Tell your advocates' stories. Change policy.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

O Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio estuda o impacto e o futuro da tecnologia no Brasil e no mundo.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Outside.in is an aggregator aimed at creating a place for neighborhoods to share and explore information.

• The Tech
• Media
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media

See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side. Last update 2019

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

To raise a new set of civic tech leaders that transform governance

• The People
• Meet the others
• Find a job or hire someone

Aclima announces a new partnership with Google Earth Outreach to map and better understand outdoor air quality.

• Google

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Report Civic & Social Issues through our Artificially Intelligent chat & voice interfaces integrated onto all the major social media channels

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Developing and sharing open source methodologies to safely test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 using multiple approaches.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• COVID
• High-tech COVID Interventions

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

• OpenStreetMap

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Meta's collection of VR for social good stories

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

See how Obama performed on 40 of the promises he made during his two presidential campaigns.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Promise trackers

Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate.

• Climate action
• research

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or their friends, or contact local first-responders.

• civic features
• suicide prevention
• Facebook

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

an initiative of UNDP and the Slovak Ministry of Finance, to support cities in the application of innovative approaches

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Track bills, review legislation, research data & see how your representatives are voting.

• state

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Resources for the global digital safety training community.

• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Ranking ICT sector companies on respect for free expression and privacy

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital rights
• Evaluate impact

See what's happening in Right Wing media from the safety of your inbox.

• newsletters

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Centre for Collective Intelligence Design will explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to make the most of our collective knowledge and develop innovative and effective solutions to social challenges.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

ShotSpotter is the leader in gunshot detection solutions that helps law enforcement officials and security personnel identify, locate and deter gun violence. Our public safety solution, ShotSpotter Flex, is deployed in urban, high-crime areas to help identify, locate and deter gun violence by accurately detecting and locating gunshots and sending real-time alerts to law enforcement.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Narrative Initiative is a training and networking resource for leaders and organizations dedicated to building fairer, more inclusive societies.

• Specific campaigns
• Narrative tech

The Black to the Future Public Policy Institute is a policy advocacy and leadership training fellowship that provides the tools needed to transform Black communities into constituencies that wield independent, Black political power at the municipal, state, and federal level.

• racial equity

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

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• Smart Cities and sensors

The Innovations in American Government Awards is the nation's preeminent program devoted to recognizing and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Heatmap of partner and peer networks across the US

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

A 4-month pre-acceleration program happening on 6-weekend sprints in the volcanic region of La Garrotxa (Girona), where +20 startups, social movements, cyber activists, corporate and government teams colive, boosting and cross-pollinating their projects on civic innovation, distributed governance and decentralized technologies

• youth

• The People
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• Incubators

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy

Pentagon's humanitarian satellite imagery competition for object detection in overhead imagery

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• Get funding
• Artificial Intelligence

• methodology

• The People
• Build something
• Building in the private sector

The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) has been a center of excellence for Artificial Intelligence research, teaching, theory, and practice since its founding in 1962.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

• The Tech
• The People
• Get funding

Restaurant hygiene scores from the City of San Francisco will be imported onto Yelp business pages

• civic features
• health
• Good health and well-being

• Data science for social good
• Data schemas and standards

We help people and organisations to benefit from personal data in a human-centric way. To create a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society for all.

• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields
• Data governance

TOOLS TO POWER MOVEMENTS

• Organize campaigns

• workshops

• Workshops
• Indicators

Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups

We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Open science

We pioneer solutions to end global homelessness.

• housing

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

Chart the frequency of words and phrases in UK Parliament debates

• Media
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Media and social media analysis

Die Petitionsplatform von Campact

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

The New York Times asked officials in every state and the District of Columbia about their reporting processes and what share of votes they expect to be counted by noon on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Here’s what they said to expect.

• Voting and elections
• Election observation

Preteckt studies vehicle data from buses to predict system failures at least 48 hours before the Check Engine light is activated and the bus must be removed from service. Preteckt’s insights have the potential to reduce time spent on maintenance, prevent service disruptions and reduce fleet costs.

• mass transit
• mobility

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

Code for Milwaukee is looking for volunteers with a creative mind to come together to make our city better for everyone.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Urban Data Pioneers is a program that empowers teams of city employees and community members to work in teams to deeply understand questions through data analysis.

• The People
• Help out
• Pro bono and volunteer

Villgro Africa addresses the lack of access to quality and affordable health services & technologies in Africa by investing in innovations with the potential for scalable and sustainable business models and by offering technical assistance to entrepreneurs.

• Good health and well-being

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• Build something
• Accelerators

San José’s ambitious goal is to bring broadband connectivity and digital skills to 50,000 households over the course of the next decade - and this initiative explicitly earmarks funding to achieve this goal.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity