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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Institute for Public Policy and Law Vi?n Chính sách công và Pháp lu?t Vietnam
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Scientific organization of scholars, working with state agencies and civil society in building and developing public policies and legislation, and development of the rule of law, good governance and sustainable development.

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Vi?n Hàn lâm Khoa h?c xã h?i Vi?t Nam Vietnam
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Government agency working in the fields of social sciences, providing scientific evidences for the Party and the State in developing guidelines, strategies, plans, and policies in order to serve a fast and sustainable socialist-oriented development of the country.

The Institute for Studies of Society, Economics and Environment Vi?n nghiên c?u Xã h?i, Kinh t? và Môi tr??ng (iSEE) Vietnam
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Work towards the rights of minority groups in Vietnamese society through original research, policy advocacy, organizing conference and training events, holding popular annual community events, and running direct youth and minority initiatives.

Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of State and Law Vi?n Nhà n??c và Pháp lu?t Vietnam
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

The basic function of the Institute is to study fundamental issues related to State and Law; to provide the scientific evidence for making strategies and policies which are used for the development and building State and law.

Vital Voices of Panama Voces Vitales de Panamá Panama
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It fosters the participation of women and promotes their education, healthcare, and equitable access to opportunities. It is a member of Vital Voices Global Partnership and it is comprised of more than one-thousand partners and executives from the private and public sectors.

Voice of the Young Voix des Jeunes Senegal
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

National competition working through training bootcamps in order to foster civic participation fo young people. Seeks to extend academic learning to create a group of young leaders for Senegal.

Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to protect the rights of people affected by environmental degradation and to monitor government implementation of environmental conservation and sustainability measures.

Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Structural Legal Aid
Pioneering, promoting, and supporting law enforcement and legal reform through providing legal assistance and fighting for the rights of the poor.

Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation - MCPF Yayasan Pencegahan Jenayah Malaysia Malaysia
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 1993 to advance peace and zero-crime levels, it is the local chapter of the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation. MCPF promotes public awareness in crime prevention and effective measures for treatment of offenders.

Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) Yayasan Pengembangan Hukum Lingkungan Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to assist NGOs, citizens and government in implementing sustainable measures for environmental management in accordance with universal principles.

Alliance of Associations Polish Green Network (Polish Green Network - PGN) Zwiazek Stowarzyszen Polska Zielona Siec (Polska Zielona Siec - PZS) Poland
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Created in 1995, the Polish Green Network is a national alliance of ten environmental and sustainable development associations and foundations. It advocates for social and environmental justice and sustainable development, advances social control mechanisms over public funds and multinational corporations, and provides development assistance to Global South countries and Eastern Europe.

Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) ‡??‡?á‡?ч?å‡?Ň?£‡?ï‡?à‡??‡?ï‡?â‡??‡?ô‡?ч??‡?£‡?å‡?£‡?±‡?õ‡?ä‡?±‡?ô Thailand
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Founded in 2011 and formerly known as the Anti-Corruption Network, ACT is an initiative from the private sector that comprises nearly 50 organizations from the private, public, and civil society sectors, and serves as a social force to mobilize Thai people and society in rejecting corruption. It supports policy reform in order to make anticorruption measures become tangible and effective.

Justice Fund Office ‡?Ň??‡?á‡?ó‡??‡?ô‡?¢‡??‡?ï‡?¥‡?ò‡?£‡?£‡?° ‡?Ň?£‡??‡?ó‡?£‡?߇?á‡?¢‡??‡?ï‡?¥‡?ò‡?£‡?£‡?° Thailand
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Justice Fund was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Justice to provide public legal assistance to the most vulnerable persons in Thailand. It offers assistance for temporary liberation of the accused, for defendants, and in cases of human rights violations, while also providing legal education to the public.

Thailand Political Database - TPD ‡?ć?ч?£‡??‡??‡?LJ?à‡??‡?¢‡?LJ?â‡??‡?°‡??‡?•‡?Ň??‡?£‡?ć?°‡??‡??‡?á‡?ч?ó‡?¢ Thailand
Factor 3: Open Government

The Thailand Political Database is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of politics and its development in Thailand. TPD provides political data, which include politicians’ profiles, political activities, electoral data, political campaigns, and public policies, to its members and the public.

Thai Netizen Network ‡?ć?ч?£‡??‡??‡?LJ?à‡??‡?¢‡?û‡?•‡?ć?°‡??‡??‡?á‡?ć?ô‡?á‡?ï Thailand
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a group of citizens that support human rights and democracy. They defend the right to access information and online citizenship, as well as promote freedom of expression, opinion, and privacy rights.

The Indigenous Women‚Äôs Network of Thailand - IWNT ‡?ć?ч?£‡??‡??‡?LJ?à‡??‡?¢‡?™‡?ï‡?£‡?µ‡?ä‡?ô‡?ć?ú‡?à‡??‡?Ň?´‡?à‡?á‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?ć?ó‡?®‡?ч?ó‡?¢ Thailand
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1996 to provide a gender perspective to development activities affecting indigenous peoples in Thailand, IWNT works to advance indigenous women's rights through national and international mechanisms. It also advocates for indigenous women's participation in local government, natural resource management, and other decision making bodies.

The Thai Committee for Refugees Foundation - TCR ‡?ć?õ‡?¥‡?î‡?™‡??‡?ô‡?±‡?Ň?á‡??‡?ô‡?ɇ?´‡?°‡?à‡?ɇ?ô‡?£‡?±‡?ê‡?ч??‡?ć?£‡?ô ‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?ć?ó‡?®‡?û‡?°‡?à‡?? Thailand
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

TCR's mission is to provide a strategic shift in the protection of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless, and internally displaced persons, to promote more sustainable solutions for these individuals in Thailand and in the broader Southeast Asian region.

iLaw ‡?LJ?ч?£‡?á‡?Ň??‡?£‡??‡?¥‡?ô‡?ć?ó‡??‡?£‡?å‡?ć?ô‡?á‡?ï‡?ć?û‡??‡?à‡??‡?Ň?é‡?´‡?°‡??‡?¢‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?ä‡??‡?ä‡?ô Thailand
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

iLaw advances freedom of expression, civil, and political rights in Thailand. It works to increase public awareness and generate debate on proposed new laws and sections of the forthcoming constitution that affect freedom of expression, civil, and political rights. It also monitors abuses of civil and political rights as well as abuses within the judicial system.

Togetherness for Equality and Action - TEA ‡?LJ?£‡?á‡?ô‡?â‡??‡?ä‡?? Thailand
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a group comprised of activists working to support gender equality and gender issues. It works through the Public Forum TEA talk to build capacity and space for youth.

Thai NGO Coalition on AIDS ‡?ч?ì‡??‡?Ň?£‡?£‡?°‡?Ň??‡?£‡??‡?á‡?ч?å‡?Ň??‡?£‡?û‡?±‡?í‡?ô‡??‡?ć??‡?Ň?ä‡?ô‡?î‡?â‡??‡?ô‡?ć??‡?î‡?™‡?嬆 (‡?Ň?û‡??.) Thailand
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 1993, it is comprised of approximately 155 organizations working on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment throughout Thailand. TNCA has four regional branches and advocates for better health care and human rights.

Sal Forest ‡?õ‡?à‡??‡?™‡??‡?•‡?? Thailand
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 2013, Sal Forest is Thailand's first sustainable business accelerator. It aims to jumpstart and sustain a public discourse on sustainable business via events, print, and online media, as well as conducting research on important sustainability issues in Thailand and social impact assessments.

Prachatai ‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?ä‡??‡?ч?ó Thailand
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Prachatai is an independent daily web newspaper established in June 2004 to provide reliable and relevant news and information to the Thai public during an era of limited freedom and independence of the Thai news media.

Foundation for a Clean and Transparent Thailand ‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?ć?ó‡?®‡?ч?ó‡?¢‡?ɇ?™‡?™‡??‡??‡??‡?î ‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?®‡?à‡??‡?Ň?ч??‡?£‡?å‡?£‡?±‡?õ‡?ä‡?±‡?à‡?ô Thailand
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Foundation is an inititiative of the Moral Promotion Center which is associated with the Ministry of Culture. The Foundation seeks to develop a culture of respect for ethics and morality, good governance, and transparency in Thailand by establishing partnerships with the private, public, and civil society sectors.

ThaiPublica ‡?™‡??‡?ô‡?±‡?Ň?LJ?à‡??‡?߇??‡??‡?ô‡?ч?•‡?ô‡?å‡?ч?ó‡?¢‡?û‡?±‡?ö‡?•‡?¥‡?Ň?â‡?? Thailand
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Founded in 2011, it focuses on transparency issues in the public and private sectors, promotes sustainable development, and is operated by a group of professional journalists with combined experience of over sixty years.

Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) ‡?™‡?ñ‡??‡?ö‡?±‡?ô‡?ć?û‡??‡?à‡??‡?Ň??‡?£‡?¢‡??‡?ï‡?¥‡?ò‡?£‡?£‡?°‡?Ň?´‡?à‡?á‡?õ‡?£‡??‡?ć?ó‡?®‡?ч?ó‡?¢ (‡??‡?á‡?ч?å‡?Ň??‡?£‡?°‡?´‡??‡?ä‡?ô) International
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Institute working on research and capacity-building in crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law within ASEAN.