The Tech

The Tech

A product directory of thousands of civic tech products and services, organized by their functions in democracies.

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DotGov Design
dc.aiga.org/programs-initiatives/dotgovdesign

DotGov Design

Empowering designers within government

USPTO Alexandria, Virginia
Conferences, Govtech, In-person meetings
DebateIsland
debateisland.com

DebateIsland

The Best Online Debate Website

since 2016
Civic forums, Engagement tech, Online forums
Architizer
architizer.com

Architizer

Architizer is how architects find building-products.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2009
Engagement tech, Resource matching and sharing, The Tech
Where Do I Vote UK
wheredoivote.co.uk

Where Do I Vote UK

Find out where to vote

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2009
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections
City of Cape Town Open Data Portal
web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/OpenDataPortal/Default

City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

This portal makes available data on the City of Cape Town to increase transparency in its processes and actively involve residents and other stakeholders in local government, as well as promote econom...

Cape Town, South Africa
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
Digital Rights Monopoly
cchange.xyz/project/digital-rights-monopoly

Digital Rights Monopoly

Digital Rights Monopoly is a game that reflects core digital rights issues affecting youth in marginalized regions, and offers pathways to build a healthier internet in local communities.

Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Games and gamification
WhatsApp: The Widespread Use of WhatsApp in Political Campaigning in the Global South
ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/whatsapp

WhatsApp: The Widespread Use of WhatsApp in Political Campaigning in the Global South

The research conducted by Tactical Tech and our partners over the last 18 months has confirmed that WhatsApp is now a primary means of delivery for political messaging in many countries in the Global...

Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, Germany
Chat and messaging, Emerging tech, Organize campaigns
reports, WhatsApp
Tea Base
web.archive.org/web/20210317161329/https://www.myteabase.com

Tea Base

Tea Base is a DIY community art space in the basement of the Chinatown Centre in Toronto.

Chinatown Centre, Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada
Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech, The Tech
Operation Serenata de Amor
serenata.ai

Operation Serenata de Amor

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessi...

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 2016
Advocacy tech, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
Humanitarian Data Exchange
data.humdata.org

Humanitarian Data Exchange

Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place

The Hague, Netherlands
since 2014
Civic data, Civic tech catalogs, Learn about civic tech
Open Source Event Manager
osem.io

Open Source Event Manager

Event management tailored for Free and Open Source community conferences.

since 2015
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Organize events
Electome using Twitter firehose
medium.com/mit-media-lab/enter-the-electome-11ed325babcf

Electome using Twitter firehose

What’s the connection between a campaign issue and a vegetable? ProPublica President Richard Tofel reminded us this month. “For too many voters, as every editor in her or his darkest heart knows…

Media, Media and social media analysis, The Tech
X (Twitter)
Gravyty First Draft
gravyty.com/firstdraft

Gravyty First Draft

Self-written emails for you to send to your donors.

Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, CRM
Lexcare
web.archive.org/web/20210420001735/https://www.lexcarts.com

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.

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Adjacent Fields, Civic forums, Engagement tech
MapIt UK
mapit.mysociety.org/bulk

MapIt UK

If you have a Excel, CSV, or OpenDocument file including a column of postcodes, upload it here, and MapIt will automatically match the postcodes and add columns for the administrative areas (councils,...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
guides
Otter.ai
otter.ai

Otter.ai

Artificial intelligence-driven transcription tool

Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech, The Tech
Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos
zello.com/VenezuelaHastaLosTuetanos

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.

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 🇻🇪
since 2019
Engagement tech, Media, Participatory aid
Matras 2
portal.moi.gov.qa/metrash2

Matras 2

Matras 2 offers a range of services, related to matters such as vehicle registration, immigration and visadocumentation, and loss of documents.

Qatar (Dawlat Qatar) 🇶🇦
Adjacent Fields, Govtech, Legal tech
Mi Senado
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.senado.app&hl=es_419

Mi Senado

Mi Senado: Aplicación Oficial del Senado de la República de Colombia (en tiempo real)

since 2017
Communicating with the government, Engagement tech, Govtech
ThinkVoting – The Voting App
web.archive.org/web/20180815222848/http://thinkvoting.com/the-voting-app

ThinkVoting – The Voting App

since 2014
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections
apps
Change.org
change.org

Change.org

The world’s platform for change

since 2007
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Petitions
Displacement Alert Portal
portal.displacementalert.org

Displacement Alert Portal

DAP Portal is a comprehensive new research tool that includes dozens of datasets indicating harassment and potential displacement from New York City housing.

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
housing
JKAN
jkan.io

JKAN

A lightweight, backend-free open data portal, powered by Jekyll

since 2016
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, The Tech
Design in Government Conference
conference.gebruikercentraal.nl

Design in Government Conference

18 - 20 November 2019 in Rotterdam

Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Conferences, Govtech, In-person meetings
BlocPower
blocpower.io

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.

