Small Initiatives with Big Impact in Biratnagar
By Narayan Adhikari, Nepal Country Representative. The eastern Terai of Nepal, close to the Indian border, is hot at this time of year- very hot. And the mosquitos are relentless- if you’re not from around here you find yourself thinking constantly about a place to sit under a strong fan and a bottle of cold water. Read More…
Changing Accountability Mindsets: From Workshops and Reports to Professors and Imams
This piece was originally posted on the Transparency International Blog. Working on accountability in difficult contexts, it does not take long to realize the key shortcomings of established approaches to these issues- expensive workshops are held, lengthy papers are written and complex logframes are completed, but little changes on the ground. Read More…
Entrepreneurship and Accountability: The Perfect Partners for Liberia
The BSC and Accountability Lab office in Monrovia
Molly Hellerman joins the Lab’s Kitchen Cabinet!
The Accountability Lab is very pleased to announce that Molly Hellerman has joined the Lab’s “Kitchen Cabinet” of close operational advisors. The Kitchen Cabinet acts as a sounding board for the Lab’s work and is composed of amazing people from across the public, private and non-profit sectors. Read More…
The Responsibility to Use Information
By Blair Glencorse and Narayan Adhikari. The Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information (FoI) movement has made huge strides since the first FoI law was enacted in Sweden in 1766. Freedom of Information was included (as Article 19) in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, described by the UN General Assembly as “a fundamental Human Right and the touchstone of all the freedoms…” Read More…
The Lab welcomes Lawrence Yealue as Country Representative for Liberia!
The Accountability Lab is very excited to have Lawrence Yealue on the team as Country Representative for Liberia. Lawrence will lead the accountability work from Monrovia- including the Liberia Accountapreneurship Fund, the Accountability Change Agency and the @ccountability Initiative Read More…
Rectifying Guinea Bissau’s Image Problem
The Streets of Bissau
In the international press the small West African country of Guinea Bissau is variously described as most, if not all of the following: a narco-state (with as many as 30 tons of drugs passing through the country every year); coup-plagued (with at least four military coups since 1998 and six political assassinations in the past 3 years); conflict-ridden (at war for more than half of its’ modern history); and poverty-stricken (with over half the population living in poverty). Read More…
Between Burqas and Bikinis: Tunisia in Transition
By Blair Glencorse. What do in-depth analyses of political processes, discussions with perfume shop owners and singing German Ambassadors have in common? The BMW Foundation Arab-European Young Leaders Forum (of course!)- which I was lucky enough to attend in Tunis in early March. The Forum brought together over 40 diverse change-makers from across government, the private sector, and civil society for three days of interactions which took place, appropriately, where the Arab Awakenings began over two years ago. Read More…
The Lab signs an MoU with Instituto Benten in Guinea Bissau
The Accountability Lab and Instituto Benten today signed a Memorandum of Understanding after a recent visit by the Lab to Guinea Bissau in February 2013. The MoU covers joint efforts to support the accountability agenda in the country; the development of new programs on accountability; and the potential deployment of an Accountapreneurship Fund to support Bissau-Guineans with creative ideas for new accountability tools through funding, training, networks and mentorship. Read More…
Good Stories: Q & A with the Accountability Lab
Article originally published by Juliet Vedral in the Wheelhouse Review
More often than not, in our travels around DC, we’ll meet fascinating people doing interesting work. We’re starting a new series where we’ll share some of these stories through Q&A. Today we present: Accountability Lab. Read More…
