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Participants express resolve to keep highlighting marginalized communities’ issues

“When civil society comes to work together it gives us hope that we have a constructive future ahead of us” Haris Qayyum, Senior Advisor, The Asia Foundation expressed this view while speaking at the closing ceremony of the ‘Celebrating Peace Together’ project here on Saturday. The ceremony was attended by senior government officials, civil society representatives, academia and media representatives. Programme Coordinator of The Asia Foundation, Farva Rashid said the project was launched by the Asia Foundation in 2018 in Punjab, KP and Sindh in collaboration with Bytes for All; Initiative for Sustainable Development; Legal Rights Foundation and the Accountability [...]

2022-11-10T06:46:18+00:0019th June 2022|

UNDP Launches Cohort Two of its Growth Accelerator Project

MONROVIA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has for the second year launched the second phase of its Growth Accelerator project with an aim to support impactful Liberian entrepreneurs to scale up their ventures through access to technical assistance, mentorship, and co-financing of up to US$40,000. This program is being implemented with policy support from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry along with iCampus Liberia and Accountability Lab Liberia. The Growth Accelerator Liberia is a UNDP and Government of Liberia initiative under the Livelihood & Employment Creation project implemented by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The project was launched [...]

2022-07-16T06:08:06+00:003rd June 2022|

UNDP Provides US$40K to Strengthen Liberian Small Businesses

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with iCampus Liberia and Accountability Lab Liberia for the second year in a row, with institutional and policy support from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to help impactful entrepreneurs scale up their businesses through technical assistance, mentorship, and co-financing of up to US$40,000. This second edition has also added an agricultural component with the expansion to include impactful Liberian agricultural cooperatives. The addition of the agricultural cooperatives, according to the organizers, will add a new dimension to the program. Liberia has ranked in the bottom twenty countries on the UNDP Human [...]

2022-07-16T05:57:53+00:003rd June 2022|

Training Workshop For Investigation Officials Of ACE Starts

QUETTA – A five-day training workshop for capacity building of investigation officers of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Balochistan started today at Balochistan Boys Scouts Headquarters Quetta. The workshop aimed to build capacity of ACEB officials on money laundering, white collar crimes investigation techniques, intelligence tools, existing laws, rules and procedures and improving collaboration with other law enforcement institutions. Qaiser Ashfaq was the resource person on day one of the workshop. Qaiser is senior civil servant with over 20 years of experience of serving at key position in various law enforcement institutions across Pakistan. Qaiser specializes in financial investigations, white collar [...]

2022-11-10T06:46:18+00:0018th May 2022|

United States Launches New Project to Help Reduce Corruption in Uganda

The United States Mission in Uganda, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today launched the Strengthening Systems and Public Accountability project to support actions to improve the Government of Uganda’s accountability to its citizens and decrease the corruption that impedes economic growth and development, and that negatively affects the quality of life of ordinary Ugandans.  The five-year project aims to strengthen accountability, deepen public participation in and oversight of public institutions and social services, and reduce corruption in public service sectors. “We want every Ugandan to be able to access public services without paying a bribe, so that [...]

2022-05-08T22:34:46+00:005th May 2022|

Strategic Communications Opportunity in Nigeria

Terns of Reference: Strategic Communications Manager Accountability Lab (AL) supports active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. We work with creative change-makers to develop innovative, positive ideas for integrity in their communities around the world. By building diverse coalitions to generate the knowledge, skills and networks needed for accountability, we unleash positive social and economic change. AL Nigeria is a part of a translocal network globally-read more about our Theory of Action here. Recently, the Lab has become more involved in international anti-corruption and accountability advocacy efforts, including around the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group; and the US Government’s Summit for [...]

2022-04-19T11:38:00+00:008th 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|
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