Our crowdsourced localization results in more accurate and timely translations, and unlocks access to the internet for users all over the world

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Help out

Digital innovation for citizens and for the development of the country. Replaced by the Department for Digital Transformation.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

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

• The Tech
• The People
• Evaluate impact

Our pro bono teams of data scientists and engineers harness the power of data and technology to help nonprofits, government agencies, and academic institutions have greater impact on the communities they serve

• Civic data
• Pro bono and volunteer

Encounters in Citizen Science The European conference for citizen and participatory science 2020 in Trieste, Italy.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

Somos o Meu Rio, uma rede de ação por um Rio de Janeiro mais democrático, inclusivo e sustentável.Junte-se às mais de 300 mil pessoas que recebem nossos alertas e participam das decisões políticasque definem o futuro da cidade.

• Organize campaigns

Assisting low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move from the Crisis of poverty to being able to make real Choices in their lives through the practical application of innovative technology, public policy expertise, and community outreach.

• Graveyard
• Access social benefits

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the county, these awards are presented during NACo’s annual conference held each July.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

• The Tech
• The People
• Get funding

TOOLS TO POWER MOVEMENTS

• Organize campaigns

Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups

The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that they don’t know how. Solving this problem led us to create Democracy.com. Our groundbreaking free-to-join platform makes citizen action as easy as buying a book online.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

Secure messaging, anywhere

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Developing benchmarks and datasets for online harms researchers, and guidance for practitioners using tools to detect online harms

• harassment

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

For this first phase of our program, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp.

• research
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Outfox AI is an intuitive, low-cost Facebook ad-buying platform for down-ballot progressive campaigns and causes.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

We train youth to produce high quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

Luminate is a global philanthropic organisation focused on empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Research paper by Amanda Clarke, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

• research

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Resident feedback

• apps

• Graveyard
• Issue reporting
• Ideation

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

Break your echo chamber

• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• books
• cities

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Open collaborative network for journalists and other researches, experts and engaged people working on housing across Europe

• housing

• Media
• Nonprofit newsrooms
• Solutions journalism

The first comprehensive study of automated decisionmaking in Europe

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

A HatchLab is a new kind of global storytelling workshop.

• workshops

• Narrative tech
• Story tech

Smart donation form that embeds directly to your website or as a pop-up.

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Nonprofit tech

The lab focuses on supporting the implementation and inclusion of established technologies into existing applications, organizations, and communities that are advancing Internet freedom, supporting the initial/bootstrap operating and infrastructure costs associated with getting deployments online, and, finally, conducting one-off assessments of existing apps or websites for recommended privacy, security, or anti-censorship improvements. All of this work will be conducted either by service partners or applicants themselves—with triage and oversight by an OTF.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Circumvention tech

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

Google team focused on election information and civic features within Google products

• Google

• The People
• Build something
• Civic features

Smarter choices for a better world

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Consumer watchdogging

LittleSis is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Narrative tech organizing
• Narrative tech

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Peer networks

"Artifice" describes the end of a relationship between an Apple iPhone and an Amazon Echo.

• films

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic fiction

Granicus empowers modern digital government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 160 million people with over 4,000 government organizations at the local, state and federal levels.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

A tool that shows how MPs use Twitter

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

Rights x Tech is a forum for technologists, policy makers and movement leaders to discuss emerging issues around human rights, products and power.

• racial equity
• human rights

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.

• racial equity

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

• human rights
• immigration

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Any NGO, human rights or media organisation that faces threats due to the work they are doing, can apply for this grant.

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

App that analyzes your public speaking style and offers tips on how to improve

• apps

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

WAT IS JOUW POLITIEKE SMAAK?

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Bringing sight to blind and low-vision people

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

For 20 years, the Center for Digital Government’s Best of the Web Awards have recognized and benchmarked state and local government progress online.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The BSD Tools are designed to help you manage (and grow) inspiring, impactful digital programs - from fundraising to advocacy, communications to analytics.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

a newsletter about languages and tech

• indigenous

• Adjacent Fields
• Graveyard
• Newsletters

Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis. Text HOME to 741741 in the United States.

• mental health
• youth
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

The Community Approach to Research Partnerships (CARP) aims to collaboratively establish academic and community partners...

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Good Habit Lab is a web platform that will help people meet their health and wellbeing goals.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Behavioral economics programs