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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Rethink Aadhaar
rethinkaadhaar.in

Rethink Aadhaar

The Aadhaar project also has a sinister side to it -- it is a surveillance-enabling programme, which threatens privacy and democratic practice.

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Specific campaigns, Govtech, Identity
Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data
aspeninstitute.org/publications/information-impact-liberating-nonprofit-sector-data

Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data

PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION

2300 N Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Nonprofit tech
reports
International Design in Government
international.gov-design.com

International Design in Government

Are you a civil servant working to make government more user-centred? Join the International Design in Government community.

Govtech, Meet the others, Peer networks
Center For Political Beauty
politicalbeauty.com

Center For Political Beauty

An assault team that establishes moral beauty, political poetry and human greatness while aiming to preserve humanitarianism.

Advocacy tech, Artistic interventions, Specific campaigns
Taiwan Open Government Report 2014-2016
opengovreport.ocf.tw

Taiwan Open Government Report 2014-2016

由開放文化基金會於2017年編寫,回顧並檢視了台灣 2014-2016 「開放政府」的發展狀況,內容分為四大章節,分別為:法律制度、開放資料、公民參與、公民科技。

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
since 2017
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, The People
Fogo Cruzado
fogocruzado.org.br

Fogo Cruzado

Fogo Cruzado (Cross-fire) is a laboratory of data on armed violence that aggregates and makes data and information available through an application for mobile technology combined with a database

Rio de Janeiro
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
apps, gun safety
Outreach Grid
outreachgrid.com

Outreach Grid

Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.

Irvine, CA
since 2016
Adjacent Fields, Bureaucracy tech, Check-in tools
homelessness
Trustable Technology mark
thingscon.org/trustable-technology-mark

Trustable Technology mark

It empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.

10969 Berlin, Germany
Fight disinformation, Media, The Tech
Civic Projects Directory
codeforphilly.org/projects

Civic Projects Directory

Browse our community’s project directory to identify where you can volunteer.

908a N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
since 2011
Civic tech catalogs, Learn about civic tech, The People
CallHub
callhub.io

CallHub

Reach the right people at the right time with our Political Phone Banking, Robocalls, Peer to peer texting, and Text Broadcasting Software. CallHub is available in 200+ countries.

California
since 2011
Advocacy tech, Phone banking tools, Campaign tools
Zooniverse
zooniverse.org

Zooniverse

Zooniverse gives people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to participate in real research with over 50 active online citizen science projects.

Chicago, IL
since 2008
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, The Tech
Ride Share 2 Vote
rideshare2vote.net

Ride Share 2 Vote

RideShare2vote provides full training for drivers regarding voter laws as well as implementing CDC guidelines regarding masks, sanitizing before and after completing rides and social distancing with o...

Engagement tech, Getting to the polls, The Tech
US Election 2020, apps
Medialab Prado
medialab-prado.es

Medialab Prado

Medialab Prado es un laboratorio ciudadano que funciona como lugar de encuentro para la producción de proyectos culturales abiertos.

Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda 15, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Digital participation platforms
Clear my record
clearmyrecord.org

Clear my record

Clear My Record is a free, non-profit service to help you dismiss or reduce old convictions on your criminal record.

San Francisco
Govtech, Open justice, The Tech
Colombia Check
colombiacheck.com

Colombia Check

Digital, open and colaborative platform in which news and articles are fact-checked and published regularly for maintaining healthy debates and conversations in Colombia.

Colombia 🇨🇴
Factchecking, Fight disinformation, Media
Displacement Alert
displacementalert.org

Displacement Alert

The Displacement Alert Project uses data and information visualization tools to proactively identify buildings that are facing a high risk of displacement

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
Communicating with the people, Govtech, Service alerts
housing
Open Culture Foundation
ocf.tw

Open Culture Foundation

Open source, open data, and open government.

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
since 2019
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, The Tech
MapAction
mapaction.org

MapAction

An emergency map publishing system that supports humanitarian workers in the field

Oxfordshire, UK
since 2002
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
AuroraSaurus
aurorasaurus.org

AuroraSaurus

First real-time map of auroral visibility based on user contributions and crowd sourcing.

New Mexico
since 2012
Adjacent Fields, Citizen science, Civic data
Automating NYC
automating.nyc

Automating NYC

We want to empower New Yorkers to advocate for ADSs that work to undo unjust systems instead of encoding inequality.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Specific campaigns
OpenBudget.ro
openbudget.ro

OpenBudget.ro

Open Budget este o platformă care îţi permite să vizualizezi bugetul statului român şi să modifici felul in care sunt alocate fondurile publice.

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2014
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Good Call NYC
goodcall.nyc

Good Call NYC

Good Call NYC provides support during an arrest process. Its 24/7 hotline puts people in touch with lawyers, free of charge.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Adjacent Fields, Govtech, Open justice
Holopolis HiFi
talk.pdis.nat.gov.tw/t/holopolis-hifi/3962

Holopolis HiFi

Holopolis HiFi uses the High Fidelity VR platform to create a virtual commons. It imagines a far future in which we can all connect to and immerse in public policy deliberation anytime we choose. This...

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
since 2017
Emerging tech, The Tech, Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)
Meet the Kiosks event
eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-kiosks-tickets-39618518054#

Meet the Kiosks event

Join Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.

6 Norfolk St, Boston, MA 02124
Engagement tech, Kiosks, Participatory democracy
Majlesnama
web.archive.org/web/20211215194738/http://majlesnama.ir

Majlesnama

“Majlesnama” is the first Parliamentary monitoring organization in Islamic Republic of Iran which helps to promote transparency of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Tehran
Advocacy tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Black Lives Matter Ways to help Carrd
blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Black Lives Matter Ways to help Carrd

A well-designed, simple page to help direct action against racism (using Carrd)

Activism aggregators, Advocacy tech, The Tech
racial equity
Camino
camino.ai

Camino

We are a Silicon Valley-based technology company that partners with cities to rethink the permitting and development process.

