Sandor Lederer

Sandor Lederer is the co-founder and director of K-Monitor, a non-profit public funds watchdog based in Budapest. The NGO was founded to improve the levels of transparency and the rule of law in Hungary. Civic participation and technology driven solutions are among the organizations key instruments. Beside K-Monitor’s tech focus, the organization is also active in anti-corruption advocacy and research. Sandor was contributing to the European Commission’s Anti-corruption Report as a Local Research Country Correspondent. He is a European Young Leader at Friends of Europe and Obama Fellow.

Authored Content

It is About Both, Social and Political Trust

Have our institutions and governments become much worse over the past few decades? Is trust higher in many authoritarian regimes because they perform better?

29th May 2019

De cada cuatro años a todos los días: Actualizando la Democracia

En la Unión Europea, hay muy poca confianza en las instituciones y no hemos sido capaces de responder a los retos políticos. Existe un miedo generalizado a los líderes políticos con falsas promesas, conservadores radicales y a los políticos que…

17th July 2018

From Every Four Years to Every Day: Time to Upgrade Democracy

In the European Union, trust in public institutions is at a low, and attractive answers to political challenges have become scarce. Many fear that political leaders with false promises, right wing radicals, or simple political adventures can further spread anti-democratic…