living-learning community at the University of Maryland based on instilling civic engagement

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic literacy

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.

• students
• toolkits
• workbook

• Voting and elections
• Civic literacy
• Design

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.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Civic engagement for street design

• mobility

• Engagement tech
• Co-design
• Participatory democracy

A comprehensive political database for modern day voters

• US Election 2020

• Voting and elections
• Voter registration
• Voter assistance tech

Our mission is to educate the public about privacy in digital communications and to develop tools that anyone can use. By embracing "privacy by design," we help make digital security and privacy more accessible to everyone.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Connectivity

#getcivic

• Artistic interventions
• Organize events

The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance [Stephen Goldsmith, Susan Crawford] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew citiesand citizenship in America The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement andgovernance in the digital age that will help leaders link importantbreakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessonsof small-group community input to create more agile

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

A platform for civic engagement and neighborhood impact.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Communicating with the government
• Data science for social good
• Engagement tech

Knight Foundation is inviting nominations for its inaugural Knight Public Spaces Fellowship.

• Fellowships

Forward is a web app that tracks civic engagement opportunities ranging from town hall meetings, to rallies, to civic art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

GovChat is a web platform that also uses Whatsapp and USSD to allow citizens to connect with government representatives.

• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

This was an online platform that community groups can use to develop online hubs for civic engagement, online organizing and information-sharing.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Hack League is a friendly academic competition that invites all NYC middle and high school students to learn, design, and build projects to help their community.

• youth

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

ePaństwo Foundation's aim is to develop democracy, open and transparent authorities and civic engagement.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Konveio turns regular PDFs into social documents for draft reviews, interactive reports, digital workshops or immersive guides and training materials.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

• The People
• Civic hacking meetups
• Meet the others

Hold your politicians accountable. Tell your representatives what you want them to do. We'll track whether they listen, so you'll know if they deserve your vote in the next election.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

HelloVote was an experiment in civic engagement via mobile voter registration, and was built and launched on a rapid timeline.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Bots

Innovating for democracy

• workshops

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data science for social good
• Freedom of Information

At the Center for Civic Media, we focus on creating or leveraging digital technology for social change. As an artist, a documentarian, and a creative coder with a do-good streak, I am exploring how…

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

Civic engagement can take many forms and Cityflag, a mobile phone app that allows citizens to highlight and track local issues, wants to make it just a download away. Along with allowing users to post photos of infrastructure issues, Cityflag incorporates a social media tangent and mapping system where people can share infrastructure and City service […]

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

Holopolis MR imagines the uses case in the near future, when MR headsets are more popularized. It turns on the GPS with computer vision feature so that the users can bump into virtual public forums such as a forum setup next to the priority seats. Mature of mixed reality enables “engaging” civic engagement Despite the naming war of AR/VR/MR/XR, the substance of connecting information, overlaying visualization and designing interaction between real and virtual world brought us to a journey t...

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics was formed in 2010 as one of the first municipal innovation offices in the world. Our research and design projects tackle a range of topics — from civic engagement to city infrastructure to education. Our team comes from a diverse array of backgrounds and our work comes in many different flavors.

• The People
• Build something
• Public sector innovation labs

a comprehensive catalogue of civic engagement software

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Graveyard

Hear from all of your residents and better connect to your community's heartbeat with Zencity, a cross-channel platform that takes civic engagement to the next level

• cities

• Emerging tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

AI bot that can navigate and serve up FAQ content in conversations with workers

• apps
• IBM
• labor

• The People
• Emerging tech
• Bots

L'Atelier BNP Paribas 2017 report on "how technology is renewing civic engagement". (PDF file)

• reports

• Learn about civic tech
• Reports
• Defining the field

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.

Civic engagement tool, powered by algorithms

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech