Access to Information Community of Practice Hub
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News from the Network
Upcoming event, 24 Nov – ATI Masterclass: turning requests into reporting with Fiquem Sabendo
October 31, 2025
A behind-the-scenes look at how Fiquem Sabendo uses Brazil’s FOI law to unlock data and support investigative journalism.
Join us for a one-hour masterclass with Maria Vitória Ramos, Co-founder and Director of Fiquem Sabendo, Brazil’s pioneering transparency and access to information agency.
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ati-masterclass-turning-requests-into-reporting-with-fiquem-sabendo-tickets-1921635787369?aff=ATICoPPage
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Upcoming event, 11 Nov – Networked auditors: crowdsourcing and community-led ATI
October 31, 2025
Join us to discover how three organisations are using crowdsourcing and ATI laws to uncover data, monitor public projects, and drive accountability.
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networked-auditors-crowdsourcing-and-community-led-ati-tickets-1921448798079?aff=ATICoPpage
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Putting transparency to the test: evaluating FOI in practice
September 25, 2025
An ATI Community of Practice meeting to learn how we can effectively evaluate the implementation of Access to Information legislation.
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Who are we?
mySociety is proud to be a member of an active and ambitious global network of organisations working to promote and strengthen Access To Information rights across the world. We meet regularly, to share best practice, collaborate on ATI campaigns, and improve our own skills through one-to-one mentorships.
The ATI Network Community of Practice includes:
- Abrimos.info (Mexico)
- Access Info Europe (AskTheEU, EU)
- Atlatszo (KiMitTud, Hungary)
- Code For Croatia (Imamo pravo znati, Croatia)
- Dostup do Pravdy (Ukraine)
- Fiquem Sabendo (Brazil)
- ForSet (AskGov, Georgia)
- Handlingar (Sweden)
- Ia Statul la Intrebari (Romania)
- iLab (Liberia)
- Informace Pro Všechny (Czech Republic)
- MaDada / Open Knowledge France (France)
- mySociety (WhatDoTheyKnow, UK)
- Open Cities Lab (South Africa)
- Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland (FragDenStaat Austria, Germany)
- Open Up (South Africa)
- Plaza Cívica (Peru)
- PPDC (Nigeria)
- SPOON (de Woo-Knop, Netherlands)
- Transparencia (Belgium)
- Transparency International Slovenia (Slovenia)
- Vouliwatch (Arthro5a, Greece)
- Vreau Info (Moldova)
Recent meetings and learning events
Putting transparency to the test: evaluating FOI in practice
September 25, 2025
An ATI Community of Practice meeting to learn how we can effectively evaluate the implementation of Access to Information legislation.
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The current state of open government and digital transparency in the Netherlands
June 11, 2025
In this TICTeC 2025 presentation, discover three of Open State Foundation’s most impactful pro-democracy projects in the Netherlands, including a search tool to make documents of all levels of government more findable; research on late responses to Access to Information requests; and open calendars of ministerial meetings that anyone can subscribe to.
How do you know if your work is making an impact?
June 11, 2025
mySociety and OpenUp worked closely with SPOON and the Átlátszónet Foundation, both organisations focus on improving access to government information, to explore a critical but often overlooked question: How do you know if your projects are actually making a difference?
In this insightful TICTeC session, SPOON and the Átlátszónet Foundation share their hands-on experiences, practical methodologies, and key findings from their efforts to —for the first time— track and measure the impact of their projects.
Training resources
Impact Measuring Workshop from OpenUp ZA
November 27, 2024
A 45 minute workshop given by OpenUp ZA on creating and using impact measures for advocacy and campaign work
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Fundraising 101
July 24, 2024
A beginners guide to fundraising streams
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Creating Datasets with FOI Data
March 21, 2024
A blog post about the training on creating datasets from FOI data
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