Team & Partners

Abstract

Discover our network: who are we and our partners?

Core team

Nord Atlantic Fella Organiztion (NAFO)

Maker and User of the dictionary: NAFO is a grassroots movement that fights disinformation and supports freedom and democracy worldwide with a focus on Ukraine.

fellas4europe

Legal and financial home of the dictionary: fellas4europe is a German NGO that supports freedom and democracy in Europe with a focus on Ukraine through humanitarian help and political awareness.

Civil Network OPORA

Founding partner of the dictionary: Civil Network OPORA develops in society the practices of responsible decisions and actions through the advocacy of fair rules to enhance security and democracy in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Security & Cooperation Center (USCC)

As an security precaution, we transparently allow the independent USCC to monitor our activities: the Ukrainian Security & Cooperation Center (USCC) was established in April 2021 by the team, created during the Revolution of Dignity. The organisation works to strengthen Ukraine’s information sustainability and security.

Content partners

Transatlantic Dialogue Center (TDC)

Initial content contributor: Transatlantic Dialogue Center (TDC) is a non-governmental and non-partisan think tank that provides high-quality policy advice to private and public clients. TDC published “Ukraine Clarity Debunking Myths and Misinformation in Germany” in German Center (2024b) and English Center (2024a).

VoxCheck

Initial content contributor (via TDC): VoxCheck VoxCheck is a fact-checking project of the independent analytical platform “Vox Ukraine”. The team exposes lies, manipulations, and Russian propaganda both in Ukraine and abroad.

StopFake

Maintainer of a list of russian narratives: The non­governmental organization Media Reforms Center is an educational platform, founded by Mohyla School of Journalism at National University of ‘Kyiv­Mohyla Academy’, its flagship project StopFake does identify cases of fake information about events in Ukraine, and does research about narratives and about how to resist the shameful phenomenon of disinformation.

EUvsDisinfo

Maintainer of a database and provider of a newsletter on desinformation: EUvsDisinfo is the flagship project of the EU to better forecast, address, and respond to the Russian Federation’s ongoing disinformation campaigns affecting the European Union, its Member States, and countries in the shared neighbourhood. EUvsDisinfo’s core objective is to increase public awareness and understanding of the Kremlin’s disinformation operations, and to help citizens in Europe and beyond develop resistance to digital information and media manipulation.

International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)

We commit to the IFCN code of Principles but have not applied for signatory status yet: the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter is committed to promoting excellence in fact-checking. IFCN believes nonpartisan and transparent fact-checking can be a powerful instrument of accountability journalism. Conversely, unsourced or biased fact-checking can increase distrust in the media and experts while polluting public understanding.

Start-up partners

Akademie für politische Bildung

Project development: Akademie für politische Bildung is dedicated to the delivery, stimulation and cultivation of political knowledge in Bavaria and Germany above all party lines. Thus it is working towards a stronger foundation of our democracy and its international relations.

TechCamp

Project development and start-up financing: TechCamp TechCamp is a public diplomacy program hosted in the Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State. TechCamp was closed on January 15, 2025. Funding for the Disinfo dictionary was discontinued by DOGE on February 27.

Technical partners

Deepl

The multilingual Disinformation Dictionary strongly benefits from the translation services of Deepl. After Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Deepl quickly responded to customer wishes to integrate the Ukrainian language into its language portfolio. We thank Deepl and recommend it as the best translation engine we are aware of.

GitHub

Source code hosting: GitHub is the home of most open-source projects today. It provides version-controlled storage of code together with processes for collaborative coding.

Cloudflare

Website hosting: the Cloudflare global network is one of the fastest on the planet and can reach about 95% of the world’s population within approximately 50 ms. Cloudflare is known for its network security and superior protection against DDOS-attacks.