Archive for 2025
Grounding governance in humanity and shared values
In recent years, there has been a noticeable global trend of democratic backsliding, characterized by restrictions on freedom of expression and association. Freedom House’s 2023 report underscores this decline, highlighting that marginalized groups, particularly LGBTQI+ communities, are often at the forefront of the erosion of democratic safeguards. There is a tangible connection between the rights…
Read MoreThe Long Game: Changing narratives and building ecosystems in Southern Africa
It was on the crest of a wave of change Zimbabwe was experiencing in 2020 that Dr McDonald Lewanika found himself ready to change tack. Years of direct non-violent action had done the backbreaking work of earning Zimbabwe a new constitution, and other democratic concessions, while a military assisted transition had led to leadership changes…
Read MoreAccountability Lab and Good Governance Principles: Lessons Learned from an Auburn University Nonprofit Governance Audit
There is a consensus on the need for governance principles that enhance nonprofits and strengthen public trust in nonprofits. In 2004, as recommended by the Leaders of the United States Senate Finance Committee, the nonprofit sector was convened by the independent sector to evaluate nonprofit good governance principles. The panel concerned itself with strengthening the…
Read More4e Sommet régional sur l’intégrité, de la corruption à une gestion redevable et participative de la taxe conventionnelle sur les produits pétroliers à l’importation au Sud-Kivu ?
Le mois dernier, le 19 décembre 2024, Accountability Lab RDC a organisé dans la ville de Bukavu à l’Est de la République Démocratique Congo, le 4e Sommet régional sur l’intégrité. Dédié à la « Transparence et la Redevabilité pour la reconstruction de la province du Sud-Kivu » comme thème, le cas spécifique de la Gouvernance, la transparence…
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