Leading Organizations

It was launched in Panama in 2016 to confront challenges related to infrastructure development, such as corruption and inefficient bureaucracy. The initiative comprises a group of civil society organizations, government institutions, and members from the industry sector.

The Initiative seeks to improve transparency and accountability in publicly financed construction projects through the public disclosure of information. CoST is managed by a multi-stakeholder coalition that represents the interests of the government, the private sector, and the civil society.

Founded in 1992, it promotes the awareness of victims of human rights abuses. They utilize empirical cases of international humanitarian law, international refugee law, and the guiding principles on internal displacement. The organization strives for the democratic construction of peace, justice, and social equity, as an effective way to prevent exile and displacement. In 2010, the Ecuadorian chapter of the organization opened in Quito.

Through multilingual platforms and programmes seeks to inform consumers about their rights and help them achieve financial prosperity.

Works to defend the rights of consumers, promote citizen participation in the regulatory process, and monitor the regulatory framework for consumers. Recently, they have been very active in the fight against the water crisis in the country.

Works to defend the rights of consumers in Romania, and developed a Masters in Consumer Protection along with lobbying government policy.

Works to protect and inform citizens' consumer rights, and monitoring government regulation on consumer products.

CooperAction works to organize, train and ultimately let indigenous, rural and local communities manage their environment, and to propose public policy ideas for sustainable development of local and regional democratic, social and economic initiatives.

CPAU is a research and peace-building organization. It has been working to support peacebuilding efforts through education, working with local informal justice platforms, advocacy, civic engagement, and women empowerment.

The Centre is the state arm in charge of supervising the civil and criminal systems, law enforcement agencies, and providing legal assistance in criminal matters.

CCI works to investigate and bring to light cases of institutional violence and dissapearings. Working with families and human rights organizations, they work to diffuse information about the cases, organize demonstrations, organize conferences and provide training in order to provide justice.

Works to investigate violence and human rights abuses committed by state agents or police officers and report on institutional violence.

The Coordinator of Women works to strengthen women's political actions, promote their emancipation, and construct a new social order based on equality. Their work also includes a life free from violence program to sensitize local leaders about the rights and legal mechanisms available for the prevention of violence against women.

It works in all 14 districts of the country, strengthening healthcare systems with an emphasis on adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.

CPA is an independent federation of progressive  peoples organizations, most of them grassroots-based organizations among indigenous communities in the Cordillera Region, Philippines. CPA is committed to the promotion and defense of indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights, social justice, and national freedom and democracy.

Government non profit bodies that provide legal assistance to people who do not have the means to pay a lawyer, victims of violence and ADR mechanisms. Presence in 4 of the main regions of Chile.

Investigates and prosecutes cases of corruption ib the public and private sectors.

Independent Government Body tasked with investing and prosecuting corruption cases with the help of businesses and civil society.

Uses a texting hotline and social media to promote citzen corruption reporting and leads investigation on the cases reported.

Investigates the prison system and produces reports on living conditions of prisoners, torture and abuse statements and proposes reviews of government policy and practices.

Seeks a multisectorial approach to civil society work in order to foster participation, and launched the red card anti corruption campaign.

Independent government body that has develop an access to information platform and ensures that government bodies and agencies upload information for access by citizens.

Works to coordinate and support the activities of 178 national NGOs on topics ranging from access to health to 7. Civil Justice.

CEPAD focuses on community development in order to create sustainable and autonomous regional communities in Nicaragua.

Seeks to defend freedom of religion and expression and to promote the place of and educate on the role of Muslims and Islam in society.