Our current project

"Islands of Integrity: Using Watchdog Mechanisms to Increase Transparency and Responsible Public Service“ started in June 2005 and is financed by:

• the Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  • 34 633 USD (1 123 902 SKK) in 2005
  • 20 094 USD (596 823 SKK) in 2006
  • 48 929 USD (1 223 883 SKK) in 2007
  • 37 856 USD (826 825 SKK) in 2008
• the CEE Trust
  • 25 582 USD in 2006
  • 20 300 USD in 2007
• the Ekopolis Foundation
  • 30 000 SKK in 2007
• the Pontis Foundation
  • 10 000 SKK in 2007
• the Zapadoslovenska Energetika, a. s.
  • 300 000 SKK in 2008

The 2 % of the Paid Income Tax:

• 307 669 SKK assigned in 2006
• 436 462 SKK assigned in 2007
• 588 896 SKK assigned in 2008

In the first half of 2008 we also realized project "Trainings to strengthen know-how and public outreach"... working with NGOs and media, supported by:

• the British Embassy in Bratislava
  • 202 000 SKK

2006:

• Before the 2006 parliamentary elections we monitored ethics and financing of political parties’ campaigns with financial support from the Open Society Foundation in Bratislava
  • 465 400 SKK
• We also launched our self-funding activities and could cover part of our regular office costs with the financial help from the Pontis Foundation, as part of the Development Partnership Program
  • 316 500 SKK

2004:

Our project “Civic watch-dog over public and political affairs” started in April 2004 thanks to the financial support from:

• Open Society Foundation in Bratislava (600 000 SKK)
• Open Society Institute in Budapest, Hungary (31 000 SKK)
• Nadácia Ekopolis (300 000 SKK)

2003:

Our 2003 project “Complex Party Finance Reform” was financially supported by:

• Open Society Foundation in Bratislava (720 525 SKK)
• National Endowment for Democracy (22 000 USD)
• Open Society Institute in Budapest, Hungary (24 000 USD)
• the Embassy of the U.S.A. in Bratislava (10 000 USD)

2002:

Our 2002 project “Fair Play – Increasing Fairness of the Electoral Process” was financially supported by:

• the Elections Grant Program, sponsored by Freedom House, with funding provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development and other private donors (50 000 USD)
• the German Marshall Fund of the United States – an American institution that stimulates the exchange of ideas and promotes cooperation between the United States and Europe in the spirit of the postwar Marshall Plan (25 000 USD)
• the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Bratislava (485 000 SKK)