Measuring CSOs Impact (and surviving to tell about it in a blog!)
SHARE THIS ARTICLE BACK TO INSIGHTS Impact measurement for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) should be focused on answering a crucial question: Are the CSOs making progress towards achieving their missions? Readers familiar with the sector would immediately think of missions such as ‘eradicate poverty’, ‘universal education for children’, ‘defense of human rights’, or ‘ensure the […]
Implementing internal accountability practices within the Accountable Now membership
SHARE THIS ARTICLE BACK TO INSIGHTS This blog was reposted from the Global Standard website. See the original article here. Complementing the previous posts on Accountable Now members’ examples around practices related to the Global Standard for CSO Accountability cluster A and cluster B commitments, we will be sharing examples from our members concerning practices associated with the […]
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 […]
How resilient are our pilot partners to civic space threats?
In recent years, “Resilience” has made its way into international development’s buzzword bingo board. Yet despite its increasing popularity, the concept often remains poorly understood. In this article, and during our upcoming Resilient Roots event at ICSW 2019 (Wednesday afternoon ), we will take a closer look at what this concept means for civil society organisations in the context […]
Thinking about how to measure your organisation’s accountability? …then read on, because this blog post is for you!
*All views and statements represent those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Accountable Now. This blog was originally published by CIVICUS. The Resilient Roots Accountability Initiative is working with 15 partners to help them design and rollout year-long accountability projects and document the factors which seem to help boost or hinder their […]
Appetite, Buzzwords and Capacity Gaps
*All views and statements represent those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Accountable Now. This blog was originally published by CIVICUS. The Resilient Roots initiative recently launched two open calls to find pilot projects around the world which will test the hypothesis that organisations that are more accountable and responsive to their […]
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 […]
Being accountable to 250,000 people: A symbiotic relationship
Sightsavers’ Fundraising Director shares the importance of accountability and engagement with Sightsavers’ supporters, and the impact this has on her work. I take my role seriously as a Fundraising Director; it’s a huge responsibility. Not only does my team need to raise money to support our organisation and beneficiaries, but we need to be […]
