Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
Panama Playlists
"I found the real Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians, and journalists."
AI and Government Workers: Use Cases in Public Administration
This report scans the landscape of AI use in the public sector at the state and local level, evaluating its benefits and harms through the examples of chatbots and automated tools that transcribe audio, summarize policies, and determine eligibility for benefits.
Karton revolucija
Pozivamo vas sve koji niste dio raspalog sistema i koji posjeduje etičke i moralne norme i želite u budućnosti postati dio naše borbe ili na bilo koji drugi način dati doprinos da nam se pridružite. | Cardboard revolution in Bosnia
Public Encounters and Government Chatbots: When Servers Talk to Citizens
This paper examines emerging experiences with chatbots in government interactions, with a focus on exploring what public administration practitioners and scholars should expect from chatbots in public encounters.
Institutional Pressures and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: Why Do Public Agencies Respond to Freedom of Information Requests?
"By conducting a national-scale field experiment among 949 provincial-level agencies in China....results show that legal regulative pressure and social normative pressure make agencies more likely to respond within the legal timeframe and provide the requested information."
Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (CGI.br)
O Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil tem a atribuição de estabelecer diretrizes estratégicas relacionadas ao uso e desenvolvimento da Internet no Brasil e diretrizes para a execução do registro de Nomes de Domínio, alocação de Endereço IP (Internet Protocol) e administração pertinente ao Domínio de Primeiro Nível ".br".
AI Safety Index
The Future of Life Institute's AI Safety Index provides an independent assessment of seven leading AI companies' efforts to manage both immediate harms and catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.
Japan Mini-Public Research Forum | 日本ミニ・パブリックス研究フォーラム
The Japan Mini-Public Research Forum (JMPRF) is a gathering of citizens, practitioners, and scholars who implement and theoretically study mini-public citizen participation activities in Japan.
Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)
The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS) is a nonpartisan think tank that engages experts across the U.S., allied, and partner nations to deliver concrete, technically sound policy research.
Popular Democracy
Popular Democracy is 50 grassroots organizations across 34 states and DC, who unapologetically demand transformational change for Black, brown and low-income communities. We upend politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all thrive – no exceptions.
Nima Media
Civic Tech Scholars
The Civic Tech Scholars [paid] internship program empowers emerging leaders in STEAM fields with practical skills and knowledge through real life social impact projects and a robust network of mentors.
BFI Fellows
Encouraging talented individuals to advance their research in the areas of data science, public policy, demographics, digital art, creative industries, and economic development.
EU-WEBPSI
EU Web Portal for Video-mediated Public Service Interpreting: To improve access to basic services for migrants and refugees
311SA
The Better Futures Institute, in collaboration with San Antonio's 311 department, empowers the city's 1.5 million residents via the 311SA mobile app.
uwotm8
English to English translation tool from the British government.
Democracy Innovators Podcast
People behind innovative tools and ideas for the next generation of democracy.
WhatsApp on Decidim
A Decidim WhatsApp chatbot feature that allows people without an email address and/or low connectivity to participate in Decidim instances
Courtroom5
Courtroom5 helps people represent themselves in US civil courts.
IF
We help our clients move faster, with less risk, by creating products and services that earn and maintain trust.
Multiracial Democracy Project
Through research, analysis, convenings, and public education, the Project produces solutions that facilitate our nation’s transition to a well-functioning democracy that truly represents our increasingly diverse population.
the @unitedstates project
@unitedstates is a shared commons of data and tools for the United States. Made by the public, used by the public.
Bewährt vor Ort
Ausgezeichnet werden kommunale Projekte, die in der Praxis nachweislich funktionieren und das Potenzial haben, bundesweit als Vorbild zu wirken.
Iggy Love
Snapchat Home Safe
"The new location alert feature can spare Snapchat users from sending message updates." - The Verge
People's AI Action Plan
A broad coalition of 130+ tech, economic justice, consumer protection, labor, environmental justice, and civil society organizations launched the People’s AI Action Plan to provide a direct counter-weight to President Trump’s industry-backed AI executive orders and agenda.
Philanthropy Data Commons (PDC)
The Philanthropy Data Commons (PDC) is a shared sector-wide governance and technical infrastructure that fosters trust, enables new ways of managing data and information as a sector asset, creates more possibilities in our collective work, and spurs more equitable access to resources in philanthropy.
Digital Identities Decision Guide
This guide seeks to serve as a comprehensive toolkit to enable different parties to make informed decisions around proposed digital ID systems.
Local Stewards
Bring your town or neighborhood together online without the noise or toxicity of big social media platforms
OpenWallet Foundation
The Open Wallet Foundation (hosted at the Linux Foundation) brings developers, standard development organizations and academia together to facilitate global interoperability of verifiable credentials, by establishing best practices and through collaborative development of digital wallet technology to enable standards-based OSS components that issuers, and wallet providers can rely on.
Smalltown
A fork of Mastodon designed for civic communities looking to run their own social networks.
Global Digital Collaboration Conference (GDCC)
Two days of intensive collaboration, knowledge sharing, and strategic planning for the future of digital public infrastructure.
Platforma pro občanské shromáždění
Platform for citizen assemblies in Czechia
Downtown Revitalization Playbook
You want to support downtown redevelopment but aren’t sure where to start. This playbook is for you.
La Oficina de Participación y Diálogo de Ciudad de la Secretaría Distrital de Planeación (OPDC)
La Oficina de Participación y Diálogo de Ciudad de la Secretaría Distrital de Planeación, OPDC, es el espacio que lidera y orienta la participación ciudadana en la toma de decisiones para el desarrollo urbano y territorial en Bogotá.
PlanX (Open Digital Planning)
PlanX is a content management system for creating digital planning services. It allows local planning authorities to collaboratively build and maintain data-driven planning services.
Converj Elections
AI-generated election guides
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Numérique en Commun[s]
Numérique en Commun[s] propose de travailler collectivement les conditions de l’émancipation des citoyens et des citoyennes en contexte numérique, à l’échelle locale et européenne.
l'Observatoire citoyen des engagements municipaux
40 habitantes et habitants volontaires pour faire partie de l'Observatoire citoyen des engagements municipaux, ont évalué un par un, les 150 engagements de la mandature 2020-2026.
Partisan GmbH
Europe's first Political Tech Summit was the start of a new professional community. Partisan provides this community with a digital home — connecting, informing and empowering political professionals across Europe and beyond.
openVoterId
Open Voter ID is like OpenID, to allow third-party websites to confirm registered voters' city of residence.
Souveraineté technologique: création de l’indice de résilience numérique
Launching 2026. L’objectif : donner à l’Europe une boussole concrète pour reconquérir son autonomie numérique en mesurant d’abord ses dépendances et vulnérabilités numériques.