Engagement tech
Perhaps the core premise of civic tech is that it can improve civic engagement. Whether in concert with formal governmental bodies or independent of them, civic tech promises to help citizens (in the Latin sense, of the city) engage with one another to share power in the pursuit of building just societies.
Recommended reading:
- A collection of case studies demonstrating where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens
- The Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit is an excellent collection of guides and resources for equitably engaging communities in order to share power.
CityScope Champs-Élysée
An interactive platform to improve decision-making related to the revitalization of the Champs Élysées
ConsultVox
Co-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence
Boulder eligibility calculator
"Google.org and Boulder, Colorado, are teaming up to create a new eligibility calculator, which residents of that city will be able to use to determine if they qualify for public programs, discounts o...
Swing Left
Swing Left helps win elections for Democrats by making it as easy as possible for anyone to have maximum impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country.
Change Research
Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campai...
IdeaScale
IdeaScale is the leading innovation management software platform for the enterprise, government, and education. Gather ideas and implement them.
DebateWise
DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.
Voor Je Buurt
Wil je zelf een programma opstarten in samenwerking met Voor je Buurt?
Democracy Works Elections API
Our full-time research team maintains a detailed calendar of upcoming state, special, and local elections, which we release as our Elections API.
Open Australia Foundation
Giving all Australians the tools they need to effect the change they want.
ElectionGuard
Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting
Crowdgauge
Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd
Democratic Society
Connecting people and power
synAthina
Engagement platform by the City of Athens
Loomio
Loomio is a flexible decision-making tool that helps you create a more engaged and collaborative culture, build trust and coordinate action
Hello Lampost
The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.
Local Circles
LocalCircles takes Social Media to the next level and makes it about communities, governance and urban daily life.It enables citizens to come together in communities or groups to raise issues, find tr...
Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society
The conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.
EasyVote Solutions
EasyVote Solutions delivers a SaaS platform to city, county and state election offices to help manage the process of running elections.
Slido
Slido is an audience interaction tool for meetings, events and conferences. It offers interactive Q&A, live polls and insights about your audience.
Spot the Box
Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations
SEMA
We gather citizen voices to improve public services
Wisdom Bank Torfaen
This neighbor-helping-neighbor expert network attempts to replace the “pub conversation”
SeeClickFix
Officials and neighbors have come together on SeeClickFix to resolve millions of issues. Let's get to work!
Nesta Designing for Public Services: a practical guide
Our guide on using design tools and methods in the public sector, created in partnership with design firm IDEO.
OpenGov Foundation
The OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.
United Kingdom Government Service Manual
Helping teams to create and run great public services that meet the Service Standard.
NYC Benefits Screening API
Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more)...
Bringing Social Safety Net Benefits Online
Comparison of online social benefit platforms for all 50 US states
Councilmatic
Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.
Open Source Politics
Open Source Politics is a company that builds participatory democracy open source tools and hosts collective inteligence workshops for private or public stakeholders willing to engage in a public cons...
meinBerlin
Auf meinBerlin finden Sie eine Übersicht über Projekte der Berliner Verwaltung sowie zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, sich aktiv an der Gestaltung unserer Stadt zu beteiligen
FEMA Community Alerting Protocol
This section contains information about the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), an international standard that is used by IPAWS to send public alerts and warnings.
Where's my school bus?
Our program offers real-time tracking of school buses through a mobile web app. We hope that — in a small way — this creates a better experience for parents and students.
DebateIsland
The Best Online Debate Website
Architizer
Architizer is how architects find building-products.
Where Do I Vote UK
Find out where to vote
Lexcare
Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.
Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos
Welcome to the ORIGINAL channel of Resistencia, Venezuela Hasta los Tuétanos. It is an information room about the political, social, and economic situation that Venezuela is going through.
Mi Senado
Mi Senado: Aplicación Oficial del Senado de la República de Colombia (en tiempo real)
The Perfect Candidate
Driven by data, not bias, I’ll help you discover how aligned our leaders are with the issues that matter most to you and start a more courageous conversation about Australia’s future.
ThinkVoting – The Voting App
BlocPower
The BlocPower Smart Cities platform connects investors and community members to green building projects that save energy and improve health outcomes in financially underserved communities.
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountabilit...
Republic
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US Department of Defense talent directory
Missions Publiques
est une agence spécialisée en participation citoyenne basée à Paris, Bonn et Bruxelles. Depuis 1998, nous avons initié ou organisé plus de 1300 dialogues citoyens dans 125 pays
Pizza to the Polls
Pizza to the Polls is making democracy delicious by delivering free food for all to polling places with long lines. Send us reports of long lines and we'll send in the delicious reinforcements.
OpenLaws.com
openlaws.com is a thematic search engine that is covering legal content.
Participez Nanterre
Bienvenue sur la plateforme participative de la ville de Nanterre! Construisons ensemble une société plus ouverte, transparente et collaborative. A Decidim instance.