Affordable and easy-to-use organizing tools for progressive campaigns, unions, and advocacy groups with teams and budgets of any size.f

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools
• The Tech

Helping communities use digital media, mapping, and open data tools for greater influence and representation in development and democracy.

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Data visualization

Build a modern movement with The Groundwork, a community engagement platform for nonprofits and social enterprises.

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools
• Graveyard

A writeup of the partnership

• Clean water and sanitation

• Data science for social good
• Satellites
• Emerging tech

Welcome Humanitarian Data & Digital Enthusiasts! Here You Can Find All Things Related To Data & Digital.

• Digital transformation
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

This paper identifies and addresses persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Evaluate impact

In 2001, registering or transferring land in Jamaica was an uphill battle. Four separate departments handled different aspects of land administration, leading to weak coordination and delay. Even straightforward transactions dragged on for weeks, simply getting information was a struggle, and fraud was commonplace. In April of that year, Jamaica established the National Land Agency, charged with merging the four departments, speeding up services, and improving their quality. As the new agency’s CEO, Elizabeth Stair led a team of managers that had to oversee the consolidation, design systems to prevent fraud, improve performance, and implement new procedures and technologies to increase speed and transparency. During its first decade and a half of operation, the National Land Agency significantly reduced processing times and won acclaim for its customer service and innovative use of technology. Despite these successes, there was still room to improve land tenure security. Stiff documentation requirements, high costs, and limited awareness of the process meant that registration and related services remained out of reach for many Jamaicans.

• land

• Govtech
• The Tech

Internet access in major global subway networks

• cities
• mass transit
• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Connectivity
• Foundational layers

[C]ivil servants at the provincial Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations led a groundbreaking effort to form a public–private partnership to convert millions of property records—both from paper to digital and in some cases from a deeds system to titles—and create the world’s first electronic land registration system

• land

• Predecessors

Higher Ground Labs is an incubator and accelerator for political technology. We help entrepreneurs building tools to help democratic campaigns win.

• The People
• Get funding
• Accelerators

An open-source comprehensive platform that serves as a one-stop solution for monitoring Thailand's parliament.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Advocacy tech

CLJE: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.

• labor

• Academia
• Innovation teams and labs

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.

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Books
• Civic tech community surveys

AI-powered database where you can search California's legislators, lobbyists, donors, gifts, travel, bills, transcripts, videos, supporters, and organizations

• state

• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Government transparency

Developed out of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, Building Diagnostic Robotics (BDR) created robotics tools and AI analytics to aid in assessing building envelope efficiency.

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities
• buildings

• Drones
• Emerging tech

6-month pilot of three pole-mounted static air quality machines

• air quality
• cities
• Reduced inequalities

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hardware
• Emerging tech

by Nanjala Nyabola

• books

• Books
• Learn about civic tech

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.

• trainings

• Courses
• Civic literacy
• Advocacy tech

What might it sound like if a reporter in rural Missouri partnered with a reporter in New York City to together explore contentious issues and uplift common ground?

• students

• Polarization
• Media
• Journalism

We seek to make democracy more deliberative – to empower people to talk across differences, find common ground, and build political change for the public good.

• Academia
• Research and policy centers

The Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships is the first new NSF directorate in 30 years and "advances use-inspired and translational research in all fields of science and engineering, giving rise to new industries and engaging all Americans — regardless of background or location — in the pursuit of new, high-wage jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)."

• STEM

• Govtech
• Economic development

2020 UNDP initiative to assist the Republic of Vanuatu in the supervision of registration of electors and the planning and implementation of democratic elections for parliament, province, and municipal councils.

• Voting and elections
• Election administration
• Satellites

The AI Assembly is the first national deliberative event on AI in the United States and represents a significant step toward understanding public sentiment on AI-related issues and shaping the conversation around the role of AI systems in society, with a focus on transparency, accountability, and responsible use.  

• Sortition
• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI

#KnowYourRightsHK is here to help you understand and exercise your legal rights.