San Mateo, California
since 2017
Govtech, The Tech
Count Love
countlove.org

Count Love

Protests for a kinder world.

Cambridge, MA
Activism aggregators, Advocacy tech, Civic data
FOIA Machine
foiamachine.org

FOIA Machine

Our simple tool allows anyone to generate a public records request with all the necessary legal boilerplate, all for free.

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2013
Advocacy tech, Access to information, The Tech
Journalism Funders Forum and Journalism Funders Confidential
journalismfundersforum.com

Journalism Funders Forum and Journalism Funders Confidential

European Foundations And Journalists Working Together To Ensure More Effective And Impactful Funding Of Journalism.

Oranjeplein 106 Maastricht, Netherlands
Funders & donors, Get funding, Learn about civic tech
Governance game
governancegame.publiccode.net

Governance game

A card game that helps organizations and communities explore governance around a shared codebase, whether hypothetical or in a real-world collaboration.

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Games and gamification, The Tech, Building inside government
data.gouv.fr
data.gouv.fr/fr

data.gouv.fr

Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises

France 🇫🇷
Civic data, The Tech, Open data publishing portals
France (national government)
Involved
web.archive.org/web/20180412223451/https://www.involved.mobi

Involved

Involved is an application that connects you with all of your elected officials through polling and direct messaging

since 2017
Communicating with the government, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech
Le Mois de l'innovation publique
modernisation.gouv.fr/mois-de-linnovation-publique/le-mois-de-linnovation-publique

Le Mois de l'innovation publique

Parcours interactifs, ateliers, conférences, hackathons, journée portes ouvertes etc. mettent en lumière des méthodes originales pensées par des acteurs locaux pour concevoir plus efficacement les pol...

France 🇫🇷
Govtech, The Tech, Holidays
France (national government)
La Asociación de Tecnología, Educación, Desarrollo, Investigación, Comunicación (TEDIC)
tedic.org

La Asociación de Tecnología, Educación, Desarrollo, Investigación, Comunicación (TEDIC)

Desarrollamos tecnología cívica abierta: Promovemos el uso y desarrollo de software y hardware libre, diseño abierto y datos abiertos

Padre Cardozo 719 c/ Teniente Ruiz, Las Mercedes, Asunción
since 2012
Advocacy tech, The Tech, Digital security and privacy
Gender Equality
From Voicemails to Votes
v2v.opengovfoundation.org/?gi=899f7b2d35f6

From Voicemails to Votes

A human-centered investigation by The OpenGov Foundation into the systems, tools, constraints, and people who drive constituent engagement in Congress.

1875 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009
since 2015
Communicating with the government, Govtech, The People
Spreading the Word
petlab.parsons.edu/redCrossSite/overviewSTW.html

Spreading the Word

Greeley Square Station 4 East 27th Street New York, NY 10001-9998
since 2011
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
Hate speech: measures and counter-measures
web.archive.org/web/20220201234222/https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/hate-speech-measures-and-counter-measures

Hate speech: measures and counter-measures

Measuring, analysing and countering online hate speech with advanced computational methods

96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, UK
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
harassment, hate speech, racial equity
Changing the Conversation Together
ctctogether.org

Changing the Conversation Together

Deep canvassing

Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Canvassing & Doorknocking
Del Dicho al Hecho
deldichoalhecho.cl

Del Dicho al Hecho

Tracking promises made by governments

Santiago, Chile
since 2011
Advocacy tech, Promise trackers, Report cards and audits
Granicus
granicus.com

Granicus

Granicus empowers modern digital government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 160 million people with over 4,000 government organizations at the local, state and federal levels.

since 1999
Bureaucracy tech, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech
Bridge registry for nonprofit unique entity IDs
web.archive.org/web/20190507060216/https://bridge-registry.org/about-us

Bridge registry for nonprofit unique entity IDs

since 2012
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
Attendize
attendize.com

Attendize

Attendize is an Open-source ticket selling and event management platform and is everything you need for a successful event. Attendize has a wide array of features aimed at making organising events as...

since 2016
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Organize events
Bureau ouvert
parlement-ouvert.fr

Bureau ouvert

Parliamentary Initiative to open the National Assembly to citizens and the civic tech community

Assemblée nationale, 126 Rue de l'Université, Paris, France
Bureaucracy tech, Govtech, The Tech
Mutante
mutante.org

Mutante

A tool that shows how MPs use Twitter

Bogotà D.C., Carrera 7, Bogota, Colombia
Engagement journalism, Media, Solutions journalism
Nextdoor
nextdoor.com/login

Nextdoor

Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.

since 2008
Communicating with the people, Engagement tech, Govtech
SF72
sf72.org

SF72

Brought to you by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, in partnership with the people of San Francisco. sfdem.org

since 2013
Engagement tech, Resource matching and sharing, The Tech
Gabinete de Inovação
web.archive.org/web/20220326053150/https://gabinetedeinovacao.org

Gabinete de Inovação

um laboratório que reunirá mandatos das casas legislativas de todo o país para que compartilhem e construam caminhos para a inovação nos parlamentos brasileiros

Asa Sul, Brasilia - Federal District, Brazil
Build something, Engagement tech, Innovation teams and labs
Civis
civis.vote/consultations/list

Civis

Civis is a platform that enables citizens to understand and share feedback with the government on laws and policy decisions.

Mumbai
Engagement tech, Legal tech, Participatory democracy
Impact Management Project
impactmanagementproject.com

Impact Management Project

Building consensus for how we measure and manage impact

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, Evaluate impact
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