Civic Tech Field Guide

La Base

31 Rue Bichat, 75010 Paris, France

Climate and social justice community space

Bethnal Green Ventures

We are an early stage investor in ventures using technology to radically change people's lives for the better.

SharedNation

Shared Nation is a new form of civic engagement that allows thousands of people to pool resources and make collective decisions in order to have a big impact on global issues.

MakeSense

11 Rue Biscornet, 75012, Paris, France

makesense inspires and empowers citizens, entrepreneurs and organizations to build an inclusive and sustainable society together.

Climate action

Impact Challenge Bay Area 2019

San Francisco

The Google.org Impact Challenge Bay Area is an open invitation to organizations across the Bay Area to submit their ideas to address some of the most challenging societal issues facing our community today. The 5 boldest and brightest ideas will be selected to receive $1 million in funding and support from Google.

Networked European Democracy

Europe

To explore the different ways that people at the local level can influence conversations and policy making at the European level.

Luminate Group portfolio database

A database of Luminate's civic tech investments

Andrew Hudson's Jobs List

Colorado

Nonprofit, comms, marketing, education jobs list

Barefoot Law

Uganda

Barefoot Law offers free legal information and assistance to people through social media, SMS, Skype calls, andcommunity engagement.

Louder (Loudsauce)

At Louder we've spent a lot of time asking people to give reach to what they believe deserves more attention. This page is dedicated to the lessons we've learned.

Female Govtech Leaders

Who was nominated for the 2018 ranking - and who will you vote for?

Civic Engagement interdisciplinary program at UChicago

Edward H. Levi Hall, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA

University of Chicago's Office for Civic Engagement is committed to building community relationships.

The Open Internet for Democracy Playbook

The Open Internet for Democracy Playbook serves as a companion piece to the Democratic Principles for an Open Internet, which is a framework for understanding what principles must be upheld in order for the internet to foster democracy.

Association of Internet Researchers

The Association of Internet Researchers is a member-based, academic association dedicated to the promotion of critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders.

MindLab's design methods

MindLab, Slotsholmsgade 12, 1216 Copenhagen Municipality, København K, Denmark

Europe's best framework for developing and operating a business

Technology and Social Change 2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Many people become engineers or designers because they hope to change the world for the better using technology.

Public Interest Tech Jobs Board

San Francisco

"We’ve made the difficult decision to sunset the Public Interest Tech Job Board."

Govtech Summit

Paris

Organised by PUBLIC and supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the European Commission, the GovTech Summit gathers European leaders and innovators to explore how new technologies can improve public services and democratic practices.

Games for Cities City-Game Database

Amsterdam

This is a growing collection of games that improve city making

GovITHub

Romania

Programul guvernamental care ii aduce laolalta pe cei care cred intr-un viitor digital pentru Romania

Democracy.io

Berlin

To promote charitable projects that want to implement an innovative digital idea to strengthen our democracy.

Commonplace

London

Boost understanding, get consensus and deliver projects that people love with our all-in-one citizen engagement platform.

Civic Wave

市民が自分たちの力で世の中を変えていく活動などを、ローカルな事例や、テクノロジーを活用した事例などを中心に紹介していくブログメディア

Smart Cities Dive

Smart Cities Dive provides the latest news and trends on sustainable, connected and livable cities.

Code for Jersey City

Jersey City, NJ

Code for Jersey City is a nonpartisan, civic-tech, volunteer community group that collaborates with local government and community partners. We build new tools that help with local civic issues, advocate for better technology and open government, and provide a space for residents to voice and act on their ideas so that our city can grow for, and by the people.

Open Savannah

2222 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, USA

As a Code for America Brigade, we're part of a national network of civic-minded volunteers who contribute their skills toward using the web as a platform for local government and community service.

Poligonal

Engeldamm 28, 10179 Berlin, Germany

customisation of our city walks, workshops, and seminars to your thematic requirements and individual interests.

Pledgebank

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

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

Centre for Indigenous Innovation and Technology

Canada

A non-profit that works to address the underrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the technology and innovation sectors in Canada.

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Data & Society Research Institute

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

Data & Society is a research institute focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development.

Berstein Family Foundation

Islamabad hackathons

Pakistan

Using and creating technology to spark civic engagement, promote responsive government, and foster public-private collaboration for social change.

The Blue House

1700 S. Rampart Street New Orleans LA

The Blue House is a community where designers, writers, researchers, artists, activists, filmmakers, coders, teachers, entrepreneurs, developers, and others come together to share and shape a new kind of workspace.

Ingrid Burrington's Networks and Surveillance walking tours of New York

A new “field guide” by Ingrid Burrington makes visible the infrastructure of surveillance in New York, and explains the money and politics behind it.

NYC EDC

New York City Economic Development Corporation

AI Confessions

Run Women Run

women

Clear The Lobby

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The laws MPs are voting on this week, explained in plain English. Landing in your inbox every Sunday.

The democratic potential of civic applications

This study introduces a framework for evaluating the democratic potential of civic apps, distinguishing six criteria: inclusiveness, deliberation, influence, publicity, mobilization, and knowledge production.

research

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

At the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan seek to advance human potential and promote equal opportunity.

Housing Data Coalition

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004, United States

The Housing Data Coalition (HDC) is a group of individuals and organizations who collaborate on their use of public data to further housing justice in New York City.