Archive for 2021
Integrity Icon Philly Awards Ceremony
We celebrated the public servants named the first-ever heroes of high integrity in Philly—and the country. See why they are role models for all of us. BY JESSICA BLATT PRESS What is Integrity? To the five local heroes we honored on Friday night as the first-ever Integrity Icons in Philadelphia—and the country—it means many things, all of…
Read MoreCélébration des Icônes intègres de l’administration malienne par Accountability Lab Mali
Désormais une tradition est bien établie chez Accountability Lab Mali, la célébration des hommes et femmes intègres de par leur travail, leur moralité au sein de l’administration. Un modèle choisi par Accountability Lab. Mali pour lutter contre la corruption et inciter d’autres citoyens à se démarquer au sein de leur service en devenant des références pour d’autres…
Read MoreHow Music Has Influenced Behaviour During COVID-19 in Liberia
By Nyema Richards and Sanjeeta Pant When Rap2Rep (now Voice2Rep or “Voice to Represent”) started in Liberia in 2015, it was a relatively small campaign to encourage creative activism among young people using Hip-Co- a popular Liberian genre often referred to as the ‘political music’. The campaign has since expanded to Nigeria and Zimbabwe, and,…
Read MoreWork with us in Somaliland
TERMS OF REFERENCE – ACCOUNTABILITY LAB COUNTRY LIAISON The Accountability Lab is building a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world. We support change-makers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities, unleashing positive social and economic change. The Lab is currently seeking a Country Liaison to provide…
Read MoreSSUET inks MoU with Accountability Lab
The Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) and Accountability Lab inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) earlier this week to execute capacity-building initiatives to engage faculty and students to develop their various skills including critical thinking, civic engagement, responsible leadership, empathy and conflict management. The SSUET will provide its infrastructure for carrying out…
Read MoreThe launch of AL’s virtual Accountability Incubator for 2021
WASHINGTON DC, 12 February, 2021 – Accountability Lab has announced the names of a new group of civic activists enrolled in our virtual Accountability Incubator for 2021. The Incubator is our flagship program for young civil society leaders to build sustainable, effective tools for accountability, participation and open government. It provides a non-prescriptive, supportive environment…
Read MoreBuilding accountability into environmental sustainability in Nigeria
Written by Inayat Sabhikhi When Mujidah Ajibola Oladejo and I spoke in the last week of October, Nigeria was in the international news for the people’s movement against police brutality, to #EndSARS. For an activist like her this is both a new and old story – a new spin to an old tale. “We…
Read MoreRap2Rep Liberia changes name to Voice2Rep
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monrovia, February 1 2021 – Accountability Lab Liberia, a nonprofit institution that makes governance work for people, announced today that it has changed the name of its Rap2Rep conscious music campaign to Voice2Rep. The name change reflects the different genres of music that we’ve started attracting in our call for applications, which include…
Read MoreOur Virtual Accountapreneurs in Kenya & Uganda Pitch Their Ideas
On January 19th we hosted a pitch session for the recently-graduated accountapreneurs of our 2020 virtual Accountability Incubator for young civil society leaders in Kenya and Uganda. This session was the culmination of a process we started six months earlier when, with the support of the Ford Foundation, we partnered with Evidence and Methods Lab…
Read MoreAccountability Lab Liberia Unveils 2020 Integrity Icons
The Accountability Lab Liberia, a non-profit organization working in the field of active citizenship and good governance has selected five persons from the education, security, health, anti-corruption, and infrastructure development sector as Integrity Icons for 2020. After a rigorous sorting process, the top five finalists were selected from 30 nominations by a team of judges…
Read MoreConoce a los ganadores de la distinción “Íconos de Integridad” edición Sustentabilidad
Tras evaluar 43 perfiles de servidores públicos nominados en la iniciativa “Integrity Icon Sustentabilidad”, cinco fueron los ganadores de tal reconocimiento. “Integrity Icon”, campaña global de Accountability Lab, es impulsada por ciudadanos en busca de funcionarios gubernamentales honestos. En 2020 se desarrolló por primera ocasión en México en su versión “Sustentabilidad” con el apoyo de…
Read MoreLanzan campaña para premiar a funcionarios que realicen acciones sustentables
Integrity Icon Mexico de Accountability Lab, en unión con las organizaciones civiles Reforestamos Mexico y Causa Natura, lanzaron Sustentabilidad 2020 con la finalidad de reconocer a los funcionarios públicos que realicen acciones sustentables en el país. Durante un seminario web, la directora de AL en Mexico, Eva Sander, informó que la iniciativa busca premiar a…
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