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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I Change My City
ichangemycity.com

I Change My City

Make your city better

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
since 2012
Communicating with the government, Engagement tech, Govtech
apps, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Democracy and Digital Media conference
media-in-transition-10.mit.edu

Democracy and Digital Media conference

To have been major transformations in global media infrastructure, the platformization of the Internet, and the ubiquity of the mobile phone.

42 Second Street, East Cambridge, MA 02141
Conferences, In-person meetings, Media
Froide
github.com/okfde/froide

Froide

Froide is a Freedom Of Information Portal using Django 3.2 on Python 3.8+. It is used by the German and the Austrian FOI site, but it is fully internationalized and written in English.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
since 2011
Advocacy tech, Access to information, The Tech
DataSketch
datasketch.co

DataSketch

With Datasketch Apps you can create data visualizations in seconds and empower users to analyze data faster with access to open information repositories curated by journalists and researchers.

Bogotá
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
Access to Information Community of Practice
Delib Suite
delib.net

Delib Suite

Makers of Citizen Space, Dialogue, and Simulator.

Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH
since 2004
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Digital participation platforms
TICTeC 25
News Provenance Project (NPP)
newsprovenanceproject.com

News Provenance Project (NPP)

The News Provenance Project seeks to diminish the spread of misinformation by empowering readers to make more informed, confident judgments about the news they see online.

New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY
Blockchain, Fight disinformation, Emerging tech
Brella
brella.io

Brella

An online conference platform

Engagement tech, Tech for your meetings, The Tech
CredCon
web.archive.org/web/20220121022815/https://www.credcon.org

CredCon

#CredCon is an ongoing two-day hackathon that considers the impact of technology on news and information sources online and explores themes such as trust, reliability, accuracy and credibility.

405 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78701
Conferences, Fight disinformation, In-person meetings
Outfox AI
outfox.ai

Outfox AI

Outfox AI is an intuitive, low-cost Facebook ad-buying platform for down-ballot progressive campaigns and causes.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Advertising, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech
partisan
Solutions Journalism Network
solutionsjournalism.org

Solutions Journalism Network

Solutions Journalism Network: We train and connect journalists to cover what’s missing in today’s news: how people are responding to problems.

since 2013
Media, Solutions journalism, The Tech
id kaart Estonia
web.archive.org/web/20170308120803/https://www.gemalto.com/govt/customer-cases/estonia-eid

id kaart Estonia

Discover the Estonian eID (Estonian: ID-kaart), its major applications and benefits for all citizens.

since 2014
Engagement tech, Govtech, Identity
K-Monitor mobile app
k.blog.hu/2014/10/30/mobilapp

K-Monitor mobile app

Örömmel tudatjuk, hogy – a K-Monitor webes felületének közelgő megújulásával szinkronban – a mai naptól elérhető a K-Monitor új okostelefonos alkalmazása

Budapest
since 2014
Advocacy tech, Civic maps, Mapping
apps
Data Cívica
datacivica.org

Data Cívica

Más datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Adjacent Fields, Digital literacy, Emerging Tech report orgs
human rights, trainings
Climate Change AI
climatechange.ai

Climate Change AI

Climate Change AI aims to facilitate work at the nexus of climate change and machine learning.

Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, The Tech
NeosLab
lab.neos.eu

NeosLab

Das NEOS Lab, die Parteiakademie der NEOS, schafft Raum für politische Entfaltung, um neue Lösungen für eine neue Politik zu entwickeln.

Vienna
since 2006
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
Marsad Majles
majles.marsad.tn/2019

Marsad Majles

“Marsad Majles” is Al Bawsala's project to monitor Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA).

