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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.

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Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF)

The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa seeks to defend whistleblowers, as well as strategically litigate and advocate on their behalf where their disclosures speak to the public interest of African citizens.

Open Ownership

Open Ownership (OO) believes that information on the true owners of companies is an essential part of a well-functioning economy and society.

Alaveteli

Alaveteli

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Run your own Freedom of Information website

Investigative Dashboard

Investigative Dashboard makes public documents (such as financial or property records) searchable and more useful for journalists investigating money laundering or corruption.

National Institute on Money in State
Politics (NIMSP)

National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP)

833 North Last Chance Gulch, Helena, Montana 59601, USA

The nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute on Money in State Politics promotes an accountable democracy by compiling comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and making it freely available at FollowTheMoney.org.

Enough is Enough

Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE) is a network of individuals and organizations committed to instituting a culture of good governance and public accountability in Nigeria through active citizenship. We are non-partisan, neither are we a platform for the actualization of any individual’s political ambitions.

BudgIt

BudgIt

55 Moleye Street, Alagomeji-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

BudgIT is a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change.

K-Monitor mobile app

Örömmel tudatjuk, hogy – a K-Monitor webes felületének közelgő megújulásával szinkronban – a mai naptól elérhető a K-Monitor új okostelefonos alkalmazása. Az app segítségével a felhasználók térképen kereshetnek rá az utóbbi évek legfontosabb, konkrét helyszínhez (pl. épülethez, utcához, hivatalhoz,…

Marsad Majles

Marsad Majles

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie

“Marsad Majles” is Al Bawsala's project to monitor Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA).

IndiaSpend

IndiaSpend

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

award-winning investigative journalism

Rouhani Meter

Rouhani Meter

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran's first and only promise-tracker

Code for Democracy

We build tools that help data journalists investigate the relationship between campaign contributions and political narratives in US elections.

Maidan Monitoring Information Center

Maidan Monitoring Information Center is a non-government non-profit civic organization that cares for societal security in Ukraine, which is achieved through public dialogue, improving the culture of communication and reducing the level of violence in society.

TiPi

Es un proyecto que nace desde la sociedad civil para fortalecer sus capacidades de incidencia en los procesos de toma de decisión política y en la generación de un debate público informado sobre la pobreza y la justicia social en España.

Athena Coalition

We are joining together to stop Amazon’s growing, powerful grip over our society and economy.

Red Flags

Red Flags

Hungary (Magyarország)

The Red Flags project aims to enhance the transparency of public procurements in Hungary and support the fight against corrupt procurements

Kdovpliva

Kdovpliva

Slovenia

Povezave med lobisti, lobiranci, podjetji in državnimi institucijami v omrežjih vpliva.

Imamo pravo znati

Dobijte odgovore od Vlade i javnog sektora Make a request for information to a RH public authority: by law, they have to respond Croatian Alvateli site

Centre of United Actions

To promote European reforms, advocate transparency and accountability of the government, contribute to enhancing the quality of politics, and fight for the freedom of speech.

I Paid a Bribe

ipaidabribe.com is Janaagraha's unique initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens.

Parliamentary Monitoring Group

Parliamentary Monitoring Group

Parliamentary Monitoring Group, 2nd floor, Associated Magazines, 21 St. Johns Street, Cape Town 8001

PMG aims to provide accurate, objective, and current information on all parliamentary committee proceedings in the form of detailed, unofficial minutes and documents and since 2007, sound recordings of the meeting.

La Fabrique de la Loi

La Fabrique de la Loi

41 Rue Boissy d'Anglas, Paris, France

Explorez l'évolution de la loi au fil de la procédure parlementaire avec La Fabrique de la Loi ! Plus de 800 textes de loi promulgués depuis 2008 à explorer pour mieux comprendre comment les parlementaires influent sur la loi

Corporate Tax Tracker

Corporate Tax Tracker

Brussels, Belgium

A tool to examine publicly available key financial data of the 20 largest European banks.

Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown

San Francisco

Each solution reduces greenhouse gases by avoiding emissions and/or by sequestering carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere.

Building Maintenance Network Chart

傳真社將逾220個大廈翻新工程的入標資料製作成「樓宇維修工程關係圖」,使用者只需要輸入屋苑、顧問或工程公司名稱,便可以找到相關公司或工程的入標紀錄,有助了解公司口碑。

Questionnezvoselus.org

Find below the latest answers from elected officials who have agreed to be publicly questioned by their fellow citizens.

Atlatszo

Atlatszo

Hungary (Magyarország)

Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet

Publish What You Fund

Publish What You Fund

Publish What You Fund, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London, SE1 7SJ, UK

Publish What You Fund is the global campaign for aid transparency. Our website outlines who we are, what we do and what you can do for aid transparency.

Penali.ro

Penali.ro

Romania

Catalogul aleşilor penali. De consultat înainte să mergem la vot.

FragDenStaat

To strengthen the topic of freedom of information as a whole by transparently depicting the inquiry and response process.

Dozorro

Machine learning software that scans Ukrainian government procurement contracts for signs of corruption

Full Fact

Full Fact

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Full Fact is the UK's independent factchecking organisation

Harta clientelismului politic

The map shows the transfers from the Government to the municipalities and county councils from the Reserve Fund (15%), Local Development National Program (65%) and other programs managed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration that sum up to 7.5 billion lei

Connected Development (CODE)

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

Mulika

Mulika

Kenya

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

Tenders Guru

Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

Politifact

Politifact

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

Common Social Accountability Platform

The CSAP uses interactive radio shows (radio dialogues in combination with SMS feedback) to enable citizens to hold their leaders to account by asking the hard questions. By enabling citizens to text their views to a free short code, the approach allows for large-scale consultations and provides evidence of citizen’s opinions. AVF analyses these views using rigorous social science research and presents them in a form that supports policy action by authorities

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