Working closely with members and other International CSOs, we strive to work across a global CSO accountability network on a variety of projects and initiatives. Find out more about the exciting projects being undertaken by us around the world.
Accountability in Action
Our Projects
Research and co-creation of evidence-based safeguarding practice standards
Coalition governance, strategy, and renewal
Designing and launching the Collective Action Assistance Fund
Board induction, cohort building, and training on dynamic accountability
Global Standard for CSO Accountability Partnership
Our Projects
Past Projects and Initiatives
The Resilient Roots initiative
The Resilient Roots initiative, coordinated by CIVICUS and in collaboration with Accountable Now, Keystone Accountability and Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo, aimed to test whether organisations who are more accountable and responsive to their roots – namely, their primary constituencies – are more resilient against external threats.
From 2017 – 2020, the initiative worked with 14 national partner civil society organisations (CSOs) of varying size, focus, location and approach, to help them design and implement year-long pilot projects aiming to increase accountability to the people and communities impacted by their work.
The Development Alternative
Recognising the enormous, but largely untapped, potential of youth civil society in the moment of the largest youth generation in history – the Development Alternative was created to shift power and turn traditional development on its head through leveraging the potential and agency of young people and communities to accelerate development outcomes.
The Development Alternative is a consortium of organisations, led by Restless Development, including Accountable Now, DOT Lebanon, Integrity Action, INTRAC, War Child, Y Care International.
From 2019 – 2021, the consortium worked closely with young people and their communities, and youth-led and focused organisations to co-design approaches to development that ensure these groups define, own and lead solutions to the problems they face.