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.
How do we ensure justice and fair treatment for all in a digital environment? How do we counter online hate, protect free speech, and use social media to reduce bias in society? The Center for Technology and Society takes ADL’s civil rights mission and applies it to the 21st century.
1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) is a donor collaborative working toward a democratic world where power and resources are more equally distributed; people are informed and empowered, governments and the corporate sector are open and responsive, and collective action advances the public good.
P.O. Box 802, 93 Toktogul St, Bishkek, 720040, Kyrgyzstan
Coalition of NGOs is a non-partisan and neutral organization working on strengthening democracy and building civil society uniting more than 130 NGOs in every rayon of KR and have a regional office in every oblast center and Balykchy. Its principal partner is National Democratic Institute working on USAID grant.
Al Hayat aims to promote accountability, governance, public participation and community cohesion in Jordan and the region within the framework of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, taking into consideration gender mainstreaming in public policy and action.
Salt Lake City's govtech innovation program is focused on modernization and digital equity for residents.
"Another area the department will focus on is integrating the city’s “Digital Equity For All” policy. Passed in September 2020, the policy aims to provide residents with the opportunity to access and use information and communication technologies reliably.
The resolution, which was inspired by the importance of technology during the pandemic, aims to incorporate three concepts: relevant content, services, hardware and digital literacy into the city’s policymaking.
To achieve this, the department will:
increase usage and understanding of digital and communications technology
address potential barriers to digital inclusion
address the need for digital literacy training
address the need for access via reliable and affordable devices
address the need for language and disability accommodations
develop relevancy and advocacy campaigns within specific communities and populations"
https://www.govtech.com/gov-experience/Salt-Lake-City-Mayor-Announces-New-Innovation-Department.html
mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated,first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data,applications, and technology to help people and goods move more quickly,cheaply, and efficiently. The Challenge generated an overwhelming response:78 applicant cities shared the challenges they face and ideas for how totackle them.
The goal of the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society is to contribute to the process of transparency and fairness of elections through the organization of qualitative, objective and independent monitoring of the pre-election process, the voting day and summing up the results.
ParityBOT is a Twitter bot that spins the abuse and toxicity directed at women in politics into positive, uplifting and encouraging messages.
The artificial intelligence technology that powers ParityBOT detects and classifies hateful, harmful and toxic tweets directed at women in leadership or public office. For every toxic tweet that passes a certain threshold, the bot posts a “positivitweet.”
ParityBOT has been deployed in Canada during the federal election in 2019, and the Alberta election in 2019. During this time:
+245,000 tweets were processed
393 candidates were tracked
+20,000 positive tweets sent
Community Lattice is a social enterprise that helps communities understand and optimize land revitalization programs, like EPA Brownfields, as a pathway to environmental and climate justice.
On June 15, 2021, the Sacramento City Council approved the use of up to $1 million in Measure U funds for residents to propose ideas and vote on project concepts.
Berkman Klein center research effort: GLOBAL COHORT OF EARLY-CAREER SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS EXPLORES THE ETHICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS OF DIGITAL IDENTITY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Community Technology Empowerment Network (CTEN) is a refugee-founded and led organisation, which began in 2016 as community-based initiative in Rhino Camp refugee settlement West Nile region of Uganda. CTENs mission is to give community knowledge in digital technology for purposes of understanding and eventually building digital skills for employability, resulting in livelihoods resilience.
Last year we piloted an initiative called Community Connections at the Responsible Data mailing list, where we connected two or more members of the community based on their shared interests in responsible data(RD)-related topics, allowing them to chat about topics and projects related to responsible data.