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Innovations in American Government Award
Cambridge, MAThe Innovations in American Government Awards is the nation's preeminent program devoted to recognizing and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector.
Civic Capital is a call to fundamentally shift the way we understand the value embedded into civic assets, how it can be actualized, captured and redistributed.
The Prototype Fund
Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin, GermanyDer Prototype Fund ist ein Förderprogramm des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), das von der Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland betreut und ausgewertet wird.
g0v Summit
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)g0v is a decentralized civic tech community from Taiwan, advocating transparency of information, building tech solutions for citizens to participate in public affairs from grass-roots
Salsa Labs
7920 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, USASalsa Labs is a technology company that creates powerful donor management, online fundraising, and online advocacy tools for nonprofits helping them Engage and Change the World.
Open Cities Accra
GhanaThe Open Cities Accra Project seeks to make Alogboshie and its environs resilient to natural disasters, especially flooding. The project will also involve the remote mapping of Nima, Akweteman and Alajo.
CivTechSA
110 E Houston St. San Antonio, TX 78205The Innovation Bridge Between the City of San Antonio and its Residents
Join the movement to end online harassment! We’re fighting fire with water, and working step by step to assist people facing harassment, educate communities, and stop harassment online.
Civic Studios
Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaThe production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.
Translators without Borders is a global community of over 100,000 members helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.
Placemeter
425 Broadway, New York, NY, USAPlacemeter is an open urban intelligence platform. Create your account to automatically quantify pedestrian and vehicular movement for a selected area: streets, parks, stores, and much more.
PoliMonitor
TechHub London, Clere Street, London, UKA political data and intelligence start-up helping to connect the public and politicians.
Established in 1993, Joint Venture Silicon Valley provides analysis and action on issues affecting our region’s economy and quality of life.
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
Clearspending Russia
MoscowАвтоматизированный мониторинг и аналитика по заключенным госконтрактам – инструменты для общественного анализа, выявления злоупотреблений, борьбы с коррупцией и неэффективным расходованием государственных средств.
Arena Housing Project
EuropeOpen collaborative network for journalists and other researches, experts and engaged people working on housing across Europe
Bitfury land registry in Georgia
Georgia (Sakartvelo)The blockchain-based land-titling project is being presented at both Harvard and the United Nations.
M-Haki
KenyaM-Haki allows users to send SMS messages with legal questions, which the organisation’s lawyers and volunteerlawyers answer for a small fee.
openDemocracy
The Print House, 18 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL United KingdomThrough reporting and analysis of social and political issues, we seek to educate citizens to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world.
The mailing list hosted by Action Network, an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.
Make a Difference Asia
Hong KongMake 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.
Participa Portugal
PortugalA maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal
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Urban Systems
Kamloops, BCUrban 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.
Washington D.C.'s FOIA portal
Washington, DCThe District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, DC Code §§ 2-531-539, provides that any person has the right to request access to records.
Document DEFINING OPEN IN OPEN DATA, OPEN CONTENT AND OPEN KNOWLEDGE
DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project
Washington, DCThe mission of the DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project is to create transparency and data-driven information through court monitoring to ensure that all victims of domestic violence have equal access to a clear, fair and consistent judicial process that prioritizes victim safety and offender accountability.
The State Decoded parser can either be modified to use bespoke PHP to parse a legal code in its native format, or it can parse a prescribed XML format.
We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation reports we found in our research.
Connecting Museums and Communities
Data Justice Lab
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UKThe Data Justice Lab examines the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice, highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and big data
Our Mission is to empower people through inclusive economies by conducting & supporting various academic research & strategic philanthropic investments.
Bloomberg Philanthropies works to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people.
Uliza Wakili LLP
NairobiUliza Wakili LLP aims to provide low-cost alternative dispute resolution and legal advice to SMEs and startups.
Mapping LA
Los Angeles, CAThis regional view is your portal to individual maps and statistics for 158 cities and unincorporated places and 114 neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles.
Harnessing Data Science to Measure and Counter Hate Speech & Crime
JamiiForums
United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)JamiiForums is a Tanzania-based user-generated content website founded by Maxence Melo and Mike Mushi in 2006
Working to restore a balanced relationship between people and planet
A free, user-friendly, extendable application and API for drone image processing.
Poverty Action Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
Civic technology should empower us as citizens.
Open Internet for Democracy
455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and promote internet norms and principles essential to democratic governance.
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