Practical self-assessment tools built for EU-funded NGOs, cohesion fund recipients, and social impact organisations navigating new transparency obligations in 2025 and beyond.
Most transparency frameworks tell you what policies to have. These tools tell you how visible you actually are — and help you prove it to funders, regulators, and stakeholders.
20 questions. 4 pillars. Instant score. Find out where your organisation has transparency gaps — and what to do about them. No consultant required. No data collected.
Start the AuditAnswer 10 questions. Get a professional AI transparency statement ready for EU funder reports, your website, and stakeholder communication. EU AI Act aligned.
Generate your StatementAcross the EU, governance failures in publicly-funded organisations are now documented, named, and resulting in enforcement. The organisations that survive and thrive are those that build transparency into their operations — not as a report, but as a system.
The ECA's 2025 findings, the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024, and ESF+ rule amendments passed in September 2025 have all introduced new transparency conditions for recipients of public funds. Non-compliant organisations are now publicly flagged or defunded.
ECA Special Report 11/2025 · Charities Act 2024 · ESF+ Regulation 2025
Only 60% of registered Irish charities filed annual reports on time in 2024. Governance failures accounted for 42% of concerns raised with the Charities Regulator. Organisations with readable, structured transparency maintain credibility when others face scrutiny.
Charities Regulator Annual Report 2024 · RTE, July 2025
Transparency is not only about external funders. Internally, when decision-making, spending, and priorities are visible to staff and partners, organisations move faster, retain talent, and reduce conflict. Opaque systems create friction and attrition — especially in mission-driven teams.
Vedomia Transparency Systems Framework
Vedomia designs transparency systems for NGOs, EU-funded programmes, and social impact organisations. These tools distil the same diagnostic frameworks we use in client engagements — made free so that any organisation can begin their transparency journey without a consulting budget.
The tools are not tick-box compliance checklists. They assess lived, stakeholder-facing transparency — the kind funders and regulators are increasingly asking about, and the kind that builds genuine institutional trust.
Sandra Ahmidat Fedakova PhD. · Founder, Vedomia Limited
Existing tools from TI, UNDP, and 501 Commons return scores and traffic lights. None assess whether stakeholders actually perceive your organisation as transparent — or explain what your score means to your specific context.
Read our thinking on transparency →These tools produce human-readable output you can share as a trust signal — not just an internal diagnostic. Results are framed in EU regulatory context and designed to be usable in funder conversations.
See our full services →EU-funded NGOs, Irish and European charities, cohesion fund managing authorities, ESF+ project implementers, SMEs seeking public contracts. If you are accountable to funders or the public, these tools are for you.
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