Principles of our operation are openness, independence and a critical approach.
You can find our latest annual report (2023) here and Strategy for 2024-2026 in English here. Our official annual reports are available on the Hungarian version of this page.
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Our Story
K-Monitor was founded by volunteers
2007
with the aim to create a map of corruption cases in Hungary.
Launch of our database and map
2008
thanks to donations we started to professionalize.
First paid employees have been hired.
2009
New webpage
2010
and a platform for whistleblowers to share their stories and receive assistance
K-Monitor receives the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum award
2011
as an acknowledgement of our anti-corruption work and contribution to investigative journalism in Hungary.
k.blog.hu is launched
2012
and we begin to work on our network project, available at ahalo.hu.
Launch of the Be smart with data! program
2013
where we cooperated with other NGOs to foster advocacy and communication based on data in Hungary
New K-Monitor mobile app introduced
2014
besides the mobile map we run Voksmonitor at all three elections that year.
Organized the first Dawn of Asset Declarations event
2015
moreover we developed redflags.eu and introduced K-Teszt.
Civilzseb.hu launched
2016
and developed Redesign Hungary to connect creative industries and NGOs.
Parldata launched
2017
and network of sailing regatta participant visualized.
Developed budget visualisation tool
2018
and launched Voksmonitor for the elections. Our director became an Obama Fellow!
Launched the This is How I Gave Birth campaign
2020
and published research on Informal Payments in Maternity Care
Development of our map based participatory platform PartiMap
2021
and launching the first online consultations
We won twelve out of thirteen FOI lawsuits we initiated
2022
and monitored the conditionality mechanism launched against Hungary.
Created an interactive website for lake Balaton developments using dozens of Panorama drone photos
2023