A project by AlgorithmWatch that maps frameworks that seek to set out principles of how systems for automated decision-making (ADM) can be developed and implemented ethically

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

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

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

The Heart of Civic Tech in Central and Eastern Europe

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

Philanthropy / Foundations / Related grantees and projects

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

"Our goal was to apply a simple but powerful canvas tool to help our peers plan to measure immediate and long-term results of their projects."

• resources

• The People
• Evaluate impact

We are a network of people and projects, rooted in Detroit and connected to hundreds of other places across the globe. Together, we grow and exchange ways of using media to create the world we need.

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

You can think of Code for BTV as a pro-bono digital agency working for the public good. We pick meaningful projects and do the research, design, architecture, coding, launch, and communications work to help important organizations work more effectively.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

A single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.

• apps
• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.

• cities
• Climate action

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

(PDF) How to develop collaborative data projects – for citizens, urban innovators, researchers and policy makers

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

• Participatory memorials
• COVID Engagement Projects

AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Analyzes satellite imagery to detect on the ground conflict and/or human rights violations using remote sensing and digital forensics.

• human rights

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

The purpose of this guide is to standardise accessibility features and ensure accessibility compliance across Code for Africa’s projects. Please feel free to copy and adapt it for your organisation.

• guides

• Assistive and Accessible Tech

When to Use Them, How to Choose & Tips for Maximum Results

• guides

• Digital participation platforms

This repository contains curated list of different urban & regional planning data & technology resources. Those interested in the built environment are invited to review and contribute to this repository.

• guides
• urban planning

two new Impact Fellowships for S&T experts seeking to advance smart education policy: The Learning Acceleration Fellowship at the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and the Data Science Impact Fellowship within the Office of the Under Secretary at the Department of Education.

• Quality education

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Crypto-based crowdfunding where the group votes on funding proposals and distributes millions in funding accordingly

• Get funding
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Spark Eco will invest in solar energy projects, fund non-profits working on solar projects in developing communities, and support land preservation efforts.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

Drive climate action and earn rewards with a carbon-backed, algorithmic digital currency.

• Climate action

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

The Open Forest Protocol (OFP) is changing how forestation (reforestation, afforestation and conservation) projects are monitored, verified and funded with blockchain technology.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• forests

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

The Engine Room's project with Open Society Foundations to reimagine what digital ID systems rooted in justice can look like.

• Identity

A free e-book covering common patterns in open project governance

• Books

Join a worldwide movement to catalog every open source civic tech project

• Github

• Civic data
• Civic tech catalogs

We analyse user needs and implement open source solutions to put your services on a path of continuous improvement.

• Social impact design firms

NYC Mesh is a physical network of interconnected routers and a group of enthusiasts working to support the expansion of the project as a freely accessible, open, wireless community network.

• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

Through art, research, investigation and actions, the lab explores new ways of making issues around propaganda in the digital age better known. Persuasion Lab is a project by Manuel Beltrán and Nayantara Ranganathan.

• Artistic interventions
• Advertising

parCitypatory is a blog, but also a consultancy happy to advise you on urban planning and citizen participation issues. I organise workshops with participatory methods, help you with the project management of urban planning programmes and support the communication of your and your community’s idea. To hire me as a consultant, please get in touch with [email protected]! And if you like my writing, hire me as a writer on all things urban via Texts and the City.

Operational Excellence in Government is led by Stephen Goldsmith, Director of the Innovations in American Government Awards program and Professor at Harvard Kennedy School. The project identifies operational efficiency themes across state and local governments, and is supported by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and conducted in partnership with United States Common Sense, a nonpartisan nonprofit policy group dedicated to opening government data and resources to the public.

• Govtech

Muniphase research project exploring urban expansion and boundaries.

We've been experimenting with using Notion as a public wiki for the project. Let us know what you think! :)

Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map until November 2009, when young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map Kibera has now grown into a complete interactive community information project. We

• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping

As an office within the General Services Administration, we know how to work with government. Partner with 18F to deliver projects that fulfill federal rules, stay within budget, and provide excellent value to the public.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Service delivery

Nigerian internet safety project

• anti-harassment

• Graveyard
• Digital literacy

The programme provides you with the planning, management and technical skills necessary to lead and transform public organisations to be open, inclusive, innovative, flexible and effective using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

• Academic programs

Julien Carbonnell's thesis, featuring case studies in Taiwan, Israel, and Estonia

• Artificial Intelligence
• Citizen Engagement
• Books

PITcases.org is a university platform to help students and faculty find the best ways to make a positive difference in their communities. The website gives detailed information about projects that have come out of PIT classes, as well as reading lists for those interested in teaching such courses.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Public Interest Tech

We create data and technology solutions for better health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. By working alongside health advocates, governments, local communities, donors, and manufacturers, we provide reliable

• health
• vaccines
• Affordable and clean energy

• Smart Cities and sensors

Digital, tech, design, and data projects for social impact

• Social impact design firms

Work with maps like never before. Build your structure, visualise data and let people interact. Use maps to get you mission fullfiled.

• Mapping tools

The Rust Foundation is an independent non-profit organization to steward the Rust programming language and ecosystem, with a unique focus on supporting the set of maintainers that govern and develop the project.

• Open source developer networks

Govbase is an open, crowdsourced database of projects and tools in online governance.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Decentralization

The Social Science Research Council's Just Tech Fellowship supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of researchers and practitioners to imagine and create more just, equitable, and representative technological futures.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Fellowships

The Open Datat Institute's art programme

• Artistic interventions

The Climate Change AI summer school is designed to educate and prepare participants with a background in artificial intelligence and/or a background in a climate-change related field to tackle major climate problems using AI.

• Climate action

• Artificial Intelligence
• Courses

Join us as the 2022 Civic Design Fellow. In a 4-month program, from January to April, you’ll take your interest in democracy as a design problem to the next level, working with the Center for Civic Design team and completing an independent project exploring the intersection of language access and voting participation.

• Fellowships
• Design

We're working with researchers in the Banded Mongoose Research Project at the University of Exeter to design and build a new online game to understand sociality and cooperation in mongooses, based on their research in Uganda.

• animals

• Games and gamification

Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.

• Adjacent Fields
• Decentralization
• Incubators