Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)203,430
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionA project grant focused on building the capacity of Indonesian civil society in defending digital rights through workshops and trainings, fostering and sustaining networks through advocacy and communication, building better understanding of the role of open technology to support civic actors, and enhancing civil society knowledge and communications.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)102,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis grant will provide support to Perludem to build strong and solid CSO Coalition against election disinformation, and to coordinate multi-stakeholder forums that bridge collaboration of CSOs, social media platforms, and elections administrators to prevent and combat election disinformation in Indonesia.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)266,450
Funding typeGrant: US Public Charity
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionA grant to a research coalition based in the University of Massachusetts Amherst that aims to support original research, develop policy advocacy, and provide capacity-building on technology accountability in/from the global South.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionSupporting Amnesty International Indonesia in 1) providing a vibrant and supportive ecosystem for youth groups in civic space; and 2) improving public campaigns for social justice.
DescriptionArchitects of Diversity (AoD) is a youth-led non-profit organisation that works on bridging communities among youth for justice, peace, and a sustainable future in Malaysia.
DescriptionEast-West Management Institute (EWMI)'s mentoring and capacity-building programme supports a cluster of organisations working to advance freedom of expression in Malaysia. The programme aims to strengthen the capacity of each organisation and develop their collective ability to coordinate and collaborate more effectively.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis grant will provide support for IDEAS to conduct discussions with youth leaders, including from political parties, and further existing research regarding good governance and policies. It will also allow IDEAS to continue its work in advocating for access to information and facilitating public participation and engagement in policymaking processes.
DescriptionThis project funding will support Purple Code carrying out legal assistance, tech and psycho-social assistance to victims of online gender-based violence.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a general support grant for SAFEnet to support their programmatic work on digital rights and freedom of expression, and to strengthen their organization.
DescriptionThis project funding will support Yayasan Hivos organise training of trainers, organization accompaniment, and mentorship on holistic safety and security.
DescriptionYayasan Malaysiakini is a foundation formed under the auspices of Malaysiakini, Malaysia's oldest online news portal. Its main project Sokong, is a digital fundraising platform that aims to connect donors and nonprofits in Malaysia, in an effort to provide increased, consistent and long-term funding for these organisations.
Area of workInformation Ecosystems, Participation & Dissent
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)171,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionSupporting ICT Watch to extend and expand the capacity building workshops on the importance of privacy and digital literacy to national and local organisations in Indonesia.
DescriptionA project grant to fund advocacy work focused on regulatory mechanisms that can generate evidence-based push for new diligence rules and transparency standards around social media platform monetisation programs.
DescriptionTo support the organisation's work in using Data Protection Acts to reducing monetisation of the disinformation content and accounts on platforms in South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan.
DescriptionThis research grant renewal will extend the partnership between Luminate and UMass Amherst digital politics researchers to develop high-impact action research that supports global civil society to address information disorders across diverse national contexts.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeDebt: Other
DescriptionTo invest in Philippine Depository Receipts, which support Rappler Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Rappler, a Philippines-based social news network and video website.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support IDEAS' organisational strengthening, development of advocacy tools and strategic communications, and to support their goal of deepening research into financial transparency.
DescriptionTo provide a project grant to APC for capacity building of digital rights defenders, connecting them to other actors in the space, and supporting the work of different actors to promote a human rights-based approach to information and communications technology (ICT) policy making and advocacy in Southeast Asia.
DescriptionTo support EWMI-ODI work to: (i) build the constituency of Indigenous Peoples who assert and promote Indigenous Data Sovereignty; (ii) build the capacities within the Indigenous Peoples communities to adapt technology to changing circumstances without external assistance; and (iii) develop the Indigenous Data Sovereignty framework that is reflective of Indigenous Peoples in Asia and ensure the use of this framework to involve Indigenous Peoples in policy development.
DescriptionTo support the organisation's work towards the inclusion of human rights principles in policies and regulations in Indonesia, with specific focus to strengthen the protection of digital rights in Indonesia.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo develop and strengthen the data and digital rights network and ecosystem in Southeast Asia through convening, peer-learning, and series of research and advocacy.
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