FedGeoDay is THE event devoted to "open geospatial ecosystems" (open source software, open/collaborative mapping, open science challenges, and open engagements) that are used to initiate and grow capabilities across the U.S. federal government. 

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Meet the others

This initiative aims to empower individuals, informal groups, and entities to effectively counter digital rights threats and violations online.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Digital rights

The APNIC Foundation’s main grants and awards fund...provides funding across Infrastructure, Inclusion and Knowledge.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

We are Sea Island Software, Inc., a company specializing in hurricane threat assessment. HurricaneMapping.com is our storm tracking service for Google Earth and ESRI's ArcGIS.

• hurricanes

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

HURREVAC is the decision support tool of the [US] National Hurricane Program, administered by FEMA, the USACE, and the NOAA National Hurricane Center.

• hurricanes

• Govtech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value by giving up control.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Society Library (a collective intelligence institute) shared their micro-voting decision-making tool for city-level decision-making.

• cities
• guides

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Group decision making

"Suggestions bag" for the Portuguese Assembly. It's actively used but it's not clear where citizen suggestions go once posted.

• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Communicating with the government

Citizens' referendum platform for Portugal, with a minimum threshold of 60,000 registered voters; signatures

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

The official citizen participation hub of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic

Official channel for citizens initiatives in Portugal, with a minimum threshold of 20,000 registered voters

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Official petition site for Portuguese citizens to the National Assembly

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the government
• Petitions

Developed for Occupy Wall Street in 2011, the first mobile panic button app.

• apps
• Occupy

• Advocacy tech
• Legal tech
• Justice tech

As part of the 2024 Web Science Conference Brave Conversations again brings together technology, society and politics to explore humanity in the 21st Century

As we move solidly into 2024, we have been considering how civic infrastructures, currently and in the future, will affect our experiences with technology, our experiences with services we take for granted, and how we relate to one another.

• Learn about civic tech
• Mainstream media coverage

We fund startups across nearly all technology areas and markets like artificial intelligence, energy, medical devices, robotics, semiconductors, and many more.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Investors

During our four-week MOOC, you will learn about and explore the fascinating and ever-evolving world of technology and democracy, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of expression in elections.

• 2024 elections

• Learn about civic tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections

The Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships is the first new NSF directorate in 30 years and "advances use-inspired and translational research in all fields of science and engineering, giving rise to new industries and engaging all Americans — regardless of background or location — in the pursuit of new, high-wage jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)."

• STEM

• Govtech
• Economic development

Supports research, implementation and education projects involving multi-sector teams that focus on the responsible design, development or deployment of technologies.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Build something

Supports the creation of a prototype Open Knowledge Network — an essential public-data infrastructure to power the next information revolution.

• Civic data
• Open knowledge

PeaceRep – a consortium of research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and local research teams led by the University of Edinburgh Law School – has recently launched a mobile app provides insights and strategies to support women’s inclusion in peacemaking.

• apps
• peace
• Gender Equality

• Engagement tech
• Diversity & Inclusion

PRL’s Path to 2024 report series is a new monthly chronicle covering partisan attitudes of Americans in the lead-up to the November 2024 presidential election. Each month, we focus on a different salient issue affecting voters and analyze public attitudes from our weekly public opinion poll.

• reports

• Polarization

Resources and data to understand and halt the growth of partisan animosity

• 2024 elections
• US Election 2024

• Polarization

This survey is a series of questions designed to shed light on public sentiment towards political animosity, respect for democracy, and support for political violence -- asked of a thousand Americans each week.

• Surveys & polling
• Polarization

A texting hotline promoting education for peace

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• Israel Palestine

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out
• Peer to peer SMS

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Art exhibition at MIT: critical explorations of ai and cities

• cities

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Artistic interventions

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Whether it’s hate speech in our social media or bringing together diverse groups for online training, digital tools can harm and help our peacebuilding initiatives.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Civic tech catalogs

Custom GPT tool to help journalists in the Philippines to parse long government audit reports for anomalies

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

Scrutinizing what steps platforms have taken to protect election integrity globally

• reports
• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections

Our mission is to support the voices historically excluded from media and media ownership.

• racial equity
• Gender Equality

• Media
• Journalism
• Accelerators

Hack The Press is a movement. We're not satisfied by the current situation of owned media, and we've taken Michael Jackson's song "Man In The Mirror" to heart.

• Media
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

The Aspen Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the greatest challenges of our time.

• Research and policy centers

2020 UNDP initiative to assist the Republic of Vanuatu in the supervision of registration of electors and the planning and implementation of democratic elections for parliament, province, and municipal councils.

• Voting and elections
• Emerging tech
• Election administration

Brooks School of Public Policy

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Over 860 "Coders, product managers and anyone who wants to help the party win with better technology."

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Meet the others
• Organize campaigns

Aspen Digital, a program of the Aspen Institute, is launching the AI Elections Initiative as an ambitious new effort to strengthen US election resilience in the face of generative AI.

• 2024 elections
• US Election 2024

• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections
• Research and policy centers

We are training the next generation of cyber leaders and safeguarding community organizations.

• Academia
• Cybersecurity
• Partner networks

Measure the Internet, save the data, and make it universally accessible and useful.

• Foundational layers
• Connectivity
• Open knowledge

Our mission is to connect and spark policy action among those crucial to making our interconnected world accessible, safe, and inclusive — both online and off.

• Research and policy centers

Citizen Clinic is a public-interest cybersecurity clinic at UC Berkeley.

• Academia
• Cybersecurity
• Pro bono and volunteer

Okthanks is an independent organization providing research and product design services for open source technology. We unite with a mission to leverage technology for social good.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector
• Social impact design firms

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations and institutions

NYC's legislative body

Fostering youth engagement in Tunisia

• youth

• Social media
• Citizen Engagement

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

• Media
• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

Our committed staff of lawyers, community organizers, policy experts, and other advocates combine forces with 80 member firms, 900 pro bono attorneys, and thousands of community members.

• Legal tech
• Pro bono and volunteer

State government

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide