The system has been extensively utilized by disaster management authorities, enabling the dissemination of over 134 billion SMS alerts, till date, in more than 19 Indian languages during natural disasters, weather warnings, and cyclonic events.

• Govtech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Communicating with the people

The platform for authentic online political discussions

• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the people
• Citizen Engagement

DCinbox Insights tracks how members of Congress communicate with constituents by highlighting what’s emphasized, what’s shifting, and what those changes reveal about emerging political narratives.

• Govtech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Communicating with the people

La Oficina de Participación y Diálogo de Ciudad de la Secretaría Distrital de Planeación, OPDC, es el espacio que lidera y orienta la participación ciudadana en la toma de decisiones para el desarrollo urbano y territorial en Bogotá.

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people

Official consultations of Parisians

• local
• city

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

The map of public engagement activities created (similar to this map showing parliaments’ access to academic research) will enable the International Parliament Engagement Network to foster lesson sharing, knowledge exchange and collaborations.

• comparative

• Engagement tech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Academia

Empowering communities to influence the development of AI initiatives, through access to education and training.

• workshops
• TICTeC 25

• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the people
• Governance of AI

Eurobarometer is the polling instrument used by the European Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe on issues related to the European Union as well as attitudes on subjects of political or social nature.

• Surveys & polling
• Communicating with the people
• Listening

With wireless survey devices, we make it easy to gather the opinions of more and different people.

• place-based

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Surveys & polling

Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.

• workshops
• state
• local

• Communicating with the people
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Civic imagination

Renters that received an informational postcard were 52% more likely to request an application for rental assistance and 24% more likely to submit an application than renters that did not receive a postcard.

• housing

• Access social benefits
• Communicating with the people
• Democratic Innovations

Renovate the Public Hearing is an initiative created by the Centre for Dialogue to act as a convener and catalyst to pilot changes to the provincial local government land-use public hearing requirements as a means to enhance social justice, community-building and strengthen democratic culture.

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Democratic Innovations

Mobilný rozhlas pre obce

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Communicating with the people

A Social Ecosystem connecting Voters, Elected Representatives, Thought Leaders and Authorized Organizations

• apps
• commercial

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people
• Social networks

The official Biden-Harris administration Reddit account, launched to provide updates on Hurricanes Milton and Helene

• Reddit
• hurricanes

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Verified government accounts

The US government's emergency response department has taken to the internet to fight an unprecedented amount of information about 2024 hurricanes.

• hurricanes
• United States (federal government)

• Fight disinformation
• Communicating with the people

We are a research collective dedicated to providing public communication campaigns with rigorous, state-of-the-art tools for message development. Our methodology combines machine learning, crowdsourcing, and adaptive randomized controlled trials.

• Fight disinformation
• Narrative tech
• Communicating with the people

Our best-performing model can potentially help TSU find 59% more buildings where tenants face landlord harassment than the current outreach method using the same resources.

• housing

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

POPVOX Foundation is working with legislative offices, support institutions, civil society, academics, and tech innovators to explore the future landscape of two-way engagement between representatives and constituents.

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

Our platform, fueled solely by public and certified documents, simplifies complex subjects with different levels of answers tailored to everyone.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the people
• Access to laws

This update allows you to create professional-grade press releases in a matter of minutes with minimal effort and editing.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Communicating with the people

The City of Philadelphia aims to improve collaboration with communities. This website shares guidance on how to engage communities equitably.

• city

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

Javna rasprava Lokal je web platforma koja je pokrenuta kao alat za poboljšanja dvosmjerne komunikacije između građana/ki i donosioca/teljki odluka na lokalnom nivou.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Government transparency

Find out for free what is being built and knocked down in your area and receive email alerts when something new is planned.

• place-based

• Communicating with the people
• Urban planning
• Service alerts

L'application Agora permet aux Français de s'exprimer sur des sujets à forts enjeux en participant à des consultations et en posant des questions au Gouvernement.

• apps

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the government

Code for Korea's project digitizing government gazettes '공보’란 국가기관과 지방자치단체가 대국민에 정부의 소식을 알려주는 소식지를 말합니다.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Communicating with the people

Public Option for AI (PO4AI) is an immersive experience designed for elected officials and city staff to explore how residents’ voices might be centered in decision-making around public-interest technologies.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Korean app to match young people to politicians in their area and discussing their issues

• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections
• Communicating with the people

The Common Measurements Tool (CMT) is a survey instrument built specifically for the public sector that can be used across the full range of service areas, service channels, and client types

• Govtech
• Surveys & polling
• Communicating with the people

LocalView is a database co-created by Soubhik Barari and Tyler Simko to advance the study of local government in the United States. It is the largest dataset of local government public meetings — the central policy-making process in American local government — as they are captured on video.

• YouTube

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Archives

A research article in the Journal of Deliberative Democracy by Espen Leirset

• Academia
• Peer-reviewed research
• Deliberation

Tecnologies obertes, democràcia participativa i cultura digital

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Communicating with the people
• Hubs

IT for Change’s Namma Mahiti Kendras are ICT-enabled information centers that aim to break down the barriers to citizens’ right-claiming processes.

• place-based

• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits
• Communicating with the people

BARI has worked closely with the Mayor’s Office of New urban Mechanics and the 311 system examine how Bostonians contribute to the maintenance of the public spaces and infrastructure of neighborhoods—that is, custodianship in the urban commons.

• public space

• Civic data
• Communicating with the people
• Urban planning

GDS service for government users to notify constituents

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Service alerts

Loop’s feedback platform is revolutionising accountability in humanitarian aid and development by providing a space for accessible feedback, reliable complaints mechanisms and safe reporting of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH).

• Engagement tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Crowdsourcing

BoardTrack is a community board attendance tracking tool and data standard that helps community board staff submit attendance records to the Manhattan Borough President’s community board liaisons. In turn, liaisons can quickly analyze attendance history. By BetaNYC

• templates

• Communicating with the people
• Public meetings

Column is the first collaborative public notice platform helping publishers, governments and legal services work together to inform their communities.

• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the people

Communication gateway for municipalities

• Surveys & polling
• Communicating with the people
• Issue reporting

ŠEST komunikačních kanálů v jednom nástroji.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Communicating with the people

This section contains information about the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), an international standard that is used by IPAWS to send public alerts and warnings.

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Our program offers real-time tracking of school buses through a mobile web app. We hope that — in a small way — this creates a better experience for parents and students.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Participatory democracy

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

• housing

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the people

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 staff to stations, change train distribution and plan more efficient station design.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

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

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

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.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

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

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

coUrbanize is a community engagement platform that helps residents, real estate developers, city planners, and municipalities build better cities together.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Participatory democracy

Allows local governments to notify residents with important information

• civic features
• Facebook

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Communicating with the people