Posts by Sheena Adams
Corruption: 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 MoreCatching People “Doing the Right Thing” in Mexico with the Bosch Alumni Network!
A few years ago, the Accountability Lab began a campaign called Integrity Icon. We were fed up with the constant stream of bad news around issues of corruption- that endlessly focused on the problem and the wrong-doers, without offering any solutions. Integrity Icon flips that narrative- by “naming and faming” honest government officials and celebrating them very publicly…
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…
Read MorePoliceman, NAFDAC Official, Teacher Make Integrity Icons Shortlist
The award is a global campaign by Accountability Lab powered by citizens in search of honest government officials. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK – JAN 09, 2020 A policeman, CSP Francis Erhabor, has been shortlisted among five Nigerians as 2019 Integrity Icons. The award is a global campaign by Accountability Lab powered by citizens in search of…
Read MoreAccountability Lab’s Staff of the Year for 2019
2019 has been filled with many highlights and many lessons, and through the Staff of the Year nomination process we were reminded of how our teams are our strongest assets. Among us we have wonderful ambassadors for our values, creative problem-solvers, and thoughtful network-builders. But, above all else, we are all privileged to work with people…
Read MoreA Liberian, an American and a group of Europeans were in Sierra Leone…
On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, launched a five-year National Anti-Corruption Strategy for the country at an event that was attended by the European Union. EU representative, Mats Leljefelt, made a speech celebrating the actions of the government to fight corruption. Just three months later, Accountability…
Read MoreIntegrity Icon at King’s College Nepal
“You can’t change the system through plain speaking; you need to get into the system and change it with your own will” – Srijana Tiwari On 19th September 2019, Integrity Icon Mrs. Srijana Tiwari visited King’s College Nepal to make future leaders aware about key issues of integrity in the civil society. In the presence…
Read More“Integrity is a team effort”
“Integrity is a team effort, not just the work of a single person” ~Kajiman Rai, Integrity Icon 2019 It takes more than one person to promote, maintain and preserve integrity. Sometimes you have to go above your TOR, and if your team is not ready to work with you, it gets difficult to walk this…
Read MoreBeyond Protest: Harnessing People Power for the New Decade
Shaazka Beyerle is a Senior Research Advisor in the Program on Nonviolent Action at the United States Institute of Peace and a Senior Advisor with ICNC. Here, she writes about what research conducted by her and her colleagues has revealed about the power of non-violent protest in social movements that have recognised the systemic nature…
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