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.
WHAT WE DO
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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"The future of our shared ocean depends on intergenerational, cross-border
solidarity. We must insist that governments turn summit promises into real, coordinated
action: joint waste regulations, shared clean-up funds, and circular economy investments."
This is the word ...from our intern, Yamone Aye, who's contributed an inspiring op-ed to the @aus_aseanyouth Annual Review 2025, titled Shared Seas, Shared Future: Youth Leadership Against Marine Pollution in ASEAN-Australia Waters.
Her piece highlights the urgent challenge of marine pollution and the powerful role young people are playing in shaping solutions. This year’s Review brings together 30 voices from across ASEAN and Australia, exploring maritime security and a blue economy for sustainable development.
🔗 Read the full review: https://aasyp.org/aasyp-2025-review/
#ASEAN #Australia #YouthLeadership #OceanGovernance #MarineConservation #AccountabilityLab
AASYP 2025 Review Wave Makers: Youth Voices for Ocean Futures 30 young leaders share their perspectives on shaping the future of our shared oceans...
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Our intern, Yamone Aye, contributed an inspiring op-ed to the @AusASEANyouth Annual Review 2025, titled “Shared Seas, Shared Future: Youth Leadership Against Marine Pollution in ASEAN-Australia Waters.”
It's a powerful take on marine pollution & youth leadership. As Yamone
"The future of our shared ocean depends on intergenerational, cross-border
solidarity. We must insist that governments turn summit promises into real, coordinated
action: joint waste regulations, shared clean-up funds, and circular economy investments."
This is the word ...from our intern, Yamone Aye, who's contributed an inspiring op-ed to the @aus_aseanyouth Annual Review 2025, titled Shared Seas, Shared Future: Youth Leadership Against Marine Pollution in ASEAN-Australia Waters.
Her piece highlights the urgent challenge of marine pollution and the powerful role young people are playing in shaping solutions. This year’s Review brings together 30 voices from across ASEAN and Australia, exploring maritime security and a blue economy for sustainable development.
🔗 Read the full review through the link in our bio.
#YouthLeadership #OceanConservation #MarinePollution #BlueEconomy #ASEAN #Australia #ClimateAction #AccountabilityLab
Panel Three was on fire!
Digital resilience. Accountability. Real solutions.
Young experts unpacked how to fight surveillance, disinformation, and digital repression with energy that filled the room.
Watch the replay: https://t.co/zbbt5jbp2H
#GDCForum2026 ...#ThankYouDemocracy
GDC AFRICA REGIONAL FORUM
“One of the reasons I am encouraged by this forum is that it reinforces the understanding that Africa is not a monolith. Despite its diversity, there are shared challenges and aspirations. Platforms like this enable knowledge exchange and collaborative
“While the ruptures are inevitable, the realignments are within our control”
At the Bay of Bengal Conversation in Dhaka, 200 leaders, diplomats, and thinkers looked rupture in the eye, held challenging conversations, and shared ways to pave the road ahead.
Hosted by the Centre... for Good Governance, this year’s BOBC on Rivals, Ruptures, and Realignments unsurprisingly held timely lessons not just for the region but countries across the globe on the overlapping crises of climate, trade, migration, technology, and security.
In this piece Accountability Lab Nepal Director Narayan Adhikari elucidates some of the major discussions around AI governance and accountability, sovereign debt as a policy trap, and migration shaped not by borders but war, climate change and hunger.
Read the full piece for how we can realign together: https://bit.ly/4d8YJmz
Bay of Bengal in Rupture: Debt, Deception, and Nepal’s Dilemma
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March is our birthday month at the Lab and this year, we were lucky enough to be together to mark our 14th year in Naivasha, Kenya, at a global retreat. Colleagues from Nepal, Nigeria, Mali, Liberia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the United States and Mexico spent a few days discussing our new strategy -... our perspectives charged by fish eagles, wildebeest and hippos!
We closed the proceedings with a round of personal and professional commitments to our translocal network as well as a Friendraiser in Nairobi - thank you to all who came to spend some time with us.
Thank you to Achieng Akena for supporting our sense-making so purposefully. Gratitude also to Sox the Poet and Rachael Ngwarai from our fellowship programs in Zimbabwe, and Mexican program director Ingrid Löwenberg, whose incredible music provided guidance of a different sort! Here's to the next 14 years of the Lab 🥳
March is our birthday month at the Lab and this year, we were lucky enough to be together to mark our 14th year in Naivasha, Kenya, at a global retreat. Colleagues from Nepal, Nigeria, Mali, Liberia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the United States and Mexico spent a few days discussing
March is our birthday month at the Lab and this year, we were lucky enough to be together to mark our 14th year in Naivasha, Kenya, at a global retreat. Colleagues from Nepal, Nigeria, Mali, Liberia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the United States and Mexico spent a few days discussing our new strategy -... our perspectives charged by fish eagles, wildebeest and hippos!
We closed the proceedings with a round of personal and professional commitments to our translocal network as well as a Friendraiser in Nairobi - thank you to all who came to spend some time with us.
Thank you to Achieng Akena for supporting our sense-making so purposefully. Gratitude also to Sox the Poet and Rachael Ngwarai from our fellowship programs in Zimbabwe, and Mexican program director Ingrid Löwenberg, whose incredible music provided guidance of a different sort! Here's to the next 14 years of the Lab 🥳