PROJECT ON ORGANIZING DEVELOPMENT

THE PROJECT ON ORGANIZING, DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH (PODER) IS A REGIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL SOCIETY STAKEHOLDERS OF CORPORATIONS AS LONGER-TERM ACCOUNTABILITY GUARANTORS. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY LEVERAGING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, TRANSPARENCY TECHNOLOGIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO ULTIMATELY BUILD A CITIZEN-LED CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY MOVEMENT. PODER CREATED AND CURRENTLY COORDINATES WHO'S WHO WIKI, AN OPEN DATA, OPEN SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT PROMOTES CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY IN LATIN AMERICA. IT TRACKS COMPANIES, CORPORATE ELITES, AND THEIR GOVERNMENT COUNTERPARTS, BREAKS NEWS AND OFFER FRESH ANALYSIS, PROVIDES A SAFE AND ANONYMOUS FORUM FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS AND OTHER CITIZEN CONTRIBUTORS, AND EMPOWERS CITIZENS TO BECOME GUARANTORS OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY.