We’re always adding new and existing civic tech projects to the global collection. Below are the 50 most recently added entries to the Civic Tech Field Guide.
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Brightest COVID-19 Relief
- www.brightest.io
- Assistive Tech, Connectivity, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Help out, Marketplaces and clearinghouses, Nonprofit tech, Pro bono and volunteer, Resource matching and sharing, Social and financial connections
Connecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support
Brightest, Atlantic Avenue, Br...
IHELPYOU.app
- app.ihelpyou.app
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Manage volunteers, Resource matching and sharing
Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.
Poland...
Quero Ajudar
- app.queroajudar.org
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Help out, Pro bono and volunteer, Resource matching and sharing
Uma aplicação portuguesa de entreajuda comunitária
Portugal...
Wsparcie dla Szpitala
- www.wsparciedlaszpitala.pl
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Resource matching and sharing
Coordination of the bottom-up support for the hospitals
Poland...
Rooms Against COVID
- www.roomsagainstcovid.com
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Resource matching and sharing
Alojamento para profissionais de saúde
Portugal...
Usability Lab at Open Tech Fund
- www.opentech.fund
- Adjacent Fields, Build something, Digital security and privacy, The People, User research, User research groups
These usability challenges hamper tool adoption, or may cause misunderstandings for users about tool functionalities, and subsequently may give users a false sense of security.
2025 M Street Northwest, Washi...
Trustable Technology mark
It empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.
10969 Berlin, Germany...
CIVIC:UNREST
I’ve been working on organizing some departmental knowledge at CMS, and our human-centered design team – the crew that promotes design thinking and helps other teams build better, more user-focused products and processes1 – recommended that my first step be to get teams to make directories.
HatchLab Innovation Studio
A HatchLab is a new kind of global storytelling workshop.
United States...
How to Help: News You Can Do Something About
How to Help is a digital media startup that connects you with ways to do something about the day’s big news stories.
Coalition to Stop Violence against Women
- rru.swv.am
- Communicating with the government, Govtech, Issue reporting, Meet the others, Socialize online, Solidarity networks, The People, The Tech
What if you are subjected to domestic violence?
Harass Tracker
- harasstracker.org
- Communicating with the government, Govtech, Issue reporting, Meet the others, Socialize online, Solidarity networks, The People, The Tech
Crowdsourced reporting and mapping of public gendered harassment
NYC Well Design Tools
- designtools.mhaofnyc.org
- Communicating with the people, Govtech, Organize campaigns, SMS campaign tools, The Tech
HUMAN-CENTERED TOOLS TO ADVANCE NEW YORKERS' MENTAL HEALTH
New York City...
Citizen Science (book)
- www.uclpress.co.uk
- Adjacent Fields, Citizen science, High-tech civic tech, Sensors, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
If you are a professional researcher who wants to learn more about how to get started with designing your citizen science project, this is a good place to start
Gower Street, London, UK...
Technology and Social Change Research Project
- shorensteincenter.org
- Fight disinformation, Learn about civic tech, Media, Media and social media analysis, Peer-reviewed research, Research and policy centers, The People, The Tech
combating media manipulation through knowledge and action
124 Mount Auburn Street, 2nd F...
SDG Action Manager
- app.bimpactassessment.net
- Advocacy tech, Report cards and audits, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
A tool to track progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals
eGovernment Benchmark
- ec.europa.eu
- Advocacy tech, Benchmarks, Report cards and audits, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
the digital efforts of European countries are visibly paying off
Europe...
GrandDébatNational
- granddebat.fr
- Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools, Soliciting new ideas, The Tech
À l'initiative du Président de la République, le Gouvernement engage un Grand Débat National permettant à toutes et tous de débattre de questions essentielles pour les Français
Trump-o-Meter
- www.politifact.com
- Advocacy tech, Factchecking, Fight disinformation, Media, Promise trackers, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Tracking Donald Trump's Campaign Promises. It is a project by the fact-checking organization Politifact.
1100 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suit...
Lui President
- www.luipresident.fr
- Advocacy tech, Factchecking, Fight disinformation, Media, Promise trackers, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Tracking French Presidents' promises.
