Podcasts about accountability lab

For this episode of KickBack, we are joined by Gary Kalman, who is the Executive Director of Transparency International United States and Blair Glencorse, the Founder and co-CEO of Accountability Lab. They join Liz Dávid-Barrett to dissect the Trump administration's drastic cuts to US aid and its implications for anti-corruption efforts worldwide. https://us.transparency.org/ https://accountabilitylab.org/ Learn more about Accountability Lab and Development Gateway's Strategic Partnerships system here: https://accountlab.typeform.com/merge?typeform-source=www.linkedin.com

A new research group designed to advance AI accountability research has launched at Trinity College Dublin. The AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) will be led by Dr Abeba Birhane, Research Fellow in the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in Trinity. It will focus on critical issues across broad topics, such as the examination of opaque technological ecologies and the execution of audits on specific models and training datasets. As AI technologies continue to shape society, the AIAL will examine their broader impacts and hold powerful entities accountable for technological harms, advocating for policies rooted in evidence. Research will specifically address potential corporate capture of current regulatory processes, outline justice-driven model evaluation, as well as audits of deployed models, specifically those used on vulnerable groups. Speaking about the work of the AIAL, Dr Birhane said: "The AI Accountability Lab aims to foster transparency and accountability in the development and use of AI systems. And we have a broad and comprehensive view of AI accountability. This includes better understanding and critical scrutiny of the wider AI ecology - for example, via systematic studies of possible corporate capture, to the evaluation of specific AI models, tools, and training datasets." The AIAL is supported by a grant of just under €1.5 million from three groups: the AI Collaborative, an Initiative of the Omidyar Group; Luminate; and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. AI technologies, despite their supposed potential, have been shown to encode and exacerbate existing societal norms and inequalities, disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups. In sectors such as healthcare, education, and law enforcement, deployment of AI technologies without thorough evaluation can not only have nuanced but catastrophic impact on individuals and groups but can also alter social fabrics. For example, in healthcare, a liver allocation algorithm used by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been found to discriminate by age. No matter how iIl, patients under the age of 45 seem currently unable to receive a transplant, due to the predictive logic underlying the algorithm. Additionally, incorporating AI algorithms without proper evaluation has a direct or implicit impact on people. For example, a decision support algorithm used by the Danish child protection services to aid child protection deployed without formal evaluation has been found to suffer from numerous issues, including information leakage, inconsistent risk scores, and age-based discrimination. Furthermore, errors in facial recognition technologies have led to misidentification and the arrest of innocent people in the UK and the US. In education, the use of student data for purposes beyond schooling drew criticism in the UK. Secret agreements allowing authorities to monitor benefit claims raised fears of increased surveillance, eroding public trust in technology, and disproportionate targeting of low-income families (source Schools Week). These few examples illustrate the need for transparency, accountability, and robust oversight of AI systems, which are central topics the AI Accountability Lab seeks to address through research and evidence-driven policy advocacy. The AIAL will be housed in the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity. Professor Gregory O'Hare, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Head of School of Computer Science & Statistics at Trinity, said: "The new dawn of AI associated with generative AI has heralded a velocity of AI adoption hitherto fore not witnessed. The provenance of such systems is however fundamental. The AI Accountability Lab will be at the forefront of research that will examine such systems; through algorithmic auditability it will create a National and European Centre of Excellence in this space, delivering thought leadership and informing best practice." Professor John...

While African youth make up over 70% of the population on the continent, the institutions present are not fit for their participation and representation in government. This is exemplified by the fact that although African youth rely on the informal sector for employment, institutions cater to the formal sector. The youth, therefore, expend time and energy and work in survivalist modes which limit their participation in civic and political engagement. The institutions inherited from colonial powers did not cater to African demographics. Now, African youth are mobilizing, organizing, and campaigning for institutional reform to serve them.  Mvemba is joined by McDonald Lewanika, Southern Africa Regional Director at Accountability Lab, to discuss the importance of adapting to Africa's fast-changing demographics by ensuring that the majority's voices are catered for and given the appropriate platform. 

