Accountability Lab is a global translocal network that makes governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. Our goal is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives.
Accountability Lab is a global translocal network that makes governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. Our goal is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives.
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Accountability Lab’s flagship training program for young change-makers to build sustainable, effective tools for change.
A global campaign powered by citizens in search of exemplary government officials.
A pioneering community feedback and dialogue platform to ensure accountability in the development process.
Supportive, impactful member networks and co-working spaces for small and big nonprofits.
A conscious music campaign supporting musicians who advocate for greater representation, participation and accountability.
Channelling civil society voices into high-level decision-making at the C20, G20, and the Open Government Partnership for stronger accountability and open government.
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February 14, 2025
WHAT’S HAPPENING
To help rebuild resilience in the face of unprecedented aid cuts in the NGO sector, the Lab is ...working with Development Gateway and Digital Public on innovative ways to support strategic partnerships and mergers. This effort focuses on identifying mission-led matches between at-risk and healthy organizations that may be able to save people, ideas, and portfolios of important work.
Following the matchmaking process, DG and Accountability Lab hope to provide support through the transition, including safeguarding organizational and program infrastructure, data, and intellectual assets.
DG CEO, Josh Powell, and Director of Engagement & Partnerships, Sarah Orton-Vipond, recently wrote about how mergers and partnerships offer a potential path for navigating the seismic changes in the sector. Read all about these efforts on Candid: https://blog.candid.org/post/rebuilding-resilience-nonprofit-mergers-and-partnerships/
#StrategicPartnerships #Mergers #SustainableDevelopment #SocialImpact
Candid insights | Facing losses in government funding and USAID stop work-orders, mergers and partnerships can offer impacted nonprofits like those ...
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The Lab's Co-CEOs Blair Glencorse and Cheri-Leigh Erasmus are in Oxford this week for the ...Skoll World Forum, which shines a light on transformative social innovations and connects leaders driving social change. Register to follow all the discussions online:…
The Lab's Co-CEOs Blair Glencorse and Cheri-Leigh Erasmus are in Oxford this week for the ...Skoll World Forum, which shines a light on transformative social innovations and connects leaders driving social change. Register to follow all the discussions online: https://lnkd.in/d2YzXJpr
On Thursday, April 3, Cheri will be sharing some lessons on a panel about the Future of Foreign Aid and the Social Impact Sector with Skoll Foundation board member Gayle E. Smith, President and CEO of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Nancy Lindborg, and Shamil Idriss of the Search for Common Ground.
What do the widespread aid cancellations mean for the future of foreign aid and for the social impact sector? This solutions-focused session will explore strategies for fortifying the global social change ecosystem, including building broad-based coalitions and aligning funding efforts to create resilient and sustainable pathways toward positive impact. We hope to see you there!
#SkollWF
“From a young age, I saw that poor people couldn’t access justice. Their rights were denied. ...That realization shaped my entire life—it has always been about confronting injustice, fixing what is broken, and working toward something better.”
Meet Annet Namugosa—lawyer, advocate, and changemaker. As Program Manager at Vijana Corps, Annet leads initiatives that give young people in Uganda the skills, confidence, and space to thrive.
Her journey through Civic Charge helped her reflect, recharge, and reconnect with a global network of leaders working to tackle similar challenges.
🔗 Read more about Annet’s work and what drives her: https://bit.ly/4irXJJr
#CivicCharge #YouthLeadership #VijanaCorps #AccountabilityLab #SocialJustice #EastAfrica #Changemakers
For Annet Namugosa, the path to youth advocacy and expanding legal access wasn’t a sudden decision—it was shaped by a lifetime of witnessing...
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🦒 Renowned for its rich ecosystems and iconic wildlife, Zimbabwe's tourism industry and ...cultural heritage rely heavily on its natural assets, which are increasingly threatened by environmental degradation.
As the country works to reform parks and wildlife management,…
🦒 Renowned for its rich ecosystems and iconic wildlife, Zimbabwe's tourism industry and ...cultural heritage rely heavily on its natural assets, which are increasingly threatened by environmental degradation.
As the country works to reform parks and wildlife management, here are some recommendations from a recent policy note by Accountability Lab Zimbabwe:
🌲 Introduce robust forest protection mechanisms that establish designated areas to conserve biodiversity, ecosystem services, and social needs
🌳 Promoting and preserving biological carbon sequestration
🚜 Restricting the expansion of agricultural and mining activities to slow down land degradation.
🚎 Distinguishing between consumptive and non-consumptive tourism.
💰 The Human-Wildlife, Conflict Relief Fund, should provide physical, emotional,
social, intellectual, and occupational support and financial assistance, improve its
governance, and protect it against corruption.
⚖️ Parliament should be empowered to conduct an open process that allows the public to scrutinise the recruitment of key personnel as public officers
🐘 Imports and exports (s129(1)(r) and regulation and prohibition on matters
concerning possession, sale, transfer, etc. of rhino horn and ivory (s129(1)(x)
should be subjected to parliamentary processes.
👓 Read it in full here: https://bit.ly/4lc4bGU
✨ Honoring bold leadership: Narayan Adhikari in #FellowFridays ✨
We’re excited to ...share that Narayan Adhikari, co-founder and South Asia representative of Accountability Lab, is featured in Asia Society India Centre’s #FellowFridays series!
Narayan’s leadership has been instrumental in redefining civic engagement and public service in Nepal, South Asia, and beyond. From the inception of the Integrity Icon campaign—which celebrates honest public servants—to supporting young people to hold power to account through creative and constructive channels, his work continues to shape stronger systems of accountability.
His story is one of curiosity, courage, and commitment to meaningful change.
📰 Read more here: https://bit.ly/4j4y8H3
#AccountabilityLab #LeadershipInAction #IntegrityIcon #CivicEngagement #GoodGovernance #NarayanAdhikari
Accountability, integrity and good governance with Narayan Adhikari
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✨ Honoring bold leadership: Narayan Adhikari in #FellowFridays ✨
We’re excited to ...share that Narayan Adhikari, co-founder and South Asia representative of Accountability Lab, is featured in @AsiaSocietyIC's #FellowFridays series!
Narayan’s leadership has been instrumental in…
When we talk about helping people — those struck by a disaster, for example, or caught in the ...vicious cycles of poverty — we tend to talk about it as unidirectional. Those who have give to those who have not. Whether it’s called aid, charity or donations, the idea is that rich people give money to poor people without ever changing those essential categories.
But there are many other models of how people can help each other, and the confusion and sense of betrayal following the destruction of U.S. international aid institutions makes this a crucial time to start building toward a new system. Think of mutual aid, for example — through which groups come together to provide support to each other, share resources and collaborate.
In this piece for Inside Philanthropy, AL Co-CEO Blair Glencorse and Global Voices CEO Malka Older unpack the many benefits of mutual aid - https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/the-future-of-international-development-is-mutual-aid-not-donor-aid
#mutualaid #foreignassistance #aidfreeze
Blair Glencorse of Accountability Lab and Malka Older of Global Voices discuss one solution to the U.S. dismantling of international aid...
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What’s at stake when we fail to defend the truth?
In the latest episode of the ...AccountabiliTea podcast, Cheri-Leigh Erasmus sits down with Danai Nhando and Nkosikhona Dibiti to unpack the legal, financial, and digital threats facing journalism today—and what it will take to protect media freedom.
🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/4c1h8iG
📖 Read the blog on our website:
#PressFreedom #SocialJustice #ProtectJournalists #AccountabilityLab #TruthTellers #HumanRights #CollectiveAction #AccountabiliTea
What’s at stake when we fail to defend the truth?
In the latest episode of the ...AccountabiliTea podcast, Cheri-Leigh Erasmus sits down with @DanaiNhando and @NkosiDibiti to unpack the legal, financial, and digital threats facing journalism today—and what it will take to protect…
We're in Nairobi this week as Kenya hosts the 2025 @opengovpart Africa and the Middle East ...Regional Meeting. Digital governance was on the agenda this morning with key contributions from the African Observatory on Responsible AI and diverse digital democracy activists. In the…