Accountability Lab Creates Network of “Hip Co” Accountability Ambassadors in Liberia

Last month, Accountability Lab launched “Hip Co for Accountability” – an initiative to use the hugely popular and uniquely Liberian genre of music, Hip Co, to spread awareness and empowerment to a much wider segment of the Liberian population, particularly the younger generation and those less able to read and write. Twelve of the most influential Hip Co artists in the country have agreed to join a network of Accountability Ambassadors: Takun J, Nasseman, JB Soulfresh, Shining Man, Lil Bishop, Dr. C, Pochano, Picardo, JD Donzo, Uncle Shaq, Blackest 305, and Santos. After receiving training on the fundamentals of accountability, [...]

2013-10-11T00:00:00+00:0011th October 2013|

Accountability Lab to Host Atlas Corps-CIPE Think Tank LINKS Fellow

Accountability Lab is pleased to announce that is has been selected as a host organization for the Think Tank LINKS (Leaders, Innovators, and Knowledge Sharing) Fellowship – a program run by Atlas Corps and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), with the support from the National Endowment for Democracy. This fellowship is an opportunity for talented young professionals from developing countries to shadow leading organizations in the U.S. for six months, beginning in January, and to conduct research in issues of democratic or economic reforms. In addition to hands-on experience working with and learning from the Accountability Lab in [...]

2013-10-03T00:00:00+00:003rd October 2013|

The Lab Conducts Accountability Training at the US Embassy in Kathmandu

Accountability Lab’s Nepal Country Representative, Narayan Adhikari, was recently invited to conduct a training session on “ The Pathway to Accountability – The Role of a Game Changer” at the US Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was attended by 5 embassy staff members and 28 youth activists, representing a variety of youth organizations including Youth Initiative, Youth Council, and the Near East and South Asia Undergraduate Exchange Program. Narayan discussed anti-corruption within the Nepali context and how innovative tools, such as Bolaun! can help empower citizens to hold power-holders responsible, and in turn create sustainable development. Then, one of [...]

2013-09-03T00:00:00+00:003rd September 2013|

Testing new tools for accountability in higher education

By: Blair Glencorse. This article was originally published in Transparency International's 2013 Global Corruption Report: Education (Section 4.14). The international community has rarely engaged coherently on issues of corruption within higher education, focusing instead on issues such as building teachers’ capacity, infrastructure development and programmes to increase access. The learning to be garnered from testing new accountability approaches therefore has important implications for the future of universities and colleges. Higher education in what are called ‘fragile states’ suffers from a host of issues that manifest themselves in different forms – from a lack of strategies and plans, to absent regulations [...]

2013-04-12T00:00:00+00:0012th April 2013|

Emerging Voices: Glencorse on Higher Education in Liberia

This blog post was originally published on the Council on Foreign Relations' Development Channel. Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Blair Glencorse, Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab. He analyzes the challenges of integrity and accountability in Liberia’s colleges and universities, arguing that failures in higher education threaten the country’s progress toward peace and development. You can follow Glencorse on his blog and on Twitter at @blairglencorse. Under the leadership of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia and its international partners have focused on several [...]

2012-08-20T00:00:00+00:0020th August 2012|
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