We help Open Source projects for cities become successful, build sustainable communities around them and create a thriving public Open Source ecosystem.

• cities

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Build something

Una plataforma para crear la Constitución de Todos, entre Todos.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

New American Leaders is leading a movement for inclusive democracy by preparing first and second generation Americans to run, win, and lead.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

Povinný subjekt: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy Žádost o informace podle zákona č. 106/1999 Sb. o svobodném přístupu k informacím.

• Alaveteli
• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Freedom of Information

La plateforme d’intelligence collective la plus complète et la plus polyvalente sur le marché.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Bloom Network is an international community of people and projects working toward regenerative cultures. Local Bloom hubs around the world grow participation in practices such as food security, local economies, celebrations of diversity, and art as cultural transformation.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September

• US Election 2020

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Holidays

Civic Design Lab (CDL) is a civic service design and innovation team within Oakland City Hall that grew out of the Resilient Oakland initiative.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Media Cloud is an open-source platform for media analysis.

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

In what is being billed as a

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Open source platform for collaborative decisions and e-democracy applications.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Another open source self-assessment tool, by the Ontario government

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

A community dedicated to researching locally-sourced, easy-to-manufacture designs for PEEP valves, BVMs, automated BVM pumps, and full ventilators.

• COVID-19
• health
• Good health and well-being

• COVID
• Hardware
• Digital fabrication

How can today’s public servants use technology and design to deliver high-quality public services and engagement opportunities?

• Courses

ILDA was founded in 2012 as a research program that sought to promote and understand the use of open data in Latin America.

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

MindMixer acts as a virtual town-hall allowing community planning to happen online.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The Program on Liberation Technology seeks to understand how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a variety of other social goods.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Research and policy centers

Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.

• The People
• Build something
• Supporting public sector from outside government

Our mission is to empower use of the City and County of San Francisco's data. Our core product is SF OpenData, the official open data portal.

• trainings

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Laudelina is a mobile application, aimed to empower domestic workers. It has an accessible guide to labour rights, abenefits calculator, a list of protection agencies, and an option to create a social network with fellow domestic workers.

• apps
• labor

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

• Bureaucracy tech

LawforMe attempts to make the law and legal processes accessible to all citizens by simplifying Indian laws throughthe use of design and technology.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

This is an open document for developing a media analysis toolkit.

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

City Bureau is a nonprofit civic journalism lab based on the South Side of Chicago. We bring journalists and communities together in a collaborative spirit to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

COMBINING SATELLITE IMAGERY AND MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT POVERTY

• No poverty

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Latvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Report by the International Committee of the Red Cross

• cyberwar
• reports

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

Microsoft AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source robotics simulation platform. From ground vehicles, wheeled robotics, aerial drones, and even static IoT devices, AirSim can capture data for models without costly field operations.

• Microsoft

• Drones

Theorizing the Web is an inter- & non-disciplinary DIY conference on tech & society. #TtW18 is April 27 & 28 at the Museum of the Moving Image in NYC.

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Assess Where To Participate

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Activism aggregators

Ctrl Alt-Right Delete is a weekly newsletter devoted to understanding how the far right operates online and developing strategies and tactics to fight back

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

A platform that offers different citizen engagement solutions

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

We’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.

• guides

• The People
• Civic data
• Build something

Data for Climate Action called upon researchers to harness dataprovided by the multinational banking company BBVA, the global telecommunications provider Orange, Waze, and others for climate-related activities.

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

A clever response to event cancellations due to the coronavirus

• The People
• Build something
• COVID

Face à l’essoufflement des partis politiques, la défiance vis-à-vis des élus et l’abstentionnisme des jeunes, les outils numériques apparaissent comme salvateurs.

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

Crowdicity is an idea management software solution that can be used to harness the ideas of your employees, customers, and stakeholders to drive innovation.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab

• United Nations

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

The Phoenix Brigade focuses on civic hacking, municipal innovation, and citizen engagement in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Predictwise is a powerful data, analytics, research, and survey platform that can generate customized, granularized insights on any voter in any district in the country.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Supporting the transformation of cities towards a more sustainable mobility through data analysis and digital communication.

• mobility

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Data visualization

Pairing talented technologists with government change-makers to tackle complex social issues

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

We're the UK's leading public participation charity, on a mission to put people at the heart of decision-making

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

How to Help is a digital media startup that connects you with ways to do something about the day’s big news stories.

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

Una plataforma de participación ciudadana digital que permite visibilizar y priorizar propuestas ciudadanas a nivel nacional

• Participatory democracy
• Emerging tech
• Bots

Past event at the Aspen Institute in DC

• The People
• Civic data
• Build something

Citizen reporting platform

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the government
• Issue reporting

data.org brings together philanthropy, private sector technology, academia, and social impact organizations to build the field of data science for social impact.

• Data science for social good

Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.

• books
• guides

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Books

One of many services that makes it easier to message people individually through your existing Gmail account

• commercial

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools