Around the world governments are looking for mechanisms that explain to users how algorithms are making decisions - how and why they get shown what content or ads they see, text or voice assistant protocols, and more. The European Commission started the 2nd phase of the Algorithmic Awareness Raising pilot project. The project originally came at the request of the European Parliament, publishing a call for tender for an Exploratory Study on Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Algorithmic Systems. The Algorithmic Awareness Raising pilot project (a 16 month study that began in March 2018) has analysed the state-of-the-art in algorithmic decision-making, including academic literature and an index of policy, regulatory, civil society and industry approaches, and is exploring case studies for specific areas of application. Building on the first study, the second phase of the project will focus more in detail on two emerging policy tools for addressing risks and furthering the understanding of algorithmic decision-making systems.