Enhancing everyday visualisation practice through generative and evaluative design tools for data scientists

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Data visualization

HXL is a different kind of data standard, designed to improve information sharing during a humanitarian crisis without adding extra reporting burdens.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Digital Government Blueprint (DGB) is a statement of the Government’s ambition to better leverage data and harness new technologies, and to drive broader efforts to build a digital economy and digital society, in support of Smart Nation.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Offers world-class online courses that empower you to think differently, learn collaboratively and join a global community of learners and doers with a burning desire to change the world.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

DecidimFest is an intense 3-day program of activities devoted to the Decidim project, participatory democracy and open source tools for collective intelligence in the era of Global Democracy.

• Decidim

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University works to document and analyze the ways Free Speech is threatened in the United States through its flagship enterprise, the Free Speech Tracker, an online tool for monitoring Free Speech challenges and controversies in education, civil society, and government.

• democracy
• free speech

• Media
• Civic maps
• Media and social media analysis

The portable unit interviews users about the apps, services and digital providers they interact with, reveals what these providers know about their users, then tells the user stories about what the effects of this may be and provides recommendations regarding their level of trustworthiness, relating to the individual themselves and to other people who may be more or less impacted by the same use or misuse of the data that accumulates around their digital life.

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Pagina de start - Portal Legislativ

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The 2016 ONA Conference & Awards Banquet, Sept. 15-17

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.

• apps
• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

an ingenious tool that lets Zambian citizens participate in the country’s ongoing constitution-drafting process—effectively allowing almost any Zambian adult to help forge the nation.

• apps

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• United Nations

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election

• 2024 elections

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Il sistema digitale gratuito per la gestione delle segnalazioni di corruzione nella Pubblica Amministrazione

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Building on over 5 years of work supporting PB processes across North America, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) has created this toolkit to help organizers and advocates start new PB processes.

• toolkits

• The People
• Build something
• Participatory budgeting

User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of the lobby meetings, EU Lobbyists, MEP incomes, and Revolving Doors at the EU Institutions level.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

An overview of the civic tech landscape, including 125+ active companies and organizations.

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

In this Playbook, we explore the evolution of the procurement function’s missions, from its original cost reduction role to risk management and to contribution to growth as a strategic partner.

• The People
• Build something
• Procurement

Decolonize This Place is an action-oriented movement centering around Indigenous struggle, Black liberation, free Palestine, global wage workers and de-gentrification.

• racial equity

• Cameras

ClickLaw provides legal information and a map of legal support services in British Columbia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Cette plateforme permet d'adresser des pétitions à l'Assemblée nationale et de signer des pétitions déjà enregistrées. Les pétiti

• Decidim

• Govtech
• Petitions

Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.

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

Cobudget makes it easy for organizations and groups to allocate funds collaboratively and transparently.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Open public data of Olsztyn

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

CITE in Zimbabwe and Code for Africa have partnered to make Outline from Jigsaw available to news organisations and CSOs. It means VPN can be rolled out on their own servers to connect to the internet and keep communication private and safe.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Foundational layers

Policymaking backed by BIG DATA

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

At Organizer, we strive to build the tools you need to make canvassing and field outreach efficient, effective, and accountable.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

A Taiwanese developer Carol created a chatbot called Aunt Meiyu on popular messaging app LINE. Aunt Meiyu is designed to combat disinformation circulated in private chat group, especially family chat groups

• LINE

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

December 11-13 2020

• racial equity

• Data science for social good
• Conferences

A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.

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

Maidan Monitoring Information Center is a non-government non-profit civic organization that cares for societal security in Ukraine, which is achieved through public dialogue, improving the culture of communication and reducing the level of violence in society.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency

EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.

• guides

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Meet the others

HeLawyer provides legal information and access to lawyers through an Android application, SMS, phone call and Whatsapp.

• apps
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• city
• noise
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Münchens Stadtpolitik einfach erklärt. Aktuelle Entscheidungen und Dokumente im alternativen Ratsinformationssystem.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

The Rockefeller Foundation's mission, unchanged since 1913, is to improve the well-being of humanity around the world.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Flare is an app that aggregates public and privately owned ambulance companies into an interface for patients and hospitals

• Emergency services

GIVING YOU A VOICE ON THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOUR WORLD

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Neighborly delivers access, efficiency and transparency to borrowing communities and investors in the municipal bond market.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

To bring together civic-minded software developers to use technology to innovate in public services, by creating open source solutions to address the needs of citizens

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

• Good health and well-being
• housing

• Canvassing & Doorknocking

A web forum that elevates your community's opinions. Civil and organized discussion even when hundreds of stakeholders participate.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Civic Tech Toronto is a vibrant and diverse community of Torontonians engaged in understanding and creating solutions for civic challenges through technology, design, and other innovative means.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Every year, mayors from around the country gather at the Civic I/O Mayors Summit at SXSW. The summit is a time to bring together city leaders, entrepreneurs, and provocative thinkers in order to learn from one another and engage in the premier destination for discovery.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The Center for Civic Innovation focuses on improving the efficiency of public organizations and increasing civic participation. We are Atlanta's City Lab.

• Hubs

The Resilient Mesh Wireless project is a series of local networks serving small businesses combined with community-based trainings in Sandy-affected areas.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

Explore how cities around the world are applying innovation methods to tackle their tough challenges

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Empowering everyone with a better understanding of content.

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

Start a new political campaign and begin crowdfunding in minutes. Support candidates and causes you agree with. Crowdpac is your home for impacting politics.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy