Advancing civic engagement to create equitable, thriving communities

• Participatory democracy
• Citizen Engagement

Oslo for AI aims to open up new possibilities for the governance of AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI

To build the foundations of democracy with intention, as Jill Blair and Malka Kopell suggest, there is a need to survey the types of civic infrastructure in place and how these building blocks fit together in order to appreciate where the cracks and crevices are that need strengthening.

• guides

• Civic data
• Citizen Engagement
• Research tools

It's a quick tool for the public to rate: 1) Official public meetings (such as city council meetings, board/commission meetings, school board meetings) that you have attended. 2) How connected your community (people, organizations and institutions) is.

• Engagement tech
• Evaluate impact
• Meeting tech

Better public meetings are possible, sustainable, and measurable.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Meeting tech

Mapeo de rutas para futuras ciudades sostenibles

• mobility

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Civic hackathons

This site contains a list created by the Codeando México community and curated by different volunteers with knowledge of civic technology projects in Mexico.

• Civic tech catalogs

The mission of the National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation is to understand, test, and disseminate innovations that can make democracy more participatory, equitable, and productive.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

We make technology work for the public good

• Govtech
• Evaluate impact
• Govtech vendors

SeeSay2020.com was an online tool that allowed voters to report instances of misinformation, voting machine issues, polling place wait times, and more, with the goal to attract media and legal attention to verified, ongoing issues in real time.

• US Election 2020

• Voting and elections
• Graveyard
• Civic maps

digitalhelpdeskforcities.org is a platform for public officials, specialists, collaborators, and organisations globally who want to promote an inclusive and democratic development of new technologies in their cities.

• cities

• Digital rights
• Data governance

Open SaaS & hosting service for Decidim

• Decidim

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

Una plataforma de innovación abierta que permite acercar nuevas soluciones digitales a los grandes retos de los municipios participantes.

• cities

• Govtech
• Procurement
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

Octree is a startup studio to build today's digital commons: viable, open & fair.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Civic apps outfits

Self-assessment and other resources to help entrepreneurs incorporate AI ethical principles into their technological solutions of entrepreneurs from seed stages to those who export their technologies to other markets.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Build something
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

IDB Lab is the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group.

• Decent work and economic growth

• Innovation teams and labs
• Investors

Somos un estudio de innovación govtech con proyectos en Europa y América Latina

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

Exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes

• reports

• Digital security and privacy
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Italian government tax office

• Govtech

56 countries working together for prosperity, democracy and peace

• human rights

• Peer networks

Donate directly to a homeless person or refugee. Follow their journey into a career and home with our award-winning support 🤝

• homelessness

• Civic crowdfunding platforms
• Story-based campaigns

Internet of Things pilots to improve quality of life in London neighborhoods

• local
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors

Cycling updates to Google Maps now take account of traffic conditions and the availability of high-quality cycling infrastructure

• cycling
• cities
• Google

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Public Private Partnerships

Its goal is to promote research and disseminate best practice in the ethical application of artificial intelligence in cities.

• cities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.

• cities

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers

El chatbot de la Ciudad Buenos Aires

• cities
• WhatsApp

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots

Ireland's Smart Cities Education Programme designed for young people and local authority staff.

• youth
• local

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Digital literacy

Smart Districts (Dublin) are strategically selected locations where innovation projects are fast-tracked.

• neighborhoods
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Innovation teams and labs

AI for the Public Good, for Singapore and the World

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Tech or Digital Policy

SocorroBot is an interactive guide designed to assist individuals in the process of reporting a missing person in Mexico.

• WhatsApp
• missing people

• Crowdsourcing
• Bots
• Legal tech

This video explains how Camden Council uses machine learning to improve council services.

• cities
• local

• Govtech
• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Let AI digitize your maps more quickly and easily than doing it by hand

NYC's Business Services Chatbot which "uses Microsoft's Azure AI services to provide information in response to questions you have about starting or operating your business" in ten+ languages

• cities
• Decent work and economic growth

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots

The Planning DataHub is a collaborative project between all of the Planning Authorities in London to build a single open data set of development proposals in the planning process to enable monitoring of how our City is changing and develop a shared understanding of the data.

• cities

• Civic data
• Civic data APIs
• Open government data

ATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Civic maps

This Transport for London project looks to introduce new ways to reduce adverse impacts of roadworks in London, by working with innovative companies to shape these in a way that responds to the problems London faces.

• mobility

• Govtech
• Accelerators
• Procurement

Pulitzer Center: Working with journalists and newsrooms that represent the diversity of the communities affected by AI technologies, the Network seeks to address the knowledge imbalance on artificial intelligence that exists in the journalism industry and to create a multidisciplinary and collaborative ecosystem that enables journalists to report on this fast-evolving topic with skill, nuance, and impact.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Fellowships
• Journalism

An AI Assistant by Gooey.AI and Digital Green to make vetted farmer knowledge accessible.

• WhatsApp

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

South Korean fact-checking organization, supported by government during the pandemic but now shut down

• Fight disinformation
• Graveyard
• Factchecking

This 3-month hybrid, tuition-free and highly participatory program invites journalists to explore generative AI through theory and practice, and add meaningfully to the conversation.

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Surveys & polling

A decentralized toolkit for funding your critical software dependencies.

• Build something
• Fundraising tools
• Blockchain

We fund new technologies to cultivate internet freedom.

• Get funding
• Decentralization

Radicle is a sovereign peer-to-peer network for code collaboration, built on top of Git.

• Build something
• General purpose open source tools
• Decentralization

We’re focused on the future: forms with function.

• Govtech
• Conferences
• Forms

Interaktywna przestrzeń do wynajęcia, w której dzięki technologii, sztuka łączy się z mediami

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Hubs

• Civic data
• Conferences

Here you can find a list of tools and resources that were either recommended by projects during their funding period or mentioned during coaching sessions and calls.

• General purpose open source tools