Civic Tech Field Guide
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https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/ICT-Applications/Pages/Initiatives/ITU_OSPO/Open-Source_AI_for_Public_Services/About_the_Initiative.aspxActive

Open-Source AI for Public Services (ITU AI)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-led multi-stakeholder initiative on Open-Source Generative AI for Public Services aims to develop an end-to-end, open-source implementation framework that enables public sector stakeholders to easily build and deploy their own GenAI solutions using modular, open-source software blueprints.

Geneva, Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Govtech, Internal government tech capacity, Open source, Open source AI, Open source networks
United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
https://www.democracywithoutborders.org/unwci-campaign/Active

Campaign for a UN World Citizens’ Initiative

​Democracy Without Borders campaign

Participatory democracy
United Nations
https://auth.humanitarian.id/Active

Humanitarian ID

Humanitarian ID is an authentication service managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).

New York City
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Identity
United Nations
https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/About/Overview/-E-Government-Development-IndexActive

E-Government Development Index

The E-Government Development Index presents the state of E-Government Development of the United Nations Member States.

Digital transformation, Evaluate impact, Govtech, Report cards and audits
United Nations
https://humanitarianaction.info/document/us-funding-freeze-global-survey#page-titleActive

US funding freeze global survey

OCHA carried out two global survey to assess the consequences of the US funding freeze on humanitarian action globally. The first round, in February, looked at the impact of the suspension orders and waivers. The second was launched in March following the announcement of the US grants’ termination, in collaboration with IOM, UNHCR and ICVA.

2025
Civic data, Dashboards, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Needs assessment
United Nations, Project 2025
https://unu.edu/egovActive

United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV)

As a forward-thinking policy-oriented entity, we lead innovation, actively exploring and advocating emerging technologies to transform public service delivery on a worldwide scale.

Guimarães, Portugal
2014
Civil society research outfits, Govtech, Participatory democracy
United Nations
https://radio.unglobalpulse.net/uganda/case-studies/Active

UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala radio analysis with machine learning

We analysed people’s public discussions about refugees as the crisis started and high influx of refugees fled into Uganda in mid July 2016.

Kampala, Uganda
2016
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Emerging tech, The Tech
United Nations
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/connecting-worlds-mentor/id1622382794Active

UNHCR Connecting Worlds Mentor

Connecting Worlds is an App from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that facilitates meaningful connections to support the next generation of refugee students.

Resource matching and sharing
refugees, United Nations, 2023 Webby Awards, Reduced inequalities, Quality education, apps
https://agoracitizen.network/ActiveOpen-source

Agora Citizen Network

Where citizens converge to exchange and debate ideas. Let’s turn our differences into progress, rather than conflict.

France
2024
Civic forums, Engagement tech, Group decision making, Public sentiment tools, Social networks, Surveys & polling
peace, United Nations, Rarimo, research, European Union, youth, Civic tech communities and platforms