Blair Glencorse is the Founder and Executive Director of Accountability Lab, a global NGO focussing on empowering citizens to make changes they know are necessary in their communities. A global expert in citizen engagement and anti-corruption, Blair has a unique approach to improving governance and accountability across the world. Whether it's 'naming and faming' honest and trustworthy government officials through X Factor style 'Integrity Icon', or publishing the annual strategy in a rap song. He discusses: 'Positive deviance' - what it is and why it's been important to him since childhood The problem with the way we set up incentives in our society The 'Integrity Icon' project and how it made honest government officials famous - starting in Nepal His experience at the World Bank and how the idea for Accountability Lab came from his work with people in Nepal How most frontline issues, be it lack of education or clean water, stem from a lack of accountability in leadership The mission of Accountability Lab today and his role Why they chose to publish their strategy in hip-hop form (listen to a clip!) and the problem with most corporate strategy documents Their engagement with musicians, artists and technologists to amplify their ideas through culture How accountability will be good for business in the future His approach to 'radical transparency' The balance between collaboration and competition across multiple sectors, especially when it comes to anti-corruption and climate issues The emergence of 'Chief Integrity Officers' and the importance of balancing ethics with compliance to avoid corporate scandals His advice for a new Chief Integrity Officer and how to embed ethics throughout a culture The organisations whose example we should try and follow A success story from 'Integrity Icon', increasing female representation in regional government in Pakistan His approach to leadership as a collective effort within a flat structure Defining organisational values and how to embed values-led decision making Blair on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blairglencorse/ Accountability Lab: https://accountabilitylab.org/ Accountability Lab's annual strategy hip-hop track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjXPevXlu4 Rob on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-warren/ Want to appear? Email podcast@standingongiants.com

Cheri-Leigh Erasmus, Global Director of Learning at the Accountability Lab, speaks to Dan Hough, Professor of Politics at the Centre for the Study of Corruption. She describes Accountability Lab's distinctive approach to building integrity in the civil service with examples from across the globe. She shares some lessons from this work and offers plenty of ideas for how to engage new audiences in anti-corruption work. You can see more on the work of Accountability Lab here, https://accountabilitylab.org/

Accountability Lab's HackCorruption team joins the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss how a series of Tech-For-Good events are building diverse communities of anti-corruption activists in emerging markets. Accountability Lab Global Director of Learning Cheri-Leigh Erasmus, Mexico Country Director Eva Sander, and Global Programs and Partnerships Manager Sara Hoenes describe how their hackathon model has set a new bar for training in anti-corruption, design, marketing, and stakeholder engagement. Listen now to hear how one southern Africa group of five winning teams is seeding the work for an upcoming series of anti-corruption hackathons in Asia and Latin America. The program is being implemented with support from CIPE. The podcast is hosted by Anti-Corruption & Governance Center Director Frank Brown and CIPE Program Officer Ben Schmidt.

Guest: Integrity Icon is a global campaign by Accountability Lab that is powered by citizens in search of honest government officials. Sekoetlane Phamodi is The Country Director for South Africa at the Accountability Lab and he joins John to discuss the recently announced Integrity Icons for 2022.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are closing in on the 100th Episode Celebration. Today's conversation is about a woman finding her was back to herself.  Margaret Chideme is an author, poet, content creator and a blogger. She has a blog called Maggie's Diary where she pours out her thoughts and memories about her life. She is an author of the book called First Thirty which is a collection of a woman's poems about love and lust, pain and abuse, womanhood, divorce, searching and rediscovery. She has worked with Lafarge Cement Company to bring awareness to the plight of the girl child as part of a top 20 in a poetry slam. She has also performed at the Prevalentine Love Shouldn't Hurt Dinner which brought awareness to domestic violence. She has also taken part in the Mwala campaign with Word Smash Poetry in solidarity with the Woman's Human Rights Defenders in partnership with IMATTER. An anthology was published after that called Mwala, poems by Women Human Rights Defenders where her poem Silent Cries is featured. She has also performed her poem The Rain Dance in the SADC Human Rights and Poetry 2021 Virtual Festival in partnership with Accountability Lab to also bring awareness to human rights. She is seen as a feminist by many but she defines herself as a woman passionate about encouraging self love, truth and humanity. Connect with Margaret: FB, Twitter, Tiktok : Margaret Chideme FB: Margaret Chideme the Author Blog : maggiesdiary.com   REBIRTH course, Level Up your Personal Brand: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Website: https://www.africanawoman.com/    REBIRTH course, Level Up your Personal Brand: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   100th Episode Live Recording: Guest RSVP: click here Sponsor Form: click here   Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/  https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

