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Government transparency

Governments have the responsibility to share information with citizens in a readily understandable way. Openness and accountability will help to strengthen democracies and guarantee trust. The process of demanding transparency should also include public participation and citizen engagement. These platforms were created with the goal of offering information on how governments are spending money or implementing policies and what are the best ways in which citizens could monitor these processes.

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TheyWorkForYou Votes
votes.theyworkforyou.com

TheyWorkForYou Votes

Votes in the UK’s Parliaments determine the laws that we all live by, and we want the information about who voted for what to be as accurate, easy to use and easy to understand as possible.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2025
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory democracy, Government transparency
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Acceso a la Información (AAIP)
argentina.gob.ar/aaip/autoridades/dnaip

Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Acceso a la Información (AAIP)

Buenos Aires
Government transparency, Govtech, Access to information
Argentina (federal government)
Dirección Nacional de Evaluación de Políticas de Transparencia (DNEPT)
argentina.gob.ar/aaip/autoridades/dnept

Dirección Nacional de Evaluación de Políticas de Transparencia (DNEPT)

Buenos Aires
Government transparency, Govtech
Argentina (federal government)
FOIA request
foia.gov/request/agency-component/57990898-63f6-41e3-b42b-53bfbf768d57

FOIA request

Create a Freedom of Information request to the United States government

Washington, DC
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
United States (federal government)
Construyendo la Agenda de la IX Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en España
ogpspain2025.consider.it

Construyendo la Agenda de la IX Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en España

Building the Agenda for the 9th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Spain on Consider.it

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Specific digital participation instances, Government transparency, Engagement tech
Judge Profiles
mobilepathways.org/dashboards/judge-profiles

Judge Profiles

Access data on immigration judges, including cases, backlogs, grant rates, and removal statistics

Berkeley, CA
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Open justice
immigration
WhatGov
whatgov.co.uk

WhatGov

WhatGov makes UK Parliament easy to engage with, with a chat-style interface, debates rewritten in genz slang, and email/mobile push notifications to keep you informed.

London
Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency
Newspeak House
Figyusz
figyusz.k-monitor.hu

Figyusz

An app where you can subscribe to alerts to be notified immediately of updates to monitored administrative and government databases.

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Service alerts
Understandable Budget (Közérthető Költségvetés)
kozertheto.k-monitor.hu

Understandable Budget (Közérthető Költségvetés)

The aim of this Municipal Budget Visualisation Tool is to make the management of local governments transparent to the local population and the wider society.

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Budget explorers, Government transparency, Govtech
Pluralisme
pluralisme.fr

Pluralisme

"Pluralisme.fr is a revolutionary solution in the sense that it will help strengthen Democracy and monitor alternative facts"

France 🇫🇷
since 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Journalism
Peace, justice, and strong institutions
Accountability Lab Mexico
accountabilitylab.org/about-us/country-office-mexico

Accountability Lab Mexico

Accountability Lab Mexico is inspiring a national movement—led by civil society, on the ground, online and through the media—to celebrate, encourage and connect honest public servants.

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Access to information, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Open Government Partnership Asia and the Pacific
ogpasiapacific.org

Open Government Partnership Asia and the Pacific

Washington, DC
Meet the others, Conferences, In-person meetings
What the Fed?
whatthefed.web.app

What the Fed?

AI-powered insights to help you find out what the f(ed) the US government is doing

United States of America 🇺🇸
Artificial Intelligence, Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency
Enda ECOPOP
endaecopop.org

Enda ECOPOP

"Enda ECOPOP (Espaces de Co-production des Offres Populaires pour l’environnement et le développement en Afrique) est une organisation sans but lucratif, membre du Réseau International Enda Tiers Mond...

Senegal 🇸🇳
Participatory democracy, Government transparency
People Powered, Open Dev Africa
Global Participe
cspps.org/where-we-work/congo-brazzaville

Global Participe

"Global Participe is a national, non-profit, non-political and non-denominational humanitarian non-governmental organisation."

Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) 🇨🇬
Participatory democracy, Government transparency
People Powered, Open Dev Africa
Tainan City Council Watchbot
chatbot.tnsprout.org

Tainan City Council Watchbot

Line chatbot to help people interact with and understand Tainan City Council data. Users can ask in Mandarin, Taiwanese, English or by voice.

Tainan City
Artificial Intelligence, Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency
Tromsø Convention (Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe_Convention_on_Access_to_Official_Documents

Tromsø Convention (Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents)

The Tromsø Convention is the first binding international legal instrument to recognize a general right of access to official documents held by public authorities.

