We develop methods and tools for a participatory evaluation of public policies by local communities and the final beneficiaries of the interventions

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Procurement oversight

Welcome to the world's leading organization for Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Strategies, Policy, Research and Technologies.

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Accelerators
• Hubs

The Carpentries teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.

• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out
• Digital literacy

A training institute for the progressive movement

• Advocacy tech
• The craft of organizing

Check our Movement Job Board for movement/organizing jobs across the country!

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Join us as the Smart Cities Council team and members from around the world talk to the people and places advancing the application of science, data, technology, and engineering aiming to create a safer, more beautiful, enabled, and resilient future for everyone.

• Learn about civic tech
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Podcasts

The intelligence infrastructure for democratic competition

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

NECE is a multi-stakeholder network for civic educators to connect, learn and grow.

• Learn about civic tech
• Civic literacy

What is The Future for Cities? podcast is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.

• Learn about civic tech
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Podcasts

Our mission is to empower the next generation of young pro-democracy leaders across Central and Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus by equipping them with the tools, networks, and opportunities to engage meaningfully in civic and political life at local, national, and European levels.

• Democracy organizations
• Peer networks

MediKey is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare organizations identify eligible patients, automate Medicaid enrollment and recertification, and prevent coverage loss while reducing uncompensated care.

• Access social benefits

PolicyLink is a national research and action institute working to advance the laws, policies, and public demand necessary to realize a nation that governs for all.

• Democracy organizations

We are Republicans, former Republicans, and conservatives committed to protecting every American’s right to vote.

• Voting and elections
• Democracy organizations

The V-Dem Graphing Tools is a platform for making data visualization intuitive, accessible and easy to use

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a collaborative fund with a mission of building permanent state-based civic engagement and voting rights infrastructure in historically underrepresented communities.

• Get funding
• Voting and elections
• Funders & donors

A Deliberation Platform for AI Agents

• Artificial Intelligence
• Deliberation
• Agentic AI

At Issue One, we’re building bipartisan power to strengthen the foundations of American democracy — because fixing our broken political system starts with all of us.

• Democracy organizations

Varieties of Party Identity and Organization (V-Party) is a dataset examining the policy positions and organizational structures of political parties across the world.

• Civic data
• Research tools
• Open civic data

V-Dem provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule.

• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech
• Evaluate impact

Includes the world's most comprehensive and detailed democracy ratings.

• Civic data
• Evaluate impact
• Open civic data

We're working on behalf of the American people to hold our government accountable

• Voting and elections
• Democracy organizations

We advocate for Legislative Transparency and Open Parliament

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Government transparency

This interactive map is designed to provide evidence on where housing is most needed.

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Urban planning

In particular, this paper outlines a joint qualitative and quantitative study for understanding “Interested Bystanders,” or that portion of the population that is paying attention to the world around them, but not regularly voicing their opinions or taking action.

• Learn about civic tech
• User research

SmartRaise grows regular fundraising income for your campaign by making giving easy – so you can focus on making a difference.

• Advocacy tech
• Get funding
• Campaign fundraising

The Project Liberty Alliance consists of over 175+ organizations—tech companies, policy groups, impact initiatives, academic institutions, and more—committed to a people-centered internet.

• Meet the others
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

Advancing research and practice at the intersection of media, technology, and democracy.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Building Movements, Winning Change

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign organizations

We believe in building a better future by placing the power of the collective at the heart of decision-making.

• Participatory democracy
• Civic apps outfits
• Participation consultants

The city's meeting place and workshop for democracy and participation in the heart of Copenhagen Northwest. In the garages, where there used to be a blacksmith and car repair shop, we are now experimenting with new formats of democracy.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Hubs

DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society has been pioneering media & journalism research, innovation and best-practice since 2015.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

We are Canadians keeping tech accountable, towards better democracy for all.

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

Twice-monthly Substack on: Regulation & policy, Resources & tools, Model & product news, Societal impacts

• Artificial Intelligence
• Learn about civic tech
• Tech or Digital Policy

We are committed to the innovation of democracy and the transformation of governance.

• Participatory democracy
• Innovation teams and labs
• Deliberation

UM6P School of Collective Intelligence – SCI trains future changemakers to solve complex challenges through interdisciplinary methods, data-driven insights, and collective problem-solving.

• Academia
• Collective intelligence

/e/OS is an open-source mobile operating system paired with carefully selected applications.

• Digital security and privacy
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

A Bluesky feed of verified news publications

• Media
• Journalism
• Civic features

I am a facilitator and engagement expert with a firm belief communities and stakeholders will find the best way forward together if given the chance to listen and be heard and if provided with the tools and processes to progress from the problem space to an agreed solution.

• Participatory democracy
• Building in the private sector
• Participation consultants

Building a democratic future through citizen deliberation.

• Participatory democracy
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

Open-source tools for AI-powered civic data access

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data
• Open government data

Automated label service allowing you to hide Twitter and other screenshots.

• Crowdsourcing
• Social media
• Content moderation

Unify America brings thousands of Americans together with interactive experiences that help them build and flex their civic muscles so we can work together to tackle our country’s biggest challenges.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

Transparent, fact-based tracking of Reform UK officials.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency

We're building a public, inspectable ranking of civic and political technology projects — the kind of tools that help citizens understand institutions, participate in democracy, and hold power to account.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluate impact

Upload shapes, join data, color your map.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

At Belenga Dev, we craft innovative solutions that transform data into actionable insights.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector

Words of Mouth is a weekly newsletter sharing humane professional and creative opportunities across design, the arts, education, information, and the built environment.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Fais un don de 15 euros ou plus et reçois tes chaussettes de vote en retour

• Voting and elections
• Civic tech gifts

Truly sustainable funding for critical OSS through a community‑driven endowment

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Open source

Open Source United (OSU) is a UN-wide initiative to coordinate and scale open source efforts across the United Nations system.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools