State Capacity Ecosystem
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2026
Explore 77 projects in the Supporting public sector from outside government category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
Projects providing innovative solutions, software, or just additional resources to enhance the efficiency, accessibility, and effectiveness of public services, without being directly managed or implemented by governmental entities. This list is intended for projects supporting specific public sector initiatives, rather than more abstract concepts.
Search the State Capacity Ecosystem: build a sentence about who you are and what you need, or type a keyword, and get a starting point across 300+ organizations and the people on Connect.
The Digital Civic Infrastructure Initiative is a new Harvard Kennedy School program (in the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, led by Danielle Allen) helping local governments use technology to strengthen democracy, transparency, and citizen engagement, with an early output being Open Book, a free open-source municipal budget-transparency tool.
An organization providing pro bono services to NPOs to support social problem-solving, including activities to eliminate poverty.
Project promoting citizen-led use of technology to solve regional issues in Kanazawa.
Organization promoting civic tech as a citizen activity.
A fellowship program run by Code for Japan that supports nonprofit organizations in leveraging technology by dispatching IT engineers/designers.
An IT education project in collaboration with Taiwan's g0v, bringing together teachers, engineers, students, and citizens.
Hosted by code4japan, and held online on the fourth Saturday of each month, this is a collaborative space where anyone can bring ideas for social issues or community improvement, recruit team members, and co-create prototypes and services.
We help governments design and implement strategic, evidence-based and innovative policies to strengthen public governance, respond effectively to diverse and disruptive economic, social and environmental challenges and deliver on government’s commitments to citizens.