Archive for 2013
Innovating in Development Through Accountapreneurship
By: Blair Glencorse. This article was originally published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. How one organization is combining the best elements of accountability and entrepreneurship to redefine development paradigms of the past. The Hyatt Hotel in Kathmandu is a serene place, with beautiful Newari architecture, lush gardens, and impeccable service. It is also about…
Read MoreAccountability Lab and Business Start Up Center (BSC) Monrovia partner to develop “Social Impact Tours” of Liberia
The Accountability Lab and BSC Monrovia are pleased to announce a partnership to develop social impact tours of Liberia. The tours will provide visitors to Liberia with alternative perspectives on Liberian society which go well beyond traditional tourism; generate a learning experience with important insights into developmental projects that work; and build relationships with Liberians…
Read MoreAccountability Lab Joins the National #GivingTuesday Movement
Accountability Lab has joined #GivingTuesday, a unique effort to harness the collective power of charities, families, businesses and individuals to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday aims to shift the focus of the holiday season towards giving back to one’s community…
Read MoreBreaking the Silence: SMS Helps Liberian Schools to Improve Education
By: Blair Glencorse. This article was originally published by National Geographic. Students and academics in schools throughout Liberia are taking advantage of a system that allows them to gather information and discuss possible solutions to problems they face in the country’s corrupt education system. In this edition of Digital Diversity, Blair Glencorse talks about “Tell-it-True”, which…
Read MorePutting local justice first in Liberia
By: Blair Glencorse and Anne Sophie Lambert. This blog post was originally published by the Local First Blog. For many Liberians living in the low-income, high-density neighborhoods of Monrovia, life is a daily struggle. Land disputes, drug problems, domestic abuse, and a lack of basic services, among other issues, are pervasive. When citizens face legal…
Read MoreHip-Co Artists And Their Undying Effort in Getting Their Messages Across
Accountability Lab Pilots “Oil Talk” Radio Show in Liberia with CEMESP
Accountability Lab is partnering with the Center for Media Studies and Peace-building (CEMESP) in Liberia to pilot an innovative new approach to corruption in the emerging oil industry. The “Oil Talk” radio program aims to disseminate important information on oil revenues and generate discussion among citizens around how these funds are being spent. “Oil Talk”…
Read MoreAccountability 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…
Read MoreGraft-busting tours of Nepal and Liberia to showcase grassroots activism
By: Stella Dawson. This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation News. WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Civil society group Accountability Lab has come up with a new way to raise awareness of how to combat corruption – bus tours. The non-profit is developing a series of tours of its grassroots work in Liberia…
Read MoreAccountability 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…
Read MoreThe Lab Receives Grant from the Case Foundation for Anti-Corruption Film Schools
At the Be Fearless NGen-Case Foundation event in New York City, Executive Director Blair Glencorse presented his idea for an anti-corruption film school for women and girls in Liberia. The proposed project would involve five-week, hands-on training sessions in Liberia’s two largest cities, Monrovia and Buchanan. The schools will build understanding of corruption, accountability and…
Read Morenepal and liberia: diverse contexts, shared lessons
By: Blair Glencorse. This article was originally published in Beed Life magazine. In June 2007, I took a trip to Nepalgunj to meet representatives of the Madhesi community. I wanted to try and understand more about political dynamics in the Tarai. While sipping chia, the groups I chatted with explained vociferously, often for hours at…
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