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Gong

Acronym: Gong

General Information

Identification Code: 180972127836-49
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/24/2017
Last Update: 3/13/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Gong is an interdisciplinary research laboratory, social watchdog and a think-do tank focused on enhancing democratic processes and institutions as well as developing democratic political culture. Over the last 25 years of public engagement Gong has changed from a grassroots organization into one of Croatia’s most influential and vocal policy advocacy organization grounded in strong and focused policy research and close collaboration with investigative journalists, policy experts and engaged in a number of legislative and policy monitoring initiatives geared towards greater transparency and fairness of the electoral process, management of conflict of interest of public officials, improved access to information, more inclusive policy-making, greater political accountability, increased civic participation and resilient civil society. Gong's core portfolio includes democratization, anti-corruption, fair elections, civic education, civil society, digital democracy and responsible media.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Budget
  • Communication
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Fraud prevention
  • Institutional affairs
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • sub-national
  • european
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee, European Parliament, European Commission, European Ombudsman, Council of the European Union Public policies: good governance (openness, transparency, integrity, accountability, participation, anti-corruption, conflict of interest, freedom of information, open data, EU enlargement), active citizenship (civic education, media literacy, media policy, EU literacy, active civil society, development), digital rights, fair elections - Defence of Democracy package - Guidelines for Providers of Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines on the Mitigation of Systemic Risks for Electoral Processes - AI Act - Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising - The Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, DSA) - the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) - EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD 5) - Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information - The effects of campaigns on participation in political decision-making (Exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee at the request of the Croatian presidency) - Code of Conduct for the Members of the European Commission - Communication from the Commission - COM(2018) 236 final - Tackling online disinformation: a European Approach and Code of practice on disinformation - Democracy Action Plan - Code of Practice on Disinformation - European Media Freedom Act - Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU, Strand 4 - 2024 Rule of law report - EU Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA on consultation on experiences of civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU (2021) - EU Citizenship Report 2020
Communication Activities: Publications and analysis: 1. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) - a tool of the powerful to silence voices of criticism https://tinyurl.com/yp7hbm4n 2. Lowering the age limit for political participation to 16 years https://tinyurl.com/49rva332 3. Is disinformation profitable: Analysis of financial models of alternative media that spread disinformation https://tinyurl.com/48vn8ra7 4. Tangle of geopolitics, hidden interests and corruption: Gas and oil in Croatia and Serbia in the shadow of Russian aggression against Ukraine https://tinyurl.com/uz2ad9df 5. Recommendations for civil society advocacy organizations https://tinyurl.com/2d7m2he6 6. Analysis of different approaches to the quality introduction of civic education into the formal educational system https://tinyurl.com/2z25cvbc 7. Strengthening democracy: The influence of the public at large on the moral and epistemic qualities of democratic processes https://tinyurl.com/2s3fdaka 8. Recommendations for more transparency, integrity and strengthening of the Croatian Parliament https://tinyurl.com/33buxka9 9. Gong's recommendations for greater openness of the Constitutional Court https://tinyurl.com/33buxka9 10. Guidelines for responsible and safe journalism in times of crisis https://tinyurl.com/ya7bwp3p 11. Disinformation - Why they succeed and what we can do https://tinyurl.com/2y5kez38 12. The absolute worst:How Croatia managed the European Social Fund in the fight against corruption bit.ly/3ZQssHg 13. Institutionalised sources of corruption in Croatia: an experts’ insight: https://bit.ly/2Tno9Xc, https://bit.ly/36c2pQN 14. Research 'Will the next parliamentary elections in Croatia be unconstitutional?' https://bit.ly/2UgnUgw 15. Research on political literacy of high school graduate students: https://bit.ly/3waA7Av 16. The research paper 'Who is pressuring journalists and how: From politicians to advertisers' https://bit.ly/3CR3Bsh 17. Research 'Independent institutions in the Croatian political system: an inside look 'https://bit.ly/3CQT6VZ 18. Croatia and Serbia as a playground for foreign influences: documentary ‘Gas Masters’ (https://bit.ly/3KZhtnf) and regional analysis “The energy sector in Croatia and Serbia caught in interest networks“ (https://bit.ly/3qbUUnl, https://bit.ly/3JmasfS) 19. Policy brief for the the Conference on the Future of Europe: Insufficient oversight of EU affairs by citizens and national parliaments in Slovenia and Croatia https://bit.ly/3wiSRBx 20. Goverment attack on civil society in Croatia supported by EU funds: https://bit.ly/3hv3SXw 21. Missed chances and broken promises: The Croatian model of support to civil society through the European Social Fund bit.ly/3mVknlZ 22. Should the abuse of public resources to be regulated more strongly in Croatia? https://bit.ly/2SNK1e0 23.. State funding without clear criteria - an instrument of media censorship? http://bit.ly/3JFPQBB Events and advocacy in 2022 and 2023: The European Commission published new guidelines for the participation of its members in elections following Gong's appeal (https://tinyurl.com/yxynxfwz), Open Data Days Conference, Media Literacy Trainings, Anticorruption training, School for Democracy, EU literacy (basic and advance modul), Be aware of populisam educational modul, Presentation of the analysis of models of financing journalism in the digial age, EU quiz, Gong's international conference: European perspectives - fight against disinformation by improving standards in journalism and empowering citizens, Expert discussion and Gong's recommendations to increase the transparency of the judicial system in Croatia , Expert discussion among political parties, experts and civil society on electorial inovations, Camaign "Tomorrow is yours", Campagn "Open it", Open Data Days, Training for students about disinforation and ML in digital age.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Mihanovićeva 14
Post Code: 10000
City: Zagreb
Country: CROATIA
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EU Office