We are closing in on the 100th Episode Celebration. Today's conversation is about a woman finding her was back to herself.  Margaret Chideme is an author, poet, content creator and a blogger. She has a blog called Maggie's Diary where she pours out her thoughts and memories about her life. She is an author of the book called First Thirty which is a collection of a woman's poems about love and lust, pain and abuse, womanhood, divorce, searching and rediscovery. She has worked with Lafarge Cement Company to bring awareness to the plight of the girl child as part of a top 20 in a poetry slam. She has also performed at the Prevalentine Love Shouldn't Hurt Dinner which brought awareness to domestic violence. She has also taken part in the Mwala campaign with Word Smash Poetry in solidarity with the Woman's Human Rights Defenders in partnership with IMATTER. An anthology was published after that called Mwala, poems by Women Human Rights Defenders where her poem Silent Cries is featured. She has also performed her poem The Rain Dance in the SADC Human Rights and Poetry 2021 Virtual Festival in partnership with Accountability Lab to also bring awareness to human rights. She is seen as a feminist by many but she defines herself as a woman passionate about encouraging self love, truth and humanity. Connect with Margaret: FB, Twitter, Tiktok : Margaret Chideme FB: Margaret Chideme the Author Blog : maggiesdiary.com   REBIRTH course, Level Up your Personal Brand: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Website: https://www.africanawoman.com/    REBIRTH course, Level Up your Personal Brand: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   100th Episode Live Recording: Guest RSVP: click here Sponsor Form: click here   Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/                     https://www.instagram.com/africanawoman/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricanaWoman_    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://africanawoman.gumroad.com/l/AWVNetwork   Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Gugu Mhlungu speak to Accountability Lab's, Sekoetlane Phamodi on the ‘A New Deal for Journalism in Africa' research paper by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in South Africa and written by Sekoetlane which looks at the status and sustainability of journalism in response to a worsening international crisis facing the economic viability of independent professional journalism everywhere, especially in the African context. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ellie Hearn is the founder of Pencil or Ink, a strategy and coaching firm that provides workshops, offsites, and targeted development of leadership on communication, strategy, and the "human skills" we all need to succeed. She sits on the advisory council of Insights and the board of Accountability Lab, and the board of trustees of the University of St Andrews American Foundation. Born in Ireland and raised in the UK, Ellie is a GlobalScot business ambassador for the Scottish Government. A licensed practitioner of Insights Discovery and Insights Transformational Leadership, Ellie earned a Master's degree from University of St Andrews (first-class honors) and is currently studying Organizational Leadership at Oxford University's Saïd Business School. She has an impressive roster of clients who've benefited from her skillset. This episode is on the essentials of psychological safety in the mid-COVID work environment, how to build psychological safety within your own teams and colleagues, the necessity of boundaries in different workplace relationships, and how "human skills" are the skillset of success in our current (and changing) world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/betterthanfine/support

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on Democracy That Delivers, our host Ken Jaques gets the latest updates from CIPE's partner the Accountability Lab in Nepal. Our organizations work together in Nepal to strengthen a subnational environment of effective public-private sector partnerships. This episode's guests Bikin Ghimire, Communication and Product Manager, and Suvechchha Chapagain, Project Associate, speak on citizen-centric development, the Nepalese government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on business, as well as the challenges and opportunities presented by current digitalization trends in Nepal.

