Resilient Roots: Debunking the Myths around Primary Constituent Accountability
*All views and statements represent those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Accountable Now. When you are passionate about something and join others to work on it collectively, you quickly start to develop your own group language. You start using jargon and acronyms. This is a central part of creating a […]
Dynamic Accountability for Increased Resilience
This blog first appeared on the Balkan Civil Society Development Network website. Shrinking Civic Space and the Crisis of CSO Legitimacy Recent times have seen an alarming rise of government measures that restrict and close space for the civil society to exercise core civic freedoms, to advance citizens’ rights and to hold governments accountable. Increasingly, […]
Translating Principles into Practice
*All views and statements represent those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Accountable Now. How might one translate Accountable Now to a non-English speaker? Bilingual and multilingual readers may want to pause to reflect upon this problem as ‘accountable/accountability’ has few direct translations in other languages. You might have to concoct a […]
How can the Global Standard foster a Dynamic Accountability culture within civil society organisations and between stakeholders?
In times of shrinking civic space, credibility, legitimacy, and accountability of civil society organisations (CSOs) is more important than ever and building trust, participation and co-creation with local stakeholders are key if CSOs are to develop resilience and impact. In this regard, the sector needs a concerted effort to improve collaborative responses to challenges faced […]
Listening to those we serve: the heartbeat of Doing Development Differently
*All views and statements represent those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Accountable Now. You may have heard about ‘Doing Development Differently’ (DDD), a broad movement of development analysts and practitioners who share a view of why aid often has little impact: in short, ‘complex’ development problems can’t be solved […]
The Oxfam scandal: Let’s have an honest conversation about accountability
*All views and statements represent those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Accountable Now. The slew of bad publicity that has affected the sector in the wake of the Oxfam scandal shows little sign of abating. The Times recently ran a story making fresh allegations about staff misconduct in Haiti – the latest […]
Accountability in social enterprises around the world
Civil society organisations have been undergoing transformations in the past decades as a result of changing welfare systems and market economies around the world. One of these changes is the increased focused on combining social and commercial purposes in order to ensure sustainability. Social entrepreneurship has thus become an umbrella term that incorporates organisations which develop their […]
Ten years on, accountability in action: Greenpeace’s story
Ten years ago, a committed group of the leaders of some of the largest international NGOs, working to provide international development programmes, humanitarian relief, and campaigning for human rights and the protection of our environment came together in the recognition that we needed to be proactive, open and clear in establishing what our accountability should […]
La confianza, el gran aporte de la rendición de cuentas a América Latina
América Latina es una región injusta si consideramos que carga con el título de la más desigual (CEPAL, 2016) y también, la más desconfiada del planeta (Latinobarómetro, 2015). Mientras que recientemente un estudio de Oxfam señala que el 10% más rico de la región acumula el 68% de la riqueza total, por otra parte, también recientemente, según CEPAL, en América Latina la […]
Creating processes for people-powered decision making
Over the past few months, six civil society organisations (CSOs) have ventured into implementing new processes in their day-to-day work with their stakeholders. At the core of the project lies the assumption that integrating feedback from stakeholders into decision making more frequently helps achieve two key challenges at the same time: working more effectively with stakeholders and […]
