Archive for 2017
Honesty Oscars Voting is Open!
And the award goes to…This week it is up to you to decide. Before Hollywood’s A-list gets all dressed up to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards, the Accountability Lab, ONE and #CultureFix invite you to celebrate a different type of celebrity. Honesty Oscars began in 2014, when we partnered to create a campaign…
Read More‘Integrity Idol’ winner vows to use prize to train health workers in post-Ebola Liberia
Reporting by James Giahyue; Editing by Katy Migiro and Astrid Zweynert. This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. The winner of Integrity Idol, a Liberian reality TV show, plans to use his prize money to train health workers as the country is still reeling from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak. Pharmacist Bocakarie Sakilla beat…
Read MoreAccountability Lab Named Liberia Civil Society Organization of the Year
We are thrilled to announce that Accountability Lab Liberia was chosen as the Civil Society Organization of the Year at the 2017 Liberia Development Awards. The awards ceremony, which took place on January 31, 2017, was organized by the development community in Liberia in conjunction with the first-ever Liberia Development Conference. With this recognition, we hope to…
Read MoreWhy We Worship Integrity Idols
By Samita Thapa and Suresh Chand What does it mean to have integrity? There is a widespread perception that the Nepali civil service is deeply corrupt. The solution to this problem is not in “naming and shaming” the rule breakers but in “naming and faming” those officials doing the right things. The Integrity Idols we…
Read MoreIntegrity Idol puts public honesty number one
By: Ben Quinn. This article was originally published by The Guardian. International television show Integrity Idol aims to do for upstanding officials what primetime talent contests have achieved for aspiring pop stars There is no glitter, diva-like tantrums or brilliantly lit stages, but the emotions on show are no less genuine for that. A Nepalese school…
Read MorePharmacist Named 2016 Integrity Idol Winner of the Year
By: Gbatemah Senah. This article was originally published by The Bush Chicken. A pharmacist in the government hospital in Tubmanburg, Bomi has been named the Integrity Idol winner for 2016. Bockarie Sakilla was announced as the winner on Wednesday at an official award ceremony in where President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and scores of government officials were…
Read MoreYou Name, We Fame: Citizen Feedback in Action
By: Blair Glencorse, Founder and Executive Director of Accountability Lab. This blog post was originally published by Feedback Labs. We recently completed our global Integrity Idol campaign – an annual TV show and citizen movement to find, film and celebrate honest government officials. It shifts the negative conversation around corruption from “naming and shaming” the…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2017/18 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 application process was incredibly competitive; we had hundreds of applications across our three focus countries–Nepal, Liberia and Pakistan.…
Read More‘Integrity Idol’ hunts for honest bureaucrats
This article was originally published by The Nation. Pakistan routinely ranks among the world’s most corrupt countries, but reality TV show “Integrity Idol” aims to tackle the scourge by highlighting some of the nation’s honest bureaucrats. A Punjab official who cracked down on bribery in his district linked to land registration came out tops in…
Read MorePresident Sirleaf Commends Integrity Idol Liberia; Receives District Governor of Rotary Club.
This article was originally published by Executive Mansion. Monrovia, Liberia: President Sirleaf has commended Integrity Idol Liberia for organizing and promoting accountability and integrity issues in the country. She highlighted her recent Annual Address to the nation outlining the values that should be instilled in families, schools, churches, mosques and society in general regarding integrity.…
Read MoreIntegrity Summit 2017: What Can We Learn from Integrity Idols in Nepal?
Background In January 2017, the Accountability Lab brought together the three winners of the Integrity Idol Nepal competition since 2014 (Gyan Mani Nepal, Pradip Raj Kanel and Dor Bikram Shrees), along with other Integrity Idol finalists (including Bindu Kunwar, Tara Subedi, Bhishma Kumar Bhusal, Krishna Prasad Danchha, Bhuwan Kumari Rai, and Ram Narayan Shah), experts…
Read MoreFighting Corruption: “Naming and Faming”: Liberia’s Most Honest Gov’t Officials
By: Lawrence Yealue, Country Representative for Accountability Lab Liberia. This article was originally published by Front Page Africa. National TV and Radio Campaign by Accountability Lab this week seeks to celebrate “Integrity Idols”. Corruption and a lack of accountability remain critical challenges to Liberia’s development- the most recent Transparency International poll scored Liberia at just…
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