In this bonus episode of the Warpod, we pair with Chatham House’s Undercurrents podcast to discuss security forces in Nigeria and the role played by young people in trying to bring about change. The episode is broken into two halves. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are first joined by Tarela Ike from Teesside University and Odeh Friday from Accountability Lab. They discuss the problems with responses to Boko Haram in the North East of the country and the recent EndSars movement. In her half, Amrit Swali, project coordinator in the International Security Programme at Chatham House, speaks to Mariam Haruna, a member of Chatham House’s Common Futures Conversation, and Tolu Oni, a member of Chatham House’s Panel of Young Advisers, about their experiences of the EndSARS movement in 2020, the role of social media in the protests, and how to move towards sustainable change in policing structures. The episode can also be listened to on the Chatham House website, here: https://undercurrents.libsyn.com/ Please note the views and opinions expressed during the podcast are those of the contributors featured. They are not the views or opinions of Saferworld.

In this episode, Undercurrents has teamed up with Saferworld's Warpod to discuss security forces in Nigeria and the role played by young people in trying to bring about change. The episode is broken into two halves. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are first joined by Tarela Ike from Teesside University and Odeh Friday from Accountability Lab. They discuss the problems with responses to Boko Haram in the North East of the country and the recent EndSars movement.  Then Amrit Swali speaks to Mariam Haruna, a member of Chatham House’s Common Futures Conversations, and Tolu Oni, a member of Chatham House’s Panel of Young Advisers, about their experiences of the EndSARS movement in 2020, the role of social media in the protests and how to move towards sustainable change in policing structures.  The episode can also be listened to on the Saferworld website. Please note the views and opinions expressed during this podcast are those of the contributors featured. They are not the views or opinions of Saferworld or Chatham House.  Read the Common Futures Conversations article: What makes a successful protest? Read the Chatham House expert comment: Police, protest power, and Nigeria's young democrats Credits Speakers: Odey Friday, Mariam Haruna, Tarela Ike, Tolu Oni Hosts: Delina Goxho, Amrit Swali, Abigail Watson Editor: Jamie Reed Recorded and produced by Chatham House and Saferworld.

In this episode, Undercurrents has teamed up with Saferworld's Warpod to discuss security forces in Nigeria and the role played by young people in trying to bring about change. The episode is broken into two halves. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are first joined by Tarela Ike from Teesside University and Odeh Friday from Accountability Lab. They discuss the problems with responses to Boko Haram in the North East of the country and the recent EndSars movement.  Then Amrit Swali speaks to Mariam Haruna, a member of Chatham House’s Common Futures Conversations, and Tolu Oni, a member of Chatham House’s Panel of Young Advisers, about their experiences of the EndSARS movement in 2020, the role of social media in the protests and how to move towards sustainable change in policing structures.  The episode can also be listened to on the Saferworld website. Please note the views and opinions expressed during this podcast are those of the contributors featured. They are not the views or opinions of Saferworld or Chatham House.  Read the Common Futures Conversations article: What makes a successful protest? Read the Chatham House expert comment: Police, protest power, and Nigeria's young democrats Credits Speakers: Odey Friday, Mariam Haruna, Tarela Ike, Tolu Oni Hosts: Delina Goxho, Amrit Swali, Abigail Watson Editor: Jamie Reed Recorded and produced by Chatham House and Saferworld.

Doussouba Konaté (@DoussoubaKonate) is the Global Program Officer and Moussa Kondo (@Kondoba) is the Country director of Mali for the Accountability Lab (@AccountLab). The two outline how they both became interested in anti-corruption and accountability in Mali. They outline how the accountability lab applies a human-centric approach in the fight against corruption, one of the most famous example is the Integrity Icon project that is centered around the idea of “naming and faming honest government officials”. Doussouba also describes the Civic Action Team and how the Accountability Lab tackles fake news about COVID-19 by collecting fake news and using popular voices to provide factual information. The interview outlines how Accountability Lab tries to follow the disbursement of funds to relieve the COVID-19 pandemic. The two outline a briefly outline the link between the political situation in Mali and corruption. The interview also outlines why now is the time to think deeper about the recurring challenges in Mali, which reasons for hope exist and what the top-priorities are for anti-corruption measures in Mali. References: Integrity Icon project: https://integrityicon.org/ Civic Action Team: https://accountabilitylab.org/civicactionteams/

This week's episode of #SMWX features a panel discussion, hosted in association with Accountability Lab, on “Awakening Youth Activism”. On the panel are: Shaeera Kalla, Koketso Moeti, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng. Like, comment and subscribe.   Ayeye!

