• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Evidence from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan shows that digital aid is a cost-effective, credible, and efficient way to reach vulnerable populations, in this case poor, tech-illiterate, female-headed households, in fragile states.

• Zero hunger

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Peer-reviewed research
• Direct aid

Google Research is applying AI to satellite and aerial imagery to build a Heat Resilience tool, helping cities understand how to reduce surface temperatures through planting trees or using highly-reflective surfaces, like cool roofs.

• cities
• heat
• Google

• Artificial Intelligence
• Mapping
• Mapping tools

Convening internet measurement groups with an established practice of working in the open to collaborate and converge on best practices, methodologies, and complementary approaches for the collecting of data around internet censorship.

• Connectivity
• Circumvention tech
• Roundtables

In conjunction with OpenStreetMap, we are creating tools that we hope will enable the mapping community to enjoy a faster & more accurate mapping experience. To this end, we used artificial intelligence to predict features on high-resolution satellite imagery; these features are then populated in our RapiD map editing tool. When combined with global-scale humanitarian efforts, we hope RapiD can help realize our vision of a more connected world.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Access street-level imagery and map data from all over the world. Fill in the gaps by capturing coverage yourself.

• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping tools

The Africa Law Tech Festival is the largest Law and Tech conference in Africa, convening over 2000 delegates from 40+ countries.

• Legal tech
• Conferences

We’re building sustainable solutions for collecting, processing, analyzing and displaying aerial data while supporting the communities built around them.

• Mapping tools
• Drones

The African Union Civic Tech Fund supports initiatives, particularly those led by or relevant to youth, that strengthen citizen engagement through the innovative use of data and digital technologies, or, in other words, that can support targeted civic technology solutions.

• Get funding

Clay is a nonprofit team on a mission to make Earth observation as useful and ubiquitous as a Google search. We believe in using open, responsible AI to make Earth observation a force for positive change.

• mining
• forests
• Climate action

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Satellites

This map...illustrates a [Congress] in a state of dysfunction, with growing dissatisfaction on the part of the public, waning trust in its ability perform, and -- most significantly -- large-scale disengagement from the system by the public.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

The EU’s Digital Services Act mandates greater researcher data access from platforms; Mozilla and the National Conference on Citizenship investigated 19 platforms’ responses

• reports

• Media and social media analysis
• Research tools
• Report cards and audits

Where great talent finds impact jobs

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

ADISI-Cameroun est une organisation de la société civile qui a pour cœur de métier l’information et la gouvernance de celle-ci.

• Civic data
• Journalism
• Freedom of Information

The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Books

Paper by ROBERT WOLFE and TANUSHREE MITRA, University of Washington, United States

• Fight disinformation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Factchecking

Give directly to worthy causes and get a video update showing the difference you make.

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

This is a joint initiative run by Citizens UK, Migrant Democracy Project and Just Register. Together we are helping migrants in the UK to get registered to vote.

• 2024 elections
• immigration

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech
• Voter outreach

Guidance for Policymakers, Civil Society, and Development Cooperation

• reports

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Advertising

A global, participatory memorial to biodiversity loss on our planet

• sustainability
• 2024 Webby Awards
• Life on land

• Artistic interventions
• Participatory memorials

The WWF Climate Realism Exhibition combines latest local data from climate research with custom-built AI pipelines to send famous landscape paintings from art history into their possible climate futures.

• Climate action
• culture
• 2024 Webby Awards

• Artificial Intelligence
• Artistic interventions

The "Governor Barbie" campaign, launched by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was more than just an innovative approach to brand building, but a significant step toward redefining and challenging stereotypes associated with female politicians.

• women
• Gender Equality
• 2024 Webby Awards

• Specific campaigns

National Digital Inclusion Alliance advances digital equity by supporting community programs and equipping policymakers to act.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

One-Pager for Staff from London’s Office of Technology

• guides

• Artificial Intelligence
• Organizational policies on AI

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST), in partnership with the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of The Cyber Policy Awards—an annual gathering of the U.S. cyber policy community to honor and celebrate those who drove significant progress in the preceding year, and to make resolutions for the new year.

• Cybersecurity
• Awards and prizes

"Find Local Help is a tool from CMS, which runs HealthCare.gov, that connects people to in-person, one-on-one help signing up for health insurance. Users can enter their location and get a list of local experts who can help them complete the process for free." - Ad Hoc

• Good health and well-being

• Access social benefits

Highlighting modernization initiatives from legislatures around the world

• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Newsletters

State government

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

• cities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Research and policy centers

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

• cities

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers

Platformă de monitorizare a activității politicienilor aleși

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Discover search trends across Google Search, Bing, and YouTube

• commercial

• Narrative tech
• Big listening

A Practical Guide for Operationalising Access to Information Laws

• Freedom of Information

Diffusion et Partage de l'Information Politique

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Engaging colleges and students in supporting local news

O COLAB é um centro de pesquisa que atua também no desenvolvimento de software e na formação de pessoas.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Civic apps outfits

Including key indicators of online violence escalation and how to systematically record digital threats

• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality
• reports

• Journalism

The aim of this study was to assess the current use of smartphones by the masons of the informal settlements of Iringa, Tanzania, and to identify pathways for improving their construction practices.

• informal settlements
• housing

• Peer-reviewed research
• Smartphones

The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

Ukrainian digital government app

• apps

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Biometrics

An award for the best games for social impact of the year

• 2023 Webby Awards

• Games and gamification
• Awards and prizes

An open guide promoting participatory urban planning

• cities
• guides

• Urban planning

The Digital Maturity Indicator (DMI) is a tool to help organisations measure, benchmark and improve their digital maturity across six key areas.

• Govtech
• Evaluate impact
• Digital transformation

A Bot to Add References to WikiData Statements

• Wikipedia

• Media
• Open knowledge

A global interactive by the New York Times visualizing the local climate risks for the entire planet

• Climate action

• Data visualization
• Civic maps

This site loads one of a series of prompts to help the user empathize with people experiencing various conditions, from Multiple Sclerosis to near-sightedness.

• Design
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

We are a collective that helps designers impacted by the conflict in Ukraine reach safety and find new work opportunities.

• Ukraine
• Discord

• Socialize online
• Design

WeHelpUkraine.org is a platform to help Ukrainian refugees find living support Worldwide.

• Ukraine
• refugees

• Resource matching and sharing