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https://inzh.ch/kantonsratActive

in Zurich

Current and historical data on the Zurich Cantonal Council

Zurich
Civic data
https://www.mark-a-spot.comActiveOpen-source

Mark-a-Spot

Mark-a-Spot is a modular platform for digital citizen engagement and municipal case management. Citizens can easily report issues such as infrastructure damage, waste, or environmental concerns via smartphone, enriched with photos and geodata.

Germany
Case management, Communicating with the government, Govtech, Issue reporting
city
https://www.repcoach.org.uk/Active

Rep Coach

Union reps can be more confident in starting organising conversations after practicing their approach on an AI actor using our tool.

UK
Advocacy tech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), The craft of organizing
labor, trainings
https://council-search.bellingcat.com/ActiveOpen-source

Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search

This is a local democracy reporting tool that enables researchers to search auto-generated transcripts of Council meetings for different authorities across the UK and Ireland.

UK
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Government transparency, Public meetings, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging government
https://protomaps.com/ActiveOpen-source

Protomaps

Protomaps is a free, customizable map of the world, deployable as a single static file on cloud storage.

Civic data, Civic data APIs, Mapping, Mapping platforms
https://consuldemocracy.org/ActiveOpen-source

CONSUL DEMOCRACY

The most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government.

Amsterdam
2015
Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Group decision making, Ideation, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory budgeting, Participatory budgeting tools, Participatory democracy, The Tech
Consul
https://engagic.org/ActiveOpen-source

Engagic

City council meeting scraping and agenda packet summarization, for the whole country

Watchdogging government
https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiverActiveOpen-source

Auto Archiver

Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down.

2022
Archives, General purpose open source tools, Research tools
https://ignisapp.framer.websiteActiveOpen-source

Ignis

Grass-roots civic signaling for Neodemocracy

Poland
Engagement tech, Issue reporting, Neighborhood forums
place-based