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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
PAMS Foundation Tanzania Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security

It helps to sustain and conserve biodiversity, wilderness, habitats, and ecological processes through actions that benefit nature and communities. Their work is based on ranger training and an intelligence-based approach to anti-poaching.

Resource Center for Roma Communities Foundation Romania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to provide assistance and give visbility to Roma communities while securing their rights through national partnerships and strategies.

National Legal Services Authority India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.

Earth Justice United States
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Fights for a world free of the disastrous effects of climate change and environmental degradation, and leads conservations efforts.

The Association for Supporting the Prisoners (Central Chapter) Iran
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Offers Protection, Financial Assistance and Activities for Prisoners and their Families.

Peace Management Initiative Western Jamaica
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to reduce and eradicate violence in communities in Jamaica, along with detect, diffuse and prevent potentially violent situations in communities and build respect between communities and police.

Sensi Tech Hub Sierra Leone
Factor 3: Open Government

Sensi works to create a space for technology and entrepreneurship to generate employment and innovative solutions. Through incubation programs and training, they seek to contribute to the development of a technologically innovative community in the country.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to provide legal aid on civil, criminal and social justice to the most vulnerable along with using strategic litigiation to advance human rights in Bangladesh and trainings for lawyers and capacity building of the judicial system.

For Empowering Women - FEW Japan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a women's networking organization that supports and empowers women to achieve their full personal and professional potential. Its members include professionals from different backgrounds and membership is open to any woman, irrespective of her nationality.

Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Australia
Factor 5: Order and Security

A commision designed to expose, investigate, and address misconduct within the NSW police force.

GreenWatch Uganda Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Advocates for environmental protection and ensures every citizen has access to a clean and healthy environment

Good Governance (GoGo) Foundation Nepal
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Foundation seeks to promote good governance, anticorruption, quality public service delivery, right to information, consumer rights, and social accountability by creating an informed citizenship, and by making the state and its governance process accountable, transparent, and participatory.

Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Nationwide network of legal practitioners working to monitor elections to ensure that they are free and fair.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Ethiopia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Established in 2000, it protects the human rights and freedoms enshrined in the constitution through advocacy, counseling, monitoring, and research.

Afghan Civil Society Forum-organization (ACSFo) Afghanistan
Factor 3: Open Government

ACSFo is a network of civil society organizations working to promote and advocate civic participation.

Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) was established in 2009 as an independent electoral observing organization aiming to observe the electoral processes to ensure credibility and transparency of elections.

The Commission on Administrative Justice Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Also known as the Office of the Ombudsman, its work is to investigate any conduct in state affairs or any act or omission in public administration in any sphere of Government. Their work also includes investigating complaints of abuse of power, unfair treatment, or unresponsive official conduct.

Innocence Project United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to free the wrongfully convicted, improve case law through strategic litigation, push for reform of the criminal justice system for fairer trials and to support ex detainees in their reintegration into society.

Centre for Social Research India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

The Centre for Social Research was constituted to empower the women and girls of India, guarantee their fundamental rights, and increase understanding of social issues from a gender perspective.

I Paid a Bribe Nepal Nepal
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

An online portal where corruption encounters/escape are reported with an aim to uncover the market price of corruption.

The Network against Gender Based Violence - NGBV The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a network of various organizations and institutions in the public and non-state sectors that are working to address gender based violence. It seeks to promote closer strategic partnerships for joint programming, implementation, and resource mobilization.

Independent Monitoring Group of El Salvador (GMIES) El Salvador
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to monitor working conditions in various industries in the country and to develop a Center for Labour Rights, to educate and provide legal assistance to workers about their rights.

Above Ground Canada
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It promotes corporate accountability for companies based in Canada or supported by the Canadian state. It works in collaboration with human rights organizations in Canada and abroad, and it facilitates legal assistance and policy research to inform analysis and coordinated actions.

The Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) Tanzania
Factor 3: Open Government

It promotes startups with innovative ideas for the growth of ICT technology-based emerging companies. It contributes to job creation and networking for technical trends and opportunities to access markets. It provides mentoring and coaching to entrepreneurs, and facilitates access to potential customers and strategic partners.

Singapore Environment Council Singapore
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to engage business, government, citizens and NGOs on environmental issues, through partnerships, workshops, awards and advocacy.