Norway (Norge, Noreg) 🇳🇴
since 2020
Access to information, Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency
Ley de Transparencia España (Ley 19/2013)
transparencia.gob.es/transparencia/es/transparencia_Home/index/MasInformacion/Ley-de-Transparencia.html

Ley de Transparencia España (Ley 19/2013)

La Ley 19/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Buen Gobierno (texto consolidado), tiene por objeto ampliar y reforzar la transparencia de la actividad pública,...

Madrid (Spain)
since 2013
Access to information, Civic tech legislation and policy, Government transparency
Vota Ime
votaime.org/Public/Home

Vota Ime

Platforma për monitorimin e Kuvendit

Kosovo (Kosova) 🇽🇰
Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Judge and Disclosure Database
free.law/projects/judge-db

Judge and Disclosure Database

For the benefit of researchers, practitioners, and the public we are proud to host a comprehensive and growing structured database of judges and their financial interests.

Oakland, California
Watchdogging and transparency, Social and financial connections, Government transparency
Register rabe UI
registerui.danesjenovdan.si

Register rabe UI

Comprehensive database tracking the use of AI systems in the Slovenian public sector.

Slovenia (Slovenija) 🇸🇮
since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
대전참여자치시민연대
cham.or.kr/app/main/index

대전참여자치시민연대

Daejeon, Korea
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
대전참여자치시민연대 예산감시 프로젝트 (Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Participatory Autonomy Budget Monitoring Project)
moni-budget.cham.or.kr

대전참여자치시민연대 예산감시 프로젝트 (Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Participatory Autonomy Budget Monitoring Project)

Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Participatory Autonomy Budget Monitoring Project

Daejeon, Korea
Budget explorers, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Govwatch
govwatch.gr

Govwatch

Rule of Law monitoring platform - Govwatch is a collective map of the state of the rule of law in Greece, made up of reports not just from the Govwatch team, but also from civil society organisations,...

Athens
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Indicators
New York Focus
nysfocus.com

New York Focus

New York Focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering state and local politics in the Empire State. We aim to make government more transparent by publishing in-depth journalism that explains ho...

New York
Media, Journalism, Nonprofit newsrooms
Visor Electroal Concejo 2024 - 2027
app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZDA4MDZhZjYtMTk3OC00MWE5LWIwODEtZGZkZGZjMjZiYzFkIiwidCI6IjE2YWY2YjQ1LTAwYzUtNGJhMy05ZDRjLThiZmExNmU0MzYwMyIsImMiOjR9&pageName=ReportSectionef168757ecb14421be70

Visor Electroal Concejo 2024 - 2027

Vote map and data dashboard showing support for elected representatives in Cali, Colombia

Colombia 🇨🇴
Civic data, Dashboards, Voting and elections
Jarbas Dashboard
jarbas.serenata.ai/dashboard/chamber_of_deputies/reimbursement

Jarbas Dashboard

Jarbas, a public panel of [Brasilian] parliamentary reimbursements, where suspicious purchases are easily accessible for public scrutiny.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Procurement oversight
Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) Macedonia
irl.mk

Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) Macedonia

The Investigative Reporting Laboratory (IRL) is a non-profit media organization whose reporting focuses on corruption, crime and good governance.

North Macedonia (Severna Makedonija) 🇲🇰
since 2017
Watchdogging and transparency, Media, Journalism
Advokc.ng
advokc.ng

Advokc.ng

AdvoKC is a dynamic, youth-led civic technology organization established with a steadfast commitment to fostering transparency, accountability, and positive change in governance.

Lagos
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Promise trackers
Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)
psam.org.za

Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)

PSAM’s activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through southern Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about social accountability and the monitoring and...

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Academia, Research and policy centers, Watchdogging and transparency
Action for Accountability
kathradafoundation.org/action-for-accountability

Action for Accountability

The Action for Accountability (A4A) project aims to support communities to organize and lead cooperation between our communities and local leaders.

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Imali Yethu
imaliyethu.org.za

Imali Yethu

Imali Yethu is a coalition of civil society organisations working with the South African National Treasury to make budget information more accessible, user-friendly and empowering.

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
since 2017
Partner networks and coalitions, Government transparency, Budget explorers
¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes?
hiperderecho.org/vigilandovigilantes

¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes?

Este proyecto nace con la intención de ser una campaña de sensibilización para proteger el derecho a la protesta y denunciar la persecución policial en espacios digitales.

