This seminar by Jonathan Piron tackles the issues raised by digital technologies for political institutions, politics and policies, and more broadly for the evolution of what we call “democracy“.

• Courses

Utility that generates a namecard containing your pronouns and how to pronounce your name

• Diversity & Inclusion

​Democracy Without Borders campaign

• United Nations

• Participatory democracy

An IRL game where you try to recruit 1,000 supporters to your campaign

• Organize campaigns
• Games and gamification

Transit app for Mexico, WhereIsMyTransport instance

• mass transit
• mobility
• apps

• Mapping tools

211CHECK is a fact-checking and information verification platform that works on countering misinformation and disinformation in South Sudan.

• WhatsApp
• Facebook
• workshops

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Es un espacio para fomentar la participación de la ciudadanía en la generación de ideas para mejorar la gestión de la ciudad.

• cities

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Reimagining Caribbean Society in the Digital Age

• Civic and social impact companies

Digital heart for building cities together

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

All Our Ideas is an innovative tool that you can use for large-scale online engagements to produce a rank-ordered list of public input.

• ChatGPT

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence

Dutch participatory engagement company

• Engagement tech

Italian company offering services and projects to engage the public in decision-making

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Making Cities for People

• Govtech vendors

A public engagement project around air quality

• air quality

• Engagement tech

A hardware table that lets people gather around it for collective decision-making processes

• Digital participation platforms
• Hardware

The ArcticHubs project is an ambitious, multi-disciplinary international collaboration that aims to develop research-led, practice-based solutions to help address the urgent challenges faced in the Arctic.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• Climate action
• Arctic

• Partner networks and coalitions

A Geolocation Technology Company

• Mapping tools

Translated: We, "Civic Tech Saitama," also want to make use of the knowledge and wisdom of "Ichi-dwellers" living in Saitama City to create services necessary for the region and make public services easy to use. To that end, we will make it possible for governments and companies to provide the data and resources necessary for creating services, create a place where various people can gather, and make us "Civic Tech" interesting.

• Civic hacking meetups

A project to create an index of democratic quality

• Evaluate impact

Software dev firm that re-engineered Decidim

• Decidim

• Govtech vendors

Our mission is to create a seismic shift in the way politics are done, through innovations that empower social, economic, and environmental justice movements.

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign organizations

Helsinki's Decidim instance used for participatory budgeting

• Decidim

• Participatory budgeting

Tru is a social media publishing platform built to elevate truth. It offers a clean, curated feed, with no ads, noise or surveillance. It's in private beta.

• Internal communication and coordination

A network and resource library for open sharing of democratic innovations

• resources

• Peer networks

Participatory process facilitators and partners

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

The All-In-One platform for citizen-centric campaigns

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• SMS tools

Coordinate your universe of online actions. Create a pattern of regular engagement and watch your support skyrocket. Built on NationBuilder.

• extensions

• Organize campaigns
• Manage volunteers

French association of consultation professionals for an innovative public debate.

• Engagement tech

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation's compendium of toolkits for public sector innovation and transformation, curated by OPSI and our partners around the world

• Civic tech catalogs
• Playbooks and design principles
• Fieldwide resources

From the Wiki for local government innovation, the Govlaunch podcast shares the stories of local government innovators and their efforts to build better governments.

• Govtech
• Podcasts

Identifying high-priority policies and needs that could benefit from shared software across jurisdictions.

• local

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Partner networks and coalitions

Donnez votre avis sur des sujets de société qui vous tiennent à coeur en participant à nos consultations citoyennes. Ensemble, citoyens, associations et entreprises, définissons nos priorités et réalisons des changements concrets.

• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms
• Group decision making

Baltimore City Council Bill 19-0429 requires the Department of Housing & Community Development to post signage on vacant buildings that will identify owners so that they can be held accountable by the public.

• housing
• place-based

• Cameras

A 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with residents, organizations, and municipalities to help improve the quality of life of all people in communities. We do this through engagement, education, connection and design.

• Design

Foundation for Public Code's livestream show and podcast

• Podcasts
• Shows and films

A technical certification process for emergency response apps

• apps

• Data schemas and standards
• Emergency services

The Tech Worker Handbook is a collection of resources for tech workers who are looking to make more informed decisions about whether to speak out on issues that are in the public interest

• labor

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Whistleblowing

Across Maps, Search, Nest, Flights, and Shopping

• Climate action
• Google

• Civic features

India's open challenge platform

• Challenges

Explore the economic, social, environmental, and physical health of New York City across race/ethnicity, gender, location, and income.

• Reduced inequalities

• Open data publishing portals

People Powered's course for government and organization staff managing citizen participation + environmental programs

• Climate action

• Courses
• Participatory budgeting

We aim to find and elevate the diverse ways that city leaders are actively engaging their citizens to solve critical public problems.

• cities

• Engagement tech
• Awards and prizes

The Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative leverages a competitive process led by an independent judging panel of experts to identify 50 early-stage fintechs driving financial inclusion and resilience.

• fintech

• Awards and prizes

Start a paid newsletter

• Newsletter tech

Covering data for social good, data governance, and societal-level data considerations

• reports

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data science for social good
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

Higher education must give the next generation of technology and policy leaders the interdisciplinary training they need to succeed, write Anne-Marie Slaughter, Darren Walker and Larry Kramer.

• Quality education

• Public Interest Tech

The overarching goal of the Civic Science Fellows Program is to co-create strong, diverse, and inclusive connections between science and civic life.

• Fellowships

Realiza una solicitud de información o mira las ya realizadas

• Alaveteli

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Communicating with the government
• Freedom of Information

DATA Uruguay is a civil society organization founded in April 2012 that works on open government, open data, access to public information and participation through the use of civic technology. It is a horizontal organization based on consensus and the vast majority of the projects are co-created with expert partners on the subject (Government, Academia, Media, other Civil Society organizations) or with the community.

• Civic data
• Civic apps outfits

More than a non-governmental organization, Conectas are part of a lively and global movement that persists in the struggle for equal rights

• human rights