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Perhaps the core premise of civic tech is that it can improve civic engagement. Whether in concert with formal governmental bodies or independent of them, civic tech promises to help citizens (in the Latin sense, of the city) engage with one another to share power in the pursuit of building just societies.

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A collection of case studies demonstrating where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens
The Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit is an excellent collection of guides and resources for equitably engaging communities in order to share power.

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Podemos

Madrid

Contigo, construimos el cambio político en nuestro país. Sí se puede. ¡Podemos!

Instituții Publice

Romania 🇷🇴

Navighează profilele celor 14.000+ instituții publice și evaluează eficiența, profesionalismul și integritatea acestora din prisma propriei experiențe.

Ecrivons Angers

Angers, France

Angers participatory budget - a Decidim instance

Decidim

Represent by Pro Publica

155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

See what your representatives in Congress say and do.

Betri Reykjavík (Better Reykjavik)

Reykjavik

Better Reykjavik allows citizens to propose the policies that matter to them

Your Priorities

Rock the Vote registration widget

A Simple Solution for Modern Voter Registration

US Election 2020

IndieGogo

Crowdfund innovations in tech and design before they go mainstream, and buy hundreds of unique products shipping now from Indiegogo's Marketplace.

Grand Débat National

France 🇫🇷

À l'initiative du Président de la République, le Gouvernement engage un Grand Débat National permettant à toutes et tous de débattre de questions essentielles pour les Français.

MetroQuest

Vancouver

MetroQuest is public involvement software with a track record of award-winning planning projects. Engage thousands, gain insight, build community support.

Vote.org

Washington, DC

Australia Digital Transformation Agency

50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT, Australia

At the Digital Transformation Agency, we help government improve digital services to make them simple, clear and fast.

Ulule

Ulule: The 1st European crowdfunding site. Already 24208 projects funded with success. Make good things happen!

Pokket

75 5th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

recidivism

Decidim

Barcelona

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

Decidim

World Economic Forum White Paper on Digital Policy Playbook

Connecticut Data Collaborative

Connecticut

Connecting people & data for good

UnionBase

Washington, DC

the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles

labor

Disqus

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

Gebiedonline

Amsterdam

De leukste buurt maak je samen, op een buurtplatform van gebiedonline.

Dokeza

Kenya 🇰🇪

A legislation commenting platform in Kenya

Jarokelo.hu

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

Grassroot

Johannesburg

Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists.

Facebook Groups

Palo Alto

Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board

OpenParlamento

Rome

Cosa fanno i tuoi rappresentanti? Tutte le attività parlamentari aggiornate quotidianamente.

Citizen Observatory Madrid

Madrid

In this panel called Citizen Observatory, a group of people chosen at random will approach and provide solutions to key issues for the life of the citizens of Madrid.

ResistBot

I'm Resistbot. Text RESIST to 50409 and I'll help you contact your officials.

Vote Compass

Vote Compass is an award-winning application, showing you how your views align with those of the candidates running for election.

World Bank talent network

This Expert Network Accelerates The Search For Talent. Case study by GovLab

Copy, Paste, Legislate

Phoenix, AZ

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

Hromadski Project (Громадський проект)

1991 Civic Tech Center, вулиця Мечникова, Kyiv, Ukraine

One IT solution for all participatory budgeting activities. Available as SaaS or self-hosted.

Bang the Table EngagementHQ

Australia 🇦🇺

Our complete suite of listening, information, analysis, reporting and relationship management features enable you to mix and match precisely the right online tools for your community engagement objectives.

US FDA's device approval process

The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY

Connecting Expertise to Government

Polco

Middleton, WI

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy.

GoFundMe

GoFundMe: The most trusted free online fundraising platform. Start a successful crowdfunding campaign on the site with over $5 Billion Raised. Read our guarantee!

PeakMetrics

Los Angeles

PeakMetrics tracks news and government action around the clock, so you save time and react faster.

Public Square

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Public Square is a two-year action research programme that explores how to improve participation at a local government level.

research

Mzalendo

Kenya 🇰🇪

Mzalendo is a non-partisan entity that keeps an eye on Kenyan Parliament with a mission to facilitate public participation in Parliamentary processes through Information Sharing, Research and Networking.

Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

Ballotpedia

8383 Greenway Blvd, Middleton, Wisconsin

The encyclopedia of American politics

NewFounders EveryElection app

‎Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about EveryElection

apps

Offene Wahlen Österreich

Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹

Offene Wahlen Österreich ist ein Community-Projekt von Forum Informationsfreiheit, das sich für offene Daten und Transparenz bei Wahlen einsetzt.

Place Speak

New City Ventures, Attn: PlaceSpeak, 1005 Cypress Street, Vancouver, BC, V6J 3K5, CANADA

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

place-based

Legge regionale sulla partecipazione

Bologna, Italy

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

FixMyStreet

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

The UK’s street fault reporting website (rebranded as FixMyCommunity)

New Zealand Digital Service Design Tools

New Zealand 🇳🇿

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

Block Party

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

Nos Députés

17 Rue Corneille, 31100 Toulouse, France

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.