The Committee to Protect Journalists promotes press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report news without fear.

• Media

The London-based Open Data Institute (ODI) seeks to identify and demonstrate the value of open data for governments, businesses, and non-profits

Good journalism is one of the hallmarks of civilized society

• Media
• Awards and prizes

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

• 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 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

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

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.

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 legislative tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

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

NewsTrust enabled citizens to find and share trustworthy journalism online, promoting greater transparency in news reporting.

The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has operationalized the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.

• human rights

• Fight disinformation

The Right2Know Campaign launched in August 2010 and has grown into a movement centred on freedom of expression and access to information

Founded in 2020 in response to COVID

• Civic tech communities and platforms

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups
• Civic apps outfits

It is one of the largest Civic Tech conferences in Japan with about 1,000 participants in two days.

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

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

• coaching

Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Since 2002, the Fund for Global Human Rights has raised and invested over $100 million into the work of community activists in more than 25 countries, providing these bold local leaders with the funding, tools and contacts they need to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges

• human rights

An organisation that works for the realisation of the human right to communication in Brazil.

• Translation and linguistic representation

Nexo is a Brazilian award-winning, digital-only independent media organisation.

• Media
• Journalism

Yiaga Africa is a non-profit civic hub of change makers committed to the promotion of democratic governance, human rights and civic engagement.

The Anti-Defamation League is the world’s leading organisation fighting anti-Semitism through programmes and services that counteract hatred, prejudice, and bigotry.

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

Publish What You Pay is a global network of civil society organisations working to increase transparency and accountability in the extractive and government sectors.

• labor

• Graveyard
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

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 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.

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

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

• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

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

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Think tanks

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

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)

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

• Digital rights
• Campaign organizations