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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BudgetKey

Website was started by transparency NGO Public Knowledge Workshop to present the budget in a user-friendly, easier-to-understand format.

Investigative Dashboard

Maryland

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)

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.

state

Watchdogging and transparency

Enough is Enough

Nigeria

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

Watchdogging and transparency

Parlamento2030

Spain (España)

Parlamento 2030 es una innovadora herramienta que rastrea, reúne y ofrece la información sobre la actividad del Congreso de los Diputados español relacionada con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.

Tender Monitor Georgia

Tbilisi

Tender Monitor provides the public with an in-depth look at government spending in Georgia by making detailed information about state procurement available.

Onodo

Spain (España)

Every network tells a story

Open Access UK

London

Open Access UK: monitor lobbying meetings with Government

Hemiciclo

Portugal

Democracia em tempo real

Obama Promise Tracker

Washington, DC

See how Obama performed on 40 of the promises he made during his two presidential campaigns.

Indigo Trust

Indigo Trust, Wilton Road, London, UK

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

Balancing Act

Denver

Balancing Act is a fun and easy way for residents to learn about public budgets and the choices their elected officials face in the budgeting process.

housing

International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)

Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

The International Fact-Checking Network is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide.

Atvirasteismas

Lithuania (Lietuva)

The aim of the tool is to help Lithuanian citizens to understand how courts and judges work in their country. Transparency International chapter

K-Monitor mobile app

Budapest

Örömmel tudatjuk, hogy – a K-Monitor webes felületének közelgő megújulásával szinkronban – a mai naptól elérhető a K-Monitor új okostelefonos alkalmazása

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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).

Nos Sénateurs

Toulouse, France

Observatoire citoyen de l'activité parlementaire au Sénat

Visual Town Budget

Arlington, MA

Open-source budget visualization framework

JamiiForums

United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)

JamiiForums is a Tanzania-based user-generated content website founded by Maxence Melo and Mike Mushi in 2006

LittleSis

LittleSis is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.

Citizens Watch

Nigeria

The Citizens' Watch is a promise tracker that is designed to empower citizens with the digital tools and information that enables them to track, rate and publish the most significant promises of politicians, in a bid to promote public accountability and participatory governance

Audit of the Administration of the Internet of Things

Massachusetts

In this audit, we obtained an understanding of the Commonwealth’s current IoT environment in terms of device use and planned use by surveying a sample of Commonwealth agencies (see Appendix) where we believed IoT devices were used for significant purposes.

Anti-corruption SMS campaign in Albania

Albania (Shqipëria)

A text message that the government sends to citizens to in an attempt to prevent corruption.

Whistleblowing PA

Italy (Italia)

Il sistema digitale gratuito per la gestione delle segnalazioni di corruzione nella Pubblica Amministrazione

Integrity Watch EU

Brussels, Belgium

User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of the lobby meetings, EU Lobbyists, MEP incomes, and Revolving Doors at the EU Institutions level.

Maidan Monitoring Information Center

Ukraine (Ukrayina)

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.

Climate Primaries

Greenpeace's climate report card that encourages users to thank or shame candidates based on their position

Climate action

Integrity Watch France

Paris

User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of the register of interests of French MPs as well as Lobbying activities.

CoBudget

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Cobudget makes it easy for organizations and groups to allocate funds collaboratively and transparently.

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

Athena Coalition

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

Amazon

Burocratas

Cra. 20 #45A-33, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

Organization working on strenghtening citizen participation by using technology for offering quality information on public administration. Somos una herramienta de información que busca que los ciudadanos tengan una visión clara y completa de la gestión de los funcionarios públicos en Colombia.

Kdovpliva

Slovenia (Slovenija)

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

Imamo pravo znati

Croatia (Hrvatska)

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

Alaveteli

Centre of United Actions

Ukraine (Ukrayina)

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.

Kildare Street

Cork, Ireland

Parliamentary monitoring in Ireland

Ia Statul la Întrebări

Romania

Alaveteli instance for Romania

Alaveteli

I Paid a Bribe

India (Bhārat)

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

corruption

Social Scraper

Ukraine (Ukrayina)

Social Media Scraper is a tool helping journalists and watchdogs to keep politicians accountable for the statements they make in social media.

Contratados

To help level the playing field, CDM created Contratados, a platform launched last week to let migrant workers share Yelp-style ratings and reviews of their experiences with different recruiters and employers.