Monitoring non-state actors*actors having meaningful influence over political, social and
economic matters of the state
Karolis Granickas |Transparency International Lithuania | [email protected]
Media context in Lithuania
• Media ownership – there is no legal constraints as to media ownership concentration in Lithuania;
• The ownership networks are complex and inaccessible;
• The reporting and public disclosure is poor;• Trust in media fell from ±90% in nineties to ±20%
nowadays• + our neighbor’s (un)predictability (we’re talking
defense here)
Who are stakeholders here?
• Government
• People
• Our organization and the rest of the NGO sector
• The key question: how data, technology and advocacy can re-shape the situation?
Our response
Based on media ownership data, we show who owns the internet portals, TV & radio stations, new agencies and printed media outlets since 1996
Stakeholder 1: Government
• Initiated a discussion on data provision;
• Issued five open data principles to the Government;
• Achievement: Ministry of Culture initiated a procurement for a new system which will reorganize gathering and provision of data
Stakeholder 2: People
Also..how to read an article?
Is the job done then?
Data/tool (transparency)
Re-use (participation)
Accountability and public
control
What did we change?
Lessons: contextualization
• Contextualization: www.manoseimas.ltexperiment
• Contextualization: further work with www.stirna.info
Lessons: partnerships.
User-centered design as an example of a complexity of our
work.
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