We are a partnership bringing together 20 specialist organisations to support democracy.

• Participatory democracy
• Partner networks and coalitions

the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to  counter disinformation.

• Research and policy centers
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

We Need Cooperation Among Fact-Checkers

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Partner networks and coalitions

Creating and supporting independent news entrepreneurs

• Media
• Journalism
• Peer networks

The program pays topic experts to create relevant content on social media for NGI

• Public Relations and amplification
• Creators and Influencers

Better public meetings are possible, sustainable, and measurable.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Meeting tech

56 countries working together for prosperity, democracy and peace

• human rights

• Peer networks

A global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.

• cities

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers

Radicle is a sovereign peer-to-peer network for code collaboration, built on top of Git.

• Build something
• Decentralization
• General purpose open source tools

Our expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a digital twin for urban innovation at a 1:1 scale.

• cities

• Innovation teams and labs
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hubs

Catalyst is a network helping the UK third sector grow its digital skills and processes. We offer free services and resources from across our network, curated to support you at every step of your digital journey.

• Nonprofit tech

A collaborative, investigative network revealing stories that matter to communities across the UK

• Media
• Journalism
• Nonprofit newsrooms

Making movements visible

• Advocacy tech
• Civic data APIs
• Mapping tools

The OECD's 700+ case studies of citizen juries, councils, assemblies, and more

• Learn about civic tech
• Participatory democracy
• Civic tech catalogs

The Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency (RLTL) is an initiative for linking, communication and collaboration between civil society organizations that promote the opening of congresses in the region, seeking to raise the standards of transparency, access to information, citizen participation, accountability and responsibility in the legislative powers.

A blockchain-based platform for decentralized "network states"

• Emerging tech
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)
• Blockchain

Bringing citizens' voices to the decision making table

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

In Fall 2023, the Digital Service Network kicked off its digital transformation policy scan by documenting executive orders (EO) enacted since 2013 that shape the digital transformation of government across states and territories.

• reports

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Digital transformation

We aim to strengthen instruments for mobile EU citizens and expats to engage in EU political life on an everyday basis

• immigration

• Civic literacy
• Citizen Engagement

Twelve like-minded European and global organizations committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation are coming together in the new Horizon project Nets4Dem.

• Participatory democracy
• Partner networks and coalitions

Юристы проекта защищают тех, кого преследуют власти за свободное выражение мнения в Интернете

• Telegram
• free speech

• Legal tech
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Solidarity networks

Your Matchmaker Between GitHub Projects And Talented Contributors

• Build something
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

Rocking the vote in France

• Voting and elections
• Voter registration
• Voter outreach

When the platform is launched, it will allow journalists to report their news and current events. It will also enable them to share their stories, interviews and research.

• Media
• Journalism
• Social networks

Engaged Cities is a community of practice for news organizations with engagement-first approaches to serving U.S. cities.

• cities

• Media
• Journalism
• Peer networks

The Statewide News Collective is a community for news organizations serving statewide audiences launched by The Lenfest Institute, RevLab at The Texas Tribune, and Spotlight PA.

• state

• Media
• Journalism
• Peer networks

The Audience Community of Practice is a group providing support for audience development news professionals.

• Media
• Journalism
• Peer networks

Public Sector Network’s second Government Innovation California in-person event will bring together public sector leaders across all levels of government from across the State and region to share their innovative ideas and cutting-edge initiatives and projects.

• state

• Govtech
• Conferences

A project of Global Voices, we are a global anti-censorship network of bloggers and activists dedicated to protecting freedom of expression online.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Media
• News and blogs
• Solidarity networks

Un consorcio de organizaciones de la sociedad civil conformado por Asuntos del Sur, Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente, Extituto de Política Abierta e Instituto Pro Comum quienes tienen como misión conjunta impulsar formas innovadoras de gobernanza y acción colectiva en Ciudades del Sur Global.

• cities

• Partner networks and coalitions

Powerbase is a free guide to networks of power, lobbying, public relations and the communications activities of governments and other interests.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It favours a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming participants from academic, political and civil society perspectives.

• Conferences
• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

The Foundry is a collaborative organization for Internet law and policy professionals who are passionate about disruptive innovation. The Foundry offers members a platform for professional development, constructive debate, and network-building within a cohort of skilled attorneys and policy analysts eager to help shape the development of Internet law and policy.

• Professional associations
• Tech or Digital Policy

Monitor Macroscopic Internet Outages in Near Real-Time

• Adjacent Fields
• Connectivity

"The Center for AI and Digital Policy aims to promote a better society, more fair, more just — a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law."

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits

"[A] nonpartisan source for news, resources, and commentary focused on state courts and state constitutional development. It’s the first and only website dedicated to covering state constitutional cases and trends in high courts across the 50 states."

• state

• Legal tech
• Constitutions
• News and blogs

CIGI builds bridges from knowledge to power by conducting world-leading research and analysis to offer innovative policy solutions for the digital era.

• Govtech
• Emerging tech
• Digital transformation

We are an initiative that serves as a crucial building block in strengthening the Kenyan media ecosystem, working to rebuild trust amongst the key players in the ecosystem and the public, and putting in place resources that will help address challenges being faced in terms of business models.

• Media
• Journalism
• Newsroom partnership networks

"Bringing local context to our global standards...Our network of Trusted Partners includes over 400 non-governmental organizations, humanitarian agencies, human rights defenders and researchers from 113 countries around the globe."

• Civic teams at tech companies
• Social media

Brasil: Investigação transnacional revela empresas de marketing político ligadas à extrema direita

• reports

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Newsroom partnership networks

Moja WiFi is a turnkey Solution for monetizing public WiFi networks

• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

The Civic AI Handbook is for digital leads of civic organisations who want to develop generative AI strategies for their organisations / departments / teams.

• guides

• Artificial Intelligence
• Generative AI

The 2004 project that used comedy and live theatrical performances to protest against former President George W Bush

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Artistic interventions
• Predecessors

With support from the Omidyar Network, the joint team worked with local researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe to extract a snapshot of the state of digital identity, using an evaluation framework specifically designed by CIS for assessing digital identity ecosystems.

• Identity

JUST AI is an independent network of researchers and practitioners committed to understanding the social and ethical value of data and AI

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits

POPVOX Foundation is working with Demand Progress and the Foundation for American Innovation (formerly the Lincoln Network) to facilitate information-sharing and best practices for the testing, deployment and oversight of automated technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs) in the legislative branch.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Created and published by the Digital Benefits Network, this open dataset and analysis documents identity proofing and authentication practices in online public benefits applications across the US, contributing to field-wide understanding about the digital identity landscape in public benefits, an important issue for equitable benefits access.

• Civic data
• Digital security and privacy
• Access social benefits

The Digital Trade Alliance is a collaborative effort of digital rights and consumer groups assembled in 2018. The Alliance model provides effective advice and expertise to us in order to structure the transnational debate on digital trade.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Partner networks and coalitions

Paper by Paolo Cardullo, Ramon Ribera-Fumaz, and Paco González Gil. "In this paper we focus on the platform’s ‘soft infrastructure’ – the network of developers, ethical hackers, academics, maintainers, advocates and activists, and city administrators but also the agreements with the city and the documentation produced – on its internal governance arrangements and the provincialising relationships these might entail."

• Decidim

• Peer-reviewed research
• Academia

The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) works in more than 100 countries to develop long-term relationships with civil society, governments, and the international community to strengthen civic space.

• Legal tech
• Nonprofit tech
• Partner networks and coalitions