Brooklyn, NY
since 2013
Engagement tech, Resource matching and sharing, The Tech
Digital States
govtech.com/cdg/digital-states

Digital States

A comprehensive study that examines best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Awards and prizes, Fieldwide resources, Govtech
The Coral Project
coralproject.net

The Coral Project

The Coral Project is an open source project helping publishers of all sizes build better communities around their journalism. Our main tool is Talk.

since 2010
Media, Solutions journalism, The Tech
Atlas of Surveillance
atlasofsurveillance.org

Atlas of Surveillance

The largest-ever repository of information on which law enforcement agencies are using what surveillance technologies. fatalities or facial recognition systems leading to wrongful

Drones, Hardware, Emerging tech
racial equity, surveillance, policing
Open Connectivity Foundation
openconnectivity.org

Open Connectivity Foundation

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping deve...

since 2016
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
ndi.org

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...

455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001
since 1983
Engagement tech, Funders & donors, Get funding
Republic
republic.co

Republic

Now you can be an angel investor

San Francisco
since 2016
Civic crowdfunding platforms, Diversity & Inclusion, Engagement tech
Weather or Not
petlab.parsons.edu/redCrossSite/overviewWON.html

Weather or Not

Weather or Not is a simple game designed to introduce the basics of forecast-based humanitarian decisions.

since 2018
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
Tzina: symphony of longing
docubase.mit.edu/project/tzina-symphony-of-longing

Tzina: symphony of longing

This interactive WebVR experience creates a space out of time to explore memory from an intimate and poetic perspective.

Israel (Jisra'el) 🇮🇱
since 2017
Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, The Tech
DoNotPay bot
donotpay.com

DoNotPay bot

The World's First Robot Lawyer

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
since 2015
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, The Tech
apps, LGBTQI, refugees
Wadhwani AI
wadhwaniai.org

Wadhwani AI

Using the power of #AI for social good - Infectious diseases, Agriculture, Maternal & child health.

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
US Department of Defense talent directory
thegovlab.org/static/files/smarterstate/aristotle.pdf

US Department of Defense talent directory

Engagement tech, Expert networks, Participatory democracy
Missions Publiques
missionspubliques.org

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

Paris
since 1998
Build something, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
People Powered
Pizza to the Polls
polls.pizza

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.

Portland, OR
Engagement tech, Send food to poll lines, The Tech
US Election 2020
Integrity Watch Chile
integritywatch.cl

Integrity Watch Chile

User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of lobbying activities in the UK.

Santiago, Chile
Advocacy tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
OpenLaws.com
openlaws.com

OpenLaws.com

openlaws.com is a thematic search engine that is covering legal content.

Kirchenstraße 15, 5301 Eugendorf, Salzburg, Austria
since 2015
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
Participez Nanterre
participez.nanterre.fr

Participez Nanterre

Bienvenue sur la plateforme participative de la ville de Nanterre! Construisons ensemble une société plus ouverte, transparente et collaborative. A Decidim instance.

Nanterre, France
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Participatory budgeting
Decidim
Rosie
serenata.ai

Rosie

An artificial intelligence bot that analyzes Brazilian congresspeople expenses while they are in office. Rosie can find suspicious spendings and engage citizens in the discussion about these findings.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Advocacy tech, Artificial Intelligence, Bots
Crisis Text Line
crisistextline.org

Crisis Text Line

Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis. Text HOME to 741741 in the United States.

DoSomething.org, West 21st Street, New York, NY
since 2019
Engagement tech, Access social benefits, Meet the others
mental health, youth, Good health and well-being
Marsad Baladia
baladia.marsad.tn

Marsad Baladia

“Marsad Baladia” , or the Municipality Observatory, was launched in January 2014, aiming to monitor municipal activity through access to information, and to present it in a clear and updated manner. T...

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie
since 2014
Advocacy tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Impact.jor
web.archive.org/web/20201203145319/https://impacto.jor.br

Impact.jor

O Impacto.Jor é uma iniciativa para medir o impacto do jornalismo na vida das pessoas, através de um software criado para reportar e agregar impactos.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 2017
Evaluate impact, Media, News to action
Code for Science and Society
codeforscience.org

Code for Science and Society

We empower communities to work together and build innovative technology for the public good.

Portland, OR
since 2016
Civic data, The Tech, Open science
Census Reporter
censusreporter.org

Census Reporter

Census Reporter provides useful facts about every place in America. Compare places using tables and maps, download data, and embed charts on your site!

since 2014
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
census
GEOIDEA.RO
geoidea.ro

GEOIDEA.RO

Geoidea.ro stands for GEodata Openness Initative for Development and Economic Advancement in ROmania and started in January 2013. It aims at improving the scientific basis for open geodata model adopt...

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2013
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Veovo
veovo.com

Veovo

Veovo instantly measures the number of passengers moving through a subway station to identify crowding and make service more efficient. The MTA can use this information to improve the deployment of st...

Auckland, New Zealand
since 2019
Civic data, Communicating with the people, Data visualization
mass transit, mobility
Obama for America's organizing trainings
ofalegacytrainings.com/home

Obama for America's organizing trainings

Most of these trainings include slides, an outline, and the appropriate worksheets, so you can either adapt the trainings for your own audience, or go through the training yourselves.

Chicago, IL
Organize campaigns, The Tech
trainings
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