The Accountability Lab is a global network that is finding new ways to shift societal norms, solve intractable challenges and build “unlikely networks” for change. In this episode we continue our discussion from Part 1 on the international response to Covid-19 and also discuss how the Black Lives Matter movement in the West has affected (if at all) systemic discrimination in other parts of the World. We are joined by: Blair Glencorse, the Founder and Executive Director of Accountability Lab and he is based in Islamabad, Pakistan https://twitter.com/blairglencorse Doussouba Konate, the Monitoring Evaluation & Learning Officer for Mali and she is based in Bamako. https://twitter.com/DoussoubaKonate Eva Sander, the Country Director for Mexico and she is based in Mexico City. https://twitter.com/evasander Narayan Adhikari, the Country Director for Nepal and he is based in Kathmandu. https://twitter.com/yinayan The Accountability Lab Twitter account https://twitter.com/AccountLab Richard Pietro Twitter account https://twitter.com/richardpietro ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

The Accountability Lab is a global network that is finding new ways to shift societal norms, solve intractable challenges and build “unlikely networks” for change. Today's guests will give us their thoughts on how their countries are doing when it comes to open government and how well (or poorly) their country have responded to Covid-19. We are joined by: Blair Glencorse, the Founder and Executive Director of Accountability Lab and he is based in Islamabad, Pakistan https://twitter.com/blairglencorse Doussouba Konate, the Monitoring Evaluation & Learning Officer for Mali and she is based in Bamako. https://twitter.com/DoussoubaKonate Eva Sander, the Country Director for Mexico and she is based in Mexico City. https://twitter.com/evasander Narayan Adhikari, the Country Director for Nepal and he is based in Kathmandu. https://twitter.com/yinayan The Accountability Lab Twitter account https://twitter.com/AccountLab Richard Pietro Twitter account https://twitter.com/richardpietro ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

The nebulous topics of integrity and accountability can often be hard to measure and pursue, but our guest today, Blair Glencorse, has made it his life’s work to bring more of these important values into spaces stretching around the world. Accountability Lab aims to make governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders, and accountable institutions. Blair has received the SXSW Community Award and is also behind the TV show and social project Integrity Icon, which seeks to raise up the work of upstanding people in whatever sector they may be impacting. One of the underlining philosophies of all Blair’s work is positive reinforcement and celebration — they really push for the idea of naming and faming outstanding people to create role models for a community. Blair has worked in the social impact space for almost two decades and did this off the back of his studies in economics. He is also an advisor to the World Economic Forum and the World Bank, institutions that he believes can be very effectual with the involvement and direction of people of integrity. In our conversation, we cover some of the important distinctions of these topics and Blair unpacks how he views integrity and accountability fitting together before we dive into some of the challenges that arise out of the work that he and his team do. We also get into the roots and fruits of the different projects he has been involved in and how the movement and collective always precede the individual, for him. For all this, plus a whole lot more inspiration, check out one of the links below:Listen on SpotifyListen on Google PodcastsListen on Apple Podcasts

Que fait de nous des corrompus et des corrupteurs? Quel est la définition de la corruption? Que font les associations et ONG pour lutter contre la corruption? Avec mes invités: Al Moctar Harouna et Adamou Oumarou du laboratoire: "Accountability Lab" ; lumière sera faite sur les questions de corruption et leurs impacts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/olivier-assogbavi/support

Viri Chauhan, MD of Themis Community talks to Blair Glencorse, Executive Director and founder of Accountability Lab about Integrity Icon. Imagine a show, not focusing on celebrities, but instead on government officials. Integrity Icon (formerly known as Integrity Idol) is a movement to celebrate, encourage and connect honest civil servants who demonstrate exemplary integrity in their work. Blair and Viri also discuss the challenge of illicit financial flows (a concept explained in the corruption module) and how the impact of corruption is closer to home than you would normally imagine.

