Projects - Watchdogging and transparency

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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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Gong

GONG, Main Square 15/IV, Zagreb

Gong is a civic megaphone that hinders corruption and builds a more democratic, just and equal society.

Access to Information Community of Practice

Parliamentary Network Africa

GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANA

Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) is a convenor and connector of civil society parliamentary monitoring organizations and journalists towards promoting Open Parliaments across Africa.

Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

Act Hub Africa is a ‌civic-tech‌ ‌NGO‌ ‌that‌ ‌works‌ ‌to‌ promote ‌good governance, democracy, ensure‌ ‌openness‌ ‌and‌ ‌transparency‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌local‌ ‌governments‌ ‌by‌ ‌making‌ ‌their‌ ‌fiscal data‌ ‌available‌ ‌in‌ ‌a‌ ‌simplified,‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌understand‌ ‌form‌ ‌and‌ ‌engage‌ ‌people‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌local‌ ‌government‌ ‌areas‌ ‌on‌ ‌how‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌them‌ ‌in‌ ‌engaging‌ ‌their‌ ‌political‌ ‌officeholders

Council Data Project

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Transparency and accessibility in council action; videos, transcripts, voting records, and legislation -- all searchable under a single website.

Xnet Institute For Democratic Digitalisation

Barcelona, Spain

An activist project working and proposing advanced solutions in fields related to digital rights and democracy

EU Whistleblowing Monitor

Europe

The EU Whistleblowing Monitor was created by the Whistleblowing International Network to track the progress of transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing across all 27 Member States over the next 18 months.

Whistleblowing International Network

Scotland

WIN connects and strengthens civil society organisations that defend and support whistleblowers.

European Network of Corporate Observatories (ENCO)

Europe

ENCO (European Network of Corporate Observatories) is a network of European civic and media organisations dedicated to investigating corporations and corporate power.

Coalición ProAcceso

Individuos que apoyan las actividades estratégicas de la Coalición

Political Watch

Avda. Cardenal Herrera Oria 63, 3º Izda - 28034, Madrid Spain

EL THINK-AND-DO TANK de la Fundación Salvador Soler

Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

Watchdogging and transparency

Observatorio Joven de Inclumplimiento Político (OJITO)

Madrid (Spain)

Spanish promise tracker holding government and political parties to account

¿Dónde van mis impuestos?

Spain (España)

Explora los Presupuestos Generales del Estado

¿Qué Pasó Con?

Spain (España)

Vigilamos el cumplimiento que el Gobierno hace de las iniciativas de orientación política aprobadas por el Parlamento en temas de desarrollo y lucha contra la pobreza

Ad Watch

Arizona, USA

ad.watch breaks open the machine of political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram with data of more than 150 parties in 34 countries.

Algorithm Watch

Algorithm Watch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes

Algo Transparency

An algorithm that attempts to analyze which information the YouTube algorithm is showing to people.

AlaveteliCon

Oslo, Norway

A Freedom of Information conference hosted by mySociety

Alaveteli

A qué precio?

Buenos Aires

Este observatorio de compras públicas en Salud recopila datos sobre los precios que pagan diferentes organismos estatales por medicamentos para permitir su análisis y transparentar la información gubernamental.

Good health and well-being

Clooney Foundation for Justice

United States of America (the)

By providing a neutral report of what happens in court, trial monitors can help ensure that rights are respected and abuses exposed.

g0v Taiwan

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

Founded in Taiwan, "g0v" (gov-zero) is a decentralised civic tech community with information transparency, open results and open cooperation as its core values. g0v engages in public affairs by drawing from the grassroot power of the community.

Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog

Poland (Polska)

Citizens Network Watchdog Poland is an independent, apolitical and non-profit organization in the form of a watchdog and think-do-tank organization for the public benefit.

Access to Information Community of Practice

Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V.

Schlesische Str 6, 10997 Berlin, Germany

Access to Information Community of Practice

WhoWasInCommand

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

WhoWasInCommand is our free to use, public database of military, police and other security and defense force units.

Corruption Watch

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

Corruption Watch is a Transparency International chapter working to fight corruption in South Africa

TI Lietuvos Skyrius (Transparency International Lithuania)

Didzioji str.5-402, 01128, Vilnius, Lithuania

Skaidresnės Lietuvos link! Esame viešosios politikos organizacija, kurios tikslas – įgyvendinti skaidrumo bei antikorupcines iniciatyvas.

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)

By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, OCCRP exposes crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.

Accountability Lab

Accountability Lab is a global translocal network that makes governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. Our goal is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives.

People Powered

Security Force Monitor

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

We are a non-profit research group that analyzes thousands of public records to create a simple searchable database of the commanders and the command structures, locations, and areas of operations of security force units and investigate their potential connections to alleged human rights violations.

An ecosystem of corporate politicians in Portugal

Portugal

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

Mexiro AC

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

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

trainings

Watchdogging and transparency

Qué Sabés

Uruguay (Republica Oriental del Uruguay)

Realiza una solicitud de información o mira las ya realizadas

Alaveteli

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

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.

Corporate Accountability Network

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

Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF)

Africa

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.

Transparency International

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