Technology at work for the public

• The People
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A Distributed Network of Institutions for Peer to Peer Public Deliberation

• The People
• Meet the others
• Peer networks

The Public Interest Technology Summit is the evolution of the Alumni Digital Summit hosted last October in collaboration with Alumni Relations.

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

MEST Africa is an entrepreneurial training program, seed fund and incubator for African tech startups, headquartered in Accra, Ghana.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

• Govtech
• Open innovation
• Innovation teams and labs

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

• indigenous

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy

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

This wiki is dedicated to document initiatives around gender and tech, privacy and digital security that are organised by participants to the trainings and activities related to the program “Securing Online and Offline Freedoms for Women: Expression, Privacy and Digital Inclusion”.

• curricula
• women
• Gender Equality

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Modernizing engagement between local government and the people you serve

• Civic data
• Voting and elections
• Election administration

we provide an open community space, an incubator that is vibrant and enables a collaborative environment for innovators and startups to think through their ideas, and develop their solutions, so as to turn these opportunities into meaningful products, services, and businesses

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• Build something

La Alianza Latinoamericana para la Tecnología Cívica (ALTEC) es el resultado de la alianza entre Luminate Group y Fundación Avina que busca promover el desarrollo de iniciativas de tecnología cívica con el potencial de mejorar y ampliar el ejercicio de la ciudadanía no sólo como un fin sino como un vehículo para alcanzar cambios positivos en prácticas de efecto colectivo, tanto públicas como privadas.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

• The People
• Help out
• Pro bono and volunteer

Civic Technology and Open Government - Global #civictech #opengov has 7,413 members. ‎Global exchange on civic technology, open government, open data,...

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• Socialize online

The Code for America Technology Awards recognize outstanding products and implementations of government technology.

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

We help governments deliver great software to the people they serve.

• Bureaucracy tech

• Civic and social impact companies

IEEE GHTC focuses on advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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

A national, nonpartisan group of LGBT organizations, academics, and high technology companies whose mission is to engage with critical technology and public policy leaders for strategic discussions at all levels.

• LGBTQI

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Fundraising tools

We support organizations by convening the nonprofit community, offering professional credentials and training, and facilitating community skill and resource sharing.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Nonprofit tech

The Challenge is a three-phase, prize-based competition to find technology-based solutions that address or improve opioid abuse prevention, treatment and overdose avoidance and response.

• opioids

• The People
• Get funding
• Challenges

To use science, technology and innovation to support the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver on its national development plan effectively and efficiently; and to help transform Sierra Leone into an innovation and entrepreneurship hub.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.

• Predecessors

I started a Google spreadsheet to track links to tech ethics syllabi

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• Courses

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

• Media
• Learn about civic tech
• Media and social media analysis

Civic technology should empower us as citizens.

• research

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A global atlas of case studies of tech-enabled urban districts and municipal digital masterplans.

• place-based
• cities

• Civic tech catalogs
• Urban planning
• Smart Cities and sensors

Take Back Tech is a gathering for organizers, advocates, academics, and workers who are looking for a space to deepen the connections and strategies we'll need to combat technology's worst harms.

• Meet the others
• Conferences

The Community Tech Lab is a hands-on tech and digital equity learning space located at El Puente’s flagship Leadership Center in South Williamsburg.

• Meet the others
• Hubs

The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund is Open Technology Fund’s newest mechanism to support the long-term maintenance of established FOSS projects and the communities that sustain them.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

RadicalxChange Foundation is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to democratic innovation and institutional design through operational partnerships and experimental projects between academia, government, art, technology, and beyond.

• Quadratic voting
• Democratic Innovations

Online education platform: "Learn new ways of working at the intersection of innovation, business, and geopolitics, and discover the role you or your organization can play in a future where technology advances freedom."

• Learn about civic tech
• Online courses
• Diplomacy

DeHavilland’s political intelligence combines the most powerful technology and AI tools with in-house knowledge, expertise and analysis.

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

One-Pager for Staff from London’s Office of Technology

• guides

• Artificial Intelligence
• Organizational policies on AI

Diagnosing perceived and actual risks impeding responsible AI acquisition in government

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Procurement

In order to help election practitioners and stakeholders to better understand the use of ICTs in elections, International IDEA has conducted a global comparative study to learn how ICTs are being used in several stages of electoral process.

• guides

• Voting and elections
• Election administration

A special report by Micah Sifry

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Reports

Creating a sustainable future for the technology that powers our world

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Open internet

Technology plan for the City of Chicago

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Our aim is to build a community that supports the Open Data and uptake of the Living Lab paradigm.

• Mapping
• Civic apps outfits
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST), in partnership with the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of The Cyber Policy Awards—an annual gathering of the U.S. cyber policy community to honor and celebrate those who drove significant progress in the preceding year, and to make resolutions for the new year.

• Cybersecurity
• Awards and prizes

MetroLab’s In the Lab Initiative focused on GenAI for Local Governments, a task force

• local

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Working groups

A global nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble.

An open-source comprehensive platform that serves as a one-stop solution for monitoring Thailand's parliament.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

In collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, IE University is leading Tech4Democracy, a powerful initiative to identify entrepreneurs dedicated to developing technology that will promote and protect democracy worldwide.

• Build something
• Research and policy centers
• Accelerators

By Aure Schrock. Out in September. The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Books
• Civic tech community surveys

Changing our world by building a stronger, more inclusive technology workforce

• User research
• User research groups

8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions

• cities
• mobility
• streetscape

• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning
• Machine vision

We use mobile technology to create scalable campaigns with immediate feedback

• SMS tools
• Surveys & polling
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

Online course offered through Georgetown University’s Initiative on Technology and Society, the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and the McCourt School of Public Policy: a continuing education course to help participants rapidly grasp digital fundamentals in a way that is practical and relevant to their work.

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Online courses

Eyebeam artists fellowship

• Fellowships
• Artistic interventions