K-Monitor
| K-Monitor hosts a database of online articles revealing corruption and tracking public spending and public procurement in Hungary | ||
| Home page | https://www.k-monitor.hu | |
| Approach | K-Monitor develops IT tools and databases to facilitate civil oversight on public money and to detect corruption in Hungary. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | corruption, Hungary, news database, K Monitor, tracking, and public spending | |
| Practices | Collect | |
| Partners | Tasz, Transparency International, Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, and Open Society Foundation | |
| Project Start Date | 2007 |
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| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Update Frequency | true |
| Thematic Focus | Finance |
| Issue addressed | Exposing financial corruption in the use of public funds |
| Geographic Focus | Hungary |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
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| Query | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| K-Monitor is an anti-corruption grass root NGO founded in 2007. K-Monitor strives against corruption and promotes the transparency of public spending in Hungary. K-Monitor operates open data websites, conducts research and advocates for legal reform. With the contribution of our researches, analyses and recommendations, we aim to challenge and overcome the social indifference to corruption, to raise awareness and disseminate knowledge. We truly believe that information technology can contribute to a more open, more transparent and more democratic way of governing. Therefore K-Monitor develops databases and online tools by which public expenses become trackable, and decision makers can be hold accountable. | |
| Approach (How?) | K-Monitor develops IT tools and databases to facilitate civil oversight on public money and to detect corruption in Hungary. |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Commissioner | CEE Trust, Open Society Institute, EU DG Home, Visegrad Fund, NGO Fund, French Embassy, Individuals |
| Publisher | K-Monitor |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : (118 followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: 5 Alexa: 1791634 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 34/100 Marketing Grader Rank: () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : High Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Last updated : 7/12/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
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Team size and expertise
Team Size : Medium Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Some Engineering : Dedicated Design : SomeProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Open Source : true Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Sustainability Planning :Documented Practices
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Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : List Ethical Collection : Informal guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Crowdsourced Data Collection : Data Verification : Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Ethical Publishing : Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : Scrapable