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Central and Eastern Europe:

  • Slovakia - <a href="http://www.fair-play.sk/index_en.php" rel="nofollow">Fair Play Alliance</a> -
  • Poland - http://www.lgo.pl/ | http://www.facebook.com/anna.kuliberda | http://pl.linkedin.com/in/annakuliberda
  • Poland - www.przestrzen.art.pl | http://www.facebook.com/lubiniecki | http://pl.linkedin.com/in/lubiniecki
  • Poland - http://www2.kandydaci2009.pl/ | http://pl.linkedin.com/pub/magda-biernat/15/b95/2b6
  • Russia - http://www.bg.ru/ - a web page of the magazine which has first started to speak out loudly about such problems as passive citizens, corruption, transport problems, education, bureocracy, police, government etc. right before new year their issue featured the descriptions of the city where everything is set perfectly regarding transport, prices, civil rights, education - retired people described their vacationing and district mayors introduced the new reforms in the city. All of this was fake news showing how perfect a community can be
  • Russia - http://moskva.kotoroy.net/ - a website of the project which fights for saving the historical buildings and places along with organizing walks, festivals and photo-exibitions to show the citizens how important it is to care about the historical image of the city
  • Russia - http://youhouse.ru/ - a website of the managing companies who are responsible to keep the city and the houses properly, there is also a forum where citizens discuss, complain and ask questions
  • Poland - http://Sejmometr.pl - service which takes all data released by Polish Parliament and puts them in user friendly way, cause the gov way is simply impossible to stand ;) This project will be the first I am going to
  • Poland - http://www.wszystkoobip.pl/ - BIP - every gov instittuiotn in Poland is obliged to publish "Bulletin of Public Information" but not always they are up to date and have all the necessary data. This one monitors them and point out mistakes. It also helps people to understand how to read them
  • Poland - www.ngo.pl - this one is very important for the Polish third sector scene. Basically it covers all the topics related to starting and running NGO. From writing the first legal stuff, forms, then getting money, volunteers, accounting and so on. Its not exactly what we have in mind here I think, but effect it has made to Poland is definetely the one we are looking for to write about.
  • Poland - http://www.lgo.pl/wgo/ - Warsaw Citizen Group, monitors City Council of Warsaw
  • Poland - http://www.regioportal.pl/ - portal for local administration which monitors new law and ideas how to get funding for loca, small, and medium initatives. Really nice one
  • Poland - http://www.anty-bezczynnosc.pl - project which monitors public administration and tries to find stuff which makes them work really slow and then provides solution to it
  • Poland - http://www.wszystkojasne.waw.pl/ - monitors education for disabled kids in Warsaw.
  • Poland - http://ecoosystem.com/ - to connect NGOs with business
  • Poland - http://www.um.warszawa.pl/ngo/index.php?id=855 - a new initative by the City Council of Warsaw - helps NGOs to work with the city. Contains reports of previous activities, how to coop, how to get donations and get info. Nice idea, and one of the few made by "the other side" ;))

China:

Latin America:

South Asia:

  • India - <a href="http://mumbaivotes.com/" rel="nofollow">MumbaiVotes</a> - Provides information on MPs and MLAs, their election manifestos, their promises, criminal records, legislative records etc. It allows the citizens to see their actual performance through news analysis, video reports etc. PREFERRED FOR THE CASE STUDY (ELECTIONS)
  • India - <a href="http://votereport.in/" rel="nofollow">Vote Report India</a> - is a collaborative citizen-driven election monitoring platform for the 2009 Indian general elections. Basically, users contribute direct SMS, email, and web reports on violations of the Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct. The platform aggregates these direct reports with news

    reports, blog posts, photos, videos and tweets related to the elections

    from all relevant sources, in one place, on an interactive map.
  • India - Several more websites on elections and candidates like, <a href="http://www.adrindia.org/" rel="nofollow">Association for Democratic Reforms</a>, <a href="http://myneta.info" rel="nofollow">My Neta</a>, <a href="http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/home.aspx" rel="nofollow">Empowering India</a>
  • India - <a href="http://www.fixourcity.org" rel="nofollow">Fix Our City</a> - is an online platform for citizens from one city to report civic issues like garbage, potholes, sewerage etc. Citizens submit the reports online, and the organization takes it forward. This initiative has just started in one of the cities (Chennai), and in the following couple of weeks, similar platforms will be launched for other cities as well.
  • India - <a href="http://www.kiirti.org/" rel="nofollow">Kiirti</a> - is a one-stop citizen reporting for India. It aggregates several kinds of information like floods, corruption, civic issues, safety etc. from all across India, which can be viewed on an interactive map. PREFERRED FOR THE CASE STUDY
  • India - <a href="http://www.kiirti.org/" rel="nofollow">Jaagore</a> - (which means 'Wake up!'), initially started as an offline and online campaign, asking young citizens to vote. It has now diversified into many other issues like corruption, human rights etc. Anyone can become a member online and submit posts, photographs, videos, presentations. Interested members can also start a discussion group around their area of interest. PREFERRED FOR THE CASE STUDY
  • India - <a href="http://www.democracyconnect.org" rel="nofollow">Democracy Connect</a> - provides a platform for individuals to participate in governance, policy issues etc. It gives reports on parliamentary proceedings, information on various developmental issues in a Constituency, allows for interaction with MPs, MLAs etc. and have set up a Virtual Policy Cell.
  • India - <a href="http://www.praja.org" rel="nofollow">Praja</a> - (which means 'Citizens'). It provides information on MPs, MLAs, and specific wards, issues raised. People can start their discussion groups on the site, and also communicate with the political leaders. It also sends fortnightly reports to elected representatives on discussions taking place in the forum. PREFERRED FOR THE CASE STUDY
  • India - <a href="http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in" rel="nofollow">Citizen Matters</a> - This is an online citizen-oriented online news magazine, covering city public affairs, community and culture. It encourages everyone to get involved in city affairs and articles are written by journalists, citizens, activists etc. It asks everyone to report, collaborate, analyse, and propose ideas and solutions.
  • India - <a href="http://www.comat.com/" rel="nofollow">Comat Technologies </a>-
  • Sri Lanka - <a href="http://cmev.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Center for Monitoring Election Violence</a> - is to monitor the incidence of election related violence.It has maps, reports, photos, videos etc. on the website. You can also access it through your mobile phone or subscribe to get free SMSs, and also follow them through twitter.
  • Bangladesh - <a href="http://www.unnayantv.com" rel="nofollow">Unnayan TV</a> - is Bangladesh's first online video channel which regularly produces