• Justice tech
• Access to laws
• Pro bono and volunteer

A hub of technologists dedicated to building technology for Reproductive Justice

• women's health

• Help out
• Pro bono and volunteer

MyCandidate is a platform that empowers voters with easy-to-understand electoral information that anyone can access ahead of an election.

• Ballot information
• Voting and elections

The Democracy Forum is a not-for-profit NGO which promotes ideals of democracy, pluralism and tolerance through public debate.

• Participatory democracy
• Debate

By participating in GSA’s study on identity verification technology, you can help identify potential barriers and challenges that impact individuals from diverse backgrounds.

• User research groups
• Identity
• Govtech

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

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

The Center for International Media Assistance's donor profiles on major public and private funders of global media development work

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Media

Our mission is to radically improve policy making through design, innovation and people-centred approaches.

• Innovation teams and labs
• Govtech
• Co-design

Its over-arching goal is to reinforce trust in public institutions and to unleash multiple measurable positive impacts in terms of efficiency gains and reduction of current administrative burden and costs, rooted on a Toolkit for extended semantic interoperability and on secure, privacy-preserving and trustworthy realisation of fundamental once-only, relevant-only and digital by default principles, through state-of-the-art, usable and high-quality fully online procedures accessible through the Single Digital Gateway (SDG).

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Government Interoperability

We knock on Americans’ new, digital front doors one text at a time. Our volunteers’ actions directly impact millions and lay the long-term groundwork for a just, equitable, and progressive America.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Voter registration
• Peer to peer SMS

Developing a robust and replicable Data Commons methodology in the Raval, Barcelona

• Civic data
• Data governance

The Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is UNDPs dedicated Global Policy Centre for Governance issues. It promotes transformative governance for peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Making cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.

• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Emerging tech
• Academia

Democracy is in danger, and urgently needs people to defend it. Our 10-month civic leadership programme for young activists will help fight the democratic decline.

• Accelerators
• Build something

At the heart of Newspeak House is its residential programme, running since 2015. Seven residents spend a year immersed in these communities, enjoying the chance to meet thousands of people and attend events held on their doorstep.

• Fellowships
• Find a job or hire someone

In this groundbreaking work, Haochen Sun analyzes the ethical crisis unfolding at the intersection of technology and the public interest.

• books

• Books
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A report: How can stories help us change systems?

• reports

• Narrative tech
• Media

The Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC) is a new peer learning collective of scholars, researchers, and government leaders committed to addressing the social and cultural implications of data and technology.

• Academia
• Research and policy centers

Since 1968, our nonpartisan insight and analysis has helped power the decisions of policymakers, civic leaders, and the general public across a wide spectrum of beliefs and backgrounds.

The Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND is creating spaces for innovators, where they can take risks and think radically different.

Poynter’s Beat Academy is a virtual classroom designed to provide journalists from any newsroom the skills to tackle emerging coverage areas, like private equity, and better grounding on key topics like immigration, climate change response, federal infrastructure dollars and more.

• courses

• Media
• Online courses

Narwhal is a discussion community for curious people of any viewpoint

• Social networks
• Online forums
• Civic forums

All Tech Is Human is strengthening the Responsible Tech ecosystem with multiple stakeholders, disciplines, and perspectives so we can tackle wicked tech & society problems.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Adjacent Fields

An upskilling initiative "to equip 1,000 adults from low-income backgrounds with the tools and skills they need to become software engineers and thrive in tech careers."

• Decent work and economic growth

• Find a job or hire someone
• Upskilling
• Economic development

Code for Dallas is an official Code for America Brigade in Dallas, TX working on projects with government and community partners to improve people’s lives.

• Civic hacking meetups
• Meet the others

CS Fund is launching a new funding program on Just Transitions to advance social and ecological justice for a future grounded in justice, joy, belonging, and liberation for all beings.

• Reduced inequalities
• Zero hunger

• Get funding
• Emerging tech
• Foundation initiatives

Data Justice Lab conference at Cardiff University and online

• Conferences
• Meet the others