Archive for 2021
Needed – Finance and Compliance Associate in Nigeria
Terms of Reference: Finance and Compliance Associate Accountability Lab (AL) Nigeria is a part of a translocal network that makes governance work for citizens around the world. We support active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions to unleash positive social and economic change. With the Labs’ decade of collective experience on issues around governance, community…
Read MoreOpportunity in the DRC
Accountability Lab (AL) met la gouvernance au service des citoyens du monde entier en soutenant les citoyens actifs, les dirigeants responsables et les institutions responsables. Nous réimaginons la manière de renforcer la redevabilité pour soutenir un monde dans lequel les ressources sont utilisées de manière judicieuse, les décisions profitent à tous de manière équitable et…
Read MoreTwitter ban in Nigeria stifles free speech and entrepreneurship
Accountability Lab Nigeria, YIAGA Africa, Dataphyte, Premium Times and a number of partner organizations have received news of the decision by the Federal Government of Nigeria- led by President Muhammadu Buhari- to suspend Twitter in Nigeria with trepidation and unease. It is regrettable that the Federal Government has chosen to stifle the rights of citizens…
Read MoreRecap of SSIR’s 2021 Frontiers of Social Innovation Conference
By SSIR Editors The 2021 Frontiers of Social Innovation Conference: “People, Power, Resources: Enacting an Equitable Future” featured senior leaders of nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, academia, business, and government addressing how the social innovation community can respond to a world struggling with a global pandemic, continued racial injustices, and assaults on democracy. SSIR‘s editors recapped the virtual conference and assembled…
Read MoreNow Hiring – Program Coordinator in SA
Terms of Reference: Program Coordinator The Accountability Lab is building a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world. We support changemakers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities, unleashing positive social and economic change. Accountability Lab South Africa (AL SA) seeks to appoint a Program Coordinator on…
Read MoreWe’re looking for a Nonprofit Management Fellow in South Africa
Terms of Reference: Nonprofit Management Fellow The Accountability Lab is building a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world. We support changemakers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities, unleashing positive social and economic change. As part of the Accountability Lab’s efforts to play a role in…
Read MoreDr. McDonald Lewanika – Accountability Lab Zimbabwe’s Chief of Party
Dr. McDonald Lewanika is Accountability Lab Zimbabwe’s Chief of Party and brings a wealth of experience of civil society work and activism to the Lab. “I cut my teeth as a student leader at the Midlands State University University in the early 2000s where I served as Secretary General of the Students Union and National…
Read MoreAccountability Lab Nigeria seeks urgent end to Nation’s security challenges
By Abel Leonard/ Lafia Accountability Lab Nigeria says it is collaborating with stakeholders in Nasarawa State to find urgent and lasting solution to the country’s security challenges. The Male Associate of the non-governmental organisation, Alfred Alu, said this Friday, at the group’s meeting with stakeholders in Lafia, adding that the meeting was organised to create…
Read MoreGov-Her-nance: Five ways to foster collaboration between local governments and communities
By Soni Khanal and Sanjeeta Pant Nepal is a largely patriarchal society with a hierarchical caste system. But fixing old problems and creating equitable government structures does not have to be an uphill battle. Initiatives such as Gov-HER-nance, a pioneering campaign initiated by Accountability Lab Nepal (ALN) in collaboration with female local government representatives in…
Read MoreNGO trains Plateau youth on peace building, social cohesion
An NGO, Accountability Lab Nigeria, has organised a training on peaceful co-existence and social cohesion for Plateau State Youth. Speaking at the end of the two-day event on Friday in Jos, the Project Assistant of the organisation, Mr Peterson Okoro said the training was aimed at curbing insecurity and promoting peace in the state. Okoro…
Read MoreProgramming Opportunity in the DRC
Accountability Lab (AL) met la gouvernance au service des citoyens du monde entier en soutenant les citoyens actifs, les dirigeants responsables et les institutions responsables. Nous réimaginons la manière de renforcer la redevabilité pour soutenir un monde dans lequel les ressources sont utilisées de manière judicieuse, les décisions profitent à tous de manière équitable et…
Read MoreUnderstanding Translocal Networks – Blair Glencorse at SSIR Frontiers of Social Innovation
By Blair Glencorse Seven years ago, during the Ebola crisis in West Africa, I spent a lot of time working with our small team in Liberia around the accountability of the response- and I remember vividly as the severity of the crisis took hold and the international community descended on Monrovia, the capital city. There…
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