    and publishes on popular culture, development, human rights, educational and environmental issues. It is an alternative initiative

    against the commercial giant media. PREFERRED FOR THE CASE STUDY
  • India - <a href="http://womenaloud.blogpost.com" rel="nofollow">WAVE (Women Aloud - Videoblogging for Empowerment)</a> - is India's first video blog by women. 50 women from all the states of India post video blogs on their perspectives on community issues like health, environment etc. The website has not been launched as yet, as this project just began in December 2009. PREFERRED FOR THE CASE STUDY

Southeast Asia:

  • Cambodia -<a href="http://saatsaam.info/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=52" rel="nofollow">Corruption-Free Cambodia</a>- (It is the important means to pave the way for the

    people, an information source to provide knowledge about the impacts of corruption, and an opportunity to all interested people to participate

    in the struggle to alleviate corruption and promote integrity)
  • Cambodia -<a href="http://sithi.org/" rel="nofollow">sithi.org </a>(Sithi means 'rights' in Khmer, the language of the Khmer people and the

    official language of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Sithi.org has two main purposes. First, to encourage civil society organizations and others working on human rights in Cambodia to be more effective by providing information and resources to encourage greater professionalism, specialism and collaboration. Second, to provide information on the human rights situation in Cambodia to increase awareness and understanding of human rights in Cambodia in order to mobilize action to protect and promote them)

  • Malaysia - <a href="http://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/category/citizen-think-tank/" rel="nofollow">Citizen Think Tank</a> -
  • Malaysia - <a href="http://15malaysia.com/" rel="nofollow">15Malaysia</a>- (is a

    short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers whose films are not only dealt with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. These vary from corruption, race relations, inflation, Islamic banking, social apathy, ethical commerce, pedophilia, government health warnings and so on. It is perceived as a social project whereby 15 local film makers were gathered to produce films of different themes to show what

    Malaysia is about. and in the process seek to unite Malaysians.
  • Malaysia - <a href="http://www.penangwatch.net/about" rel="nofollow">Peneng Watch</a> - aims to support the Federal and State Governments in their stated aims of making the MPPP

    (and all local authorities) an accountable, transparent and efficient administration with the ultimate objective of making George Town a healthy city as defined by the Healthy City Initiative. Also it is to empower the citizens of Penang by enabling them to articulate

    their views of the local government through the electronic media/online complaint summit.
  • Singapore -<a href="http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">The Online Citizens-</a>

    began in December 2006 with a simple aim in mind: telling the stories about Singapore and Singaporeans that weren’t being told in the mainstream press. TOC is a blog site which endeavours to reflect the views and opinions of ordinary Singaporeans. It is a platform which welcomes contributions from the man in the street, the average citizen

    who is concerned about issues facing our country.
  • Region (esp Myanmar)- <a href="http://www.barcampyangon.org/news/" rel="nofollow">Barcamp</a>-

    first barcamp to be organized in Myanmar. Other region barcamp includes: BarCamp Bangkok, BarCamp Chaing Mai, BarCamp Singapore,

    BarCamp Phnom Penh, BarCamp Saigon.
  • Papau New Guinea - <a href="http://crimeandcorruptionpng.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Crime and Corruption in PNG</a> -
  • Philippine - <a href="http://blogwatch.ph/" rel="nofollow">Blog Watch</a> - is a bloggers' initiative aiming to

    cover underplayed stories that traditional media cannot cover due to limited resources and time. The idea for a citizen journalists' movement for the 2010 elections was born. Now, with barely five months left before the May 2010 Elections, the urgency of voter education and training is clear. It now falls to media organizations and informed citizens to build public confidence in the coming polls. Aside from interviews and articles, Blog Watch will utilize various multimedia platforms to convey these stories

    through photos, videos and podcasts.
  • Philippine -<a href="http://www.su.edu.ph/kdc/" rel="nofollow">Knowledge for Development Center</a>-

    the SU-KDC offers easy access to a wealth of information through the Internet and a diverse collection of World Bank publications and other special books and documents both in the print and non-print formats to public. It hold forums, workshops, and other events to promote awareness and discussion

    of development issues and to facilitate partnerships for development.
  • Philippine - <a href="http://pulitika2010.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">pulitika2010 - </a> is all about politics. In the runup to the May

    elections, there are a lot of info, data, news/feature stories, opinions, blogs, video, and photos out there about every candidate who

    has thrown his hat into the fray, as well as vital electoral issues.

Sub-Saharan Africa:


Global:




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