About GovRight
GovRight is an organization committed to increasing meaningful collaboration between citizens and government. We have a particular focus on legislation and the technology surrounding participation, an expertise built through years of activity in civil society, business, and academia in the United States, MENA region, and Eastern Europe.
GovRight is a US-based social enterprise with operations in Kyiv, Ukraine and Tangier, Morocco. Our organization has a truly international focus, made possible by strong, ongoing partnerships with local organizations. We provide expertise and technology to our partner organizations that support the partner’s existing mission and objectives of social progress. GovRight has had the pleasure of working with a wide variety of organizations, large and small, in a wide range of countries and contexts.
Our Partners
Objectives
Access to Law
The publication of law documents and data in a format that is modern, accessible, and designed to be shared and integrated.
Civic Education
Applying educational methodology and technology to create citizens that better understand the function and effects of the legislation in their country.
Participation
Creating opportunities for citizens to voice their knowledge and opinions on the purpose and implementation of legislation.
Our Team
GovRight’s work is made possible by a team of diverse, passionate, and talented specialists. Our staff is young and incredibly international, heralding from five countries and speaking seven languages.
Tarik Nesh-Nash
CEO & co-founder
Tangier, Morocco
Tarik is following his passion for using technology for a better citizenry. He is the founder of the Moroccan-based ICT4Dev research center and technology startup “Software Centre”, as well as previously working at Microsoft Seattle and Beijing, and with the Red Cross in Iraq. Tarik is an Ashoka fellow and a TedX speaker.
Heath Morrison
CTO & co-founder
Kyiv, Ukraine
Heath leads our technology team and is enthusiastic about civic tech and other opportunities to contribute to projects with purpose.He brings over 15 years of experience as a developer and manager in the tech industry and has contributed to a wide variety of projects in a broad range of fields.
Zineb Mahrez
Project Coordinator
Casablanca, Morocco
Zineb is coordinating international projects activities and contributing to promote e-participation and citizen engagement in various fields. She holds an industrial engineering degree and a background in logistic management and quality management within multinational companies.
Victor Miletsky
Senior Developer
Kyiv, Ukraine
Victor is a software developer with substantial experience using modern web technologies and data processing to analyze, explain, and improve public information and services. Victor is responsible for the core technology driving our work.
Wail Tazi
Project Manager
Tangier, Morocco
Wail is a process specialist, overseeing our Tangier-based development team and interfacing with MENA-region partners. Wail also contributes to the structure and organization of our documentation and the optimization of other internal processes.
Anzhela Petrovska
Web Developer
Kyiv, Ukraine
Anzhela is a graduate from Computer Science faculty and is specializing in front-end development. As a junior developer, Anzhela is focused on learning and expanding her skill set.
Andrew Marino
Researcher & Content Manager
Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia
Andrew has nine years of international development, teaching and education experience with a particular interest in rural, community-based initiatives in southeast Asia.
Anas Karmoun
Web & Software developer
Tangier, Morocco
Anas is a specialist in web and mobile software development with a Master’s degree in Computer Science from E.T.S.I. Informatica, Spain.