Civic Tech Field Guide
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Different resources and tools that can be used broadly by civic tech practitioners including opportunities to fund civic tech projects, awards, community surveys, and calendars of relevant events.
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This paper argues that accounts of deliberative mini-publics misdiagnose the crisis by framing it primarily as a procedural deficit, neglecting a deeper dimension that populism exploits: the erosion of collective political agency.
govreposcrape
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧Semantic code search over 24,500+ UK government repositories.
Online for Offline: What local communities are telling us about digital tools, AI, and novel civic tech
United States of America 🇺🇸Why hasn’t technology fixed our civic participation problem?
[W]e decided to create a field guide to share what we’ve learned about what really sustains a project: its governance.
Strategic Framework and Implementation Roadmap
Open Gov Guide
Washington, DCThe Open Gov Guide is the “how-to” resource on applying open government principles to real-world challenges.
London Funders
LondonLondon Funders is the only cross-sector network for funders and investors in London’s civil society.
Project Geospatial
VirginiaA non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing geospatial education for a better world.
Predictions for Journalism 2026
Harvard University, Cambridge, MANiemanLab's annual series has a fun new visual format: "Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in digital media what they think is coming in the year ahead."
The On Think Tanks State of the Sector Report 2025 provides an overview of how think tanks worldwide are navigating an increasingly polarised environment, as well as a comprehensive snapshot of the sector’s current state and future prospects.
Open Youth Infrastructure (OYI)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧By exploring what truly helps or hinders youth organisations from sharing data openly, we aim to create practical solutions informed by governance, design, data, and sustainability, ensuring that every young person can access the support they need when they need it.
ScaleDem
ViennaWe are looking for the missing link between research and practice With the goal of developing practical tools and support actions for policymakers, practitioners, and advocacy actors. We work to equip them with the means to extend the impact of proven solutions beyond the confines of pilot projects.
Global Citizens' Assembly Network (GloCAN)
Birmingham, UKThe Global Citizens’ Assembly Network (GloCAN) is a research collective that generates actionable insights to inform policymakers, funders, process designers, advocates and the wider community of practice designing, implementing, and evaluating global citizens’ assemblies.
OECD.AI is an online interactive platform dedicated to promoting trustworthy, human-centric artificial intelligence (AI).
Since 2001, the United Nations E-Government Survey has provided a comprehensive assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 Member States.
EU System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE)
Raamweg 16, Den HaagThe EU System for an Enabling Environment is designed to document changes and shed light on critical trends in the enabling environment for civil society across 86 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas and the Caribbean.
Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance
Montreal, QC, CanadaFrom world-leading experts in deliberative democracy, civic technology, and AI governance we introduce a seven-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes like citizen’s assemblies and civic tech can strengthen AI governance.
Civic Tech Project & Community Handbook
Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼From Taiwan’s g0v Community to the World: The Collaborative Wisdom of Digital Citizens
Guía para el Desarrollo de Espacios Participativos
Argentina 🇦🇷Abordaje conceptual y metodológico para la incorporación de las preferencias de la ciudadanía en políticas públicas
A $9.8 Trillion Opportunity. World Economic Forum report (2025)
Founded in 1895, it is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations and one of the largest ones measured by the number of people represented: 1 billion cooperative members on the planet.
An IREX Venture are identifying how we can support the development community to surface potential strategic partnerships or mergers that can strengthen resilience.
Ever wonder, “How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?” If so, check out this new research from the Canadian Digital Service! It includes 5 case studies of partnerships between the Canadian government and civic tech groups, plus tools to assess if civic tech might be a good partner for a government initiative. Find it here: https://digital.canada.ca/2025/01/23/how-can-civic-tech-help-improve-government-service-delivery/
Code for America Innovator Awards
San FranciscoThe Code for America Innovator Awards honor groups or individuals that are shaping the path forward in the government and civic tech community.
The Open Source AI Definition
West HollywoodThe OSAID offers a standard by which community-led, open and public evaluations will be conducted to validate whether or not an AI system can be deemed Open Source AI.
Digital Public Infrastructure Map
55-56 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4HP, UKGovernments across the globe are on their way to building national-scale digital infrastructure. A comprehensive view of the state of DPI, however, is missing. The DPI Map addresses this.
America's Healthy Democracy Ecosystem Map
Washington, DCOur goal is to identify, categorize, and quantify existing organizations, networks, and funders who work to promote and protect healthy democracy in America. We aim to create a compelling, interactive resource that educates and empowers users to engage in democracy.
Open Government for Stronger Democracies
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceAn OECD global assessment of countries' implementation of its 2017 Recommendation on Open Government
Market research of existing Civic Technologies for participation
Scotland 🏴The Scottish Government's Digital Directorate's analysis of 31 digital participation platforms
Actionable Steps to Make Technology Work for Democracy
Washington, DCAn Interactive Workbook by International Republican Institute
Our mission is to promote and advance public participation / community engagement globally through targeted initiatives that are guided by culturally adaptive standards of practice and core values.
IAP2 adalah asosiasi anggota internasional yang mempromosikan dan meningkatkan praktik partisipasi publik atau pelibatan masyarakat, yang menggabungkan individu, pemerintah, lembaga, dan entitas lain yang memengaruhi kepentingan publik di seluruh dunia.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) South Africa
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa
Nace como una forma de contribuir a desplegar las habilidades y competencias necesarias en personas y agrupaciones de diversa índole que desean ser protagonistas de la construcción del futuro para sus comunidades, territorios y países.
IAP2 USA is a nationwide organization that leads, advances and advocates for best practices in public participation. It is a home and community for people who believe good decisions can be made together.
As the peak body for the community and stakeholder engagement sector, IAP2 Australasia, believes that engagement, when done well, improves environmental, social and governance outcomes and increases trust in the democratic process.
The IAAA is a community of practice that aims to advance and organise the algorithmic auditing profession, promote AI auditing standards, certify best practices and contribute to the emergence of Responsible AI.
Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.
Recognizing organizations that support politicians to empower citizens and develop better policies for people and the planet.
The Decelerator
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧The Decelerator is a free support service for civil society organisations. We offer information, tools and hands-on support for better endings.
Research by Rebecca Rumbul of mySociety - As part of the joint mySociety and Democratic Society project Public Square - this literature review provides an overview of current academic research into the themes relevant to the goal of developing a meaningful, participative and collaborative digital environment, and draws out salient points to inform the development of tools and approaches to be created as part of the project.
Stewarding Loss
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧Focused on promoting conversation and action when it comes to the ending of organisations in civil society.
Examples of Civic Tech Communities-Governments Collaboration Around The World
Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼This publication showcases how governments and civic tech communities around the world can work together to build digital services and projects.
Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
Washington, DC"Bringing nonprofit professionals together to ensure great nonprofits thrive" - Includes Action Network, Sum of Us, The Movement Cooperative, and other workforces
Ampliando Democracia
MadridAmpliando Democracia es un proyecto que promueve la reflexión sobre cómo mejorar la gobernanza, las políticas públicas y la calidad democrática a través de una participación ciudadana más profunda, inclusiva y sólida.
A report for lawmakers, governments and policymakers at national and European level, 2023
Growing & Sustaining African Civic Tech
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦A Playbook for learning about funding and financing options for the African civic technology community.
Every year, we track innovations and changes across the political tech space, recognizing the need to capture the developments in this fast-changing industry. This report focuses on the historic 2022 midterm cycle.
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