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.thedatasphere.org/programs/intelligence-hub/fellowship-program/Active

Datasphere Fellowship Program

The Datasphere Initiative Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for graduate students and young professionals to work on novel research and dialogue related to data governance.

Geneva, Switzerland
2021
Data governance, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
https://democracyinnovators.com/guillaume-saunier-lucien-langton-about-how-voca-helps-to-distribute-the-participatory-tool-decidim/Active

WhatsApp on Decidim

A Decidim WhatsApp chatbot feature that allows people without an email address and/or low connectivity to participate in Decidim instances

Geneva, Switzerland
Bots, Chat and messaging, Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
WhatsApp, Decidim
https://aplusalliance.org/Active

A+ Alliance

A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

Geneva, Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Emerging tech, Find community online, Learn about civic tech, Meet the others, Peer networks, The People, The Tech
Gender Equality, women
https://en.octree.ch/projets/civic-echoActive

Civic Echo

Civic Echo is a citizen survey tool that provides a simple and inclusive way to diagnose the opinions of a population while making the results available in real time in a transparent way.

Geneva, Switzerland
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Surveys & polling
https://opendata.ch/Active

Open Data.ch

Daten öffentlich, frei verfügbar und nutzbar zu machen für mehr Transparenz, Innovation und Effizienz — das ist Open Data.

Switzerland
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, The Tech
https://www.smartvote.ch/Active

Smartvote

smartvote BePart ist eine partizipative Plattform. Über diese Plattform können Bürger/-innen aktiv an der Gestaltung des smartvote-Fragebogens für ihre Wahl teilnehmen und ihre eigenen Ideen und Fragen einbringen.

Switzerland
2003
Engagement tech, Matching views to votes, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory democracy, Predecessors & Pioneers, The Tech
https://gbvaor.net/Active

Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility

The GBV AoR brings together non-governmental organisations, UN agencies, academics and others under the shared objective of ensuring life-saving, predictable, accountable and effective GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response in emergencies, both natural disaster and conflict-related humanitarian contexts.

Geneva, Switzerland
Disaster response and humanitarian tech
Gender Equality, Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
https://forum-bundesgerichtshof.deActive

Forum Jurisprudence – Forum Bundesgericht (Switzerland) and Forum Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)

„Forum Bundesgerichtshof“ ist eine private, politisch und konfessionell unabhängige Webseite, die es interessierten Bürgerinnen und Bürgern ermöglicht, alle Urteile des deutschen Bundesgerichtshofs öffentlich zu analysieren, zu kommentieren und darüber zu debattieren.

Regensbergstrasse 182, Zürich, Schweiz
2020
Debate, Legal tech, Open justice, Participatory democracy