10 Key Learnings from A Decade of Building Accountability in Nepal

Our team at Accountability Lab Nepal are celebrating the organization’s 10th anniversary by reflecting on some of our key learnings. We feel that our greatest impact is in how much we learn and how much our learning culture has helped us to catalyze changes in Nepal by influencing decisions, shaping opinions and role modeling behaviors. We’ve tested creative ideas as we have mobilized around accountability issues through campaigns; equipped reformers within and outside government with skills, knowledge and tools to push for better governance; and influenced policies, process and practices by building ecosystems in communities. Despite challenges in the past [...]

2022-04-29T10:58:33+00:0029th April 2022|

Youth in Liberia take the stage to champion sustainable development and peace

Liberian youth continue to stand up for human rights, promoting peace, and contributing to sustainable development despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and their exclusion from influencing decisions about their own lives within their communities and the society at large. As part of these efforts, Youth-led organizations participated in the first National Inception Workshop on maintaining national peace and security in Liberia, held in 2019. This workshop identified some root causes of Liberia's 14-year civil war as triggers of violence, most of which remain unaddressed. They include land disputes, access to justice, the effective administration of justice, ensuring equality [...]

2022-04-19T14:00:05+00:0019th April 2022|

AL reps join the UN’s YouthLED Integrity Advisory Board

In a world where young people are sidelined in conversations involving their future, more young people are rising, changing the status quo and amplifying their participation in governance matters. They are taking on the task of changing the narrative in policymaking processes and making their voices heard. Accountability Lab is proud to have two of its staff members from Nepal and Liberia appointed to join the newly established YouthLED Integrity Advisory Board for the Global Resource for Anti-Corruption Education and Youth Empowerment (GRACE) initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Parnneh Mallobe from Liberia and Prekkshya [...]

2022-04-14T08:53:21+00:0014th April 2022|

Each bribe-paying Nigerian loses N28,200 annually – Accountability Lab

A global anti-corruption organisation, Accountability Lab Nigeria, has expressed concerns over the level of corruption in the procurement and contracting processes in the country. The group said this had resulted in the loss of billions of dollars by the country, stressing that bribe-paying Nigerians spend an average of N28,200 annually on cash bribes. The group’s Country Director, Odeh Friday, stated this during an integrity conference organised by Accountability Lab in Abuja, according to a statement he personally signed on Saturday. The statement read in part, “Unethical practices and the cost of corruption in procurement/contracting processes and service delivery has led [...]

2022-04-12T12:06:35+00:003rd April 2022|

Accountability Lab, BPSR, Decry Vote Buying, Corruption

Accountability Lab Nigeria and the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) have decried the rise in vote buying, saying embezzlement, bribery, and electoral fraud remain huge forms of corrupt practices in Nigeria. This was disclosed during an Integrity Conference held in Abuja yesterday, geared toward an interactive solution-oriented workshop for public servants to support the development of a culture of integrity within government, as one of the knowledge building tools to influence norms and change behaviours through practical learning scenarios such as case studies of role models and trendsetters, in this case, Integrity Icons. The country director, Accountability Lab, Odeh [...]

2022-04-03T12:39:48+00:001st April 2022|

PAC Empowerment Must In Balochistan For Good Governance

Members of Balochistan Assembly, financial experts, bureaucrats, journalists and academics on Thursday stressed on the need to make the Public Accounts Committee more empowered and effective. "By making the Rules of business effective and empowering PAC, we could improve governance and discourage corruption more effectively," they said during a one-day roundtable discussion on " The Role of Parliament in Accountability and Good Governance" jointly organized by the Accountability Lab, Governance and Policy Project and Balochistan Assembly held here at Balochistan Assembly secretariat. Public Accounts Committee Chairman Akhtar Hussain Lango, Member PAC and Provincial Minister for food Engineer Zamrak Khan Achakzai, MPA Qadir Nail, Secretary Balochistan Assembly Tahir Shah Kakar, Accountant General Balochistan Nasrullah Jan, Governance and Policy Project Strategic Communication Specialist [...]

2022-11-10T06:46:19+00:0031st March 2022|

Integrity Icon 2021: Famakan Cissé elected the most honest civil servant in Mali

It was Famakan Cissé, president of the Bla first instance court, who was elected AccountabilityLab's most honest and honest civil servant in Mali for the year 2021, through its Integrity Icon Mali program. It was March 25, 2022 during a Gala Evening at the Hotel de l'Amitié in Bamako. Initiated by AccountabilityLab, in partnership with the Embassy of the Netherlands, this 6th edition of Integrity Icon Mali had as finalists: Famakan Cissé, president of the court of first instance of Bla; Yaya Konaté, Manager of the Kita Remand and Correctional Center; Mrs. Fatoumata Koné, Pedagogical Advisor in charge of the Schooling of Girls in [...]

2022-04-03T13:03:24+00:0030th March 2022|

Integrity Conference for public servants held in Abuja

On the 23rd and 24th of March 2022, Accountability Lab Nigeria, a CSO dedicated to making governance work for the people, in partnership with the Bureau of Public Service Reform (BPSR) held The Integrity Conference, an interactive solution-oriented workshop for public servants to support the development of a culture of integrity within Government, as one of the knowledge-building tools to influence norms and change behaviours. The event utilized practical learning scenarios such as case studies of role models and trendsetters, with the stories of Integrity Icons as a major point of focus. The event is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. [...]

2022-04-05T09:15:54+00:0030th March 2022|

Integrity Icon campaign: The Icons of the 6th edition released to the public

The Hotel de l'Amitié in Bamako, hosted the night of Friday, March 25 to 26, 2022, the ceremony of revealing the most honest designated official of the year. Mr. Famakan Cissé, President of the Court of First Instance of Bla won the title of this 6th  edition. The ambassadors of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Canada took part in this evening. In his speech, the Country Director of Accountability Lab Mali, Cheick Oumar Dembélé, returned to the objective of the competition. According to him, it is a question of giving priority to and magnifying honesty and integrity among civil servants in the [...]

2022-04-03T13:20:52+00:0028th March 2022|

Ukraine Shows Why the G20 Anti-Corruption Agenda Is More Important than Ever

By Blair Glencorse and Sanjeeta Pant The world has quickly transitioned from a global health crisis to a geopolitical one, as the war in Ukraine rages into its second month. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest in a long list of challenges that at their heart are either caused by or exacerbated by corruption. Just this year, think of the protests in Sudan, the coup in Burkina Faso, the nationwide demonstrations in Kazakhstan, or the Portuguese elections, for example- all driven, one way or another, by graft. While G20 countries have made progress within their national borders, there are often lax laws [...]

2022-04-08T07:25:46+00:0025th March 2022|
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