Our Members’ Reporting Journeys Part I: CIVICUS
As a global alliance of over 9,000 civil society organisations (CSOs) and activists, CIVICUS has a deep commitment to working towards transparency and accountability for our actions. This is particularly important as civil society continues to grow and become ever more visible in the public eye. Accountability is not a report, but a dynamic and […]
Self-regulatory initiatives: Accountability measures in times of scrutiny.
In recent years, CSOs around the world have witnessed first-hand how different forms of shrinking civic space have impacted their capacities to operate; they are being overly regulated, facing difficulties obtaining foreign funding, having to jump through hurdles to operate and engage with governments and seeing their rights and legitimacy put into question. According to the CIVICUS […]
The changing face of accountability: welcome note by our new Board Chair
Leaders of international organisations are operating in an increasingly complex environment, where the level of scrutiny and expectation is growing. Stakeholders are rightly demanding effectiveness, quality, safety, and compliance across all areas of operations. We are seeing increasingly complex, unpredictable, and game changing trends and events across the geopolitical, social and environmental landscape. International […]
Resilient Roots: 10 tips to ensure a meaningful dialogue with your primary constituents
10 tips to ensure a meaningful dialogue with your primary constituents Resilient Roots: conquering the feedback loop – Part 4 of 5: “Dialogue” By Isabelle Büchner (Accountable Now) and Belén Giaquinta (CIVICUS) February 11, 2020 By now, you have designed your accountability feedback mechanism, and you have collected and analysed the feedback from your primary constituents. Now it is time […]
Reflections on Power from the Bottom
By Dumi Gatsha, NGO Success Capital
12 steps to a great online feedback and complaints mechanism
In 2019 Accountable Now held a 100 Day Challenge for our members to work on strengthening their feedback and complaints mechanisms. Six member organisations took part, as did Accountable Now (check out our new Feedback and Complaints policy). Over the course of the challenge, we discussed the difference between feedback and formal complaints[1], different online and offline mechanisms, […]
IYN Trains Young People in Nigeria to Promote Accountability Through Art
Inspired Youth Network (IYN) support young people to demand accountability and transparency through awareness, capacity building and policy advocacy. Art allows young people to express themselves in their own way and pace and it can increase their creative skills in advocacy. It helps young people to develop their fundamental cognitive capacities, critical analytical skills and […]
Accountability is expensive – the cost(s) of being small & accountable
Originally written for and published on the Accountability Lab website. Read the original article here. As a small non-profit with accountability in our name, we strive to institute mechanisms, policies and processes that demonstrate the highest norms and standards. However, with limited budgets and an expansive footprint across the globe – including many remote places – […]
10 offers from the “Development Alternative” to do development differently
The truth is, the development sector has a big problem: The way development is currently organised, managed and funded is grounded in unequal power-relationships – especially when it comes to the people, communities and local organisations affected by international development work. In order to put a spotlight on this issue, at the heart of Accountable Now’s […]
Resilient Roots: 10 Tips to collect feedback from your primary constituents
In the first blog post of this series, Resileint Roots shared 10 steps to design your accountability feedback mechanism, where they discussed how to set your objectives and layout the infrastructure and resources you will need to see this work through. If you missed it, we suggest you start there before turning to the next […]
