Dynamic Accountability is a systemic approach to CSO accountability that is grounded in processes of meaningful engagement with all stakeholders that are inclusive, participatory and continuously practiced.
It is about creating a transformational relationship between a CSO and its stakeholders. It implies the need to make a whole organisation’s way of working adaptive to these stakeholders needs. This includes redressing unequal power dynamics and building mutual partnerships. CSOs move beyond the hierarchical accountability ladder to a more horizontal and mutual approach.
Dynamic Accountability also recognises that relationship-building with all stakeholders is necessary to truly achieve systemic change in the form of a power-shift with and outside the organisation. Relationship-building enables different stakeholders to be part of this power-shift agenda. In this way, the people we work for and with become recognised drivers of the CSO work that affects their own lives.