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Integrity Idol Mali : Le fonctionnaire le plus intègre au Mali sera connu le 23 décembre 2016 (French)
Le projet « Intégrity Idol Mali », lancé il y a quelques mois, est sur la bonne voie. Après l’étape des nominations et du tri des meilleurs dossiers, le jury sélectionnera d’ici la fin du mois d’octobre, les 5 nominés. Avant la fin d’année, le fonctionnaire le plus intègre au Mali sera connu. Pour contribuer à la…
Read MorePeace Incubator Established At Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture
This article was originally published by Pakistan Point. In collaboration with the Accountability Lab, a Peace Incubator has been established at the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture (MNSUA). According to a handout issued here Friday, started as a pilot project, the two organizations will engage and train at least three cohorts of 25 students…
Read MoreTalking Accountability in Alaska: THE Biggest Challenge for Sustainable Tourism
By: Blair Glencorse, Executive Director of the Accountability Lab I was lucky enough to attend my first Adventure Travel World Summit in Anchorage in September, and what a trip it was — full of incredible people, ideas and conversations. Coming from the non-profit rather than tourism world, it was a huge learning experience for me.…
Read MoreLet the young people tell their stories: Accountability through Visual Storytelling
By: Surath Giri, Co-Founder and Director of Onion Films Nepal and an Accountability Lab ‘Accountapreneur’. It all started with a conversation over a cup of coffee in October 2013. Narayan Adhikari was trying to build an organization to promote accountability and good governance in Nepal by catalyzing local change makers. Govinda and I were creating a network of young,…
Read MoreWhere are we with the learning agenda in Nepal?
By: Samita Thapa, Accountability Lab Resident in Nepal At Accountability Lab, learning is an important part of our work; we see our role as trying new approaches, testing new ideas and then sharing the learning from those efforts with the larger development community both in Nepal and beyond. Last month, we held a Learning Event…
Read MoreYouth’s training session culminates
This article was originally published by the Daily News. A cohort of 20 youth from Sultanabad, Karachi was trained on social entrepreneurship skills to fight both the unemployment and civic challenges in their area. The training, imparted by the Accountability Lab in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan, focused on developing leadership,…
Read MoreMaking All Voices Count: ICT can help improve governance, public services
By: Faran Mahmood, a Cambridge graduate and management consultant. This article was originally published by The Express Tribune. The recent attention to accountability, thanks to Panama Papers, has exposed contentious political fault lines that have emerged in the electoral system. Though opposition parties have pitched a justified case for electoral reforms, the politics of getting…
Read MoreLiberia Film Institute graduates 7th class of aspiring film-makers
By: Robin Dopoe Jr. This article was originally published by the Daily Observer. Following months of intense training, the Liberia Film Institute in collaboration with Accountability Lab has graduated three students from it Seven Cycle Class. The three students were trained in technical film making skills with emphasis on issues like democracy, citizenship, and the…
Read MoreOne year working to close the feedback loop
By: Sara Rodriguez, Accountability Lab Resident in Nepal One year after I joined the Mobile Citizens Helpdesk (MCHD) team and one and a half years after two massive earthquakes changed the lives of thousands of Nepalis, I visited two of the fourteen districts MCHD works within, Kavre and Sindhupalchowk. Sadly, the scene hasn’t changed much since…
Read MoreMusic Post-Ebola: Artist Amaze says Hipco Songs Made Tremendous Impact
By: Heather Maxwell. This blog was originally published by Voice of America. Music had a big role to play both during and in the aftermath of the West Africa Ebola epidemic. I found that out when I visited Monrovia in August. A lot of artists wrote songs about the personal experiences people had facing the…
Read MoreThey came for the music and left with the message
By: Heather Gilberds On Saturday, September 10th, Accountability Lab Liberia’s work attracted hundreds of young people to a town hall in Kakata, the capital city of Margibi county, where they gathered to listen to the latest songs from their favorite Hip Co artists. Hip Co music is uniquely Liberian—a form of hip hop that emerged…
Read MoreCrowdfunding development aid would direct funds where they are needed most
Websites such as GlobalGiving and Kickstarter have re-imagined the way we support issues we care about. Can we do the same for aid programmes? By: Blair Glencorse, Executive Director at Accountability Lab. This article was originally published by The Guardian. As world leaders descend on New York this week for the UN general assembly, the…
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