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)
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)
Թրանսփարենսի Ինթերնեշնլ Հակակոռուպցիոն Կենտրոն - մեր առաքելությունն է կոռուպցիան նվազեցնելու և ժողովրդավարությունն ամրապնդելու ճանապարհով նպաստել լավ կառավարմանը Հայաստանում:
Democracy & Freedom Watch is an independent news service reporting on democracy and freedom in the Republic of Georgia. It is published by Journalists for the Future, a non-governmental organization registered in Georgia and supported by Open Society and The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Centre for Policy Alternatives, 24/2, 28th Lane, off Flower Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka which uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace-building and other issues.
21 Nicolae Balcescu Bvd. 2nd Floor, Sector 1, Bucuresti, 010044, Romania
Transparency International România are două priorități majore: îmbunătățirea raportării și sancționării corupției în România și schimbarea de atitudine în rândul instituțiilor și al cetățenilor, astfel încât corupția să devină inacceptabilă în România.
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)
We build tools, open up data, and provide data training which supports an active citizenry and helps communities and governments work better, together.
Boulevard E. Jacqmain one hundred and thirty-five 1 000 Brussels
Transparency International Belgium is the Belgian national chapter of Transparency International (TI) a global movement against corruption. Together we share a common vision: a world in which government, politics, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of corruption.
PILDAT will work for strengthening democracy and democratic institutions in Pakistan by building the capability of and instituting non-partisan monitoring framework for the elected representatives and legislatures while facilitating greater participation of all segments of the society in the democratic process and development of new political leadership.
ALTSEAN-Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma) was formed in October 1996 by a diverse network of organizations and individuals at the Alternative ASEAN Meeting on Burma, held in Bangkok.
Accountability Counsel amplifies the voices of communities around the world to protect their human rights and environment. As advocates for people harmed by internationally financed projects, we employ community driven and policy level strategies to access justice.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина)
CCI je bosanskohercegovačka, nevladina, neprofitna, nestranačka organizacija koja podstiče i promoviše učešće građana u demokratskim dešavanjima i jača kapacitete kako pojedinaca tako i organizacija na rješavanju problema u zajednicama širom Bosne i Hercegovine.
Transparency International EU is part of the global anti-corruption movement, Transparency International, which includes over 100 chapters around the world
Como ya hicimos en anteriores legislaturas, vamos a monitorizar toda la actividad legislativa y parlamentaria de la Cámara baja para ayudar a la institución y a nuestros diputados y diputadas a cumplir con valores de gobernanza imprescindibles en nuestros días como la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas.
Filterwatch aims to provide the information and tools to enable journalists, human rights advocates, and campaigners to hold Iranian policy-makers to account, and to advocate for a free and open internet in Iran, for the benefit of all Iranians.
23, Jalan Pantai 9/7 46000 Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia
Sinar Project is a civic tech initiative using open technology, open data and policy analysis to systematically make important information public and more accessible to the Malaysian people
Watchdog is a multidisciplinary team of factcheckers, journalists, researchers and software engineers. We hunt hoaxes and misinformation, investigate matters of public welfare, and build software tools that help operations like ours.
PubliElectoral is a technological tool of social interest that allows the collection of information related to electoral advertising on social networks without affecting the privacy of citizen users.
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)
Open & Disclose aims to provide a platform for media organisations, journalists, columnists, and commentators to make public their interests, with the aim of strengthening institutional credibility, accountability, transparency, and trustworthiness.