The Green Button initiative is an industry-led effort to respond to a White House call-to-action to provide electricity, natural gas, and water customers with easy access to their energy- and water-usage data in a consumer-friendly and computer-friendly format.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

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

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
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

The First Act Fund is a new source of catalytic funding and support encouraging young people with technical backgrounds to pursue impactful and innovative ideas.

• Get funding
• Graveyard
• Funders & donors

Civic Design Lab (CDL) is a civic service design and innovation team within Oakland City Hall that grew out of the Resilient Oakland initiative.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

As the gears of federal government have ground to a halt, a new energy has been rocking the foundations of our urban centers. From Atlanta to Seattle and points in between, cities have begun seizing the initiative, transforming themselves into laboratories for progressive innovation. Income inequality, affordable housing, climate change, sustainable development, public health, participatory government—cities are tackling them all, bringing new urgency to some of the most vital questions of the day. Welcome to the age of big city progressivism! Cities Rising is The Nation’s contribution to the conversation.

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

Latvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

Supporting the transformation of cities towards a more sustainable mobility through data analysis and digital communication.

• mobility
• project tracking

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Civic Tech Innovation Database is a living collection of civic tech initiatives in South Africa.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

The California Report Card was developed by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Office of Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom. The California Report Card explores how smartphones and networks can enhance communication between the public and government leaders.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

E-Collecting for Switzerland

• Participatory democracy
• Voting and elections
• Petitions

The Federal Spending Transparency GitHub page is a space for stakeholders inside and outside government to stay informed on Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) Implementation. The DATA Act makes federal spending data more accessible, searchable, and reliable. It makes it easier to understand how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars and serves as a tool for better oversight, data-centric decision-making, and innovation both inside and outside of government. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget are lead the government-wide implementation of the DATA Act.Additionally, the page hosts the alpha version of the Data Lab at USAspending.gov, an initiative by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to create visualizations and analyses using federal spending data to help the public, researchers, government entities and others understand, and use the data from USAspending.gov.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

See which American political parties, candidates, and ballot initiatives match your beliefs based on the 2018 issues that are most important to you.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

the City’s first public-private NYC Blockchain Center

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

CityScore is an initiative designed to inform the Mayor and city managers about the overall health of the City at a moment’s notice by aggregating key performance metrics into one number.

• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

Empowers citizens to directly present bills. It uses blockchain technology to register citizens' support for the bill.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

In this Playbook, we explore the evolution of the procurement function’s missions, from its original cost reduction role to risk management and to contribution to growth as a strategic partner.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

CITE in Zimbabwe and Code for Africa have partnered to make Outline from Jigsaw available to news organisations and CSOs. It means VPN can be rolled out on their own servers to connect to the internet and keep communication private and safe.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Foundational layers

A smart city framework created by the city of Vienna

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Smart Cities and sensors

From amazing new parks and safe neighborhoods to growing our local economy and promoting green initiatives, City leaders are looking for your bright ideas to Imagine Mesa in innovative and exciting ways.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Did you know that you can use Minecraft for more than a simple fun? Learn about great Block by Block initiative for community participation in urban design.

• workshops
• Minecraft

• Media
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

A crowd-sourced web-based database of organizations, programs, and initiatives at the intersection of STEM and local government and communities.

• STEM

• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Pro bono and volunteer

The Civic Commons Wiki was a collaborative encyclopedia documenting best-practices and open standards for file formats, APIs, agile development processes, open source software, and supporting policies and licenses in the civic sector.

• The Tech
• Graveyard
• Civic tech catalogs

This wiki is dedicated to document initiatives around gender and tech, privacy and digital security that are organised by participants to the trainings and activities related to the program “Securing Online and Offline Freedoms for Women: Expression, Privacy and Digital Inclusion”.

• curricula
• women
• Gender Equality

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Fight Misinformation in Thailand with Chatbot Fact-Checking

• LINE

• Emerging tech
• Fight disinformation
• Bots

The European AI Fund is a philanthropic initiative to shape the direction of AI in Europe. Our long-term vision is to promote an ecosystem of European public interest and civil society organisations working on policy and technology, based on a diversity of actors and a plurality of goals that represents society as a whole.

• Get funding
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Town Hall Project 2018 is a progressive, volunteer-based initiative working to identify and promote upcoming Congressional forums nationwide.

• The Tech
• Communicating with the government

ipaidabribe.com is Janaagraha's unique initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens.

• corruption

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

NDI 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.

• cities
• research

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Orange Telecom's "big data for development" project provided telecom data to generate insights

• The People
• Data science for social good
• Challenges

our mission We dream of an equitable world where the poor and marginalised can lead lives that are empowered and just. We believe that this scale of change can be achieved through social enterprises, that is, businesses that place impact at the centre of their mission. We inspire, mentor, fund and support early stage, innovation‐based for‐profit enterprises that have an impact on the lives of the poor in India. The power of innovation, combined with entrepreneurship, to impact the lives of people who are poor Paul Basil, founder our values bold We embrace uncertainty, ambition and believe in possibilities Entrepreneurial We take initiative, and capitalise on opportunities Impeccable integrity We maintain confidentiality while being transparent in our dealings Empathetic We are customer centric, humble and are committed to helping entrepreneurs our story Villgro was founded in 2001 by PAUL BASIL with the mission of incubating

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

À l'initiative du Président de la République, le Gouvernement engage un Grand Débat National permettant à toutes et tous de débattre de questions essentielles pour les Français.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Find out more about Data City | Data Nation, a global data sharing initiative between Singapore and London.

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

New urban visions, the final event of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, will see the launch of our experimental index and ideas bank, a pioneering piece of work exploring how city ecosystems and governments can support and work with DSI, and of our new collection of positive visions for the future of DSI.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Color Of Change’s digital petition and training platform

• racial equity

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Petitions

Dear Social Good Coders! It’s with huge excitement today that I announce the relaunch of our SocialCoding4Good (SC4G) initiative as Code Alliance!

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

Organising community involvement with road safety on a grand scale

• road safety
• speeding
• Vision Zero

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out
• Crowdsourcing

Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citizen action, and engagement using technology.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Digital 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.

• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

a 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 Tech
• The People
• Media

Our mission at WeGovNYC is to bring New Yorkers together to create the world’s best municipality.

• cities

• Support civic projects with tech

We build job-matching platforms, omni-channel communications systems and evaluation tools for the most complex problems in the world today.

• refugees

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Graveyard

WoeLab is a grassroots network of inventors and entrepreneurs who want to build smart city projects or a digital democracy. This is an original initiative of the L’Africaine d´architecture, a platform that “anchored modernity”, which are attempts to make Africa the next technology revolution hub and was established by Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou.

The #opensource #opendata platform. Powering http://data.gov.uk, http://data.gov & portals around the world

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms

Fellows will work closely with PRU staff to support multiple research projects including statistical data analysis and monitoring the poverty reduction effects of the city’s anti-poverty initiatives.

• No poverty

• The People
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

'Find that Charity', developed by David Kane and supported by 360Giving, is a tool for finding data about non-profit organisations.

• Civic data
• Get funding
• Nonprofit tech

A field scan of blockchain for social good projects by the Stanford Graduate School of Business

• reports

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

We developed the Community Maturity Model™ (CMM) to help organizations understand, plan for and assess the performance of community and social business initiatives.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

• air quality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech