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.
Iniciativa de referendo dos cidadãos
Citizens' referendum platform for Portugal, with a minimum threshold of 60,000 registered voters; signatures
PeaceFem
PeaceRep – a consortium of research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and local research teams led by the University of Edinburgh Law School – has recently launched a mobile app provides i...
Participate Practically
‘Participate Practically’ is a 10-hour self-paced online course designed to help you plan, launch, administer and evaluate participation projects.
Converlens
Discover the modern engagement platform powered by natural language AI to help you gather feedback, manage your data and understand what is being said.
Civic Engagement Scorecard
It's a quick tool for the public to rate: 1) Official public meetings (such as city council meetings, board/commission meetings, school board meetings) that you have attended. 2) How connected your co...
Democracy Innovations for Better Public Meetings
Better public meetings are possible, sustainable, and measurable.
Center for Democracy Innovation
The mission of the National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation is to understand, test, and disseminate innovations that can make democracy more participatory, equitable, and productive.
Voca
Open SaaS & hosting service for Decidim
Octree
Octree is a startup studio to build today's digital commons: viable, open & fair.
Camden Talks Data: Machine learning
This video explains how Camden Council uses machine learning to improve council services.
Plataforma de Articulación Comunitaria
Chat de Whatsaap diseñado para generar un proceso interactivo de rendición de cuentas basado en información pública y análisis de calidad sobre las principales reformas y las posturas de los actores p...
Javna rasprava Lokal
Javna rasprava Lokal je web platforma koja je pokrenuta kao alat za poboljšanja dvosmjerne komunikacije između građana/ki i donosioca/teljki odluka na lokalnom nivou.
Find local consultations (Gov.UK)
Postcode lookup search engine to "Have your say about local issues. Councils carry out consultations on the way they plan, manage and deliver services."
AI • Objectives • Institute
The AI Objectives Institute (AOI) is a non-profit research lab working to ensure that both AI and future economic systems are built and deployed with genuine human objectives at their core, enabled by...
Talk to the City
Talk to the City is an open-source AI platform that strengthens collective decision-making by transforming large-scale public input into actionable insights.
The Computational Democracy Project
The Computational Democracy Project designs, engineers and maintains Polis, an open source, real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own w...
Delib Citizen Space
Next-generation engagement tools for 21st century democracy.
Decisive Team
Fast group decision-making.
Agora (France)
L'application Agora permet aux Français de s'exprimer sur des sujets à forts enjeux en participant à des consultations et en posant des questions au Gouvernement.
Speakeasy.ai
Speakeasy AI is a SaaS company building end-to-end tools for better conversations.
Peticijos.lt
Peticijos.lt is a Lithuanian website that serves as a platform for creating and signing petitions.
Future Perfect
Future Perfect is a live, choose-your-own-adventure game where players join an imagined society called Tomorrowland.
Free Machine
Free Machine awakens civic participation where emerging technology, public policy, and culture meet.
Public Option for AI (PO4AI)
Public Option for AI (PO4AI) is an immersive experience designed for elected officials and city staff to explore how residents’ voices might be centered in decision-making around public-interest techn...
Brasil Participativo
Decidim platform for Brazil's national participatory process
POPVOX Foundation
POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone.
coletivo delibera
O coletivo delibera trabalha com uma forma inédita e democrática de atuação da sociedade nas decisões de pautas políticas do país, de comunidades, de cidades e até mesmo de bairros.
Es geht LOS!
Wir sind ein zivilgesellschaftlicher, überparteilicher Think & Do Tank für losbasierte Bürgerbeteiligung. Wir initiieren geloste Bürgerräte kommunal, im Wahlkreis, national und sogar in öffentlichen I...
Innovationshauptplatz of the city of Linz
You want to actively shape your Linz? Join the Innovationshauptplatz Linz and become part of our community of 7,300 users!
Kosningakerfi Pírata
Digital participation platform for the Icelandic Pirate party
NapišteJim.cz
Write to elected officials in Czechia
How can civic tech work effectively with public and private institutions?
A collection of case studies where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens, by People Powered
New Ways Feed
Korean app to match young people to politicians in their area and discussing their issues
Creamos
El Programa Creamos de INJUV está dirigido a jóvenes entre 15 y 29 años que quieran ser líderes y generar cambios a pequeña o mediana escala, proponiendo ideas innovadoras para problemas que afecten a...
Maino Tech
We provide modern, effective solutions for participation and collective decision-making.
Ampliando Democracia
Ampliando Democracia es un proyecto que promueve la reflexión sobre cómo mejorar la gobernanza, las políticas públicas y la calidad democrática a través de una participación ciudadana más profunda, in...
Democracy Technologies in Europe: Online Participation, Deliberation and Voting
A report for lawmakers, governments and policymakers at national and European level, 2023
The Centre for Civic Innovation
What would you like to do for your community? We want to help make it happen.
Participatory Digital Futures: How digital transformation can be made good for all
by Mark Findlay, Sharanya Shanmugam. In this article, through vignettes from the United Kingdom and Singapore’s experience, we highlight how digital transformation can be made more participatory for...
Közösségi Digitális Eszközök Alapítvány
"We created the foundation in 2016 - economists, IT and communication specialists - to support the development of free digital tools necessary for community decision-making, and to operate such tools....
Red Ciudadana
Participación, formación ciudadana y apertura de datos Somos una organización que trabaja por una Guatemala más democrática, innovadora y transparente.
Partimap
PARTIMAP is a free, easy to use and customizable map-based survey for those who believe that affected citizens should have a say in public development projects.
Namma Mahiti Kendras
IT for Change’s Namma Mahiti Kendras are ICT-enabled information centers that aim to break down the barriers to citizens’ right-claiming processes.
Hoplr
The all-in-one platform for community engagement
The Collective Intelligence Project
Our mission is to direct technological development towards the collective good.
CONSUL für Schulen
Gemeinsam für eine starke Schule
Talk to Loop
Loop’s feedback platform is revolutionising accountability in humanitarian aid and development by providing a space for accessible feedback, reliable complaints mechanisms and safe reporting of Sexual...
The People's Money
NYC's first citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) (2022-2023)
Climate Democracy
Climate section of the Participation Playbook
Participatory Policymaking
Through participatory policymaking, residents propose, debate, and vote on new policies and policy changes, through online platforms and meetings.