🇲🇱 In challenging social and security environments, misinformation thrives, causing mistrust and division. To combat what has been a difficult decade in the country, Accountability Lab Mali is working with partners to ensure that people in Ségou, Baraouéli, Mopti, and Djenné have access to reliable and verifiable information. To ensure lasting impact the Basiki ni Tagne Kunafoni (BTK) project is: 🔲 Working directly with local communities using communication channels tailored to rural realities 🔲 Actively including Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who are often left out of the information loop 🔲 Training participants to become pivotal players in fighting misinformation 👓 In the first of a series AL Mali's Country Director Doussouba Konate shares the locally rooted solutions and people that make it happen: https://bit.ly/4iCi3Jd
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- International Affairs
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- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, District of Columbia
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- 2012
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- Accountability, Transparency, Governance, and International Development
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1110 Vermont Ave. NW
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OpenGov Hub,
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iCampus,
150 Carey Street, Snapper Hill
Monrovia, Montserrado Montserrado, LR
Employees at Accountability Lab
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Blair Glencorse
Global expert on issues of accountability, anti-corruption and citizen engagement
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Asif Farooqui
Development Specialist: Governance | Anti-corruption | Inclusion | Entrepreneurship | C\PVE
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Dean Pinkert
Consultant and Special Advisor (Trade & Human Rights)
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Mariana C. Martinez
Chief of Staff
Updates
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🔌 Technology is not a silver bullet to combat corruption but, if done right, can go a long way to curb opportunities for corrupt practices. Across a week of #HackCorruption-related events in Albania, Accountability Lab and our partners brought together enthusiastic, solutions-oriented people from across the country and region to make suggestions and actively work on creating solutions to pressing corruption issues. HackCorruption is proud to count Development Gateway: An IREX Venture, Center for International Private Enterprise, USAID's Countering Transnational Corruption Grand Challenge for Development, and the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) as partners. 👓 Read here about the brilliant minds who joined us: https://bit.ly/3W8A886
Testing the limits of tech: building measures for accountability in the Balkans | Accountability Lab
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🎉 Welcome to 2025 with Accountability Lab! 🚀 We're so excited for the year ahead and the chance to keep making a difference. With Integrity, Innovation, Humility, Practicality, and Collaboration as our guide, we’re ready to tackle challenges and create real change. These values help us build trust, drive progress, and support the communities we care about. Let’s make 2025 a year of action and impact! #IntegrityInAction #InnovationForImpact #Accountability2025
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🌍 We close off the year as a network with ever stronger partnerships, incredible participants, and a community we are so proud to have cultivated and are humbled to be a part of. Reflect with us on the democratic bright spots of this bumper election year and the programs, people, and projects that made it all worthwhile: https://bit.ly/3VOsiAc We wish you all a joyful holiday season, and an energised return in the new year 🌟
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📣 ¡Únete a Accountability Lab Mexico! 📣 Estamos buscando un/a Senior Program Manager que comparta nuestra pasión por fortalecer la rendición de cuentas, combatir la corrupción y fomentar la participación cívica en México. ▪️ Ubicación: Ciudad de México (híbrido) ▪️ Contrato: Consultoría de 6 meses (con posibilidad de extensión ▪️ Remuneración: $55,000 MXN/ ▪️ Fecha límite: 15 de enero de 2025 Si tienes más de 7 años de experiencia en roles similares, nivel avanzado de inglés, y habilidades excepcionales de gestión y liderazgo, ¡te estamos buscando! 📨 Postúlate enviando tu CV y carta de presentación a mexico@accountabilitylab.org con el asunto Senior Program Manager. 🔗 Más detalles aquí: https://bit.ly/3ZUk1gB #OportunidadDeTrabajo #SeniorProgramManager #RendiciónDeCuentas #AccountabilityLabMéxico
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For over a decade, Mali has faced a tough security and social crisis, with misinformation fueling fear and mistrust. The USAID Basiki ni Tagne Kunafoni (BTK) project is working to change that. Led by Pact, with Accountability Lab Mali and Code For Africa (CfA), BTK is focused on: ▪️ Strengthening access to reliable information in Ségou, Baraouéli, Mopti, and Djenné. ▪️Ensuring internally displaced people (IDPs) aren’t left out of critical updates. ▪️Running campaigns and training to help communities identify and share accurate information. 🖇️ Learn more about the project and its impact in our latest blog: 👉 English: https://bit.ly/4iCi3Jd 👉 French: https://bit.ly/4iygEDz #BTKProject #Mali #Misinformation #InformationIntegrity #AccountabilityLab