In this series of Global, we’re meeting some of these “Democracy First Responders.” We’ll travel around the world – virtually, of course – and talk to politicians, activists, medical workers, journalists, tech pioneers, government officials, and everyday citizens like you and me. These are very different people, but everyone we spoke with has one goal in common: To respond to this crisis successfully and protect their country’s democratic institutions – or even build new ones. Situations like the coronavirus can quickly become a catalyst for social conflict through the spread of rumors and misinformation. Unfortunately, Nepal is no stranger to this dynamic, but neither is the Accountability Lab. After the Gorkha earthquake in April 2015, the Lab immediately began gathering, validating and disseminating essential information so citizens could decide how to react AND hold the government accountable for its response. Recently, the Lab launched the Coronavirus CivActs Campaign to counter COVID-19 disinformation, give citizens access to real facts, and give leaders the data they need to make better decisions.

Building a successful career as an anti-corruption expert can be seen as the enormous challenge of creating sustainable systems for accountability at a global level. Transforming the widespread and often accepted practice of corruption at many levels to systems based on transparency and accountability that foster increased participation and trust between citizens and public actors is an ambitious goal  that Blair Glencorse is dedicated to achieving in his work.   A seasoned international development professional and social entrepreneur with significant experience across issues of governance, accountability, institutional reform and political economy transitions, Glencorse is making governance work for people. Blair is an Echoing Green Fellow and also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption, the Lead of the Anti-Corruption Working Group of the C20, the global civil society network affiliated with the G20; and a member of the World Bank's Expert Advisory Council on Citizen Engagement. He has worked around the world with governments, the private sector, philanthropists and civil society to improve lives. In Episode 9 of Season 6, Glencorse shares with us how he fights corruption for a living and how he is disrupting the way anti-corruption work is conducted.  A key innovation of his organization is moving away from a focus on only naming and shaming to change behavior and policy. Instead, the Accountability Lab, prefers to name and fame those that are giving back and working with integrity. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: Accountability Lab SAIS The World Bank   Related topics Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 16k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships      

This week on Democracy That Delivers we are joined by Narayan Adhikari from Nepal's Accountability Lab. They discuss his work in developing a number of innovative tools for accountability and open government, including a pioneering television show and movement called Integrity Icon; and the Mobile Citizen Helpdesks which have ensured citizen voices have been been fed into plans for $4.4 billion of international spending after Nepal's devastating earthquake. The Integrity Icon is a global program that now runs in 10 different countries.

Blair Glencorse is leading a movement for accountability and integrity around the world through the Accountability Lab. The Lab works in communities to make governments more accountable and to open-up civic space- using the arts, media, culture and technology. Blair and his team have done everything from helping to found the first film school in Liberia to monitoring and improving public services in Pakistan to running a global TV show called Integrity Icon to “name and fame” honest government officials. The Accountability Lab recently won the UN's International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award. Blair also co-founded the first co-working and innovation space in Liberia and both TEDxMonrovia and TEDxBamako. Blair is an expert on anti-corruption with the World Economic Forum and OECD, and is a member of the World Bank's Expert Advisory Council on Citizen Engagement. Blair speaks regularly on issues of governance and anti-corruption; and his work has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post and the Guardian among other outlets. In this episode, Blair talks about learning Urdu, the importance of accountability in policy creation and using fulfillment as a pathway to happiness. Consider becoming a Listener Supporter. Be a part of the Afflatus community and enjoy exclusive membership rewards. Full details here: https://bit.ly/2PFDUS8 Subscribe here: https://anchor.fm/theafflatus/support Follow The Afflatus: www.facebook.com/aalok.rathod www.facebook.com/unciafilms www.instagram.com/al_rathod Follow Blair: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blairglencorse/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theafflatus/support

Films are a powerful way to tell stories and raise awareness of the diverse experiences people have in life. But there is one problem: Female filmmakers are consistently underrepresented across all sectors of the international industry. Kweighbaye Kotee, founder of the Bushwick Film Festival is determined to tackle this issue. The Bushwick Film Festival was founded over 12 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. What started out as a small community event is now an established film festival. Born in Liberia, Kweighbaye recently teamed up with the Accountability Lab to co-produce the Reel Peace Film Festival in Liberia. In partnership with the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the project is a two-day festival featuring short films created by 45 local Liberian women. In this episode, Kweighbaye will share why gender inequality in the entertainment industry is a global issue, and what each of us can do to solve it. To check out episodes you missed or learn how to partner with us, visit thefixpodcast.org Sign up for our newsletter: thefixpodcast.org/newsletter This show is produced by Hueman Group Media.  

