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.
Decidim, a Technopolitical Network for Participatory Democracy: Philosophy, Practice and Autonomy of a Collective Platform in the Age of Digital Intelligence
Open access book by Xabier E. Barandiaran, Antonio Calleja-López, Arnau Monterde, and Carol Romero
Asociacion de Software Libre Decidim (Decidim Free Software Association)
The Decidim Free Software Association is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community.
AI tools for Decidim
Work in progress AI integration for the participation platform that allows platform admins to install and configure a spam detection service so that any suspicious content gets reported at the earlies...
Polis Pilot Netherlands
Developing an API and localized version of Pol.is for the Netherlands. De provincie Zuid-Holland, de provincie Brabant, de provincie Groningen en het Overlegorgaan Fysieke Leefomgeving (onderdeel van...
Pencillabs
Somos uma empresa de tecnologia para instituições de impacto social. Mais do que códigos e soluções prontas, trabalhamos com nossos clientes para promover empoderamento tecnológico, gerando aprendizad...
Unanimous AI
Unanimous AI develops Swarm® & Swarm AI® technology that amplifies human intelligence, empowering groups to optimize their collective knowledge, wisdom, and intuition by forming real-time AI systems [...
Active Citizen
Active Citizen is an open source library, API and UI using various AI technologies aimed at empowering citizens democratically.
SocietySpeaks.io
Where Conversations Shape Our Future
Stanford Online Deliberation Platform
The Online Deliberation Platform is a video discussion platform for groups of 8-15 people.
OpenStad.org
Het open source platform voor digitale participatie-projecten.
Participa gencat
Portal de participació ciutadana de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Decidim instance.
Murmuration.org
Amplifying the Power of Civic Engagement
Policy Synth
Policy Synth is an open-source TypeScript library developed by the Citizens Foundation to facilitate the creation of multi-scale AI agent logic flows, APIs, and real-time web applications.
West Ham and Beckton GPT
As well as the broad range of information that the regular AI uses, this modified version has been exposed to a specific set of policies and information to help unlock the power of AI for the new cons...
CartoDEBAT
Argument and transparency in public debate
Common Good AI
Common Good AI is a tech non-profit organization dedicated to building common ground for the common good.
MOXY
A Social Ecosystem connecting Voters, Elected Representatives, Thought Leaders and Authorized Organizations
Community-Centered Planning for Mobility as Social Service
The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)
Localwatch
Civic tech participatory platform focusing on local level (municipalities). Kάνε ερωτήσεις και προτάσεις στο Δημοτικό Συμβούλιο, οργάνωσε εθελοντικές δράσεις , συνδιαμόρφωσε τον προϋπολογισμό του Δήμο...
Civic Echo
Civic Echo is a citizen survey tool that provides a simple and inclusive way to diagnose the opinions of a population while making the results available in real time in a transparent way.
Instituto Cidade Democrática
Civil society organization that strengthens democracy through digital listening tools and participatory processes.
Empurrando Juntas
Free tool to gather opinions and simplify participation.
SketchMapTool
The Sketch Map Tool is an easy-to-use tool for participatory sketch mapping through offline collection, digitization and georeferencing of local spatial knowledge. The tool has a variety of applicatio...
Using machine learning to help vulnerable tenants in New York City
Our best-performing model can potentially help TSU find 59% more buildings where tenants face landlord harassment than the current outreach method using the same resources.
One Project
We’re building tools for participatory funding connecting resources directly to community-controlled funds on Common, our digital platform that connects people, organizations, and resources to coordin...
deliberAIde
We are developing an end-to-end platform for in-person, online and hybrid deliberative participation processes, starting with: AI-assistance for defining the process; anonymously transcribing and docu...
MyPolis
Creating space to build a democracy for all, through games, children and young people learn about participation and citizenship while they play. We are active in 7 countries: Portugal, Spain, Italy, B...
MASS LBP
We have led more than 50 Reference Panels and Citizens’ Assemblies contributing approximately 71,000 volunteer hours to policy-making in Canada — making MASS internationally recognized for its work in...
MosaicLab
we’re a highly experienced team of facilitators and community engagement practitioners specialising in high influence and deliberative engagement
Market research of existing Civic Technologies for participation
The Scottish Government's Digital Directorate's analysis of 31 digital participation platforms
Public Comments Initiative
EDGI’s Public Comments Initiative sheds light on public commenting and how to engage effectively with federal rulemaking.
Civic Voices
An online public participation platform.
Bpart
Jouw Platform Voor Online Participatie
Rising Stars
Do you need help launching or enhancing a participatory program? Apply for expert mentoring support provided by the Nets4Dem network in Horizon Europe Area!
Crowdsignal
Surveys, Polls, and Quizzes
Wordpress Vote Block
Powered by Crowdsignal, you can use the Vote block to allow your audience to rate your work or express their opinion.
Auglinn
Drop notes and questions outdoors with augmented reality, and create 2D and 3D maps. Interact with citizens outdoors and let the city speak.
Gazteparte
Gazteparte es el primer espacio digital para escuchar la opinión y las propuestas de los jóvenes y trasladarlas a las instituciones públicas.
Actionable Steps to Make Technology Work for Democracy
An Interactive Workbook by International Republican Institute
Future of Constituent Engagement
POPVOX Foundation is working with legislative offices, support institutions, civil society, academics, and tech innovators to explore the future landscape of two-way engagement between representatives...
Enrolling Citizens: a primer on archetypes of democratic engagement with AI
Primer by Wanheng Hu and Ranjit Singh
Communiti Labs
Communiti Labs’ AI-powered data analytics allow project teams to collate insights across all channels and convert them into actionable strategies.
Meta's Community Forum on Generative AI
Meta's "Community Forums bring people together to discuss tough issues, consider hard choices and share recommendations for improving people’s experiences across our apps" using Stanford's deliberativ...
Orbis Project
Augmenting participation, co-creation, trust and transparency in Deliberative Democracy at all scales
Public Square (podcast)
Podcast by CitizenLab
Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit
The City of Philadelphia aims to improve collaboration with communities. This website shares guidance on how to engage communities equitably.
The Citizens’ Biometrics Council
Bringing together 50 members of the UK public to deliberate on the use of biometrics technologies like facial recognition.
City-Level Decision-Making Tool
The Society Library (a collective intelligence institute) shared their micro-voting decision-making tool for city-level decision-making.
Iniciativa legislativa dos cidadãos
Official channel for citizens initiatives in Portugal, with a minimum threshold of 20,000 registered voters
Petições para Assembleia da República
Official petition site for Portuguese citizens to the National Assembly