Archive for 2020
Integrity Icon Ukraine Launches
Press release Launch of Integrity Icon Ukraine 2020 28 February, Washington DC – Accountability Lab is pleased to announce the launch of Integrity Icon Ukraine, a campaign which aims to inspire a national movement – led by civil society, on the ground, online and through the media – to celebrate, encourage and connect honest public…
Read MoreiCampus Launches Liberia Learning Awards 2020
Liberia Learning Awards 2020 has been launched in Monrovia, with more than thirty-five guests in attendance on January 22, 2020. As the first-of-its-kind development initiative to build a vibrant learning community, the learning awards program is an approach to share ideas around learning so that organizations can learn from each other about how they can…
Read MoreCreativity from the Bottom up: The SDG 16 Innovation Challenge in Pakistan
“Youth inclusion does not happen by saying it is important; it happens when you actually bring young people into the room to come up with collective solutions to problems,” says Muhammd Shoaib, a young social activist from Karachi. Shoaib is absolutely right, which is why we recently brought him to Islamabad as part of the…
Read MoreNigerian songstress Cill wins Accountability Music Awards
Lagos-based musician Chioma “Cill” Ogbonna has won the 2019 Accountability Music Awards, winning the most votes among the finalists who represent the best of socially-conscious music from across the African continent. The 2019 Accountability Music Awards (AMAs) is a collaboration between Accountability Lab, the ONE Campaign and Trace Africa, that seeks to celebrate African musicians…
Read MoreWe Have a New Strategy; Here’s Where We Fell Short on the Last One
You may have read the first in our three-part series of strategy blogs yesterday in which we highlighted the key areas of our new 2020-2023 strategy, including the focus on growing our campaigns, building knowledge and bringing together communities. We explained that these three elements of our work – as outlined in our Theory of…
Read MoreMeet the brave filmmakers of Nepal’s Women Film Fellowship
Building upon Accountability Lab’s work to promote peace and accountability in communities and facilitate inclusive citizen feedback loops, with the N-peace award, the Lab seeks to empower women with the tools to raise their voice on key issues faced within their community. By Ashmita Sharma. One of the many reasons for women being vulnerable to…
Read MoreOur New Strategy as a Process Not an Output
This is the third in our series of blogs on our new strategy. Read the first on where we’re headed in the new strategy here; and the second on what we did not achieve in our last strategy and what that means for us going forwards here. By Blair Glencorse. The content of a strategy…
Read MoreCorruption: Why ‘bad guys’ get more media coverage — Editor
The Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed, on Monday said the activities of honest Nigerians go largely unnoticed and unrewarded due to the corrupt acts of others which the media prefer to publicise more. He said this on Monday in Abuja during a panel discussion at the Integrity Icon Summit and Awards, organised by Accountabilitylab in…
Read MorePoliceman Named 2019 #IntegrityIcon Winner After Rejecting N6m Bribe
CSP Erhabor was appointed as the Pipeline Commander by the PPMC with an allowance of N37, 500. In 2019 he was approached and offered N6m to beat the system but he refused. CSP Francis Erhabor, Divisional Police Officer of Itam, Akwa Ibom State, who rejected a N6m bribe has been named as winner of 2019…
Read MoreMeet the 2019-2020 Feedback Fellows
Feedback Labs have announced their 2019-2020 cohort of Feedback Fellows and our own Doussouba Konaté, Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at Accountability Lab Mali, is part of the diverse group which includes inspiring young change-makers from across the world. What does it mean to be a Feedback Fellow? It means putting people at the center…
Read MoreIt’s 2020…And We Have a New Strategy for Building Accountability Around the World!
Happy New Year! And we hope 2020 is off to a great start for you and your organization – with ambitious goals, renewed energy and exciting plans. Here at the Accountability Lab we’ve begun the new year with two big changes. At the end of this month we’ll be launching a brand-new website for the…
Read MoreStorytelling and Advocacy: Listening to Where the Story Goes
There are many ways to tell a story. It is important to be mindful of the story within the story, and this starts with the origin: Who is telling the story and how is it told? Then, we must ask: Is it organically cultivated and told with unfiltered authenticity, or is it extracted and stitched…
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