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Technologies that seek to provide greater visibility to the activities of governments, corporations, or individuals in power and allow others to monitor them.
Suggested reading:
- Technology is not a quick fix solution for corruption, by Melissa Tsungai Zisengwe. She writes from a South African perspective but the takeaways are broadly applicable to the whole genre of anti-corruption tech. (2020)
- In The Future of Promise Tracking Jordan Urban and Adam Feldman, co-founders of govtracker.co.uk, explain what promise trackers are and how to build a meaningful one. (2018)
- Which Promises Actually Matter? Election Pledge Centrality and Promissory Representation is a published research paper that finds that simply evaluating elected officials on the fulfillment of every miscellaneous promise made while campaigning isn’t helpful, because voters weigh certain promises as more central to the campaign than others. The authors suggest weighting promise centrality when evaluating the campaign’s fidelity. By Jonathan Mellon, Christopher Prosser, Jordan Urban, and Adam Feldman. (2018)
- Jameela Raymond of Transparency International discusses the Impacts of anti-corruption pledge trackers at The Impacts of Civic Tech Conference. (2018)
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La Fondation Heritage Pour Haiti
Quicaillerie Lumiere, Delmas 103 Route de Delmas, Port-au-Prince HT 6140, Haiti
Lebanese Parliamentary Monitor
Mar Mikhael, Armenia Street, Nomad, Whistling Building, Second floor, Beirut, Lebanon
The Venice Comission
Venice Commission, Directorate General for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Transparency International Moldova
Str. 31-August 1989, Nr. 98, birou 205, Chisinau Moldova MD-2004Transparency International chapter
Transparency International China
Anti Corruption and Governance Research Center, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
PRS Legislative Research
PRS Legislative Research, Centre for Policy Research, Dharma Marg, New Delhi 110021, India
Empowering India
Liberty Institute, C-2/13 Sahyadri, Plot 5, Sector 12, Dwarka, New Dehli-110078, India
Transparency International Thailand
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Building, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA). 118 Seri Thai Road, Knlong Chan Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240.
Progressive Power Lab provides management and marketing services to nonprofit and for-profit organizations working to realize democracy, achieve justice, and restore our environment. PPL partners provide technology, canvassing services, grassroots organizing services, financing, and technical support to organizations moving millions of people and dollars into action.
Digital Vereint is a platform that aims to support civil society organisations and their digital work.
Salt Lake City's govtech innovation program is focused on modernization and digital equity for residents. "Another area the department will focus on is integrating the city’s “Digital Equity For All” policy. Passed in September 2020, the policy aims to provide residents with the opportunity to access and use information and communication technologies reliably. The resolution, which was inspired by the importance of technology during the pandemic, aims to incorporate three concepts: relevant content, services, hardware and digital literacy into the city’s policymaking. To achieve this, the department will: increase usage and understanding of digital and communications technology address potential barriers to digital inclusion address the need for digital literacy training address the need for access via reliable and affordable devices address the need for language and disability accommodations develop relevancy and advocacy campaigns within specific communities and populations" https://www.govtech.com/gov-experience/Salt-Lake-City-Mayor-Announces-New-Innovation-Department.html
Institut Pre Verejne Otazky
Institut pre verejne otazky, Bastova 5, 811 03 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
"an investigative toolkit for researchers, journalists, students, and scholars interested in visualizing, analyzing, and documenting supply
Transparentnost Srbija (Transparency International Serbia)
Bul.Despota Stefana 36/!, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Our out-of-the box, modular technology integrates with existing systems and is fully GDPR compliant. It is offered as a cloud-based solution, diminishing implementation time and maintenance costs. Novoville guarantees reliable service and the highest security and privacy compliance standards. Manage requests and resources in one place, automate processes, and get real-time visibility of organisational performance through an intuitive dashboard. Over 60 local authorities and 3 million citizens already have access to Novoville to improve the places they live in
Transparency International Malaysia - The Malaysian Society for Transparency and Integrity
23, Jalan Pantai 9/7, 4600 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Mi Panama Transparente
Ciudad de Panama, Panama, Urbanizacion Nuevo Paitilla, Calle 59 E, Duplex No. 25
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