HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

• OpenStreetMap

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Civic data

Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate.

• Climate action
• research

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

The Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) provides fixed monthly stipends to individuals capable of addressing short-term and long-term threats to freedom of expression online.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Responsible Innovation COMPASS is an EU-funded project that supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from emerging technology industries to manage their research, development and innovation activities in a responsible and inclusive manner.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy

We help people and organisations to benefit from personal data in a human-centric way. To create a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society for all.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic data
• Data governance

We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Citizen science

The International Fact-Checking Network is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency

CrisisCommons seeks to advance and support the use of open data and volunteer technology communities to catalyze innovation in crisis management and global development. CrisisCommons is a global community of volunteers from technology, crisis response organizations, government agencies, and citizens that are working together to build and use technology tools to help respond to disasters…

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Civic data

Volunteer with us and use your research, mapping and digital skills to support humanitarian agencies in crisis response.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Civic data

Software for the annual homeless count

• homelessness
• housing

• Surveys & polling

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

DECODE es un proyecto europeo que pretende dar respuesta a la preocupación de las personas sobre la pérdida de control de su información personal en Internet.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Engagement tech

Upsolve provides assistance to low-income groups by helping them file for bankruptcy. It provides free online guidance for the entire process with the help of pro bono lawyers.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Govtech

A curated list of 186 criminal justice data and technology projects.

• criminal justice

• The Tech
• The People
• Adjacent Fields

Somos una herramienta de información que busca que los ciudadanos tengan una visión clara y completa de la gestión de los funcionarios públicos en Colombia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic literacy

P21

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic literacy

The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.

• books

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

The Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Engagement tech

CO/COUNSEl making the law accessible through crowdsourced legal maps. Browse the law in a map or in the easy-to-use columns. Contribute and be recognized. Become a thought leader in your field. Be a hero! Free the law and help make the nation a fairer place.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Más datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.

• human rights
• trainings

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

M-Haki allows users to send SMS messages with legal questions, which the organisation’s lawyers and volunteerlawyers answer for a small fee.

• Adjacent Fields
• Organize campaigns
• Tech for public challenges

The civic tech field has expanded so widely in recent years, it’s hard to think of a major city or an area of civic life that these technologies don’t touch. In this dynamic environment, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been a field leader, investing over $25 million since 2010 in projects […]

• The People
• Evaluate impact

The Open Law Platform empowers you to focus on high-value tasks, auto-updates the legal code as laws become effective, and improves how you connect with citizens.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

The Data Justice Lab examines the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice, highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and big data

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Uliza Wakili LLP aims to provide low-cost alternative dispute resolution and legal advice to SMEs and startups.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Generation Citizen believes all students have the right to civics education that prepares them to participate in our democracy.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic literacy

Translators without Borders is a global community of over 100,000 members helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Help out

The first comprehensive study of automated decisionmaking in Europe

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

Amicable is a divorce app which helps couples close an amicable agreement. The chatbot, Alex, provides instant and real time support to users.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Artificial Intelligence

Trustwire gives you strong end-to-end encryption while keeping it simple to use. Trustwire is web-based, so users don't need to download or install apps, and they can manage or exchange files whether they are overseas or just down the street.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

EFF Guide to Messaging

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Document DEFINING OPEN IN OPEN DATA, OPEN CONTENT AND OPEN KNOWLEDGE

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Open knowledge

The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Defining the field

Helping make the internet safer and more accessible

• research
• human rights
• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Data rights

A free course sponsored by the Finnish government to demystify AI

• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

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

Individuals and teams should demonstrate their ability to implement a great idea that improves public sector services and the communities they serve.

• The People
• Awards and prizes
• Fieldwide resources

Greenpeace activists protest Coca-Cola’s use of climate-changing chemicals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Brand organizing

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and promote internet norms and principles essential to democratic governance.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Laudelina is a mobile application, aimed to empower domestic workers. It has an accessible guide to labour rights, abenefits calculator, a list of protection agencies, and an option to create a social network with fellow domestic workers.

• apps
• labor

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Engagement tech

LawforMe attempts to make the law and legal processes accessible to all citizens by simplifying Indian laws throughthe use of design and technology.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Microsoft AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source robotics simulation platform. From ground vehicles, wheeled robotics, aerial drones, and even static IoT devices, AirSim can capture data for models without costly field operations.

• Microsoft

• Drones

The Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) cultivates research, outputs, and creative collaboration on topics related to repressive internet censorship and surveillance.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Consolidation in the Internet Economy

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Open internet

Bringing sight to blind and low-vision people

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

data.org brings together philanthropy, private sector technology, academia, and social impact organizations to build the field of data science for social impact.

• Data science for social good

The Afterpattern app builder is now PatternBuilder, a capability within NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-based content management platform where legal professionals do work.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Over 60 percent of people that go to court for a minor offence are planning to and plead guilty. The tool enables guilty pleas to be lodged online prior to the scheduled court date for non-complex minor offences.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Govtech

Building resilient systems to keep civil society safe online

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity