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America Speaks develops innovative deliberative tools that work for both citizens and decision makers. These tools give citizens an opportunity to have a strong voice in public decision making within the increasingly short timeframes required of decision makers.

Aspiration is a NGO which connects nonprofits to software solutions that help them more effectively meet their missions of positive global change, by convening and facilitating innovative technology events.

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisation dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially in developing countries.

Benton Foundation its mission is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.

Berkeley Center for the Information Society (BCIS) is a research center focused on the social impact of the information technology revolution and is the newest research center at ICSI-International Computer Science Institute (a leading center for research in computer science and one of the few independent, non-profit research institutes in the United States).

Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies.

Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) based at the University of California Irvine, CRITO is a think tank devoted to explore the impact of information technology on organizations and society.

Center for Research on IT in Policy Settings (CIPS) focuses on IT related changes in the distribution of power and knowledge on individual, organizational and societal levels. Power and knowledge involves assessment of financial costs/benefits from IT, best practices, knowledge of effects on power patterns, and learning opportunities/development opportunities compared to conventional media.

Center for the Law of Information and Communication Technologies (CLICT) works under the auspices and to the benefit of Sofia University. Bulgaria's leading experts in the areas of communication and media law, e-commerce, e-government, intellectual property protection, standardization in ICT and cyber crimes were drawn to the Center.

Center to Bridge the Digital Divide is an initiative of the Washington State University. It is a public-private partnership among universities, public organizations and corporations to support institutions and people to use information technologies. The Center aims at facilitating collaborative partnerships between the business community, government and citizens to improve access to information technologies among underserved populations.

Centre for Community Networking Research (CCNR) it is interested in the practicalities of information and technology usage and broader issues of community and institutional culture and memory as they are shaped through different understandings and uses of technologies.

Centre for Digital Citizenship (CDC) is an interdisciplinary research centre based in the Institute of Communication Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. The Centre's unique task is to consolidate research in both social scientific and technological domains, seeking to translate and integrate concepts, methods and styles that have been traditionally isolated within disciplinary silos.

Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) works to promote an electronic media system that fosters democratic expression and human rights.

Center of Excellence for E-Government (CE eGov) is conceived as a virtual network and provides objective, application-oriented research in the field of E-Government relevant to public administration, business, and research.

Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) is India’s leading NGO working towards advocacy and promotion of Information and Communication Technology for Development.

Civis Global Technology Network is a network of companies, projects, and partners providing innovative civic action technology to corporate and public sector organizations.

Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation helps, develops, implements and observes electronic voting efforts around the world.

Datamation Foundation is focused towards designing and implementing Innovative Information and Computer (ICTs) projects targeted towards women and marginalized communities.

Democrazia Elettronica Partecipazione Pubblica (DEPP) is a non-profit association that promotes the use of the net in order to favor the public transparency and the collective participation to the control of the information and the political choices.

Development Gateway Foundation is an international nonprofit organization that provides Web-based platforms to make aid and development efforts more effective around the world.

Digital Government Research Center (DGRC) is a joint research center of the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California and the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University. The center focuses on information Technology research and Digital Government community building.

eDemocracy Center is a interdisciplinary research center whose aim is to improve understanding of how new information and communication technologies are interacting with our institutions of democratic governance, and to study the outcomes that are being produced as a result of this interaction.

E-Democracy.Org is a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-based project whose mission is to expand participation and build stronger democracies and communities through the power of information and communication technologies and strategies.

e-Forum Association is dedicated to analysing the future needs of eGovernment in Europe, and promoting excellence in defining solutions to those needs by bringing the private and public sectors together.

e-Governance Academy (eGA) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, founded for the creation and transfer of knowledge concerning e-governance, e-democracy and the development of civil society.

European Projects & Management Agency (EPMA ) is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to develop international project based co-operation of European regions and regional partners towards knowledge based information society. Main areas of interest: eGovernment/eDemocracy, eBusiness, eInclusion, Science & Society, support of ERA.

European Regional Information SocietyAssociation ( eris@) is a non profit association based in Brussels, contributing to development of the regional information society by creating a regional platform where regions exchange their experience and know how, and by supporting regions in exploitation of emerging ICTs.

Forum for Information Technology (FIT) Nepal strives to take the benefits of ICT to the rural and marginalised communities of Nepal.

Foundation for Information Policy Research is an independent body that studies the interaction between information technology and society. Its goal is to identify technical developments with significant social impact, commission and undertake research into public policy alternatives, and promote public understanding and dialogue between technologists and policy-makers in the UK and Europe.

GetUp is an independent, grass-roots community advocacy organisation giving everyday Australians opportunities to get involved and hold politicians accountable on important issues. GetUp! has more members than all the major political parties in Australia and has been effective in influencing policy at a Federal level. It is an organization which empowers Australians and which has particular appeal for people who communicate best, electronically.

Global Centre for ICT in Parliament acts as a clearing house for information, research, innovation, technology and technical assistance, and promotes a structured dialogue among parliaments, centres of excellence, international organizations, the civil society, the private sector and the donor community, with the purpose to enhance the sharing of experiences, the identification of best practices and the implementation of appropriate solutions.

Hansard Society promotes knowledge about the parliamentary system and participation.

Information Management Unit (IMU) is a multi-disciplinary Unit engaged in research and development activities in information Technology Management. IMU promotes scientific results to enable value creation in e-government and e-business.

Institute for IS Research, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany is aimed at concepts that foster the development and implementation of information and communication systems, which contribute effectively to more efficient business processes and better decisions both in private enterprises and in public organizations.

Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI) has as mission to promote the development of U.S. online politics in a manner that increases citizen participation and upholds democratic values.

Institute of the Information Society, Russia (IIS.RU) is an independent research and service organization established in September 1998 by a number of professionals in the sphere of the information technologies, telecommunications and information policy, who were brought together by the common goal of developing the Information Society in Russia.

International Center of Excelence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE ) is a sustainable, UK-based centre, designed to serve as a 'virtual' focal point for collaborative eDemocracy initiatives both in the UK and abroad.

International Institute for Communication & Development (IICD) is a non-profit foundation that specialises in information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for development.

International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC working closely with governments, parliaments and NGOs cross Europe and worldwide, is a research centre that combines relevant software engineering applications with political and sociological analysis in order to enhance and support the democratic decision-making processes.

Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organisation which provides leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy and it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.

IT Lighthouse – The Digital North Denmark is aimed at making its contribution in establishing IT based experiments and large scale
experiments – targeted at citizens, the educational sector, the public administration, the industrial sector and the infrastructure.

ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies. The ITU mission: bringing the benefits of ICT to all the world’s inhabitants.

LIRNEasia is a regional ICT policy and regulation research and capacity building organisation that focuses on creating and disseminating independent, usable, actionable knowledge, through applied research, on documenting and disseminating regional best practices, on training and on some forms of short-term advisory assistance to governments / parties who request it.

MITRA Technology Foundation is a non-profit company working towards leveraging ICT for social sector. MITRA runs its program called ivolunteer that uses ICTs to promote volunteering in India.

mySociety has two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. The second is to teach the public and voluntary sectors, through demonstration, how to most efficiently use the internet to improve lives.

NASSCOM Foundation has the aim to make an impact on the social development landscape of India through the use of information and communication technologies.
National Center for Digital Government: Integrating Information and Institutions was established at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The goal of the Center is to apply and extend the social sciences for research t the intersection of governance, institutions and information technologies.

National Coalition for dialogue and deliberation has the mission to bring together and support people, organizations, and resources in ways that expand the power of discussion to benefit society. We believe that elevating the quality of thinking and communication in organizations and among citizens is key to solving humanity's most pressing problems.

Oxford Internet Institute (OII) Devoted to the study of the societal implications of the Internet, the OII seeks to shape research, policy and practice in the UK, Europe and around the world.

POLITECH INSTITUTE is a not-for-profit international association (AISBL) and a European Center of Political
Technologies located in Brussels, Capital of Europe, bridging public institutions, international institutions, governments, regional and local authorities, universities, research centers, think tanks, civil society and political leaders with technology actors for a better use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) towards the advancement of modern public governance and democracy.

TakingITGlobal is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which provides a portal for young people to find inspiration, access information and get involved in improving their local and global communities.

telecentre.org is a collaborative initiative connecting telecentres, networks, innovators, social investors and other interested groups who believe that information and communication technology used locally, strengthens individuals and the communities where they live.