DescriptionTo provide funding for a Guardian Activate conference in Africa, which seeks to increase collaboration among players in media, technology, civil society, and business in order to improve both the quantity and quality of civic innovation in South Africa as well as other countries in the region.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Haki Yetu's work in civic empowerment to help underrepresented people to fully participate in governance and leadership in Kilifi, Kwale, and Mombasa counties.
DescriptionTo support Herdict, the Berkman Center's crowdsourcing platform for providing insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of website accessibility.
Amount committed (US$)
For-profit figures not reported
Funding typeEquity
DescriptionTo provide a seed investment in HiviSasa.com, an online Kenyan newspaper that provides local, county level news tailored for the mobile web.
DescriptionTo support the further development, adoption, and consolidation of an International Open Data Charter, which sets out principles to guide the creation and implementation of open data policies and initiatives of governments.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)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.
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.
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.
DescriptionThe grant is to support InfluenceMap in developing an Ad Tracker to track, store and analyse advertising on the Facebook UK platform, to create awareness for disinformation/misinformation and green-washing propagated by fossil fuel corporations and other vested interests in relation to climate news.
DescriptionTo support InfoNet, which develops open source technologies that give individuals the ability to share public information, therefore improving government transparency and enabling communities to build social capital for democratic social action.
DescriptionTo support the work of IFIT's Inclusive Narratives Practice Group, which is the world's first dedicated advisory platform on the need to construct and promote inclusive social and political narratives as part of any negotiation, dialogue, or transition process taking place in a fragile and conflict-affected society.
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