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• Socialize online

We are a charity helping organisations use digital for social good

• Build something
• Nonprofit tech

Connecting the international community’s and Taiwan’s digital development and democratic governance experiences, leveraging the power of democracy networks to promote civic technology and decentralized autonomy, enhancing network development digital resilience.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Diários oficiais dos municípios brasileiros em formato aberto para a livre consulta da sociedade civil.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization

the UN Refugee Agency

• refugees
• United Nations

We partner with tech companies, nonprofits, and other institutions on projects that promote a more just digital landscape for all users.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector
• Social impact design firms

A Code for Pakistan initiative to Crowdsource the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.

• floods

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Civic maps
• Crowdsourcing

An open invitation for funders of all sizes to come together as peers, exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Tools for Funders

Innovative Intelligence for Social Good

• Artificial Intelligence
• Build something
• Building in the private sector

Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances.

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Your AI based Itinerary planner for the City of lights.

• mobility
• mass transit

• Artificial Intelligence
• Mapping tools

A prototype tool that extracts the structure of a form from an image or PDF and generates a multi-page web form in the GOV.UK schema. by @timpaul

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Forms

Swimming with the tide of international trends on the "Public Code, Public Goods" and pursuing digital democracy, moda supports civic technology and empowers open source software development.

• Govtech
• Open source
• Open source supply chain

Helping organizations build transformative AI-enabled Chat Solutions to improve Education, Health, and Economic Mobility.

• WhatsApp

• Bots
• Accelerators

To help build a better future for refugees, UNHCR’s chat services suit their preferences, meet their needs, and safeguard their data

• refugees
• WhatsApp
• United Nations

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots

Kidmapping is an information resource for parents, human rights activists, volunteers and activists. Here you can find information about all kinds of locations of deported children in Russia, Belarus or occupied regions of Ukraine.

• youth
• Ukraine

• Civic maps
• Specific campaigns
• Participatory memorials

The moda is committed to promoting suitable digital tools and open mindsets through building resilience and co-creation, powering Taiwan’s shift from a digital island to a global model of digital democracy and innovation.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

An open source starter app that comes with user accounts that include: data access, do not sell, data deletion, undo sign up, and other features.

• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights

We build durable, impactful websites for world-changing nonprofits.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector
• Social impact design firms

MOSIP offers countries modular and open-source technology to build and own their national identity systems.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Govtech
• Identity

Singapore's digital transformation unit

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Innovation teams and labs

We envision mosip16.9 to be a collaborative hub where diverse perspectives converge to contribute to the current discourse on digital identity.

• Govtech
• News and blogs
• Identity

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Digital Benefits Network (DBN) at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University, and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) are collaborating on a two-year-long collaborative research and development project to adapt NIST’s digital identity guidelines to better support the implementation of public benefits policy and delivery while balancing security, privacy, equity, and usability.

• Good health and well-being

• Access social benefits
• Identity

This website tells a story of how a little known legal [corporate tribunal] mechanism is enriching fossil fuel corporations with public money, delaying climate action and threatening our future.

• Climate action
• sustainability

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Our Exiled Media Toolkit, produced in partnership with the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO), brings resources to journalists and outlets established or preparing to be in exile, as they report on communities and events in their home countries.

• diaspora
• toolkits

• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

• mobility
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Digital security and privacy
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Academia

The nonpartisan standards define excellence in U.S. election administration for local election departments across the country.

• Voting and elections
• Data schemas and standards
• Election administration

The recent wave of protests calling for peace in Palestine have been met with unwarranted and aggressive suppression from law enforcement, universities, and other bad actors. It’s clear that the changing role of surveillance on college campuses exacerbates the dangers faced by all of the…

• guides
• students

• Digital security and privacy
• Direct action

Former president Bolsonaro claimed 600,000 attended a rally for him, but researchers used the tool to prove it was less than a third of that.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech
• Drones

Primer by Wanheng Hu and Ranjit Singh

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI

Humans of the House has received national media coverage and has been the #1 show in the Government category for several weeks on Apple Podcasts where it has also been featured as a New & Noteworthy Special Series.

• Govtech
• Podcasts
• Supporting public sector from outside government

Our SAMbot project measures abusive content that candidates and political parties receive online during Canadian elections.

• anti-harassment

• Bots
• Supporting public sector from outside government

POPVOX Foundation is working with legislative offices, support institutions, civil society, academics, and tech innovators to explore the future landscape of two-way engagement between representatives and constituents.

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

Transformation to improve health and care for everyone

• Good health and well-being

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

CivTech is a Scottish Government programme that brings the public, private and third sectors together to build things that make people’s lives better

• Govtech
• Accelerators
• Building inside government

Careful Industries gives good advice to leaders navigating the intersections of social justice and technology.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civil society research outfits

"Joining the Dots with PEPs" makes available to the public information on public officials’ Financial Declarations, government procurement and contracting, and contracts and tenders of companies in the extractive sector, with the aim of identifying possible conflicts of interest, corruption or misuse of public office.

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

The IAAA is a community of practice that aims to advance and organise the algorithmic auditing profession, promote AI auditing standards, certify best practices and contribute to the emergence of Responsible AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Peer networks

Select a country and language to get all the practical information on how, when and where you can register on the electoral roll, as well as voting possibilities in your country of residence.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Make a plan to vote
• Voter registration

As a citizen-centric European civil society organisation, ECAS developed its First Aid Democracy toolkit aimed at equipping citizens and civil society organisations with knowledge and practical tips for maintaining a healthy democracy.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech

Communiti Labs’ AI-powered data analytics allow project teams to collate insights across all channels and convert them into actionable strategies.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector.

• Awards and prizes

Welcome to the first global community for stateless people and their allies. Together we empower stateless people.

• immigration
• migration
• refugees

• Meet the others
• Justice tech
• Solidarity networks

This research brief explores how public participation practitioners might encounter AI tools; examines the risks, opportunities and uncertainties these tools present; and offers ethical considerations to guide their use.

• research
• resources
• ChatGPT

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence

Non-profit fiscal host promoting a healthy and sustainable open source ecosystem.

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Nonprofit tech

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

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Workshop series to provide "a hands-on way for government to learn about the opportunities and considerations of leveraging AI and implementing these systems responsibly."

• workshops

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

a collaborative project aimed at enabling protest groups and NGOs to evaluate their impact on public discourse.

• Advocacy tech
• Media and social media analysis