Tech for public challenges
There's a rich ecosystem of related and overlapping fields with civic tech, including those that predate civic tech. People define the field with broader or more narrow scopes in mind, so here we track related work areas.
Health Complaints Assist
Health Complaints Assist is a chatbot that helps users make a complaint about medical treatment they or someonethey know received.
Gavel.ng
Gavel is a not-for-profit organization focused on improving the pace of justice delivery in Nigeria through digital technology and citizen engagement.
Humanitarian Knowledge Base
Airtable with tools for digital humanitarian work
LegalApp
Digital tool that helps Colombian citizens know where, how and what to do regarding their everyday legal paperwork
BuiltWorlds
BuiltWorlds is the premier research-driven network operating at the intersection of the built industry and technological innovation
Famalia
Famalia is an SMS-based tool that seeks to inform people about succession law.
E-court
E-Court specialises in private and civil online dispute resolution. It aims to provide administrative justice at low costs.
Gravyty Guide
This weekly digest email helps you more efficiently manage your portfolio so you prioritize the right donors at the right time and raise more
Maryland Law HelpApp
Maryland Law Help is a mobile application that connects Maryland citizens with legal information, tools and resources.
Police Case
Police Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.
Gravyty Go
Travel to the right donors, at the right time.
Justice Connect
Justice Connect provides legal help to people and communites at risk of being of left behind by the law. This includesa guided diagnostic, intake and triage tool, several online self-help tools, and a...
Sahana Eden ASP
Sahana EDEN ASP is an open source humanitarian aid management application with a specific focus on refugee case management.
In4Justice
In4Justice is an online dispute resolution service, and provides an alternate dispute resolution mechanism for small claim settlements.
Wakili Mkononi
Wakili Mkononi helps individuals in need to find lawyers or law firms.
Wagbot
Wagbot is a Facebook Messenger-based chatbot designed to answer questions from school children about sexualhealth and related issues.
Project Lemon Aid
Project Lemon Aid matches people awaiting trial behind bars with pro bono lawyers who can represent their case.
Pokket
Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.
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Code for Australia ORBIT
Helping staff and volunteers make accurate referrals across the legal assistance sector in Victoria.
Open Legal Data
Wir stellen Gesetzestexte und Urteile für alle kostenlos und maschinenlesbar zur Verfügung.
Campaign OS
The All-in-One Campaign Management Dashboard for Democrats and Progressives
Platform point cooperation 平台點合作
This book lists a number of different cases and explains the prospects and development of future platform cooperation ahead of the 2018 Platform Cooperativism Alliance Conference.
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Illinois Legal Aid Online presents legal resources and information about legal aid in a simple and accessible manner.
My Legal Briefcase
My Legal Briefcase helps individuals and businesses handle their legal cases with or without a lawyer. It also assistsusers in preparing simple legal documents.
Pocket Law
Pocket Law is an offline legal library for students with no internet connection at home, and for courts with limitedinternet connectivity. Additionally, smaller or younger law firms can also subscribe...
LABIC
LABIC are a series of labs aimed at fostering civic innovation in Ibero-America, in order to boost social transformation, democratic governance, and social, cultural and economic development.
PLP 2.0
The PLP 2.0 mobile application allows victims of domestic violence to report violence
HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)
User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.
Online Mediation Center
Online Mediation Center is a pilot project at the National Law School in Bangalore, and provides online tools to address consumer grievances.
LawRato
LawRato is an online platform which allows individuals and businesses to find lawyers and receive free legalinformation online.
Luftdaten
Measure air quality yourself
SciStarter
Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).
Legal Aid Checker
Legal Aid Checker provides a guided pathway to information about common legal issues.
PakAirQuality
Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.
Investigating digital tool re-use among UK organizations
We’re excited to share that over the next year, we’ll be carrying out a new research initiative looking at how UK charities re-use existing digital tools for service delivery.
Fired Without Cause
Fired Without Cause helps users understand whether their employer treated them fairly. The app also has a severance pay calculator.
WeFugees
the first and only Multi-Stakeholder Question & Answer Community for refugee topics
REVIVN
Revivn collects excess hardware from your business, secures your data & repurposes your unused tech for a greater cause.
Medsaf
Medsaf is a curated medication marketplace for African hospitals and pharmacies.
MyLawBC
Through various tools on its website, MyLawBC provides legal aid, legal advice, information and representation topeople facing a legal problem.
Wetaase
Wetaase is an online and mobile platform serving high-risk individuals, victims and survivors of human trafficking in Uganda.
Legal Legends
Legal Legends allows small businesses to purchase legal services at fixed prices on its platform.
Haki Law App
Haki Law App intends to make knowledge about laws easily accessible. The mobile application provides legalinformation and connects citizens to lawyers.
Sauti
Sauti is a mobile-based platform allows cross-border traders to access real-time market prices, exchange rates and trade procedures, using a basic phone.
Human Rights Data Analysis Group
The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.
Haqdarshak
Haqdarshak enables citizens to access government welfare schemes for which they are eligible. They provide onlineand offline support with documentation and applications.
MobLab Dispatch
The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation program
APPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES
Open Artificial Pancreas System project (#OpenAPS)
#WeAreNotWaiting to reduce the burden of Type 1 diabetes