An open-source, real-time network observatory that monitors the resilience, latency, and routing health of Iceland's critical submarine internet cables.

• Data visualization
• Dashboards
• Foundational layers

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), founded in 1986, is the premier standards development organization (SDO) for the Internet.

• Foundational layers
• Predecessors & Pioneers
• Internet governance

The Keystone Internet Coalition (KIC) is an informal coalition of nonprofits, agencies, and individuals working to achieve digital equity in Pennsylvania.

• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

The PSAi is a new campaign by Columbia Journalism Review to use viral AI-generated images to teach people what to look for to ascertain real photos from fake. And it launched with a music video.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Media
• Generative AI

We bring together colleges and universities to make civic learning central to what higher education does and who students become.

• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers
• Civics education

At CodeYourFuture, they turn barriers into tech talent. Disadvantage into diverse workforce.

• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone
• Foundational layers

Apathy is Boring is a non-partisan, charitable organization that supports and educates youth to be active and contributing citizens in Canada’s democracy. Learn more

• youth

• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

Free and effective tools you can use right now to take action to improve the cybersecurity and integrity of your newsroom.

• Media
• Journalism
• Cybersecurity

GCA builds communities to deploy tools, services, and programs that provide cybersecurity at global scale.

• Cybersecurity
• Foundational layers

AnitaB.org is known for our Grace Hopper Celebration, and our various programs connecting, guiding and inspiring women and non-binary technologists.

• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) are non-profit organizations that provide a central resource for gathering information on cyber threats (in many cases to critical infrastructure) as well as allow two-way sharing of information between the private and the public sector about root causes, incidents and threats, as well as sharing experience, knowledge and analysis. In many EU Member States, ISAC or similar initiatives exist.

• Adjacent Fields
• Cybersecurity
• Foundational layers

National Digital Inclusion Alliance advances digital equity by supporting community programs and equipping policymakers to act.

• Foundational layers
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Connectivity

This set of free tools, guidance, and training is designed to help organizations take key cybersecurity steps and be more secure.

• guides

• Cybersecurity
• Foundational layers

Sets out best practices and actions online platforms can take to implement more robust support for Human Rights Defenders under threat

• human rights
• reports
• United States (federal government)

• Digital security and privacy
• Foundational layers

Beloved Community offers a number of consulting services to support organizations and communities to drive change within organizations by providing teams with custom coaching and the necessary thought leadership to advance equity journeys.

• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Civil society research outfits

The first virtual DEI assessment for the workplace with an emphasis on mutual accountability.

• racial equity
• Gender Equality

• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

Democracy Only Works When We Do

• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

A family of interrelated justice-seeking organizations that both independently and collectively work to reimagine and reconstruct a more inclusive and equitable technology sector.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Foundational layers

A11yBuddy is the software behind an innovative web portal that empowers everyone to report and track digital accessibility issues.

• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Measure the Internet, save the data, and make it universally accessible and useful.

• Foundational layers
• Connectivity
• Open knowledge

Moja WiFi is a turnkey Solution for monetizing public WiFi networks

• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

The aim of the project Improving Inclusion of EU Mobile Citizens (IMPEU) is to foster political participation of EU mobile citizens and enhance capacity and knowledge of civil servants and relevant national, regional and local experts on EU citizenship and related political rights.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

The findings from our study are intended to provide insights to developers and designers to improve the accessibility and inclusivity of digital platforms from the perspective of language.

• reports

• Graveyard
• Foundational layers
• Translation and linguistic representation

Strengthening Digital Infrastructure and Open Source Ecosystems in the Public Interest

• Get funding
• Build something
• Funders & donors

A practical toolkit for the global civic tech community

• guides

• Foundational layers
• Inactive Projects Archive
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

We create free language-learning software for Indigenous communities around the world.

• Decade-Plus Club

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

Aira connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience – completely hands-free assistance at the touch of a button.

• blind

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

A non-profit, tuition-free coding school for women and gender diverse adults. They focus on serving low-income people, underrepresented minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

• Gender Equality
• trainings
• youth

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Digital literacy

Centering the knowledges of marginalised communities from around the world. Re-imagining the internet to be for and from us all.

• women

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

All about changing communities, our workplaces, and the industry for the better.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

Responsive Policy Project (RPP) lifts the curtain on public policy, making it easy to find, understand, and engage with opaque policy documents. Ultimately, RPP aims to radically transform policy by changing who participates and how.

• Engagement tech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Government transparency

• Foundational layers
• Open internet

This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.

• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

The Michigan Moonshot aims to leverage public and private partnerships to connect everyone in rural Michigan, regardless of geography.

• rural

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Foundational layers

Somos una herramienta de información que busca que los ciudadanos tengan una visión clara y completa de la gestión de los funcionarios públicos en Colombia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

We support the research, design, development, and deployment of technology-focused projects that counter online censorship and combat repressive surveillance, to enable global internet users to exercise their fundamental human rights online.

• free speech

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding

CivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

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

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Free 7 month program turns refugee talent into tech professionals. 85% find jobs within 6 months after graduation.

• refugees

• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone
• Foundational layers

A free campaign for youth funded by Colin @kaepernick7 to raise awareness on self-empowerment 💪🏿 and interacting with law enforcement 🚔

• racial equity
• trainings
• youth

• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers
• Open justice

The Community Lab provides services that empower the community to become stronger and vibrant by focusing on cultivating deeper trust relationships, improving knowledge share and collaboration, and supporting and diversifying the next generation of leaders.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Foundational layers

Generation Citizen believes all students have the right to civics education that prepares them to participate in our democracy.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

The Code for Japan Brigade based in Nerima-ku, Tokyo

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Bringing sight to blind and low-vision people

• apps
• blind

• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers

Racial literacy is a new method for addressing the racially disparate impacts of technology.

• racial equity

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Foundational layers

San José’s ambitious goal is to bring broadband connectivity and digital skills to 50,000 households over the course of the next decade - and this initiative explicitly earmarks funding to achieve this goal.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy
• Foundational layers

The Smart City Digital Inclusion Maturity Model is a tool to help cities worldwide assess and benchmark their level of digital inclusion and ICT accessibility.

• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Maturity Assessment