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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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An ecosystem of corporate politicians in Portugal

An interactive visualization of the relationships between members of Portuguese governments and companies for the period of 1975 to 2013.

Mexiro AC

Mexiro AC

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Somos una organización feminista que trabaja temas de desarrollo sostenible con metodologías de innovación y co-creación.

Qué Sabés

Qué Sabés

Uruguay (Republica Oriental del Uruguay)

Realiza una solicitud de información o mira las ya realizadas

Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)

Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)

House 2, Plot 622, Mercy Samuelson Estate, Karmo, Abuja

PPDC is a non-governmental organisation created to increase citizens' participation in governance processes in a way that improves the integrity of public and private sector processes.

International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard

International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard

Aid Effectiveness Team, Department of International Development, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 8EA, UK

The IATI Standard is a set of rules and guidance about what data organisations should publish and what format it should be presented in.

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.

Corporate Accountability Network

Accountancy is in crisis. The Corporate Accountability Network exists to identify the causes of that crisis and offer solutions to it.

Transparency International

Transparency International aims to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability, and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of society.

Fundación Poder Ciudadano

Fundación Poder Ciudadano

Piedras 547 - (CP C1070AAK) - BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA

Argentine Chapter Of Transparency International

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

Chileleaks

Chileleaks

Santiago, Chile

Safe and anonymous platform for whistleblowing in Chile

Ghanoonban

Using modern technologies will facilitate the possibility of public participation, and will provide a platform for people’s active presence in governance, which will lead into the improvement of governance quality

FactChecker.in

FactChecker.in

India (Bhārat)

FactChecker.in is India’s first dedicated Fact Check initiative.

Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown

San Francisco

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

Romania Sistemul National de Raportare

Ministerul Finanțelor Publice a creat Sistemul naţional de verificare, monitorizare, raportare şi control al situaţiilor financiare, angajamentelor legale şi bugetelor entităților publice din România. Aici poți găsi informații despre activitatea financiar-bugetară a acestora.

TiPi

TiPi

Spain (España)

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.

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.

Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)

EDGI is an action-oriented research collaborative driven by the Environmental Right to Know (ERTK) – the belief that people should be able to know and make decisions about environmental conditions of concern, and that the collection and stewardship of environmental information should equip people, communities, and workers to protect their health and support the flourishing of surrounding ecosystems.

Follow The Money Nigeria

We advocate, visualize and track government spending and international aid, and let you know how effective it has been in our rural communities.

TenderBase

This tool allows researchers, watchdog organizations and investigative journalists to measure how countries are performing against each other in terms of public procurement transparency, to use it in further advocacy for more transparent procurement as well as to spot corruption using red flag indicators.

Tracka

Tracka

55 Moleye Street, Lagos, Nigeria

Launched in 2014 by BudgIT, Tracka is a social platform of/for active citizens who are interested in monitoring public projects in their communities thus enhancing budget performance across the country.

OpenCorporates

Free and Open Company Data on 135 million companies and corporations in over 125 jurisdictions, including US, UK, Switzerland, Panama...

Budget Visualization & Taxpayer Receipt Tool

Cities and towns across Massachusetts and few in other states have adopted Visual Budget, either the new WordPress plug-in or the original.

Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart

Vote Smart, 1153 24th Street, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA

Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988.

OpenSecrets.org

OpenSecrets.org

Center For Responsive Politics, L Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

We pursue our mission largely through our award-winning website, OpenSecrets.org, which is the most comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere

Marsad Baladia

Marsad Baladia

4 Rue Apollo XI, Cité Mahrajène, Tunis, Tunisie

“Marsad Baladia” , or the Municipality Observatory, was launched in January 2014, aiming to monitor municipal activity through access to information, and to present it in a clear and updated manner. The project also aims to strengthen the link between the municipality and citizens,

Sejmometr

Sejmometr

Poland (Polska)

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Rosie

Rosie

Brazil (Brasil)

An artificial intelligence bot that analyzes Brazilian congresspeople expenses while they are in office. Rosie can find suspicious spendings and engage citizens in the discussion about these findings.

Integrity Watch Chile

Integrity Watch Chile

Santiago, Chile

User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of lobbying activities in the UK.

Declarator Russia

Declarator Russia

Russian Federation (the)

Декларатор — это постоянно пополняемая база деклараций о доходах и имуществе публичных должностных лиц: депутатов, чиновников, судей, представителей региональной и муниципальной власти, иных органов, госкорпораций и госкомпанией

IndiaSpend

IndiaSpend

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

award-winning investigative journalism

Majlesnama

“Majlesnama” is the first Parliamentary monitoring organization in Islamic Republic of Iran which helps to promote transparency of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Indicator Toolbox

Catalogue of procurement risk indicators from various countries.

Code for Democracy

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

Operation Serenata de Amor

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessible to everyone.

Councilmatic

Councilmatic

United States of America (the)

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

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.

Legistorm

Legistorm

LegiStorm, Pierce School Lofts, 1375 Maryland Ave., NE Loft B, Washington, DC 20002

Detailed, up-to-date and accurate congressional contact and biographic data - and much more.

Corporate Tax Tracker

Corporate Tax Tracker

Brussels, Belgium

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

Rouhani Meter

Rouhani Meter

Islamic Republic of Iran (Īrān)

Iran's first and only promise-tracker

Watchout.tw

Watchout.tw

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

我們有一個很簡單而實際的夢想:相信台灣可以更好。讓台灣更好的力量,來自於更多主動參與、向外關注的公民,所以,我們致力於降低公民參與政治的門檻。沃草的英文名字Watchout,原意是提防和警戒。只要我們每個小小公民都能時時張大眼睛、提高警覺,政客就不容易為所欲為,台灣的公民社會才能茁壯。

Harta Rapoarte Activitate

Pentru munca de cercetare din cadrul proiectului „Podul Bunei Guvernări", au fost verificate 106 instituţii din România (18 ministere, 41 de consilii judeţene şi 47 de primării ale municipiilor reşedinţă de judeţ, inclusiv Bucureşti şi cele 6 sectoare).

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