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Liberia: Using Music to Enlighten the Youth On Why It Is Important to Vote

By: Claudia Smith. This article was originally published by the Daily Observer. "I believe we are to know who to vote for in other for us to have a better nation or society, despite the poverty and hardship we are faced with. We shouldn't be carried away by politicians with mere talks to gain their selfish desires" Once again, voting time is near. Sadly, many don't know why they or should cast their vote; they vote because of the benefits and money that they feel belong to voting. Trying to change these perspectives, two talented artists, who have been working [...]

2016-05-19T00:00:00+00:0019th May 2016|

Voices of Civic Champions: Bridging the gap between communities and policies

By: Mehwish Niaz, Accountability Lab Pakistan Accountapreneur “Engaging local governments in youth development through a holistic, iterative approach to policy formulation and execution, national governments can help promote youth civic engagement through a cohesive strategy that invests in young people as catalysts for sustainable growth." How can we best encourage active citizenship? What does it take to build or rebuild a stronger sense of community on citizens’ rights in our local area? These questions continue to capture people’s imagination in Pakistan and beyond. We see this reflected in the popular narrative of ‘loss of community’, that tells us “things just [...]

2016-05-05T00:00:00+00:005th May 2016|

Accountability Lab Ends Three-Day Incubation Training

By: Gbatemah Senah. This article was originally published by The Bush Chicken. MONROVIA, Montserrado – The Accountability Lab has ended a three-day training for “accountapreneurs” who are participating in its two-year accountability incubator program. The training lasted from Jan. 12th to 14. According to Lawrence Yealue, the West Africa Representative at Accountability Lab, the accountapreneurs were selected from a list of several individuals and organizations who applied to participate. The participants proposed programs with innovative ideas for strengthening accountability, anti-corruption efforts, and integrity in their various communities. Yealue said that the lab, in a two-year agreement with the accountapreneurs, will provide training [...]

2016-01-20T00:00:00+00:0020th January 2016|

Announcing the 2016/17 Accountability Incubator’s Cohort of “Accountapreneurs”!

    The Accountability Lab catalyzes a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world. Our core work is through the Accountability Incubator: a two-year program of support for the very best “accountapreneurs”. This year the process was incredibly competitive; we had hundreds of applications across our three focus countries–Nepal, Liberia and Pakistan. We have now selected 17 of these amazing young change-makers that we’ll work with to transform their societies through new and sustainable ideas for accountability. Drumroll please…read more about the 2016/17 Accountability Lab “Accountapreneurs” below! Nepal Accountability Incubator Basanta Adhikari Basanta leads an organization [...]

2020-03-03T16:04:22+00:006th January 2016|

Mediating mob violence and misunderstanding in Liberia

By: John Kamma, director of the Citizens Bureau in Logan Town, Liberia and an “accountapreneur” with the Accountability Lab. This blog post was originally published by HiiL Innovating Justice. At the time of writing, there are more questions than answers regarding the recent death of Victoria Zayzay in a jail cell at the Zone 6 police substation. She had been detained on October 20, 2015 after another woman claimed she had caused L$3,000 (US$40) property damage to her business. A preliminary police report by Liberia National Police said the cause of death was attempted suicide. The father of the late Zayzay has [...]

2020-03-03T16:04:05+00:0023rd December 2015|

SMART Liberians Seek a More Open University of Liberia

By: Brooks Marmon, Accountability Architect. Accountability Lab supported SMART Liberia’s Update 8 campaign through the Accountability Incubator. On December 4, several hundred students of the University of Liberia gathered at the institution’s Fendell Campus for a convocation hosted by the student advocacy and training group, SMART Liberia. The assembly sought to sensitize students on Liberia’s Open Government Partnership commitments, of which one component commits the government, with support of civil society, to regularly update and standardize government websites. SMART Liberia has launched a campaign, Update 8, supported by OSIWA and the Accountability Lab to help advance this goal. To this end it [...]

2020-03-03T16:04:03+00:0022nd December 2015|

Liberian Students Mobilize to Advance Liberia’s Open Government Partnership Commitments

By: Ahmed Konneh, Co-founder of SMART Liberia and a student of the University of Liberia Students Making a Real Transformation (SMART) Liberia, with funding from the Accountability Lab and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, have worked together over the last two months to implement “Update 8.” Update 8 is an awareness campaign that encourages public institutions to regularly update their websites with fresh content (a component of the government of Liberia’s Open Government partnership action plan). The goal of this project is to allow the public make informed decisions and monitor the operations of various public institutions. As [...]

2020-03-03T16:03:45+00:0030th November 2015|

Updates from the Ground: Liberia, Nepal & Pakistan

Last Friday, we invited our supporters around the world to join a call with Accountability Lab’s three country directors: Lawrence Yealue in Liberia, Fayyaz Yaseen in Pakistan, and Narayan Adhikari in Nepal. They each shared updates on how they’re catalyzing a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders in their respective contexts. Read the short summaries below to learn about the state of accountability in each country and how the Lab is addressing it. Liberia Since Accountability Lab Liberia was set up in 2012, it has supported five accountapreneurs to address the country’s deep-set accountability problems. The accountapreneurs’ programs adapted to help address the worst Ebola [...]

2020-03-03T16:03:14+00:0023rd November 2015|

Profiles in Public Integrity: Lawrence Yealue

By: Lawrence Yealue. This blog post was originally published by Columbia Law School’s Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (CAPI). Lawrence Yealue is the West Africa Representative of Accountability Lab, an incubator for local-level integrity initiatives with an emphasis on generating sustainable development. Based in Monrovia, Liberia, Yealue’s career has centered on community-driven approaches to responsible reform. His previous work includes serving as Electoral Commissioner for the Liberian Student Association-Ghana, National Coordinator for the World Youth Spirit Council, Project Director for the Rotary Club of Wisconsin, and as a volunteer for Africa Peace’s HIV/AIDS Education & Peace Initiative. Yealue also founded and directs [...]

2020-03-03T16:02:52+00:009th November 2015|

‘Corruption, Corruption’: Partnering with ‘Amaze’ to Promote Social Change Via Music Video

With the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Accountability Lab and Amaze are pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative initiative to combat corruption in Liberia through the power of Hip co music. The centerpiece of the initiative, a music video for the track ’Corruption, Corruption’, will be complemented by a discussion on Hip co and accountability, and performances at high schools and universities in Monrovia and Buchanan. Produced by the Accountability Lab, the video for ‘Corruption, Corruption’ was filmed at the Ducor Hotel. Towering over Central Monrovia, the edifice, constructed in the 1950s, [...]

2015-10-14T00:00:00+00:0014th October 2015|
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