mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to invent and popularise websites and apps that enable citizens around the world to exert power over institutions and decision makers.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Civic apps outfits

Investigates the impact of Civic Technology tools: those we produce ourselves, and those from the wider community.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Variations in usage of civic tech across four core countries (US, UK, Kenya and South Africa) and the attitudes of users towards the platforms they are using.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Research by Rebecca Rumbul of mySociety - As part of the joint mySociety and Democratic Society project Public Square - this literature review provides an overview of current academic research into the themes relevant to the goal of developing a meaningful, participative and collaborative digital environment, and draws out salient points to inform the development of tools and approaches to be created as part of the project.

• reports

• Learn about civic tech
• Reports
• Fieldwide resources

An iLab Liberia project, in conjunction with mySociety, powered by Alaveteli

• Alaveteli

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Based on FixMyStreet.com, launched by our parent charity mySociety in 2007, FixMyStreet Pro is the only reporting solution capable of automatically routing reports to other authorities across the UK.

• local

• Communicating with the government
• Issue reporting

"A complete suite of local authority services for highways, environment and the public realm", wholly owned subsidiary of mySociety

• local

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

Report and share Violence Incidence in Nigeria directly on this platform.

• Preventing election violence

• Voting and elections
• Crowdsourcing
• Election observation

Deploying Open Data to Enable Kenyan Households & Communities Conserve Fresh Water Resources, including civic literacy campaigns and IoT monitoring of water supply and quality

• Clean water and sanitation
• Climate action

• Civic data
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Environmental data

An instance of mySociety's TheyWorkForYou

• Participatory democracy
• Graveyard
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

A Freedom of Information conference hosted by mySociety

• Alaveteli

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Data about every national legislature in the world, freely available for you to use.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

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

Full Fact is the UK's independent factchecking organisation

• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Factchecking

Help us find the world’s electoral boundaries!

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

FixMyCommunity is a system for citizens to report problems in infrastructure or service delivery. FixMyCommunity was originally created by MySociety as FixMyStreet.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

TICTeC Local is the annual conference from mySociety that focuses directly on the use of Civic Tech in communities and local government.

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

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

GovEx at Johns Hopkins successfully helps governments effectively use data in order to make informed decisions on services that improve people’s lives.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

A team at Facebook that builds products around election and voting

• Facebook

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

TICTeC is an annual milestone in the Civic Tech world, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and all those with an interest in how technology is changing the way we engage with society.

• In-person meetings
• Conferences
• Evaluate impact

International open government data specifications.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups

GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

It let people set up pledges in the form: ‘I will do something, if a certain number of people will help me’.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy