Open Governance Research Exchange

mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise, based in the United Kingdom but with an international reach. The organization builds online technologies that give people the power to get things changed and shares these technologies so that they can be used anywhere.

mySociety believes that strong democratic accountability and a thriving civil society are vital to the common welfare, which only can survive when people engage with their government and communities. mySociety works with online technologies because the Internet can lower the barriers to taking the first civic or democratic steps in a citizen’s life. Working with partner groups, the organization helps to build effective civic websites through the implementation of in-house tools and software. mySociety ensures their projects have real impact through a rigorous programme of research that they share in collaboration with civic tech practitioners worldwide, providing global leadership and inspiration in their sector.