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VoXup: Linking councillors with their communities

A new web app helps councillors and council officers talk to residents - and is being used to consult on one borough's budget proposals.

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VoXup

VoXup is a web app that enables councillors and council officers to communicate with residents. Councillors, who can sign up to the service for free, can put statements to their residents that they can...

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See Something, Say Something: The app that fights transport crime

The West Midlands’ transport network is using a smartphone app so the public can act as its eyes and ears in battling crime.

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Collideoscope: Collecting data on cycle collisions

A new web app is gathering evidence of cycling collisions and near misses to help planners and medical professionals.

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Save-a-Selfie: Putting life-saving in the picture

How do you let people know where their nearest life-saving equipment is? An Irish project's using volunteer coders and an army of teenagers.

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Save-a-Selfie

Currently being built by Code for Ireland volunteers, Save-a-Selfie will map defibrillators, life rings, first aid kits and other tools across Ireland. People are asked to take photos of themselves...

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EdinburghApps: Finding new tools and sparking innovation

Each year, Edinburgh's city council invites Scotland's top tech talent to compete and develop new apps to help the capital's residents.

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EdinburghApps: Helping the council deliver a hidden lifeline

One of the winners of last year's EdinburghApps contest aims to help the council deliver vital equipment more efficiently.

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Edinburgh Scrapbook: Sharing memories with open data

A Code for Europe project is developing an open source web app to help people share memories of their home town.

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Open Planning: Bringing planning to the public

Councils and members of the public are helping develop a smartphone app that could change the way planning applications are publicised.

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Change By Us

Changed By Us allows users to put forward suggestions for local improvements. It then helps find ways to put that suggestion in action.

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Change By Us: Born in the US, reused in Amsterdam

New York's Changed By Us web app is coming to Amsterdam, thanks to a link-up between Code for Europe and the Dutch capital.

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FixBCN: Cleaning up Barcelona with open source

Barcelona’s citizens will soon have a simpler and more efficient way of reporting street issues, thanks to a Code for Europe open source project.

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Clacks Kids: Giving rural families a helping hand

Civic technology isn't just about helping cities thrive - a Code for Europe project is aimed at parents in a rural part of Scotland.

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Code for Poland: Starting civic technology from scratch

Volunteer coders and designers are taking inspiration from the USA to push the cause of civic technology in Poland.

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Helsinki Infoshare: How a capital city was opened up

Speak to anybody involved in opening up government data, and it won’t be long before they praise what's happening in Finland.

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Zilino

Zilino is a web-based solution for hosting advanced group dialogues. Zilino enables facilitators and other group process practitioners to design, host and manage deliberative online forums and other...

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Change By Us: Born in the US, reused in Amsterdam

It’s already being used in New York to help citizens take action on issues they care about. Now the Change By Us web app is on its way to Amsterdam, thanks to a Code for Europe project. Change By Us...

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FixBCN: Cleaning up Barcelona with open source

Barcelona’s citizens will soon have a simpler and more efficient way of reporting street issues, thanks to a Code for Europe project to bring open source software to the city’s services. FixBCN is...

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Clacks Kids: Giving rural families a helping hand

Most talk about civic technology focuses on what it can do for cities. But that neglects its possibilities for bringing countryside communities together. A Code for Europe project is reusing open...

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