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The National Youth Consultation on Open Government in Liberia has delivered important recommendations to guide the country’s next Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. Organized by Accountability Lab Liberia, the Federation of Liberian Youth - FLY, and the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), this event saw young Liberians propose actionable solutions in five key areas: 1️⃣ Strengthening accountability & transparency 2️⃣ Promoting inclusive governance 3️⃣ Strengthening the judiciary & rule of law 4️⃣ Addressing social & economic challenges 5️⃣ Enhancing civic space & freedom of speech These recommendations are a clear path to a more inclusive and transparent Liberia. Dive deeper into the full blog here 🔍: https://bit.ly/3ZRVbhq Integrity Icon Liberia | #OpenGovernance #YouthParticipation #AccountabilityLabLiberia #OGP #CivicEngagement #Transparency
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💡 Incredible insights and recommendations into not only how integrity in public service can improve service delivery and uphold human rights, but how to imbue a culture of integrity in the civil service emerged at Accountability Lab Zimbabwe's recent Integrity Summit. While discussions centred around Zimbabwe specifically, many learnings could be used across geographical and other contexts. Speakers addressed navigating ethical challenges in a complex environment, the role of associations and unions in building an ethical public service, and the role of public sector integrity in improving service delivery. RECOMMENDATION HIGHLIGHTS: 🔲 Adequate remuneration and non-monetary benefits such as affordable housing for public servants would help shield workers from financial pressures that might lead to corrupt practices. 🔲 Increased budgets for training institutions like the Zimbabwe Institute of Public Administration 🔲 Collaboration platforms where government, trade unions, and other stakeholders can align on shared goals. 🔲 A need to return to indigenous African social systems that encourage collective care rather than individual benefit. For a more detail on the innovative outtakes from the Summit check out Accountability Lab Zimbabwe
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🎙️New Episode Alert! 🎶 On the December episode of our AccountabiliTea Podcast, Cheri-Leigh Erasmus (AL Co-CEO and host) sits down with two talented artists, Mschela Mutaka from the DRC and Rudo Niyoni from Zimbabwe. Tune in to discover how they transcend barriers and use their powerful voices for good. ✨ 🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4itgQ6X Accountability Lab Zimbabwe | Accountability Lab RDC #AccountabiliTeaPodcast #MusicForChange #Governance #SocialAccountability #Voice2Rep #ImpactThroughMusic
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On International Anti-Corruption Day 2024, Blair Glencorse, Co-CEO of Accountability Lab, shared valuable insights at a high-level panel hosted by the Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (INAI). The event, titled "The Future of Artificial Intelligence as an Anti-Corruption Tool," highlighted the potential of AI to revolutionize accountability efforts, offering innovative ways to analyze financial transactions, enhance whistleblower systems, and predict corruption risks. However, Blair emphasized that AI is not a silver bullet; its application must be strategic, ethical, and inclusive to be effective. Blair's discussion touched on key challenges in the use of AI for anti-corruption, such as data access and quality, ethical concerns regarding bias, and political and legal barriers in certain regions. Yet, AI's transformative opportunities remain, with applications in public procurement, predictive modeling, and whistleblower systems already showing promise in countries like Colombia and Brazil. AI’s role can not only identify irregularities but also enable authorities to act proactively. Blair also underscored the importance of ethical frameworks in guiding AI's use, referencing tools like the Netherlands' Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment. Inclusivity remains a core principle for Accountability Lab, with a focus on community-centered, privacy-first AI solutions that are transparent and collaborative. Looking ahead, he suggested several steps to maximize AI’s impact: improving data infrastructure, fostering cross-border collaboration, and establishing global ethical guidelines. With these efforts, AI could play a key role in advancing transparency and accountability, but its success will rely on careful implementation, governance, and inclusive development. As we move forward, the role of AI in fighting corruption is one to watch closely. Will technology, governance, and community efforts come together to create lasting change? Let us know your thoughts! #accesstoinformation #anticorruptionday #iacd2024 #unitedagainstcorruption #ArtificialIntelligence