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

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

그렇다면, 인터넷 시대에 '전자 공보'는 우리 시민의 곁에 얼마나 더 가까워졌을까요?

• Government transparency
• Communicating with the people
• Report cards and audits

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.

• cities

The Al Accountability Fellowships seek to support journalists working on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments' and corporations’ uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

Counting trucks for environmental justice

• air quality
• Reduced inequalities
• cities

• Civic data
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Cameras

by Micah Sifry

• books

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

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.

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

• reports

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Evaluate impact

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

• cities

• Digital participation platforms
• Issue reporting

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
• Satellites

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
• Job boards
• Design

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

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

Navigate the Future of [Kenyan] Law with Precision and Ease

• 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

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

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

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

CitizenChat is an AI-powered chatbot designed to empower citizens by providing access to key government information and facilitating interactive communication. The platform enables citizens to engage with government services, access valuable information, and report queries or concerns in real-time.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• 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

Take selfies with surveillance!

• cities
• surveillance

• 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

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the people

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

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

• local

• Civic data

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

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

We’re helping city dwellers measure, map, and manage street trees.

• trees

• Mapping
• Mapping tools

• WhatsApp

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

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

Our mission is to provide accessible information and tools to help citizens make informed decisions and participate in the democratic process.

• Voter assistance tech
• Matching views to votes

The Advocacy People support people in advocating for themselves with the NHS, or who are in care, under section in a hospital, secure unit or in the community, among other self-advocacy groups.

• Good health and well-being

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Access social benefits
• Consumer watchdogging

Project to show how your local MP voted on a collection of issues selected by the designer.

• Civic literacy
• Matching views to votes
• Find your representatives

PSAM’s activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through southern Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about social accountability and the monitoring and advocacy tools that can build more open, participatory and accountable governments.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Research and policy centers
• Government transparency

As well as your new MP, there are others who represent you in your area. We're working on a new experimental feature to explain who these people are and how everything from your council to your police force works.

• Civic literacy
• Find your representatives

An Instagram filter that reminds you not to get too close to wild animals as you take your photo

• animals
• Instagram

• Cameras

How Member-Led Upgrades Are Optimizing Legislative Branch Capacity and Resilience

• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Digital transformation

Free and effective tools you can use today to take immediate action to improve the cybersecurity and integrity of our elections.

• Voting and elections
• Cybersecurity
• Election administration

BudLib is an open-source Library Management System, built and designed from ground up, primarily for smaller and independent schools.

• students
• libraries

• General purpose open source tools
• Open knowledge