Practical self-assessment tools for EU-funded NGOs, social impact organisations, and community programmes — built so any organisation can begin their transparency journey without a consulting budget.
Most transparency frameworks tell you what policies to have. These tools show you how visible you actually are — and help you prove it to funders, regulators, and stakeholders.
24 questions across 4 pillars. Instant score with band analysis. Find out exactly where your organisation has transparency gaps — and get actionable recommendations. No consultant required. No data collected.
Start the Audit →Twelve plain-language questions that walk through your real processes — how you communicate, publish and make decisions about people — and find where AI enters each one. You screen which Article 50 transparency situations may be relevant and create draft wording for internal review, for EU funder reports, your website and stakeholder communication. No black box: you review, adjust and approve every word before it is published. Practical support, not legal advice or certification.
Check relevance →Click through six steps and receive a professionally written social impact report — ready to use in SICAP, LEADER, PEACE PLUS and other Irish community programme submissions. No writing required.
Coming soonIs your EU programme ready for an audit? Build a professional, ISO 9001:2015 aligned process map in 10 minutes — SICAP, LEADER, ESF+, ERDF, Interreg, Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, PEACE PLUS and more. Free, no sign-up.
Build your Process Map →"Tracking EU funds to NGOs is practically impossible."European Court of Auditors · Special Report No. 11/2025
In April 2025, the ECA confirmed what many practitioners already knew: over €7.4 billion was awarded to NGOs between 2021 and 2023 with no reliable tracking system. Funders are under pressure to act.
Organisations that can demonstrate clear, structured transparency — not just compliance paperwork — will be better positioned for continued funding and public trust.
Across the EU, governance failures in publicly-funded organisations are now documented, named, and resulting in enforcement. Organisations that build transparency into their operations — not as a report, but as a system — survive and thrive.
The ECA's 2025 findings, the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024, and ESF+ rule amendments have all introduced new transparency conditions for recipients of public funds. Non-compliant organisations are now publicly flagged or defunded.
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. Transparent organisations maintain credibility when others face scrutiny.
Transparency is not only about external funders. 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.
Vedomia designs transparency systems for NGOs, EU-funded programmes, and social impact organisations. These tools distil the same diagnostic frameworks used in client engagements — made free so 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 in your specific context.
Read our thinking on transparencyThese 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.
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