How do governments spend our taxes? Are the planned projects actually built? What contracts do governments make to sell their natural wealth? AfricanSpending looks at how we can use data to answer these questions

private sector tech guidance for the City

• The People
• Build something
• Supporting public sector from outside government

• homelessness

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Mapping tools

Open Government initiative by the Nariño department in Colombia, combining approaches in collaborative economy and social innovation.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; appropriates $20 million from General Fund and $1 million annually thereafter.

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic literacy

Communicate with your supporters, constituents, parishioners or customers where they want to hear from you: text.

• The Tech
• Campaign tools
• Peer to peer SMS

Technology and Design programming for the people of East Oakland and beyond

• racial equity
• trainings

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Adjacent Fields

In partnerships with local and international organisations, each GTI has further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents addressing the risks, attacks and contexts faced by activist women in the region.

• indigenous
• LGBTQI
• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Our mission is to maximize the availability and impact of data for public good.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

the_message, BetaNYC's monthly newsletter

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

invites citizens to help set Parliament's agenda with a sophisticated form of ranked voting that allows them to express more nuanced preferences than traditional first-past-the-post systems

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Teams of researchers will work with up to 350 partner organisations on a range of topics and themes, including how data-driven innovation can improve public services in the region, the role of artificial intelligence and the ethics of data.

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

We hope the project will arm activists, advocates, journalists, policy makers, and elected officials with relevant, timely information about how government functions—so we can fix it when it doesn’t.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

UI LABS is an innovation accelerator that brings Universities, Industry, and Government together to deliver solutions to tomorrow’s challenges.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Innovation teams and labs

DataViva is opening up data for the entire formal sector of the Brazilian economy through more than 1 billion interactive visualizations.

• The Tech
• Data visualization

Building mission critical maps in the open

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Crowdsourced examples of private sector data for public good

• private data public good

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Amnesty Decoders is an innovative platform for volunteers around the world to use their computers or phones to help our researchers sift through pictures, information and documents.

• human rights

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Media and social media analysis
• Pro bono and volunteer

Decidim instance for Barcelona. Benvingut/da a la plataforma de participació de Barcelona.

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.

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

Where technologists and communities work together to explore and build new solutions for New Yorkers

• The People
• Build something
• Design

a civic technology platform, which aims to raise awareness and sensitize citizens to play their roles well in the promotion of Peace, Union and Social Cohesion.

• Citizen Engagement

The Bus Turnaround Coalition is a diverse group of New Yorkers determined to turn around the poor service that plagues the city’s bus system and the more than 2 million rides taken on it every weekday.

• mass transit

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Report cards and audits

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Soofa makes smart, social, and sustainable technologies for cities and communities. We’re revolutionizing the way we communicate in cities.

• public space

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

At DataHaven, our mission is to improve quality of life by collecting, interpreting and sharing public data for effective decision-making

• The People
• Data science for social good

Community is about trust and sharing. Open Collective lets you manage your finances so everyone can see where money comes from and where it goes. Collect and spend money transparently.

• The People
• Get funding
• Nonprofit tech

Crowdin is a localization project management platfom and translation tool for developers and website owners. We make it easy to work with content being translated using our collaboration platform.

• The People
• Help out
• Tech translators and intermediaries

Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”

• peace
• universities

• Meet the others
• Research and policy centers
• In-person meetings

Voter assistance portal for Romanians

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Create greener communities and explore our urban forests, together.

• Life on land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

CIGI builds bridges from knowledge to power by conducting world-leading research and analysis to offer innovative policy solutions for the digital era.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Emerging tech

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

The Ministry of Health (MISAU), in fulfilling its mandate to provide health services to all Mozambicans, has drawn up the Strategic Health Sector Plan (PESS) 2014-2019 with a view to “helping all Mozambicans, especially target groups vulnerable, to enjoy the best possible health, at an affordable cost

• Access social benefits

A podcast highlighting the new normal of urbanism in our globalized cities, as told by Kristen Jeffers and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman - two female urbanists. . 38 Tracks. 277 Followers. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Third Wave Urbanism on your desktop or mobile device.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

Find out about candidates in your area

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The California Health Care Foundation is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of California, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the status quo.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Select your state, make sure you're registered to vote, then choose how you're going to vote this year. Built by the Democrats.

• US Election 2020
• partisan

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

CrowdJustice is a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals, groups and communities to come together to fund legal action.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Internews, an international nonprofit organization, empowers people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communities, and hold power to account.

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

Variations in usage of civic tech across four core countries (US, UK, Kenya and South Africa) and the attitudes of users towards the platforms they are using.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

CivVic Labs brings government and startups together to solve public sector challenges and deliver better outcomes for Victorians.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

RightsCon is the world's leading event on human rights in the digital age.

• human rights

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Découvrez de nouvelles personnes, partagez vos centres d'intérêts, dans les lieux les plus conviviaux de votre ville !

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

ePaństwo Foundation's aim is to develop democracy, open and transparent authorities and civic engagement.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Unite Us is an outcome-focused technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

As government, civic and business leaders address a wide range of serious challenges; many will reach out to nonprofit groups for help only to find themselves hampered by a lack of up-to-date information on this important sector in our society.

• Civic data
• Roundtables

It's our House, so it should be our mouse.

• gerrymandering

• Data visualization
• Mapping
• Civic literacy