On this episode of our podcast series, we speak with Friday Odeh, the country director for Accountability Lab Nigeria. We have a special focus on government officials who act with integrity. Accountability Lab is a civil society organisation that seeks to improve youth engagement in the fight against corruption through innovative means. Through the “Integrity […] The post Ep.24 Can recognising government officials who act with integrity help in the fight against corruption? appeared first on Step Up Nigeria.

Faith Pienaar left a promising career in wine-making to join Accountability Lab and work for, among other things, a better public service for all citizens of South Africa. Faith is the Senior Programme Manager for Accountability Lab. The aim of Accountability Lab is to encourage good governance by highlighting the good work of public servants. This is done through the Accountability Icon campaign were community members nominate for recognition members of the public service who have preformed excellent work. We chatted about Faith's journey into civil society and what she hoes to achieve through Accountability Lab. One of the aims is to build community-based accountability networks and support the leadership of these networks. Find out more about Accountability Lab here (http://www.accountabilitylab.org/) .

Moussa Kondo is changing the world. As the Country Director of Accountability Lab and 2018 Obama Fellow, he advocates for integrity in the public service and communities. He believes that the skills and knowledge to participate in the 21st century must include an emphasis on values. By launching a global TV show called Integrity Idol to "name and fame" honest government officials and mobilise role-models, Moussa has created national conversations on integrity and accountability in Mali, Pakistan, Nepal, Nigeria and Liberia. Delegates at the Global Education and Skills Forum heard more about how Integrity Idol is re-building trust; helping young people be part of positive change; and providing the moral platform on which the future of good governance can be built.   #GESF @VarkeyFDN

In this episode of Open Gov Stories, local development and open government activist from Pakistan Fayyaz explains the inspiration that led him to setting up Accountability Lab's Pakistan chapter and then the Open Gov Hub/Space in Islamabad. Fayyaz, in conversation with Blair - his mentor, friend and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab global - talks about the journey, personal experience with corruption, and vision for more integrity and accountability in Pakistan. Fayyaz Yaseen is head of Accountability Lab Pakistan. Blair Glencorse is founder and head of Accountability Lab global, supporting young people with creative approaches to combat corruption and promote integrity.

In this episode of Open Gov Stories, Lawrence Yealue & Luther Jeke discussed the inception of the Accountability Lab movement in Liberia and the founding of iCampus - Liberia’s first innovation and coworking community space. They share personal and intimate stories about their work around social change, accountability and open governance - from living through Liberia's 14-year civil war and Ebola crisis, to spending time in the US, supporting youth as leaders of today, global sustainable development goals and grassroots solutions, and what the future holds for the work they do.

Our vision is a world in which people with power are accountable. It is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives. We are catalyzing a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world by supporting change-makers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities. By enabling people to generate the knowledge, skills and networks needed for accountability, we unleash positive social and economic change. We have three mutually-reinforcing objectives: to support a positive movement to build accountability; provide substantive, flexible and long-term support for those leaders who can collectively lead this movement within specific contexts; and support collaboration around accountability and open governance. http://www.accountabilitylab.org https://twitter.com/AccountLab https://www.instagram.com/accountlab

Blair Glencorse, founder and executive director of Acountability Lab, explains how his organization is working to build a healthy civil society where powerful people are answerable to their communities. (Published: August 31, 2018)