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie
Advocacy tech, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Engagement tech
Smart cities: Digital solutions for a more livable future
mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/smart-cities-digital-solutions-for-a-more-livable-future

Smart cities: Digital solutions for a more livable future

a McKinsey report

Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors, The Tech
city, reports, Sustainable cities and communities
Stae
stae.co

Stae

Make your data as dynamic as your city.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2015
Civic and social impact companies, Civic data, Data visualization
CYRILLA (Collaborative Cyberrights Research Initiative and Localized Legal Almanac)
cyrilla.org

CYRILLA (Collaborative Cyberrights Research Initiative and Localized Legal Almanac)

The CYRILLA Collaborative is a global initiative that seeks to map and analyze the impacts of legal frameworks in digital environments by aggregating, organizing, and visualizing distributed legal dat...

Global
since 2019
Civic data, Govtech, Open justice
Wahlkarte
codeforkarlsruhe.github.io/wahlkarte

Wahlkarte

Analysen und Visualisierungen der Daten zur Bundestagswahl 2017 in Karlsruhe. Größte Änderungen, Wechselwähler, Erststimmen und mehr Statistiken.

since 2017
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections
GOOD.is
good.is

GOOD.is

News for the global citizen covering stories from business, environment, politics, art, design, culture, technology, education, urban issues and the latest news

since 2006
Media, Solutions journalism, The Tech
Europol Trace an Object
europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse

Europol Trace an Object

The most innocent clues can sometimes help crack a case

Eisenhowerlaan 73, The Hague, Netherlands
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, Govtech
Direct Democracy Database
idea.int/data-tools/data/direct-democracy

Direct Democracy Database

The Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries.

Stockholm
since 2019
Adjacent Fields, Civic literacy, Parliamentary and legislative tech
openDemocracy
opendemocracy.net/e

openDemocracy

Through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, we seek to educate citizens to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world.

The Print House, 18 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL United Kingdom
Media, The Tech, Journalism
Labor Research Action Network Mailing List
actionnetwork.org/groups/labor-research-action-network-lran

Labor Research Action Network Mailing List

The mailing list hosted by Action Network, an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.

Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, The Tech
labor
Participa Portugal
participa.pt

Participa Portugal

A maneira fácil de participar nas consultas públicas lançadas em Portugal

Portugal 🇵🇹
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Digital participation platforms
apps
MoCho: Mobility Choices and Societal Impacts
media.mit.edu/projects/mobcho/overview

MoCho: Mobility Choices and Societal Impacts

This tool helps predict the choices of mobility modes made at the individual level throughout the entire Boston Metro area.

MIT Media Lab
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
mobility
Sourcemap
sourcemap.com

Sourcemap

Supply chain mapping software that enables companies to trace products to the source – tracking social, financial, and environmental risks every step of the way

since 2011
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
supply chain
UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala radio analysis with machine learning
radio.unglobalpulse.net/uganda/case-studies

UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala radio analysis with machine learning

We analysed people’s public discussions about refugees as the crisis started and high influx of refugees fled into Uganda in mid July 2016.

Kampala, Uganda
since 2016
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
United Nations
Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS)
pdis.nat.gov.tw

Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS)

To connect Taiwan and the world, PDIS incubates and facilitates public digital innovation and service, optimises the processes and tools of the public service with design thinking, guides the public s...

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
since 2016
Build something, Engagement tech, Innovation teams and labs
Turing Institute AI for science and government (ASG)
web.archive.org/web/20220329194725/https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/asg

Turing Institute AI for science and government (ASG)

A major integrated research programme with a goal to deploy AI and data science in priority areas to support the UK economy.

The Alan Turing Institute, Euston Road, London, UK
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
Civic Capital
civic.capital

Civic Capital

Civic Capital is a call to fundamentally shift the way we understand the value embedded into civic assets, how it can be actualized, captured and redistributed.

Advocacy tech, Specific campaigns, The Tech
fintech
Salsa Labs
salsalabs.com/home

Salsa Labs

Salsa Labs is a technology company that creates powerful donor management, online fundraising, and online advocacy tools for nonprofits helping them Engage and Change the World.