Lima, Peru
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Digital security and privacy
policing
Error 404
hiperderecho.org/error404

Error 404

Sitios web bloqueados en Perú sin orden judicial

Lima, Peru
since 2020
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
free speech
Accountability Lab Liberia
accountabilitylab.org/country/liberia

Accountability Lab Liberia

Liberia 🇱🇷
Access to information, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Access to Information Community of Practice
Expertisecentrum SPOON
expertisecentrumspoon.nl

Expertisecentrum SPOON

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Access to information, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Access to Information Community of Practice, TICTeC 25
Undervaka.se
undervaka.se

Undervaka.se

Undervaka har tagit tempen på offentlighetsprincipen 2017

Sweden (Sverige) 🇸🇪
since 2017
Access to information, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Access to Information Community of Practice
Платформа прав людини
ppl.org.ua

Платформа прав людини

ППЛ – зареєстрована у 2016 році неприбуткова організація, яка об’єднала експертів з великим досвідом роботи та високим рівнем експертиз у неурядовому секторі.

Ukraine (Ukrayina) 🇺🇦
Access to information, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Access to Information Community of Practice
FOIA.Wiki
foia.wiki/wiki/Main_Page

FOIA.Wiki

This is a free and collaborative resource on the United States federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Access to information, Civic literacy, Watchdogging and transparency
wikis
Transparency International Slovenia
transparency.si

Transparency International Slovenia

Borimo se za svet, v katerem oblast, politika, gospodarstvo, civilna družba in dnevno življenje ljudi ne bodo prepleteni s korupcijo.

Slovenia (Slovenija) 🇸🇮
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency, Access to information
Access to Information Community of Practice
Abrimos.info
abrimos.info

Abrimos.info

En Abrimos.info combinamos nuestra experiencia abriendo datos con amplias capacidades narrativas, investigativas y de desarrollo para crear bases de datos fiables y verificadas que promueven el conoci...

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Procurement
Access to Information Community of Practice, TICTeC 25
527 Explorer
projects.propublica.org/527-explorer

527 Explorer

Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organiz...

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2024
Watchdogging and transparency, Social and financial connections, Civic data
Querido Diário
queridodiario.ok.org.br

Querido Diário

Diários oficiais dos municípios brasileiros em formato aberto para a livre consulta da sociedade civil.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 2019
Government transparency, Civic data APIs, Artificial Intelligence
Global ISDS Tracker (Investor-State Dispute Settlement)
globalisdstracker.org

Global ISDS Tracker (Investor-State Dispute Settlement)

This website tells a story of how a little known legal [corporate tribunal] mechanism is enriching fossil fuel corporations with public money, delaying climate action and threatening our future.

since 2024
Watchdogging and transparency, Consumer watchdogging, Government transparency
Climate action, sustainability
Joining the Dots
peps.directoriolegislativo.org/colombia

Joining the Dots

"Joining the Dots with PEPs" makes available to the public information on public officials’ Financial Declarations, government procurement and contracting, and contracts and tenders of companies in th...

Av. Entre Rios 258 3E (1079 - Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires - Argentina)
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Civic data
The Open Gov Challenge
opengovpartnership.org/the-open-gov-challenge

The Open Gov Challenge

The Open Government Challenge is a call to action for all members of OGP to raise ambition in ten areas of open government to help strengthen our democracies.

Washington, DC
since 2024
Challenges, Govtech, Building inside government
Open Government Partnership (OGP)
It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits
youtube.com/watch?v=Eyr5-db6G0A&t=7s

It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits

Award-winning video by the Brennan Center for Justice on out of touch Supreme Court justices

New York University
since 2024
Specific campaigns, Open justice, Watchdogging and transparency
videos, 2024 Webby Awards
Eye On Corruption
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ipaidabribe.eyeoncorruption&hl=en&gl=US

Eye On Corruption

Eye on Corruption App is a mobile application which allows people to report/submit a corruption related complaint to the Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC).

Ghana 🇬🇭
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Crowdsourcing
apps
UK Open Government Network
opengovernment.org.uk

UK Open Government Network

The UK Open Government Civil Society Networks are coalitions of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through transparency, participatio...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2012
Partner networks and coalitions, Government transparency, Participatory democracy
Wales Open Government Network
opengovernment.org.uk/networks/wales

Wales Open Government Network

The Wales Open Government Network is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making Welsh Government work better for people through enhanced transparency, participa...

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Partner networks and coalitions, Government transparency, Participatory democracy
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