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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Brazil Reporter Repórter Brasil Brazil
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to investigate cases of forced labour in different industries in Brazil and bring them to the public eye, along with investigating projects that have a negative environmental impact, transmitting the information through journalism, education and research publication.

Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association - BORDA Tanzania Tanzania
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Operating in Tanzania since 2007, it aims to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged communities and to preserve the environment through the expansion of sanitation services in the areas of decentralised sanitation, wastewater, and solid waste disposal. BORDA also has chapters in Lesotho, Mali, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Brennan Center for Justice - NYU School of Law United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to hold government accountable on themes such as voter rights or campaign financing through advocacy and research.

Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative - BABSEACLE International
Factor 7: Civil Justice

BABSEACLE's mission is to strengthen and support access to justice and the rule of law globally through justice education and raising awareness of pro bono. Their Clinical Legal Education (CLE) programs and Pro Bono Initiatives are active throughout Asia including Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, the Maldives, and Nepal.

Brookings Institution United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Provides high quality research and comment on public police and debate in order to inform and shape the ideas and ideologies of democracy.

Budeshi Nigeria
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Budeshi (Open contracting for Nigeria), is initiative of the Public and Private Development Centre in partnership with the Pan-Atlantic University, and the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism.

Build Foundation Fundación Construir Bolivia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Build Foundation works to strengthen democracy, human rights, and equal access to justice. Programs include research, education and advocacy for the promotion of civic participation and development, most notably their initiatives integrate indigenous communities to foster access to justice and intercultural dialogue. Additionally, they work to prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children in Bolivia.

Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism - BRAVE Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is the main initiative of the Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR). It seeks to generate public debate and dialogue by addressing violent extremism and terrorism with a strategy centered on ideological elements such as narratives and counter-narratives.

Bureau for Reconstruction and Development (BRD) Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

BRD has been working in Afghanistan since 2002. It has been working to enhance the skills and knowledge of civil society organizations on effective conflict resolution and management through training programs.

Bureau of Corrections Philippines
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Correctional System in the Philippines seeks to protect the public and prevent crimes in partnership with stakeholders by providing persons under custody opportunities for reformation, decent environment and secure settings.

Bureau of Environmental Investigation (BER) ???? ??????????? ???????????? Ukraine
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Bureau is a coalition of journalists, experts, lawyers, environmentalists and CSOs working to investigate, inform and bring to light environmental issues of public concern, along with providing legal assistance to persons who have had their environmental rights abused.

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Philippines
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to provide rehabiliation programmes and mechanisms for offenders, and inform the public on the workings of the prison system.

Burma Human Rights Network - BHRN Myanmar
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Officially registered in 2015 and based in London, it works to advance and advocate for the human rights of minorities, as well as religious freedom in Burma.

Burma Link Myanmar
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

It advocates for rights for Burma's ethnic nationalities and displaced persons. Their website has information about the conflict and displacement in the country, amplifying the voices of local organizations working towards a free and peaceful society. The stories presented also represent voices of soldiers and leaders from different Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs).

Business Action Against Corruption (BAAC) - Malawi Chapter Malawi
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Government and private sector initiative to fight corruption through the development of a rating index, and serving as a platform to coordinate actions against corruption in businesses.

Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) South Africa
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

BACSA works to eliminate crime and corruption in business, and to assist the government on crime reduction strategies through lending expertise and information.

Business Anti-Corruption Portal India
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Business Anti-Corruption Portal (BACP) is a one-stop shop for business anti-corruption information offering tools on how to mitigate risks and costs of corruption when doing business abroad.

Business Competition Regulation Commission (KKPU) Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KKPU) Indonesia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to regulate competition betweeen businesses and oversee their practices and transparency.

Business Foundation for Social Action (FUNDEMAS) El Salvador
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to develop local initiatives for sustainability and development, and has partenered with UNDEF to Young Leaders project, to foster young leadership around conflict resolution and citizen participation in the democratic process.

Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution & Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA) ???? ??????? ?????? ????????? ???? ?????? ?? ??????? Egypt
Factor 5: Order and Security

It was founded in 1994 by Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to serve as center of training, education and capacity building in the fields of conflict resolutin, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in Africa.

Campaign for Equality and Human Rights Initiative Malaysia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It promotes an inclusive Malaysia that celebrates sexual and gender pluralism. It advocates for LGBTQ rights through outreach, awareness campaigns, and by mobilizing grassroots actions among the LGBTQ community.

Campaign for Good Governance - CGG Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 5: Order and Security

Founded in 1996, by the leaders of the pro-democracy movement, their work aims to increase participation in governance, through advocacy, capacity building, and civic education.

Campaign Zero United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to end police violence, racial profiling and police militarization through advocacy, lobbying and legislation tracking.

Canada Without Poverty Canada Sans Pauvreté Canada
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It seeks to eradicate poverty in Canada by raising awareness, participating in research, and demonstrating the connection between poverty and human rights.

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies - CAEFS L’Association Canadienne des Sociétés Elizabeth Fry - ACSEF Canada
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is an association of autonomous community-based Elizabeth Fry societies that works with criminalized individuals, especially women and girls. Their programs cover areas such as public education, research, and legislative and administrative reform.