open data, transparent society

• TICTeC 25

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) is a convenor and connector of civil society parliamentary monitoring organizations and journalists towards promoting Open Parliaments across Africa.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Government transparency

The EU Whistleblowing Monitor was created by the Whistleblowing International Network to track the progress of transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing across all 27 Member States over the next 18 months.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government
• Consumer watchdogging

WIN connects and strengthens civil society organisations that defend and support whistleblowers.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government
• Partner networks and coalitions

Explora los Presupuestos Generales del Estado

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

Skaidresnės Lietuvos link! Esame viešosios politikos organizacija, kurios tikslas – įgyvendinti skaidrumo bei antikorupcines iniciatyvas.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

By providing a neutral report of what happens in court, trial monitors can help ensure that rights are respected and abuses exposed.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Watchdogging government

Citizens Network Watchdog Poland is an independent, apolitical and non-profit organization in the form of a watchdog and think-do-tank organization for the public benefit.

• Access to Information Community of Practice
• TICTeC 25

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Realiza una solicitud de información o mira las ya realizadas

• Alaveteli

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government
• Communicating with the government

PPDC is a non-governmental organisation created to increase citizens' participation in governance processes in a way that improves the integrity of public and private sector processes.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

Run your own Freedom of Information website

• Alaveteli

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

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
• Watchdogging government

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

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

“Marsad Majles” is Al Bawsala's project to monitor Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA).

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Meet the others
• Watchdogging government

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government
• Promise trackers

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.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency

“FOIA Data Mining” is a FOIA service that enables watchdog organizations to organize volunteers in retyping and structuring responses to FOIA requests.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

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.

• labor
• migration
• human rights

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Watchdogging government

A tool created to publish FOIA requests in Tunisia, thus putting pressure on the authorities to respond in time and appropriately.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citizen action, and engagement using technology.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

The Veza online tool is an open data platform developed by Corruption Watch with the goal of improving transparency and accountability in the South African Police Service (SAPS).

• police violence
• policing

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

To strengthen the topic of freedom of information as a whole by transparently depicting the inquiry and response process.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Platform for Lithuanian citizens to seek advise on reporting corruption or dealing with corruption, enhanced with an interactive map.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

Marsad Budget is a continuation of Al Bawsala's work, which is based on monitoring the various institutions in charge of managing state affairs and the consecration of the principle of transparency and thus making available to the citizen, simplified and accessible information on the state budget

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Full Fact is the UK's independent factchecking organisation

• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government

The CSAP uses interactive radio shows (radio dialogues in combination with SMS feedback) to enable citizens to hold their leaders to account by asking the hard questions

• United Nations
• United Nations Development Programme

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Across the country, Sunshine Week is marked by panel discussions, workshops and other events about using and understanding the latest developments in freedom of information resources.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

BudgIT is a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government
• Budget explorers

We advocate, visualize and track government spending and international aid, and let you know how effective it has been in our rural communities.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

a tool to crowdsource answers to FOIA request.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessible to everyone.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

“Marsad Baladia” , or the Municipality Observatory, was launched in January 2014, aiming to monitor municipal activity through access to information, and to present it in a clear and updated manner. The project also aims to strengthen the link between the municipality and citizens,

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

An artificial intelligence bot that analyzes Brazilian congresspeople expenses while they are in office. Rosie can find suspicious spendings and engage citizens in the discussion about these findings.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech

Декларатор — это постоянно пополняемая база деклараций о доходах и имуществе публичных должностных лиц: депутатов, чиновников, судей, представителей региональной и муниципальной власти, иных органов, госкорпораций и госкомпанией

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Watchdogging government

Cities and towns across Massachusetts and few in other states have adopted Visual Budget, either the new WordPress plug-in or the original.

• Wordpress

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

PMG aims to provide accurate, objective, and current information on all parliamentary committee proceedings in the form of detailed, unofficial minutes and documents and since 2007, sound recordings of the meeting.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Voting and elections
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

Launched in 2014 by BudgIT, Tracka is a social platform of/for active citizens who are interested in monitoring public projects in their communities thus enhancing budget performance across the country.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Digital participation platforms
• Watchdogging government