Civic Tech Field Guide

IDB Lab (BID Lab)

Washington, DC

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

Decent work and economic growth

Gobe

Madrid (Spain)

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

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

London

56 countries working together for prosperity, democracy and peace

human rights

Peer networks

Innovate Project Project Use Cases

London

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

local
cities

Smart Cities and sensors

Beam

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

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homelessness

Transport for London and Google Maps collaborate to make cycling better

London

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

Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence

Barcelona, Spain

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

cities

City AI Connect

Johns Hopkins University

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

cities

Boti

Buenos Aires

El chatbot de la Ciudad Buenos Aires

Smart Districts

Dublin, Ireland

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

Academy of the Near Future

Dublin, Ireland

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

youth
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Camden Talks Data: Machine learning

Camden Town, London

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

cities
local

Singapore National AI Strategy 2.0

Singapore

AI for the Public Good, for Singapore and the World

SocorroBot

Mexico

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

QGIS AI Map Tracing Plugin

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

MyCity Chatbot

New York City, NY, USA

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

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

RoadLab

London

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

Farmer.CHAT

India

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

WhatsApp

AI Accountability Network

Washington, DC

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.

Atlas of Urban AI

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

재단법인 팩트체크넷 (Fact Check Net Foundation)

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

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

AI Journalism Lab

CUNY Graduate Center

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.

Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

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®.

Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Radicle

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

Radworks

We fund new technologies to cultivate internet freedom.

Drips

A decentralized toolkit for funding your critical software dependencies.

Copenhagen Solutions Lab

Copenhagen

At Copenhagen Solutions Lab, we support the development of the city through testing and implementation of intelligent and data-driven solutions, that support the needs of the city and its citizens.

Trustworthy AI Self Assessment Tool

London

This self assessment tool is designed to help policymakers in government understand how prepared their government is to use AI in a trustworthy way in the public sector.

Outriders Klub

Warsaw, Poland

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

Festival de Datos

FormFest

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

Government AI Readiness Index

London

This year we assess the AI readiness of 193 governments across the world. We are also introducing an interactive map to make our data more accessible!

reports

BLOXHUB

Copenhagen

BLOXHUB is the Nordic Hub for Sustainable Urbanization.

DOLL Living Lab

Copenhagen

Our expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a digital twin for urban innovation at a 1:1 scale.

cities

MoveOn's 2024 Election Plan

House parties are back

Nordic Smart City Network

The Nordic Smart City Network is a collaboration initiative joining five Nordic countries, and currently 20 Nordic cities with a common goal: to explore the Nordic way to create livable and sustainable cities.

Vaudhu

Maldives

The initiative seeks to be a centralized repository for information about government commitments and the progress it has made toward achieving them.

Promise trackers

Parla

Berlin

Dieser Prototyp durchsucht die Schriftlichen Anfragen und die Hauptausschussvorgänge ("Rote Nummern") der Wahlperiode 19 des Berliner Abgeordnetenhauses und erstellt anhand eines Large Language Models Vorlagen für die Beantwortung der gestellten Frage.

Prototype Fund FOSS Tools wiki

Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin, Germany

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

Decision 21

Prague, Czechia

Online platform for civic participation

Plataforma de Articulación Comunitaria

Chat de Whatsaap diseñado para generar un proceso interactivo de rendición de cuentas basado en información pública y análisis de calidad sobre las principales reformas y las posturas de los actores políticos que las votaron.