Lille, France...
Morsi Meter
- Advocacy tech, Factchecking, Fight disinformation, Graveyard, Media, Promise trackers, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Tracked the first 100 day of Mohamed Morsi's presidency.
Cairo, Egypt...
The People’s Right to Know
Comparing Harold L. Cross’ Pre-FOIA World to Post-FOIA Today
Paul-Brian McInerney circuit riders
From Social Movement to Moral Market
Chicago, Illinois, USA...
The US Office of Technology Assessment
OTA's purpose was to provide Congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scientific and technical issues of the late 20th century, i.e. technology assessment.
United States...
Appropriate technology movement
a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.
Bonn, German Empire...
Whole Whale
Using the Whole Whale Podcast has been covering stories of marketing and technology since 2014 reaching over 4,000 nonprofit professionals a week.
55 Prospect St
Brooklyn, NY 1...
Technopolis
How technology is disrupting, remaking, and sometimes overrunning our cities.
Open Internet for Democracy
- openinternet.global
- Adjacent Fields, Build something, Digital security and privacy, Playbooks and design principles, The People
Our Belief: An open and accessible Internet is fundamental to the success of democratic societies worldwide.
Civic tech patterns
In the spirit of Wikipatterns, this is a collection of patterns and anti-patterns for describing common practices that may help or hinder the conception or design of your civic technology.
18F Posters
Well designed posters to hang in your gov office
Emerging Digital Technologies & Citizen Participation
- www.citizentech.org
- High-tech civic tech, Learn about civic tech, Peer-reviewed research, The People, The Tech
Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies
Yet Another Mail Merge
One of many services that makes it easier to message people individually through your existing Gmail account
States of Change
- states-of-change.org
- Govtech, Meet the others, Peer networks, Socialize online, The People, The Tech
Across the globe, government teams are pioneering new ways to solve our biggest challenges. States of Change is a collective that exists to support this growing global movement
Evaluating Civic Technology Design for Citizen Empowerment
Civic technology should empower us as citizens.
75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, ...
Europe...
France Renaissance
- france-renaissance.org
- Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Communicating with the government, Govtech, Organize events, The Tech
Une application performante (utilisée notamment par la campagne présidentielle de Donald Trump) pour la mobilisation des Français de droite.
France...
Resistance School
Turn your online outrage into offline action
Berkeley, CA, USA...
Avalanche
The best way to understand what people think is to ask and listen.
Vancouver, BC, Canada...
WhatsApp: The Widespread Use of WhatsApp in Political Campaigning in the Global South
The research conducted by Tactical Tech and our partners over the last 18 months has confirmed that WhatsApp is now a primary means of delivery for political messaging in many countries in the Global South, with particularly strong penetration in rural communities where internet is accessed mostly via smartphones.
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin...
Campaign Accelerator Training
Learn to design creative, people-powered advocacy campaigns that transform systems
Washington, District of Columb...
Civic tech immigration coalition listening sessions
The latest “zero-tolerance policy” by the US government of separating and now detaining families who seek asylum in the US has led us to take action.
972 Mission Street, San Franci...
Digital Rights Now
Driving business growth through effective marketing
Canada...
UK official statistics on homelessness: comparisons, processes and definitions
This tool will help you to compare official statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping across the UK, with information provided on each of the four countries.
United Kingdom...
Cruz Crew
Ted Cruz's official presidential campaign app
Texas, USA...
Larry Hogan For Governor app
Official campaign app
Annapolis, MD, USA...
Australian Christian Lobby
An example of an issue campaign app
Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data
- www.aspeninstitute.org
- Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Nonprofit tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
2300 N Street Northwest, Washi...
Governing.Digital
Governing.Digital is a clearinghouse for trustworthy information and analysis about digital governance for governments, technology companies, nonprofits, journalists, and the public.
TechAndCheck
Daily tip sheet for fact checkers
Duke University, Durham, NC, U...
Reported.ly
Reported.ly wrapped up in August 2016 but during its brief yet impactful run, its international team of journalists surfaced breaking news and reported on human rights and social justice issues through the expansive lens of social media.