The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

• human rights
• immigration

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

The stories turn up daily: Social media is being used to undermine democracy. Someone has run off with millions of Social Security numbers stored by a major financial institution. Internet service…

• The People
• Digital rights
• Manifestos

2018 Book by Susan Crawford

• books

• Books
• Connectivity

Personal Democracy Forum CEE is a unique space where the enthusiasm for technology is supported with meaningful debates on its role in the contemporary world.

• Conferences
• In-person meetings

to enable data-driven farming

• agriculture
• Zero hunger

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Artificial Intelligence

Serwis internetowy Urzędu Miejskiego w Starachowicach.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

The Foundation supports long-term, free basic research beneficial to Sweden, mainly in medicine, technology, and the natural sciences. This is achieved through long-term grants to excellent researchers and to projects of the highest international standard.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

We are focused on leveraging leapfrog technologies and an ecosystem of partners to offer rural, underserved communities affordable and holistic solutions for their basic needs. Our data insights revealed that families in Buikwe spend up to $20 a month to access unclean energy (charcoal), unclean water, limited healthcare, and no electricity. Our solution will solve these challenges through providing telemedicine, microfinance, smart agriculture, solar power, insurance, internet connectivity and clean water, at only $8 a month

This prototype is being developed as a Proof of Concept for the protocol the eVoting group of the BFH (Berner Fachhochschule) is working on, in partnership with Canton Geneva.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Build With is a training, facilitation, and consulting practice led by Laurenellen McCann.

• trainings
• workshops

• Civic and social impact companies
• Co-design

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.

• indigenous
• LGBTQI
• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Collectively created online space to inform and connect people working for a better democracy in the UK

• Find a job or hire someone
• Crowdsourcing
• Job boards

DeedsWeb is a website that uses Internet Explorer to provide people with a web-based interface to up-to-date land registration information located on the Deeds Registration System database.

Find low-cost internet and affordable computers in your area.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy

Defend Our Movements is a web based clearinghouse of the most up-to-date and useful information about protecting your devices and data—whether on the Internet, through cell phone communications, or in your home or office.

• guides

• Adjacent Fields
• Organize campaigns
• Digital security and privacy

Global Impact Awards go to entrepreneurial teams who think on a global scale and have a healthy disregard for the impossible.

• Google

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Encounters in Citizen Science The European conference for citizen and participatory science 2020 in Trieste, Italy.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

The Incidental Emergency Grants respond to urgent needs such as a website or email being hacked, or the theft or loss of sensitive data and equipment.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding

The Ministry of Health (MISAU), in fulfilling its mandate to provide health services to all Mozambicans, has drawn up the Strategic Health Sector Plan (PESS) 2014-2019 with a view to “helping all Mozambicans, especially target groups vulnerable, to enjoy the best possible health, at an affordable cost. ” Despite the existence of a lot of health information available to help citizens to avoid contracting diseases as well as taking initial measures whenever symptoms arise, the segment of the population that most needs this information is often deprived of it, due to the means of communication. communication used. Email / Internet campaigns rarely reach hidden areas, and many citizens remain without the means to buy televisions or enough energy to power this device. It is for these reasons that we found a possible solution on mobile phones, and in particular the Educational Health Information Platform (PENSA).

• Access social benefits

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Speculative Tourism is an international project that operates at the crossroads of science fiction, historical tourism, Augmented Reality and local action.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic fiction

The event is a 5-day design sprint where multidisciplinary teams consisting of the best local, regional and international talent in data, design, journalism and technology are teamed up with NGOs that collect data.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Intra is an Android app that protects against DNS manipulation, making it easy to access blocked websites and apps and get safer access to the internet.

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Slack gives your team the power and alignment you need to do your best work.

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Access the internet simply and reliably where you are. BRCK is a rugged, self powered, cloud enabled wifi hotspot router with built in fail-overs.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

Open declaration by Amnesty International and Access Now, endorsed by Human Rights Watch and Wikimedia Foundation at RightsCon Toronto 2018

• The People
• Digital rights
• Manifestos

Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech By Daniel X. O’Neil and the Smart Ch…

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

OuiShare Fest is an international event that gathers entrepreneurs and social innovators, non-profit and business leaders, grassroots activists and public officials each May in Paris.

• Conferences
• In-person meetings

NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.

• The Tech
• The People
• Adjacent Fields

Psiphon is a free and open-source internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, providing open access to the internet for millions of citizens around the world.

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Nova-Ideo collects ideas and transforms them into implementable proposals

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Sentry is an investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers and seeks to shut those benefiting from violence out of the international financial system.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Organizations

NetBlocks is an open technology platform that helps communities around the world detect and measure internet shutdowns, social media filtering and throttling in real-time.

• Adjacent Fields
• Open internet
• Foundational layers

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.

• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Broadband connectivity is crucial for access to the modern economy, as well as engagement in contemporary civic and political life. Without adequate study of the availability of broadband connectivity, policymakers are left in the dark as they design programs to modernize communications infrastructure and ensure that telecommunications companies provide broadband/Internet service at the minimum speeds required to take full advantage of online resource.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

SUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding

White paper analysis of the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) activities to influence US politics

• reports

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

The Civic Cloud provides the raw infrastructure upon which to build the rest, or at least many, of the remaining services that might be needed or wanted.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können.

• Open source developer networks
• Digital rights
• Open internet

The conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.

• criminal justice

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

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

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is a growing global coalition of 165 international, regional, and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 65 countries that is working to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns
• Partner networks

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

FixMyTransport was a mySociety project running from 2011 to 2015. It allowed passengers to send complaints directly to transport operators.

• mass transit
• mobility

• Graveyard
• Communicating with the government
• Communicating with the people

DSU is the official app of the Department for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs.DSU's aim is to provide citizens with a quick tool for information and reportings about critical situations and disasters which they are witnessing.What do you find inside DSU app: - articles, news and official statements of the Department for Emergency Situations;- information about weather alerts, traffic alerts and natural disasters;- a section for reporting events which you are witnesses (fire, flood, accident i.e.);- a section for informing you about how to act effectively in critical situations and the behaviour you should adopt;- tests for verifying your knowledge.We are excited to provide this useful tool and hope you will enjoy using it.DSU TeamPS: Your feedback is important to us. We welcome and appreciate your opinions, suggestions and rankings.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

A tool to help election officials (and election officials only) report problems with election mail

• Govtech
• Voting and elections
• Election administration

The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Organizations

EDGI is an action-oriented research collaborative driven by the Environmental Right to Know (ERTK) – the belief that people should be able to know and make decisions about environmental conditions of concern, and that the collection and stewardship of environmental information should equip people, communities, and workers to protect their health and support the flourishing of surrounding ecosystems.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency