• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Freedom of Information

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

• United Nations

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

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Archives

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.

We are the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.

Parent company of the Loomio tool

• Engagement tech
• Group decision making

As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one”

• Funders & donors

The National League of Cities is a resource and advocate for the nation's cities and their leaders.

• Media

a research and teaching cooperative

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Peer networks

We promote a right to democracy at all levels, global institutions that are democratic and effective, and equal global citizenship.

• Participatory democracy

Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities is a national initiative to help 100 mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence to improve services, inform local decision-making and engage residents

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

• People Powered

Advancing the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people

• Citizen science
• Open science

By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, OCCRP exposes crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Journalism

Urban Institute opens minds, shapes decisions, and offers solutions through economic and social policy research.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

• Media

Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map until November 2009, when young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map Kibera has now grown into a complete interactive community information project. We

• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping

IDEO.org is a nonprofit design studio. We design products and services alongside organizations that are committed to creating a more just and inclusive world.

• Design
• Social impact design firms

Our mission is to transform how government learns, builds, delivers, and measures digital services in the 21st century. And we do that by providing people in the federal government with the tools, methods, practices, and policy guidance they need to deliver effective and accessible digital services. It is our job to be the experts in the problems people in government face, and support them wherever they may be blocked.

Municipality & Town Government WordPress Theme

• Wordpress
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Website builder

Meedan is a team of designers, technologists and journalists crafting software and devising initiatives for newsrooms, NGOs and academic institutions.

• Media
• Civic apps outfits

We are a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists who have been behind the largest online protests in human history, channeling Internet outrage into political power to win public interest victories previously thought to be impossible

• Advocacy tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Campaign organizations

Accountability Lab is a global translocal network that makes governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. Our goal is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives.

• People Powered

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Government transparency

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder initiative to accelerate the attainment of the sustainable development goals in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods.

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Open source networks
• Digital Public Goods

We empower individuals and local communities to build a civically engaged technology ecosystem and provide for an honest and inclusive government. We want New York’s governments to work for the people, by the people, for the digital era.

• Civic hacking meetups

The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official non-partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,408 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.