Modernizing engagement between local government and the people you serve

• Civic data
• Voting and elections
• Election administration

“Marsad Majles” is Al Bawsala's project to monitor Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA).

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

a McKinsey report

• cities
• reports

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Join us in creating awareness of what our city provides for us and in creating new and creative solutions to problems we find.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Make your data as dynamic as your city.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

14 immersive weeks of product development, punctuated by trips to Munich and Shenzhen. Learn more about what URBAN-X has to offer your early-stage comany.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world.

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

The bank you choose can make a big difference in terms of the social and economic impact created by your money.

• banking

• Boycott or buycott

We have rated & reviewed over 75,000 products based on safety and health. See your favorite products reviewed and rated.

• Watchdogging and transparency

Liba Rubenstein, Director of Social Impact and Policy at Tumblr, explores how Tumblr's versatile platform can help nonprofits, libraries, and other changemakers tell powerful stories, catalyze engagement, and drive measurable impact.

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

Politwoops tracked deleted tweets by public officials, including people currently in office and candidates for office. If you think we're missing someone, please email us with their name, state, political party, office they hold or are seeking and, of course, their Twitter handle. Eventually blocked by Twitter.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Graveyard

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

A guide to Colombia's Digital Government initiatives (PDF)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

M-Haki allows users to send SMS messages with legal questions, which the organisation’s lawyers and volunteerlawyers answer for a small fee.

• Adjacent Fields
• Organize campaigns
• Tech for public challenges

Through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, we seek to educate citizens to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world.

• The Tech
• Media

The mailing list hosted by Action Network, an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.

• labor

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

Make a Difference (MaD) is a regional think-and-do collaborative platform – where you can explore creativity for good, meet cross-disciplinary changemakers and synergize across sectors for innovative solutions to social challenges.

• Working groups
• Hubs

Better walking, biking, and transit

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

A maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal

• apps

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Entrepreneurs, sign up for our Abaca platform to get notified when a relevant accelerator opens up

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• Accelerators

Urban Systems is an inter-disciplinary professional practice providing strategic planning, engineering, environmental science, and urban design services to both public and private sector clients throughout Western Canada.

• indigenous

• Govtech
• Social impact design firms

This tool helps predict the choices of mobility modes made at the individual level throughout the entire Boston Metro area.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Creating Safer Streets Through Data Science

• cities
• mobility

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

• Roundtables

The civic tech field has expanded so widely in recent years, it’s hard to think of a major city or an area of civic life that these technologies don’t touch. In this dynamic environment, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been a field leader, investing over $25 million since 2010 in projects […]

• The People
• Evaluate impact

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Democracia em tempo real

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

"A five-member team of Amazon product and program managers connecting with nonprofits worldwide and are ready to respond to requests for resources during a disaster." - GovTech

• Amazon

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Boston Civic Media is a faculty-led network that aims to advance the transdisciplinary domain of civic media research and pedagogy in the Greater Boston Area.

• Conferences
• Peer networks

IDEO is a global design company. We create positive impact through design.

• Civic and social impact companies

Voatz is on a mission to make voting safer and more accessible. All citizens have a right to vote regardless of their circumstance.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Emerging tech

E-newsletter for Climate Change AI

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

The Estonian dream is to have as little state as possible, but as much as is necessary. Thanks to e-solutions, communications with the state are fast and convenient for all, and our country is more effective as a result.

• The Tech
• Govtech

ePart è la soluzione web per la gestione partecipativa dei cittadini alla gestione degli ambienti urbani. Consente ai cittadini di interagire con l'amministrazione pubblica segnalando disagi e disservizi presenti sul territorio

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Colab notebooks allow you to combine executable code and rich text in a single document, along with images, HTML, LaTeX and more.

• Google

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

Our goal at Transitland is to make sense of the jumble here in the SF Bay Area. We're mapping those buses, trains, streetcars, ferries, and even cable cars.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Michael Knapp is the CEO and founder of Green River, a software design and development firm that has worked extensively with local governments. He is passionate about social justice, and his firm’s most prominent recent project has involved working with cities to end homelessness. We spoke with him about his experiences with the government procurement Read More

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

"Verification Swiss Army knife", including lookups of video clips to find them in context elsewhere

• extensions

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

Tell your advocates' stories. Change policy.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

O Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio estuda o impacto e o futuro da tecnologia no Brasil e no mundo.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Outside.in is an aggregator aimed at creating a place for neighborhoods to share and explore information.

• The Tech
• Media
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media

Get the facts before you vote.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Our trusted network of actions makes it easy for users to find great content that is personalized to their interests, and for them to track the impact they have made.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

The Big Data from the South Initiative is a space for theoretical and empirical exchange on the challenges of datafication and massive data collection as they unfold in the plurality of South(s) inhabiting our increasingly complex world.

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Brand organizing

See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side. Last update 2019

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

To raise a new set of civic tech leaders that transform governance

• The People
• Meet the others
• Find a job or hire someone

Aclima announces a new partnership with Google Earth Outreach to map and better understand outdoor air quality.

• Google

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization