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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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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

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

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

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

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.

Integrity Action

Integrity Action

The Leather Market, London

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

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.

Sunshine Week

Sunshine Week

Washington, DC

Across the country, Sunshine Week is marked by panel discussions, workshops and other events about using and understanding the latest developments in freedom of information resources.

Fundación Ciudadana Civio

Fundación Ciudadana Civio

C/ Sebastián Elcano 32, 1st Floor, office nº 17. CP 28012, Madrid. España (Spain)

Periodismo y acción para abrir lo público

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.

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).

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。

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.

Corporate Tax Tracker

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

Councilmatic

Councilmatic

United States of America (the)

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

FactChecker.in

FactChecker.in

India (Bhārat)

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

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.

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

Integrity Watch Chile

Integrity Watch Chile

Santiago, Chile

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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

Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG)

Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG)

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.

Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown

San Francisco

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

Rouhani Meter

Rouhani Meter

Islamic Republic of Iran (Īrān)

Iran's first and only promise-tracker

Indicator Toolbox

Catalogue of procurement risk indicators from various countries.

Chileleaks

Chileleaks

Santiago, Chile

Safe and anonymous platform for whistleblowing in Chile

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