Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board

• commercial
• Facebook

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Chatham House is establishing a Commission on Democracy and Technology in Europe to help investigate the nexus of technological change and the future of democratic governance.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Established in 1966, the Fellows Program is a cornerstone of Institute life and the only program of its kind at Harvard University or anywhere else

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic tech catalogs
• Tech for public challenges

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

An approach to machine learning where the data is not centralized

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Report Tools

Where makers, designers, developers, and subject matter experts come together to use technology to solve civic problems.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate

• Google

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Legal Aid Checker provides a guided pathway to information about common legal issues.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Our software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.

• development

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

“Salzburg macht auf!” Das Land Salzburg stellt unter Open Government Data (OGD) bestehende Verwaltungsdaten zur freien Wiederverwendung und Weiterverwertung zur Verfügung.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Here we discuss two pillars of a Citizens’ Assembly website: its design and editorial principles; and the information that should be included.

• guides

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital participation platforms

All The Data, For We The People

• Build something
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic hacking meetups

Professional development courses for election officials

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Neighborhood Knowledge Platform

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Fired Without Cause helps users understand whether their employer treated them fairly. The app also has a severance pay calculator.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

The Voting Information Project helps voters find information about their elections with collaborative, open-source tools.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Google team focused on election information and civic features within Google products

• Google

• The People
• Build something
• Civic features

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

• city
• manifestos
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

MeMeZa Shout Crime Prevention was started in 2012 and it specializes in providing affordable innovative Connected Community Safety Technology, with a special focus on the most vulnerable people in society.

The Veza online tool is an open data platform developed by Corruption Watch with the goal of improving transparency and accountability in the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Welcome, friends.

• Civic and social impact companies

Mit dem Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen unterstützen Wikimedia Deutschland, der Stifterverband und die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler dabei, ihre Forschung und Lehre offen zu gestalten

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone

Internet insights for social good

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

From Social Movement to Moral Market

• Organize campaigns
• Predecessors

Pavilion builds technology that empowers public servants to deliver better, faster public services from a wider and more diverse group of businesses.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Procurement

So, what are you crowdfunding for?

• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Rocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source. Replace email, HipChat & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Freedom of Information

Mozilla Festival (MozFest) brings the world together to leave the internet better than we found it. Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, invites you to our annual interactive festival in London, England. Come shape our best future online.

• 2023 Webby Awards

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

CARTO Turns Your Location Data Into Business Outcomes.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Washington, D.C. – Eleven projects that seek to help develop and expand best practices in immersive storytelling, including narratives, ethics and production, will receive a share of $285,000 as winners ... Read More

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Journalism

the official public purchasing information portal on open procurement in Ukraine

• The Tech
• Procurement
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

In the midst of an immigration crisis on the US-Mexico border, Code for America, Codeando México, and The GovLab organized online listening sessions to help determine areas of need and where the civic tech community might help.

• immigration

• Needs assessment

The MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Academic programs

Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to delve deeper.

• The People
• Fight disinformation
• Learn about civic tech

the first and only Multi-Stakeholder Question & Answer Community for refugee topics

• refugees

• The Tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Tech for public challenges

A website dedicated to helping employers create vote-friendly workplace policies, and celebrating those that do

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The first national magazine covering information technology in state and local government.

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

BallotReady is an online voter guide to local elections. We make it easy to vote informed on every candidate all across America.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech

The Open Data Barometer for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 24 countries and classifies governments according to readiness for open data initiatives, implementation of open data programs, and impact that open data is having on companies, politics and civil society.

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits

As the largest community foundation in the nation, SVCF helps build and strengthen the community by bringing together people and organizations who want to strengthen the common good.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

What are your hopes and dreams for California's new Office of Digital Innovation?

• All Our Ideas

• The People
• Fieldwide resources
• Civic tech community surveys

Simple. Secure. Reliable messaging.

• commercial
• WhatsApp

• Organize campaigns
• Group communication tools
• Internal communication and coordination

Revivn collects excess hardware from your business, secures your data & repurposes your unused tech for a greater cause.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

eclips.is is a free, lightweight platform where you can launch your (virtual) servers. It is funded by Open Technology Fund (OTF) to facilitate an easy accessible cloud infrastructure.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Medsaf is a curated medication marketplace for African hospitals and pharmacies.

• Good health and well-being

• Tech for public challenges