Democratic Transparency Community of Practice
Connect with a global network of people using, building and researching technology to make democracies and governance more participatory and transparent, to help combat global democratic decline.
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Members include individuals and groups focused on areas like parliamentary monitoring, public engagement, deliberative and participatory democracy, all exploring technical innovations to enhance these practices.
If you’d like to join our global Democratic Transparency Community of Practice, then feel free to email us on tictec@mysociety.org
Recent / upcoming meetings and learning events
Shifting Landscapes–A practical guide to pro democracy tech 繁體中文譯版 – Traditional Chinese translation
May 19, 2026
The Traditional Chinese translation of ‘Shfiting Landscapes: A practical guide to pro democracy tech’ – covering lessons from the 2024-2025 TICTeC programme.
Thank you to OpenFun Ltd for translating the original English version to Traditional Chinese.
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Shifting Landscapes: A practical guide to pro democracy tech
February 27, 2026
The recording of the launch event for mySociety’s report ‘Shifting Landscapes: A practical guide to pro democracy tech’.
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Shifting Landscapes: A practical guide to pro democracy tech
February 27, 2026
A practical guide to pro democracy tech – covering lessons from the 2024-2025 TICTeC programme.
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Defending democracy defenders: Cybersecurity for civic tech projects
November 18, 2025
A this gathering we heard the latest techniques to help civic and pro-democracy tech projects protect their services, data and users.
Speakers were:
Patricia Musomba, The Engine Room
Hui Hui Ooi, Advisor, Technology & Democracy at the International Republican Institute (IRI)
Jocelyn Woolbright, Program Manager at Cloudflare Impact,
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From Digital Public Infrastructure to Democratic Public Infrastructure
October 30, 2025
At this TICTeC community gathering, we discussed if DPI can, and should, go beyond better service delivery, to provide opportunities for citizens to fully participate in their democracies.
Speakers: Richard Gevers (Head of Service Design and Delivery at the Digital Services Unit of The Presidency South Africa) and Sanna-Kaisa Saloranta (Specialist in the Democratic Innovations programme at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund).
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Leveraging content creators for mobilizing voters
September 25, 2025
Slides from Ana Arevadze (ForSet, Georgia)’s talk about their work with social media influencers to inform and educate Georgian youth on voting and democratic information.
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Supporting Participation: Building an effective European civic tech hub
July 7, 2026
mySociety research, in collaboration with Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, exploring how a future European civic tech hub could strengthen democratic participation across Europe.
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Leveraging content creators for mobilizing voters
September 25, 2025
Slides from Ana Arevadze (ForSet, Georgia)’s talk about their work with social media influencers to inform and educate Georgian youth on voting and democratic information.
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Keynote TICTeC 2025: A stronger democracy – through data, information and technology
June 11, 2025
What is made possible by new forms of technology — especially in the civic participation space — and what needs to happen to make those possibilities a reality? Tech innovations are making political participation easier and more accessible across the globe, while open data and access to information continue to play a vital part in strengthening our democracies. In her TICTeC 2025 keynote address, Fernanda Campagnucci (InternetLab & University of Muenster) will draw on her latest research as lead of the State Capacity in Smart Cities for Online Participation (SCOPE) project.
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