Funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and implemented by UNESCO, this project supports the Flemish government in implementing reforms by contributing to the improved AI-readiness and increased adoption of AI across the Flemish public administrations in a safe and ethical manner.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Government AI strategies

Healthsites.io establishes this data and the tools necessary to upload, manage and make the data easily accessible.

• Civic maps

Field Papers is a tool to help you create a multi-page atlas of anywhere in the world. Once you print it, you can take it outside, into the field, to record notes and observations about the area you're looking at, or use it as your own personal tour guide in a new city.

• Mapping tools

MapRoulette has dozens of mapping Challenges that are created by experienced mappers. Each Challenge is about improving OSM in one very specific way

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping tools

Web forms evolved. Deploy and conduct surveys that work without a connection, on any device.

• Surveys & polling

The Export Tool is an open service that creates customized extracts of up-to-date OSM data in various file formats.

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Mapping
• Mapping tools

Mapeo is a free, easy-to-use, open source set of tools for collecting and mapping information. Mapeo was built by Digital Democracy with and for earth defenders to easily document environmental & human rights information and to collect data about their land. It was designed to work in entirely offline environments, is highly customizable, and built on a decentralized peer-to-peer database that allows communities to own their own data.

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping tools

El programa Cali Cómo Vamos, el laboratorio ciudadano Mi Cali Contrata Bien, la Unidad de Acción Vallecaucana y el observatorio Cali Visible, ponen a disposición una ruta de obtención de datos referidos a indicadores de bienestar y gestión pública de la ciudad.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Evaluate impact
• Indicators

GeoServer is an open source server for sharing geospatial data.

• Mapping
• Mapping platforms

Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry.

• surveillance

• Data visualization
• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights

Block Head - Jack Dorsey's public fund for global COVID-19 relief. After the pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI.

• Get funding
• Investors

In 2023, the Danish Board of Technology and ParticipationDenmark merged. We are now called DEMOCRACY X, with a focus on technology, society and sustainability.

• Climate action

• Emerging tech
• Campaign organizations

We are a research and design studio partnering up with organisations to build change through data, community, and arts.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Artistic interventions

Tech for Democracy is a Danish-led initiative that brings together representatives from governments, multilateral organisations, tech industry and civil society to make technology work for democracy and human rights, not against them.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Funders & donors
• Partner networks and coalitions

Nonpartisan political education app.

• apps

• Voting and elections
• Civic literacy
• Voter registration

Metroverse, an interactive tool built by Harvard’s Growth Lab, makes it possible to understand your city’s economy and compare it to others.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

by Micah Sifry

• books

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

An OECD global assessment of countries' implementation of its 2017 Recommendation on Open Government

• reports

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Evaluate impact

A new kind of media literacy game specifically tailored for an Indonesian audience.

• WhatsApp

• Fight disinformation
• Games and gamification

We are a group of security practitioners helping NGOs, human rights defenders, media outlets, and activists.

Counting trucks for environmental justice

• air quality
• Reduced inequalities
• city

• Civic data
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Cameras

From Hasan Piker to Logan Paul, this interactive display maps how online personalities on the right and the left are using their massive followings to influence the US election.

• US Election 2024

• Media
• Organize campaigns
• Creators and Influencers

SmartRR is a virtual one stop shop for Gender Based Violence and Sexual Reproductive Health. We are committed to creating a safer, more supportive world for survivors and adolescent girls.

• Gender Equality
• Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV)
• women

• Crowdsourcing

Using GPS mapping technology, Nidoroualmewaafe identifies areas that do not have access to safe drinking water and shares this information with local authorities and communities to inform decision-making.

• Clean water and sanitation

• Civic maps

Esheria Lexchat simplifies legal research and guidance, providing seamless access to tools for navigating the complex legal landscape effectively.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Legal tech

Can modern AI help solve today’s critical challenges of climate change and nature loss? The Grand Challenge will offer up to $100 million in total funding over three rounds.

• Climate action

• Artificial Intelligence
• Get funding
• Challenges

This project is using geospatial technology to solve the climate mobility data gap and inform required food security and planning interventions.

• migration
• Climate action

• Civic data
• Environmental data

Increasing shared understanding of our world through community-led initiatives that make data easier to access and use.

• Emerging tech
• Hardware
• Environmental data

Need a logo designed, a usability study, or an interface-facelift? Our diverse community and extended network have got you covered.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Design
• Job boards

AdvoKC is a dynamic, youth-led civic technology organization established with a steadfast commitment to fostering transparency, accountability, and positive change in governance.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Promise trackers

Citizens have a critical role to play in advancing transparency, accountability and effectiveness in the delivery of municipal services.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Digital participation platforms
• Issue reporting

Digital Woman Uganda provides digital literacy skills to women and girls while advocating for gender-sensitive policies and digital rights.

• Gender Equality
• women

• Digital literacy
• Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

The Cloud-Native Geospatial Foundation encourages adoption of highly efficient and accessible approaches to working with geospatial data over the Internet.

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Mapping tools

Arkam gathers, analyzes and presents relevant data on public policies in Africa to promote transparent and effective governance.

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals
• Access to laws

We seek to empower the poor to know their rights so they can receive justice and avoid exploitation and corruption in many areas of life.

• apps

• Legal tech
• Access to laws

AI-powered chatbot for citizen information

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Bots

A comprehensive living database of over 700 AI risks categorized by their cause and risk domain.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Tech for Bad Hall of Shame

Civic Tech in Africa with Nathi Mcetywa is a podcast by the Civic Tech Innovation Network. The podcast focuses on the profiling of civic tech initiatives, civic innovators, activists, researchers, social entrepreneurs and others working in the civic tech and other related fields in Africa.

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

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

Take selfies with surveillance!

• city
• surveillance
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Artistic interventions
• Cameras

Our best-performing model can potentially help TSU find 59% more buildings where tenants face landlord harassment than the current outreach method using the same resources.

• housing

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

We're a UK charity that uses data to highlight local and structural food insecurity then provides tools to help alleviate it.

• Zero hunger

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Access social benefits

Enter your UK postcode and see how your local area has changed over the past 14 years

• local

• Civic data

The Action for Accountability (A4A) project aims to support communities to organize and lead cooperation between our communities and local leaders.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Imali Yethu is a coalition of civil society organisations working with the South African National Treasury to make budget information more accessible, user-friendly and empowering.

• Government transparency
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Budget explorers

We begin the series with a video that explains what civic tech is and it’s potential impact in African regions.

• Learn about civic tech
• Shows and films

This site maps data about UK constituencies on hex maps (cartograms). We have created several themes (economy, energy, environment, health, society, and transport) and have filled those with separate pages for each data aspect.

• Civic data
• Civic maps

The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) aims to collaboratively build people's participation in and understanding of South Africa's budget and planning processes.

• Participatory democracy
• Budget explorers

Civic tech accelerator hosted by the Scottish government. If you’re an ambitious and innovative individual, team or company, CivTech is an outstanding opportunity

• Accelerators
• Challenges