SERAP uses human rights law to encourage the government and others to address developmental and human rights challenges such as corruption, poverty, inequality and discrimination through advocacy, research, education and litigation.

• human rights
• research
• No poverty

Directorio Legislativo is an Argentina-based research and advocacy organisation focusing on legislative transparency, consensus building and research on current regulatory affairs.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

to assess the economic, environmental, social, and governance performance of 30 of the world’s largest mining companies.

The Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Center is a think tank focused on privacy and surveillance law and policy.

The Global Data Justice project focuses on the diverse debates and processes occurring around data governance in different regions, to draw out overarching principles and needs that can push data technologies’ governance in the direction of social justice.

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fundraising tools
• Data schemas and standards

The Highway Africa Conference is a project of Rhodes University (Makhanda, South Africa)

• Journalism
• Conferences

An open data standard for restaurant information

• food

• Data schemas and standards

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.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Whistleblowing

The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) was formed in June 2004 with a mission to promote democratic citizen participation in governance and strengthen the capacity of communities to cope with human rights and development challenges through holding civic forums, leadership engagement, research, outreach and mobilization for social change.

Metta and Nest is a global partner for corporates, governments and entrepreneurs on their innovation journeys. Hatched in 2010, we create collaborative environments that help corporates, startups, and our investors scale and succeed.

Propuestas para la Nueva Venezuela.

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism [PTCIJ] is a non-governmental organisation, that was founded in 2014

• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

The Global Investigative Journalism Conference is the world’s largest international gathering of investigative reporters.

• Journalism
• Conferences

The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization headquartered in Washington, DC, that supports the United Nations and its activities.

• United Nations

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

The World Wide Web Foundation was established by web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee to advance the open web as a public good and a basic right.

The Fair Tax Mark certification scheme was launched in February 2014 and seeks to encourage and recognise organisations that pay the right amount of corporation tax at the right time and in the right place

• Consumer watchdogging
• Trustmarks

New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute runs the Membership Puzzle Project, which works to identify and incubate innovative early-stage membership models globally.

Open The Government is an inclusive, nonpartisan coalition that works to strengthen our democracy and empower the public by advancing policies that create a more open, accountable, and responsive government.

Rhize is a global network of movement-building coaches who train and support grassroots movements in their local communities

• coaching

Correctiv is a German non-profit newsroom that investigates injustices and abuses of power, and runs educational programs on journalism and media literacy.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

In 2010, Paweł Reszka, Wojciech Cieśla, Michał Majewski and Roman Daszczyński got together to support journalism in the Eastern Partnership countries and created Fundacja Reporterów – the Reporters Foundation, one of the first journalistic NGO’s in Poland

Code for Africa is a people-driven movement that aims to empower active society and strengthen civic watchdogs to help government shape and improve its services to people.

• Civic hacking meetups

A Day of Unreasonable Conversation is an annual gathering expressly designed to equip creators of popular culture - including writers, artists, producers, and executives - for the year ahead.

Leadership Academy for Development trains mid-career government officials and business leaders from developing countries to help the private sector be a constructive force for economic growth and development.

Seedstars is a Swiss-based private group of companies with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship.

The Financial Transparency Coalition is a global network of civil society, governments, and experts that works to curtail illicit financial flows through the promotion of a transparent, accountable, and sustainable financial system that works for everyone.

Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice

Tax Justice UK is a campaigning and advocacy organisation, working to ensure that everyone in the UK benefits from a fair and effective tax system

Upturn promotes equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of digital technology. Their research and advocacy combines technical fluency and creative policy thinking to confront patterns of inequity, especially those rooted in race and poverty.

• No poverty
• Reduced inequalities

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing

The New Venture Fund (NVF) works to achieve a healthier, more equitable world. Its work spans a range of issue areas to realise social and environmental change.

This multi-disciplinary conference brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems.

• Adjacent Fields
• Conferences
• Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT)

Making All Voices Count was a programme that supported the development and spread of innovative approaches to fostering accountable, responsive governance – many of them using tools and platforms based on mobile phone and digital technologies.

Founded in 2005, Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online

Infonet develops technology platforms that enable information-sharing and promote government transparency in Kenya.

Chequeado is a non-profit, non-partisan independent media organisation and Latin America's first fact-checking site.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Fractured Atlas help individual artists and arts organizations at every level of the cultural ecosystem, in every creative medium by providing fundraising tools, educational resources, and personalized support

All the Citizens is a non-profit organisation registered as a UK limited company

Hromadske TV is an initiative of Ukrainian journalists that aims to provide unbiased, censor-free information on political, economic, cultural and social events to Ukrainian citizens.

• free speech

The Pop Culture Collaborative is a hub for high impact partnerships and grants designed to help organisations and individuals leverage the reach and power of pop culture for social justice goals

News Deeply is a media and technology firm that aims to elevate the user experience of complex global news issues, primarily through the creation of rich, single-subject news platforms.

Open Secrets is a non-profit organisation which exposes and builds accountability for private sector economic crimes through investigative research, advocacy, and the law.

Focuses on the emergence of new kinds of independent, alternative journalism in Latin America.

• Journalism
• Conferences

LightBox provides “Solar-Home-Systems” solutions that use photovoltaic (Solar-Electric or PV) cells and rechargeable batteries to provide electrical power away from the main grids

팀과 커뮤니티를 위한 민주주의 플랫폼

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Organize campaigns

Korean open civic data portal

• Civic data
• Graveyard
• Crowdsourcing

빠띠 민주주의 활동가 커뮤니티

• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

Open Source Citizen Participation Platform in Korea

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms