Fieldwide resources
Different resources and tools that can be used broadly by civic tech practitioners including opportunities to fund civic tech projects, awards, community surveys, and calendars of relevant events.
Open Gov Guide
The Open Gov Guide is the “how-to” resource on applying open government principles to real-world challenges.
London Funders
London Funders is the only cross-sector network for funders and investors in London’s civil society.
Project Geospatial
A non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing geospatial education for a better world.
Predictions for Journalism 2026
NiemanLab's annual series has a fun new visual format: "Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in digital media what they think is coming in the year ahead."
The On Think Tanks State of the Sector Report
The On Think Tanks State of the Sector Report 2025 provides an overview of how think tanks worldwide are navigating an increasingly polarised environment, as well as a comprehensive snapshot of the se...
Open Youth Infrastructure (OYI)
By exploring what truly helps or hinders youth organisations from sharing data openly, we aim to create practical solutions informed by governance, design, data, and sustainability, ensuring that ever...
ScaleDem Knowledge Map
Discover how [EU HORIZON] R&I-driven democratic innovations scale!
ScaleDem
We are looking for the missing link between research and practice With the goal of developing practical tools and support actions for policymakers, practitioners, and advocacy actors. We work to equip...
Global Citizens' Assembly Network (GloCAN)
The Global Citizens’ Assembly Network (GloCAN) is a research collective that generates actionable insights to inform policymakers, funders, process designers, advocates and the wider community of prac...
OECD AI Policy Observatory
OECD.AI is an online interactive platform dedicated to promoting trustworthy, human-centric artificial intelligence (AI).
UN E-Government Survey
Since 2001, the United Nations E-Government Survey has provided a comprehensive assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 Member States.
EU System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE)
The EU System for an Enabling Environment is designed to document changes and shed light on critical trends in the enabling environment for civil society across 86 countries in Africa, the Middle East...
Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance
From world-leading experts in deliberative democracy, civic technology, and AI governance we introduce a seven-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes like citizen’s assembli...
Civic Tech Project & Community Handbook
From Taiwan’s g0v Community to the World: The Collaborative Wisdom of Digital Citizens
Guía para el Desarrollo de Espacios Participativos
Abordaje conceptual y metodológico para la incorporación de las preferencias de la ciudadanía en políticas públicas
The Global Public Impact of GovTech
A $9.8 Trillion Opportunity. World Economic Forum report (2025)
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
Founded in 1895, it is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations and one of the largest ones measured by the number of people represented: 1 billion cooperative members on the planet.
Strategic Partnership and Merger Exploration Form
An IREX Venture are identifying how we can support the development community to surface potential strategic partnerships or mergers that can strengthen resilience.
How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?
Ever wonder, “How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?” If so, check out this new research from the Canadian Digital Service! It includes 5 case studies of partnerships between the...
Code for America Innovator Awards
The Code for America Innovator Awards honor groups or individuals that are shaping the path forward in the government and civic tech community.
The Open Source AI Definition
The OSAID offers a standard by which community-led, open and public evaluations will be conducted to validate whether or not an AI system can be deemed Open Source AI.
Digital Public Infrastructure Map
Governments across the globe are on their way to building national-scale digital infrastructure. A comprehensive view of the state of DPI, however, is missing. The DPI Map addresses this.
America's Healthy Democracy Ecosystem Map
Our goal is to identify, categorize, and quantify existing organizations, networks, and funders who work to promote and protect healthy democracy in America. We aim to create a compelling, interactive...
Open Government for Stronger Democracies
An OECD global assessment of countries' implementation of its 2017 Recommendation on Open Government
Market research of existing Civic Technologies for participation
The Scottish Government's Digital Directorate's analysis of 31 digital participation platforms
Actionable Steps to Make Technology Work for Democracy
An Interactive Workbook by International Republican Institute
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Latinoamérica
Nace como una forma de contribuir a desplegar las habilidades y competencias necesarias en personas y agrupaciones de diversa índole que desean ser protagonistas de la construcción del futuro para sus...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) USA
IAP2 USA is a nationwide organization that leads, advances and advocates for best practices in public participation. It is a home and community for people who believe good decisions can be made togeth...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia
As the peak body for the community and stakeholder engagement sector, IAP2 Australasia, believes that engagement, when done well, improves environmental, social and governance outcomes and increases t...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
Our mission is to promote and advance public participation / community engagement globally through targeted initiatives that are guided by culturally adaptive standards of practice and core values.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) South Africa
Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Indonesia
IAP2 adalah asosiasi anggota internasional yang mempromosikan dan meningkatkan praktik partisipasi publik atau pelibatan masyarakat, yang menggabungkan individu, pemerintah, lembaga, dan entitas lain...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Canada
Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.
International Association of Algorithmic Auditors (IAAA)
The IAAA is a community of practice that aims to advance and organise the algorithmic auditing profession, promote AI auditing standards, certify best practices and contribute to the emergence of Resp...
Pioneering Practitioners: Democratic Innovation Organizations to Watch
Recognizing organizations that support politicians to empower citizens and develop better policies for people and the planet.
The Decelerator
The Decelerator is a free support service for civil society organisations. We offer information, tools and hands-on support for better endings.
Stewarding Loss
Focused on promoting conversation and action when it comes to the ending of organisations in civil society.
Examples of Civic Tech Communities-Governments Collaboration Around The World
This publication showcases how governments and civic tech communities around the world can work together to build digital services and projects.
Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
"Bringing nonprofit professionals together to ensure great nonprofits thrive" - Includes Action Network, Sum of Us, The Movement Cooperative, and other workforces
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
Growing & Sustaining African Civic Tech
A Playbook for learning about funding and financing options for the African civic technology community.
2022 Political Tech Landscape Report
Every year, we track innovations and changes across the political tech space, recognizing the need to capture the developments in this fast-changing industry. This report focuses on the historic 2022...
Sustaining and Scaling Civic and Government Technology
A report by International Republican Institute "synthesiz[ing] core challenges and lessons learned from practitioners, funders and government to help answer the questions of why civic and govtech init...
Public Interest Technology University Network: Understanding the State of the Field in 2021
This report from Katharine Lusk and Azer Bestravos of Boston University evaluates of the state of the field across the 43 academic institutions that make up the Public Interest Technology University N...
Redefining rigour: using stories to evaluate systems change?
A series of articles interrogating the concept of rigor in the context of impact evaluation in our work, by Keira Lowther
All Tech Is Human Tech & Democracy report
All Tech Is Human’s Tech & Democracy report addresses key issues and best practices in the field, and highlights a diverse range of individuals working in the field (across civil society, government,...
Commit Global
Taking care of the world's civic infrastructure
Civic Tech Field Guide (CTFG)
The Civic Tech Field Guide is the world’s largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
Institute for Nonprofit News Index Annual Report
The Index is the most comprehensive study of the state of nonprofit news.