Accountable Now presents at the OECD Civil Society Days: making CSO effectiveness and accountability work in times of crisis and beyond
SHARE THIS ARTICLE BACK TO INSIGHTS On 2 June 2021, Accountable Now joined civil society actors, donors and governance leaders in the OECD DAC’s Civil Society Days. The technical virtual workshop, ‘Towards building forward better together: finding solutions to enable civil society’ brought together a variety of actors who shared their insights and experiences to […]
Accountability to Affected Populations in Times of the Pandemic: publication of the South Asia Disaster.net journal
SHARE THIS ARTICLE BACK TO INSIGHTS The civil society sector is experiencing a pressure and strain unlike it has experienced before, under the COVID-19 pandemic. To explore how the sector has responded, engaged and acted this past year, the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute and Accountable Now have published a special accountability issue of AIDMI’s […]
Five ways CSOs can be accountable on International Women’s Day
At Accountable Now we advocate and push for our members – a range of NGOs operating at regional and international levels – to see accountability as a means to transform the civil society sector and build trust. We continually see how they have embraced change, and dynamic and inclusive processes which give control and power […]
The role of principles and values in CSO accountability
Reposted from the Global Standard website. See the original article here. For civil society organizations to be truly accountable, they need to lead by example: promoting and fighting for the protection of human rights, ensuring that principles of do-no-harm guide program and project work and prioritizing activities that are guided by sustainability values will help […]
Rebuilding civil society
This is a repost of Bonnie Koenig’s article on Going International. Find the original article here. Recently I had the opportunity to co-create, host and facilitate the annual workshop of Accountable Now. We used many of the approaches that we have developed through the Testing Change project as the farming for the workshop. The approaches we used included: […]
When inclusion gets real…an opportunity to act differently
At a time of much crisis and self reflection for the sector, it has become clearer than ever that to connect with people, stay relevant, and convincingly convey a positive narrative about our work and what we can achieve together, civil society organisations must do more to walk the talk on diversity and inclusion (D&I). […]
Advancing Accountability in Times of a Global Crisis: a welcome message from Accountable Now’s Interim Executive Director
Ilina Neshikj joined Accountable Now as an Interim Executive Director in October 2020. She has extensive professional experience that includes the management of the Balkan Civil Society Development Network, a leading regional network of 14 CSOs in the Balkans and Turkey. She has initiated and managed several national, international, and global projects devoted to improving […]
Diversifying our audience: Why it matters.
On the 18th of September, Accountable Now joined Karl Steinnacker (a colleague at the ICSC, and the course convener) at the Alice Salomon Hochschule for a workshop on dynamic accountability. The workshop is a part of a week long course entitled “Living in a Camp” which aims to give Master students studying Inter-Cultural Conflict Management […]
Dynamic Account… what!?
Hector Payo, Accountable Now
Our Members’ Reporting Journeys Part II: Educo
By Laura Cantle (Accountability Coordinator) and the MEAL team, Educo
