CommonVC is an impact innovation and startup studio that is run and funded by people passionate about a sustainable future.

• Social impact design firms

Skaidresnės Lietuvos link! Esame viešosios politikos organizacija, kurios tikslas – įgyvendinti skaidrumo bei antikorupcines iniciatyvas.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

• United Nations

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Freedom of Information
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

WhoWasInCommand is our free to use, public database of military, police and other security and defense force units.

• peace
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• human rights

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic data
• Archives

Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.

Audrey will shares stories of the dramatic transformations underway to upgrade democracy in Taiwan: How they engaged thousands of citizens in bottom-up policy development to solve the Uber problem; A digital media channel where young people are engaging directly with politicians; And how virtual reality is shaping public policy.

Research into whether legislation achieved its policy goals

• Evaluate impact

AI literacy effort for government and other sectors in Cameroon

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital literacy

‘Pocket Change’ is a Hindi digital content channel that creates relatable, comedy content for young Indians with civic engagement at its heart.

• YouTube

• Civic fiction
• Shows and films

Coworking space, accelerator, and economic engine in Lilongwe

• development

• Hubs
• Accelerators

WordPress Accessibility made easy!

• Wordpress

• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Pew Trusts report: What the changes mean for the millions of people who interact with the civil legal system each year—and what remains to be done

• reports

• Justice tech
• Legal tech

Mozilla Foundation's annual naughty and nice list of consumer tech's privacy policies

• guides
• 2023 Webby Awards

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Consumer watchdogging

Clothes that say "VOTE" on them

• Merchandise

by Pew Charitable Trusts

• state

• Connectivity

The Common Approach is composed of 4 related standards that are community-driven.

• Evaluate impact

Procurement is complex, but finding great suppliers shouldn’t be. Join thousands of public procurement professionals rating and reviewing suppliers on Procurated.

• Govtech vendors
• Crowdsourcing
• Procurement

The programme provides you with the planning, management and technical skills necessary to lead and transform public organisations to be open, inclusive, innovative, flexible and effective using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

• Academic programs

東京都オープン・ソース・ソフトウェア公開ガイドライン. Contribute to Tokyo-Metro-Gov/tokyo-oss-guideline development by creating an account on GitHub.

• cities

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Playbooks and design principles

Nigerian issue reporting platform

• Issue reporting

The Nigeria Integrity Film Awards (HomeVida) is a unique platform that provides incentives for young scriptwriters and filmmakers to promote integrity values using film while influencing the wider public.

• Awards and prizes
• Civic fiction
• Story-based campaigns

The Procurement Governance (PG) initiative seeks to improve the effectiveness of public sector processes by entrenching efficiency, accountability, and transparency within Nigeria’s public procurement landscape

• Procurement

Hosted + technical support for using the CONSUL platform, offered by two of the platform's core team

• Govtech vendors

Dataphyte is a media research and data analytics organisation with the mission to deploy data tools and technology for the socio-economic development of Nigeria.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• Media
• Data science for social good

Investing in education, training and skills development by ensuring that ICT is fully and appropriately integrated into education and training at all levels and also establishing educational networks for sharing educational resources and promoting e-learning at all levels; Building capacity of the youth to fully integrate them into the Country’s technological transformation;

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

A Twitter bot to tweet out procurements on SAM.gov occurring for the legislative branch

• X (Twitter)

• Bots
• Procurement oversight

We've been organising a programme of citizen science to measure air pollution since 2013

• air quality

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Citizen science

Budeshi is a dedicated web platform that links budget and procurement data to various public services using the Open Contracting Data Standards (OCDS)

• Open data publishing portals
• Procurement oversight

Julien Carbonnell's thesis, featuring case studies in Taiwan, Israel, and Estonia

• books
• cities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Citizen Engagement
• Urban planning

Branch makes it easy to quickly prepare for your next election

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information
• Voter assistance tech

Sweden's digital transformation agency

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

We create data and technology solutions for better health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. By working alongside health advocates, governments, local communities, donors, and manufacturers, we provide reliable

• health
• vaccines
• Affordable and clean energy

• Smart Cities and sensors

Cette plateforme mise en œuvre par Bruitparif centralise les cartes stratégiques de bruit (CSB) disponibles au sein de la région Île-de-France dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de la directive européenne 2002/49/CE.

• cities
• noise

• Civic maps
• Smart Cities and sensors

PITcases.org is a university platform to help students and faculty find the best ways to make a positive difference in their communities. The website gives detailed information about projects that have come out of PIT classes, as well as reading lists for those interested in teaching such courses.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Public Interest Tech

Banking as a public utility is a proven model worldwide. Public banks keep money local and cut costs by eliminating middlemen, shareholders and high-paid executives.

• Specific campaigns
• Fintech for good

Digital, tech, design, and data projects for social impact

• Social impact design firms

Progressive gifts made by designers who give a shit

• partisan

• Civic tech gifts
• Merchandise

Northwestern University has launched the Medill Subscriber Engagement Index, a tool that allows local news organizations to see what content encourages subscribers to stick around and lets publishers benchmark their performance against outlets in comparable markets.

• Media
• Media and social media analysis
• Benchmarks

The Clinic to End Tech Abuse (CETA) helps survivors of intimate partner violence end tech-related abuse.

• anti-harassment
• domestic violence

• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A collection of transit merchandise, designed in San Francisco by me, Chris Arvin.

• Civic tech gifts