A collection of open source digital public goods sorted by Sustainable Development Goals

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Civic tech catalogs

The Digital Public Goods Standard is a set of specifications and guidelines designed to maximise consensus about whether a digital solution conforms to the definition of a digital public good: open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices, do no harm by design and are of high relevance for attainment of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Data schemas and standards

In "Abierto al Público" we explore the use of open knowledge through data, code and other media.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability

• reports

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

• Ethical tech and responsible tech

We help shape the future of technology and society to advance equity, expand opportunity and protect basic rights and liberties.

• Academia
• Academic programs
• Public Interest Tech

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder initiative to accelerate the attainment of the sustainable development goals in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods.

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Open source networks

• cities

• Govtech
• Playbooks and design principles
• Digital transformation

PIT-UN (US) university membership list

• Academia
• Academic programs
• Public Interest Tech

A Ford Foundation memo sharing lessons learned from public interest law for their work in Public Interest Tech

• Public Interest Tech

A dissertation by Lindsay Cole at the University of British Columbia

• Public sector innovation labs

Democracy and participatory political group in Guayaquil

• Participatory democracy

A Geolocation Technology Company

• Mapping tools

Foundation for Public Code's livestream show and podcast

• Podcasts
• Shows and films

Higher education must give the next generation of technology and policy leaders the interdisciplinary training they need to succeed, write Anne-Marie Slaughter, Darren Walker and Larry Kramer.

• Quality education

• Public Interest Tech

The award-winning Center for Public Integrity is one of the oldest and largest non-profit news organisations in the United States.

• Media
• Journalism
• Nonprofit newsrooms

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a registered charity and the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.

Korean open civic data portal

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

The 2021 NYU Public Interest Technology (PIT) Convention and Career Fair is a virtual hands-on event for professionals, researchers and students interested in creating a better world through technology.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Conferences

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The California Public Technology Roundtable is a volunteer, informal group of civic techology leaders and practitioners coming together to support digital innovation at and across the state.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Access international case studies, research and innovation tools.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Build something

• Working groups

Our guide on using design tools and methods in the public sector, created in partnership with design firm IDEO.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Посіпаки — це відкрита база даних помічників народних депутатів України створена на основі офіційної інформації Апарату Верховної Ради України.

• Watchdogging and transparency

Now you can be an angel investor

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A public pledge-card platform that helps you win commitments from candidates. It’s like a networked petition that links your petition and supporters to the candidates who pledge to support it

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Graveyard

The impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media

• Media
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Local meetings happen all the time. Let’s make showing up easy.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

See what your representatives in Congress say and do.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• Hubs

Tableau Public is free software that can allow anyone to connect to a spreadsheet or file and create interactive data visualizations for the web.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

This registry exists to help people discover and share datasets that are available via AWS resources.

• Amazon

• The People
• Civic data
• Build something

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

• Good health and well-being
• housing
• translation

• Canvassing

The Public Impact Observatory Welcome to our Public Impact Observatory, a unique database of public policy case studies. Using our Public Impact Fundamentals we have analysed hundreds of examples of public policy succeeding or failing, drawing out the key lessons for future policy work

• research

• The Tech
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Political party transparency made easy

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Important alerts from across the web when and where they are needed most.

• Google

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

This project seeks to facilitate the co-creation of prototypes that can advance digital transparency and enable agency in the world's public spaces.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

To support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere

• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

What are your hopes and dreams for California's new Office of Digital Innovation?

• The People
• Fieldwide resources
• Civic tech community surveys

We help Open Source projects for cities become successful, build sustainable communities around them and create a thriving public Open Source ecosystem.

• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Build something

• Hubs