Posts by Sheena Adams
We’re hiring a Communications & Marketing Manager!
Terms of Reference: Accountability Lab Communications & Marketing Manager Accountability Lab is a rapidly growing, creative and collectively managed civil society network. We make governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. Our goal is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people…
Read More“You don’t need to be motivated to be honest” – Integrity Icon Pakistan winner walks the talk
Integrity Icon – our campaign to “name and fame” honest government officials in Pakistan began seven years ago. Over the past seven years we’ve received over 1200 nominations for the campaign from across the country; and brought 35 of them into a vibrant network of reformers that is now working together to push for changes…
Read MoreDelivery Builds Integrity! Catching Up With our Integrity Icon Bhishma Kumar Bhusal in Nepal
Written by Blair Glencorse and Ashmita Sharma Integrity Icon, our campaign to “name and fame” honest government officials, began ten years ago in Nepal. Over the past decade we’ve received over 7,000 nominations for honest government officials from across the country; and brought 45 of them into a vibrant network of reformers that is…
Read MoreA Vision for the Future for AL Zimbabwe
By Nosikelelo Ndlovu Accountability Lab Zimbabwe powered through a complex programming year in 2022 with the government proposing the Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Bill, described by experts as a threat to civil society operations. The country is also actively gearing up for elections scheduled for early 2023. However, the year also presented opportunities for us…
Read MoreGlobal #tech4good lessons from HackCorruption
Accountability Lab is running HackCorruption, a hybrid tech-for-good project, with support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise. The project identifies and supports talented individuals from the civic tech, CSO, and activist arenas, to build innovative solutions to…
Read MoreAccountability Lab Has a New Strategy! Here’s a Summary of Our Priorities for 2023-2026.
Written by Blair Glencorse How Did We Develop The New Strategy? Accountability Lab began over a decade ago as an effort to support local change-makers within specific communities to develop creative ideas around governance issues. Our growth has been exciting- and we are now a global translocal network of Labs that is building an…
Read MoreMaking The Translocal Network Real: The Junior Staff Council
Written by Alawi Masud As a primarily youth focused organization, Accountability Lab understands that junior level staff bring critical perspectives on our work, provide important support to projects, and fuel innovation and connectivity. But as with many organizations that have many staff working on a variety of issues across 11 geographies, there is always room…
Read MoreOur 2020-2023 Strategy – What Were The Challenges?
Written by Blair Glencorse As we launch our new 2023-2026 strategy, we have been reflecting on the challenges we faced during our last strategy. The 2020-2023 period was a very difficult time for many organizations, of course, ourselves included. Just as we finalized our new strategy at the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 began to fundamentally…
Read MoreSuper-Charging Accountability In Belize
Written by Blair Glencorse If you are interested in governance in Belize, you’d be surprised at how difficult it is to find substantive information or networks. Most indices that measure these kinds of issues are not able to access sufficient data. There are several newspapers, but these are published weekly and the quality is…
Read MoreCome say ‘hi’ at the IACC!
Accountability Lab will be at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington DC next week. If you’re around, we’d love to be in touch! We will be travelling with a group of Nigerian nonprofit leaders this year thanks to support from the MacArthur Foundation. Our delegation includes Nigerian Country Director Odeh Friday, Global Director of Learning…
Read MoreStrengthening Accountability Mechanisms in Balochistan
In the words of Stephen Covey, “Accountability breeds response-ability.” This stands true at an individual as well as governmental level. When governments are accountable to their people, they are more responsive to the needs of the people. When we talk of democracy, the government’s financial accountability is undoubtedly a fundamental and distinctive aspect of parliamentary…
Read MoreSix key takeaways from Gov-HER-Nance in Pakistan!
Written by Farhan Khalid Pakistan was ranked as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity (145 out of 146 countries) in the Global Gender Gap/Parity Report released by the World Economic Forum in July 2022. Out of the four key indicators that form the basis of the gender parity index – including Educational Attainment,…
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