Power is an interesting concept. Few other nouns evoke such a visceral response quite like the five letter word. Today’s Paper Napkin Wisdom guest has a unique take on power and has used this philosophy to guide his organization, Accountability Lab. “The best thing you can do with power is give it away,” says Blair Glencorse. While many people seek to “change the world” by gaining power through political or economic means, Blair notes that the people who actually inspire change are those who give their power away. “I believe we are all powerful in our own way,” he muses. His organization works with young people across the world in an effort to make governments more accountable. “We help people generate accountability from the bottom up, through guiding them into realizing and channeling that power,” he says. He believes this system will help change governments. Citing his film school in Liberia, Blair explains how marginalized people often have more power than they realize, “We often look at [them] from a Western perspective, which is not always the most accurate.” Through his work with the film school, students not only find their voices – they discover creative outlets for it. This output inspires change through the creation of educational videos, such as a recent PSA which highlights the country’s sexual harassment problem. “Giving them the power to articulate their voices helps spark discussions on how to improve policies on both a micro and macro level,” he says. The group has even started Integrity Idol, a series where regular citizens nominate honest government officials. After the nominations all trickle in, people are able to vote for their favorite, authentic official. While some people often pair accountability with consequences, Blair looks to celebrate integrity, posing that it’s “not necessarily a consequence for things going wrong, it’s a celebration for things going right.” In terms of corporate application, he also believes that leaders should seek to create “integrity idols” within their own organizations – “Companies must champion these values. It can shift the culture of an organization.” He stresses that it’s important to discover what your team members are interested in and find ways to incorporate accountability in an authentic day. In Liberia, he regularly works with rappers in order to promote positive messages, but in their own voice. “You have to help them recognize the power they already have.” What are some ways you can incorporate accountability into your company culture? Sound off on our Twitter @WiseNapkin

Mary Galeti serves on the Unfunded List evaluation committee and runs the Tecovas Foundation. They fund a number of small nonprofits including Accountability Lab founded by Blair Glencorse. He submitted a proposal that made it onto the inaugural Unfunded List. Mary, Dave and Blair are all members of the Nexus Global Youth Summit and Blair and Dave are both Schusterman Reality alums. Listen in on a fascinating conversation and learn how to get funded by a small family foundation like Mary’s, how to scale up an international nonprofit like Blair’s and how to drink more wine than both of your guests like Dave. Unfunded List is currently accepting funding proposals to be named to our 2x annual list at www.unfundedlist.com/submit-your-proposal. We invite your org to join the 100+ projects our funding evaluators have given feedback to since 2015. Find out more at www.unfundedlist.com. Unfunded List reviews funding proposals twice annually from small and mid-size nonprofits and social impact startups. The 200+ philanthropy experts on our evaluation committee give helpful and candid feedback about each grant proposal’s weaknesses & strengths. Then we publish the best proposals to our list that we circulate to a rolodex of foundations and philanthropists in the hopes that we can find some funding and partnerships for these amazing unfunded proposals. We are always looking for evaluators willing to volunteer time to give feedback to unfunded changemakers!

  Blair Glencorse is Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an incubator for creative, youth-driven ideas for accountability and transparency around the world. Blair is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption and Transparency and a Social Impact Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Blair was an advisor to the now President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, and worked for the World Bank on issues of governance and development. He is an Echoing Green Fellow and winner of the World Technology Award.

Executive Director of Accountability Lab, Blair Glencorse, discusses why accountability is important and how his organization is building a generational movement for integrity.

Tech for Good TV headed down the river for the Impacts of Civic Technology (TicTec) conference hosted by MySociety a few weeks ago. We wanted to find out more about what's going on in the Civic Tech space globally and how people know that the technologies they are using have an impact. We talked to MIT Media Lab's Ethan Zuckerman about how he proposes to allow people to kick the but of institutions so we can trust them once again, Catherine Bracey of Code for America about the success of their volunteer networks and Blair Glencourse of Accountability Lab about the effectiveness of some of their low-tech civic solutions in Liberia and West Africa, plus many others. We also chatted to a selection of attendees from around the world to get their perspective on civic tech and how it's working in their countries.

Blair Glencorse is the Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an organization that empowers citizens to fight corruption and build accountability around the world. He is also a Social Impact Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania.    Previously, Blair worked for the World Bank on issues of governance and development. In 2014 he was selected as an Echoing Green Fellow and a Stanford Business School Social Entrepreneurship Scholar.