7920 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
since 2003
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Email campaign tools
CivTechSA
civtech-sa.com

CivTechSA

The Innovation Bridge Between the City of San Antonio and its Residents

110 E Houston St. San Antonio, TX 78205
Build something, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Placemeter
web.archive.org/web/20200807001033/http://www.placemeter.com:80

Placemeter

Placemeter is an open urban intelligence platform. Create your account to automatically quantify pedestrian and vehicular movement for a selected area: streets, parks, stores, and much more.

425 Broadway, New York, NY
since 2012
Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors, The Tech
Silicon Valley Talent Partnership
web.archive.org/web/20210412192023/https://jointventure.org/initiatives/silicon-valley-talent-partnership

Silicon Valley Talent Partnership

Established in 1993, Joint Venture Silicon Valley provides analysis and action on issues affecting our region’s economy and quality of life.

since 2013
Engagement tech, Resource matching and sharing, The Tech
The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
smartenoughcity.mitpress.mit.edu

The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

since 2020
Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors, The Tech
books, city
Clearspending Russia
clearspending.ru

Clearspending Russia

Автоматизированный мониторинг и аналитика по заключенным госконтрактам – инструменты для общественного анализа, выявления злоупотреблений, борьбы с коррупцией и неэффективным расходованием государстве...

Moscow
since 2014
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
Bitfury land registry in Georgia
exonum.com/story-georgia

Bitfury land registry in Georgia

The blockchain-based land-titling project is being presented at both Harvard and the United Nations.

Georgia (Sakartvelo) 🇬🇪
since 2016
Blockchain, Emerging tech, The Tech
Visual Town Budget
arlingtonvisualbudget.org

Visual Town Budget

Open-source budget visualization framework

Arlington, MA
Advocacy tech, Budget explorers, The Tech
Mapping LA
maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods

Mapping LA

This re­gion­al view is your portal to in­di­vidu­al maps and stat­ist­ics for 158 cit­ies and un­in­cor­por­ated places and 114 neigh­bor­hoods with­in the city of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, CA
since 2019
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
HateLab
hatelab.net

HateLab

Harnessing Data Science to Measure and Counter Hate Speech & Crime

Civic data, Data science for social good, Emerging Tech Report Projects
harassment, racial equity
Google Trends
trends.google.com/trends

Google Trends

Explore what the world is searching

Mountain View, CA
Listening, Media, Media and social media analysis
commercial, Google
Vermont report on blockchain experiments
legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Legislative-Reports/blockchain-technology-report-final.pdf

Vermont report on blockchain experiments

Vermont
since 2016
Blockchain, Emerging tech, The Tech
state
Secure Messaging? More Like A Secure Mess.
eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/secure-messaging-more-secure-mess

Secure Messaging? More Like A Secure Mess.

EFF Guide to Messaging

since 2019
Adjacent Fields, Chat and messaging, Digital security and privacy
Represent Canada
represent.opennorth.ca

Represent Canada

Find the elected officials and electoral districts for any Canadian address or postal code, at all levels of government

Canada 🇨🇦
since 2012
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
Washington D.C.'s FOIA portal
dc.gov/page/freedom-information-act-foia

Washington D.C.'s FOIA portal

The District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, DC Code §§ 2-531-539, provides that any person has the right to request access to records.

Washington, DC
since 2014
Advocacy tech, Access to information, The Tech
DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project
courtwatchdc.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/court-monitoring-programs-achievements-across-the-country

DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project

The mission of the DC Domestic Violence Court Watch Project is to create transparency and data-driven information through court monitoring to ensure that all victims of domestic violence have equal ac...

Washington, DC
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, Govtech
State Decoded
docs.statedecoded.com/xml-format.html

State Decoded

The State Decoded parser can either be modified to use bespoke PHP to parse a legal code in its native format, or it can parse a prescribed XML format.

since 2017
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
Single Stop
singlestop.org

Single Stop

Single Stop brings together America's most effective anti-poverty tools to create economic mobility for families and individuals.

since 2007
Engagement tech, Access social benefits, The Tech
No poverty, Decade-Plus Club, Robin Hood Foundation
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