WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.

• human rights

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Engagement tech

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

AI for the Public Good, for Singapore and the World

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Tech or Digital Policy

The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It favours a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming participants from academic, political and civil society perspectives.

• Participatory democracy
• Conferences
• Democratic Innovations

Building on years of work and investments, a growing group of national, regional, and local funders have come forward to invest in local news and information.

• Media
• Journalism
• Foundation initiatives

Developing a robust and replicable Data Commons methodology in the Raval, Barcelona

• Civic data
• Data governance

A Berkeley Copwatch + WITNESS Initiative

• criminal justice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Justice tech

Advocacy Assembly is a free learning community for human rights activists and journalists.

• trainings

• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

A training guide for journalists and writers on how to respond to online harassment and abuse, including building a community of supporters and developing counterspeech messages.

• guides
• women
• LGBTQI

• Media
• Solidarity networks

Merged into https://firstdraftnews.org. Was a directory of tools for verifying, fact checking and assessing the validity of eyewitness reports and user generated content online. Managed by Josh Stearns.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

“Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” showcases over a hundred sharing-related case studies and model policies from more than 80 cities in 35 countries.

• books
• cities

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Expose voter suppression and election interference as you witness it to a live map with SeeSay2020.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

The encyclopedia of American politics

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

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

DSU is the official app of the Department for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs.DSU's aim is to provide citizens with a quick tool for information and reportings about critical situations and disasters which they are witnessing.What do you find inside DSU app: - articles, news and official statements of the Department for Emergency Situations;- information about weather alerts, traffic alerts and natural disasters;- a section for reporting events which you are witnesses (fire, flood, accident i.e.);- a section for informing you about how to act effectively in critical situations and the behaviour you should adopt;- tests for verifying your knowledge.We are excited to provide this useful tool and hope you will enjoy using it.DSU TeamPS: Your feedback is important to us. We welcome and appreciate your opinions, suggestions and rankings.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech