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Tools, tech, and resources to help you build civic tech.
Technologiestiftung Berlin
Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.
Echoing Green
We find the brightest leaders with the best ideas for social innovation as early as possible. And then we do everything we can to make sure they succeed.
Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) Sierra Leone
To use science, technology and innovation to support the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver on its national development plan effectively and efficiently; and to help transform Sierra Leone into an...
Tumblr
Liba Rubenstein, Director of Social Impact and Policy at Tumblr, explores how Tumblr's versatile platform can help nonprofits, libraries, and other changemakers tell powerful stories, catalyze engagem...
Code for Philly Launchpad
Our Launchpad is a month-long, hackathon-inspired event that facilitates citizen volunteers working together on civic-focused, open source projects.
Zahn Innovation Center
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Village Capital Accelerators
Entrepreneurs, sign up for our Abaca platform to get notified when a relevant accelerator opens up
US Web Design Standards
Design and build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly government websites backed by user research.
Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS)
To connect Taiwan and the world, PDIS incubates and facilitates public digital innovation and service, optimises the processes and tools of the public service with design thinking, guides the public s...
CivTechSA
The Innovation Bridge Between the City of San Antonio and its Residents
Poverty Action Lab
Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
Open Internet for Democracy
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and...
DataMade
DataMade is a civic technology company. We build open source technology using open data to empower journalists, researchers, governments and advocacy organizations.
Y Combinator
If you’re working on a startup or non-profit that addresses news, the future of work, or improving democracy, we’d love to see you apply.
Taftie
TAFTIE is the European Association of leading national innovation agencies
Awesome Foundation
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
Foundation for Public Code
We help Open Source projects for cities become successful, build sustainable communities around them and create a thriving public Open Source ecosystem.
Civic Design Lab
Civic Design Lab (CDL) is a civic service design and innovation team within Oakland City Hall that grew out of the Resilient Oakland initiative.
UN Global Pulse
The Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab
Vali-Datathon for 990 cleanup
Past event at the Aspen Institute in DC
Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship workshops with cities
We partner with organizations that seek to empower lower income individuals through creative and interactive programming.
NYC Planning Data Jam at 2017 American Planning Conference
On May 8th, fifty urban planners, data scientists, and civic hackers came together for the Department of City Planning’s first data jam!
Open Data Lab Jakarta
We’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.
Hack from Home Hackathon
A clever response to event cancellations due to the coronavirus
European Hub for Civic Engagement
The European Hub for Civic Engagement is envisioned as a platform where European civil society and its civic tech community connect.
Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
Access international case studies, research and innovation tools.
Civic Design Tools
A compilation of reflections, tools and methodologies with the capacity to program and activate Collective Intelligence processes with impact on the Territory.
CivicActions
We help agencies and organizations successfully execute large-scale software projects using open standards technologies and Agile development methodologies.
NYC Council 2.0
Code Switch
Code Switch is a free, two-day civic hackathon in which community members, designers, project managers, programmers, and people who just want to learn, collaborate intensively on projects that change...
Participatory Budgeting Project Toolkits
Building on over 5 years of work supporting PB processes across North America, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) has created this toolkit to help organizers and advocates start new PB processe...
Procurement Playbook
In this Playbook, we explore the evolution of the procurement function’s missions, from its original cost reduction role to risk management and to contribution to growth as a strategic partner.
UNICEF Venture Fund
Factory 619
We are a Tech & Innovation Hub located in Tunis and operating all over the world. Our aim is to create, and co-found ventures in E-Health, Gaming, Blockchain & Digital Transformation.
Social Innovation Labs Handbook
Research and survey on social innovation labs in Canada.
Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab at Open Tech Fund
OTF’s Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab offers secure usability and user-interface assistance to Internet freedom and digital security tools to help them recognise and solve usability challenges...
Public Service Lab
Supporting the transition to better German public services through events, workshops, publications
The Hub East Africa
The knowledge hub for start-ups and SME’s
People's Roadmap for a Digital New York City
In this citizen created roadmap, we outline how to humanize technology, move beyond transparency for transparency's sake, and ensure we have government technology that works for the people, built with...
UNLTD USA
We work at the city-level to find, fund and support the most promising entrepreneurs; then we build an ecosystem of support around them
California Office of Data & Innovation
Governor's Budget Summary 2020-21
NYC TreesCount! Data Jam
NYC Trees Count Data Jam
Fundación Karisma
Organización de la sociedad civil que trabaja en la promoción de los derechos humanos en el mundo digital
Code for America Brigade Organizer's Playbook
Open Google Doc guide
Simply Secure Knowledge Base
Simply Secure supports practitioners in putting people at the center of trustworthy technology.
Govstart
Gov tech accelerator
Facebook Civic Engagement team
A team at Facebook that builds products around election and voting
Apolitical's Government Innovation Lab Directory
Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch
La 27e Région
New innovation methods for designing public policy involving all public stakeholders
Hey Google, tell me something good
The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.