Address: Mihanovićeva 14
Post Code: 10000
City: Zagreb
Country: CROATIA
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Gong's entire financial (and narrative report for 2022) can be found at the link: https://gong.hr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gong_GI_2022_ENG_final.pdf Gong's annual report and financial report for 2023 will be published by mid-June 2024. Gong's donors and funding amounts in 2023 were: European Commission 477,023 EUR National Endowment for Democracy 77,882 EUR National Foundation for the Development of Civil Society 180,061 EUR Office for Associations of the Government of the Republic of Croatia 46,927 EUR

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 2
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.20000000298023224
Info Members: Gong engages in advocacy at the EU level mainly through participation in public policy consultations, the work of networks such as EDRi and ECF, participation in panels and public events, collective actions of civil society aimed at EU institutions.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: - Gong joint Access Info Europe Regional Hub for the EU for the Global Data Barometer with responsibility for mapping levels of open data in 21 countries of the European region and 6 countries outside Europe as part of the 2021 global study https://www.access-info.org/global-data-barometer/ - Gong joined 35 civil society organizations from EDRi in expressing concern over the European Commission's proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA) http://bit.ly/3yv50Do - Gong and 74 organizations to the EU Parliament: The Law on Artificial Intelligence must protect human rights (https://tinyurl.com/dzbfjf7v) - Open Letter to Members of the European Parliament: Use the DSA to Shed Meaningful Light on Platforms’ Impact on Our Public Sphere bit.ly/3Ldsq7N - Gong warned the Venice Commission about the non-transparent and unprofessional new Constituencies Act in Croatia https://tinyurl.com/3rn3hpj7 - Gong is part of the first European anti-SLAPP consortium http://bit.ly/3mVZ182 - Along with 20 other organizations, Gong supported the founding of the Tracking-Free Ads Coalition of political leaders, civil society organizations, and companies across the EU https://trackingfreeads.eu/about-us/ - Gong held a speach in the European Parliament about SLAPPs in Croatia. Naimly, Croatia is unique in Europe in terms of the huge number of lawsuits brought by judges against female journalists and the media. http://bit.ly/3TmFf1C - Gong participate on the regional meeting of the United Nations Anti-Corruption Coalition (UNCAC) on the topic of preserving integrity in the public sector through the prevention of conflicts of interest and property cards. - Gong and 59 organizations to the Council of the EU: Protect journalists against spyware and surveillance in the Media Freedom Act https://tinyurl.com/9yxxwpbj - Gong, alongside more than 30 civil society organisations, signed an open letter to the Czech Presidency of the Council, calling for a regulation on political advertising that delivers for democracy and fundamental rights. http://bit.ly/3ZB630p - While members of the European Parliament were debating their position on the Digital Services Act, Gong, together with 49 civil society organizations from all over Europe, urged them to ensure protection from the harms caused by platforms’ algorithms https://en.panoptykon.org/fix-algorithms - Gong joint the movement Reclaim Your Face, against the massive biometric surveillance on public places - https://reclaimyourface.eu/the-problem/ - Gong participated on a panel on political advertising at the world's largest digital rights conference RightsCon in 2022 - Gong launched an initiative in Croatia for the authorities (Government, Parliament and Constitutional Court) to open their work to the public and to be more transperent and responsible toward public. Among other things, we launched an initiative to remove the fences from the square where the Government, Parliament and Court buildings are located, which has been closed to citizens since the fall of 2020. Gong was joined in this initiative by 25 civil society organizations from Croatia. - Gong co-signed an open letter addressing the alarming trend of using spyware against journalists and media workers. In coordination with EDRi, Gong also signed an appeal against EMFA’s controversial provision on the use of spyware against journalists. After the EU's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee ignored the appeal and voted in favour of the provision, Gong joined dozens of organisations in urging the European parliament to reconsider their current position and take steps to meaningfully protect journalists and their fundamental rights. - In the Croatian Parliament, at the session of the Committee for Information, Informatization and Media, Gong’s executive director Oriana Ivković Novokmet spoke about what EMFA should regulate and why state advertisements should be regulated according to the new European media legislation. - Gong called on the government to stop ignoring the EU Court ruling and protect citizens https://tinyurl.com/ytcaaxu3 - Gong joined the initiative of numerous European organizations and appealed to the Croatian representatives not to vote for the proposal of the so-called Pieper's report, a document that was used as a basis for drafting the Directive on the transparency of organizations representing the interests of third countries https://tinyurl.com/5n8kyea2 - Together with 45 European civil society organizations, Gong signed an open letter with a series of relevant recommendations for improving the Defense of Democracy package https://tinyurl.com/bdfx6n3c
Organisation Members: More information here: https://gong.hr/en/ and http://www.gong.hr/en/about-gong/what-is-gong/ ENEMO - The European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations ALTER-EU - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation ECF - European Civic Forum OGP – Open Government Partnership UNCAC The UN Convention against Corruption Civil Society Coalition EDRi - European Digital Rights OIP – Open Information Partnership Transparency CEE - Technology for Transparency and Accountability in CEE and Eurasia Platform 112 for the rule of law and human rights in Croatia The GOOD Initiative for the introduction of systematic and high-quality education for human rights and democratic citizenship in schools CROSOL - Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity ADMO - Adriatic Digital Media Observatory Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) South East Europe Digital Rights Network Partnership for Open Government Open Information Partnership Open Spending EU Coalition