Civic Tech Field Guide

DebateWise

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

Open Data Voralberg

Austria (Österreich)

Das Land Vorarlberg stellt auf data.gv.at allen Interessierten Regierungs- und Verwaltungsdaten zur Verfügung.

Coworker.org

Coworker.org is a platform for worker voice. Find out why employees of some of the world's largest companies are using Coworker.org to win change.

Digital Stewards Detroit

4126 3rd Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA

This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.

Covid-19 Ministerio de Salud Argentina

Argentina

Coronavirus Covid-19 es la app oficial del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación y tiene como objetivo que los argentinos y las argentinas puedan realizarse una rápida autoevaluación para saber si sus síntomas son compatibles con el COVID-19.

Politifact

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

China Green Horizon

China (Zhong Guo)

China Green Horizon is a project between Beijing’s municipal government and IBM Research to improve the accuracy of air quality assessments.

TechSoup Global

However you do good in the world, there's something for you at TechSoup.

Calgary's noise-sensing network

Calgary, AB, Canada

Calgary’s LoRaWAN — a long-range, low power digital wireless network — sensors will be used to categorize noises like gun shots, trains, construction and road noise through the work of a government partnership.

cities
noise

Baobab Law

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

Psiphon

Canada

Psiphon is a free and open-source internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, providing open access to the internet for millions of citizens around the world.

apps

GovQA Public Records Management

900 South Frontage Road, Woodridge, IL 60517, USA

Creating a system that makes it easy to store, manage, and search for public records.

Open Maine

Portland, ME

OpenMaine (formerly Code for Maine) is a local Brigade in the Code for America network.

T4A.org roundtables with government

First Mile Geo Native.io

Data analytics from collection to analysis.

Fannie Mae Foundation

Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. We are a leading source of financing for mortgage lenders and our financing makes sustainable homeownership and workforce rental housing a reality for millions of Americans.

Aspiration Tech

PO Box 880264, San Francisco, CA 94188-0264

Aspiration is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization

workshops

WhatDoTheyKnow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Get answers from the government and public sector

Digital Refugee Projects (Betterplace Lab)

betterplace Solutions GmbH, Schlesische Straße, Berlin, Germany

118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

refugees

Sea Level Rise Toolbox

Miami

Interactive mapping tool for visualizing the effects of rising see levels

Climate action

Women Who Drone

Women Who Drone, West Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA

A community of female drone pilots, enthusiasts, content creators and innovators. Fly, learn and contribute with us!

Strong Towns

Strong Towns is a non-profit organization working to support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

IoT Trustmark

Berlin

The Trustable Technology mark empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.

Data Standards Directory

Meu Rio

Brazil (Brasil)

Somos o Meu Rio, uma rede de ação por um Rio de Janeiro mais democrático, inclusivo e sustentável.Junte-se às mais de 300 mil pessoas que recebem nossos alertas e participam das decisões políticasque definem o futuro da cidade.

Organize campaigns

Gauteng Department Education Online School Registration

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

The online registration system is a provincial government web platform where parents can apply for learners' school placement for the following year

Quality education

Integrity Action

The Leather Market, London

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

IHELPYOU.app

Poland (Polska)

Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.

BetaNYC Slam

New York City

SLA Mapper (SLAM) is a tool that aggregates data that community boards often have to gather in order to review liquor license applications and sidewalk cafe applications. Displaying this information in a unified view saves community boards considerable time and resources.

Data visualization

PoliEngine

621 Northwest 12th Avenue, Gainesville, FL, USA

Website builder for political candidates and campaigns

Connected Development (CODE)

Abuja, Nigeria

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

Tella

Washington, DC

Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments

apps

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

Mulika

Kenya

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

Facebook ‘Today In' feature

Palo Alto

A dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.

Institute of Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

Tenders Guru

Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

Catalogue of all projects working to solve Misinformation and Disinformation

This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

Crowdgauge

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd

Next City's Vanguard Conference

Philadelphia

The Vanguard conference is an experiential urban leadership gathering of rising urban leaders working to improve cities across sectors, including urban planning, community development, entrepreneurship, government, transportation, sustainability, design, art and media. By selection only.