Archive for the ‘Accountability’ Category

Publications on accountability of technological innovation

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

New publications by the One World Trust: "An Accountability Framework for Technological Innovation", ILAC Initiative (Institutional Learning and Change) Brief In this Brief, we offer recommendations to help an organization conducting technological research and design (R&D) to become more accountable. ...

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Invitation to submit research accountability tools and systems for online database

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Dear colleagues I'm writing to ask you to submit any tools you know of, or have developed, which you think could help build the accountability of research organisations. These will be entered into a publicly available online database.   The One World Trust has been working with our partners to formulate an ...

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Accountability Toolkits for CSO Umbrella Groups in India, Belize, Uganda and the Pacific Region

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

(from the One World Trust 's "Accountability in Action" newsletter, January 2010) "Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have seen a significant change in their role and influence in society and politics. They are now major providers of essential services, influential advocates for marginalised groups and knowledgeable advisors on public policy. As ...

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US Congress Committee on Financial Services that looked into ‘The World Bank’s Disclosure Policy Review and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful Development Outcomes’.

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

(from the Pelican email list) Dear all, In reaction to the message that I sent to you earlier today, Alnoor Ebrahim sent me a link to a recent hearing of the US Congress Committee on Financial Services that looked into 'The World Bank's Disclosure Policy Review and the Role of Democratic Participatory ...

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Accountability Principles for Research Organisations

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

A report by Brendan Whitty,  One World Trust, 2009? This report develops a framework for analysing accountability from a normative and instrumental perspective allows think-tanks and research institutes to identify and balance their stakeholders; presents guidelines to assist the practical implementation of accountability principles The versions available Accountability Principles for Research Organisations Executive Summary Accountability Principles ...

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The Accountability Initiative

Friday, April 17th, 2009

The Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi has recently launched its new Accountability Initiative website. The website is designed as a comprehensive source on the state of accountability in India with information on civil society experiments, accountability tool kits, and relevant research and analytical work. The website also aims at ...

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One World Trust on Accountability of Research Organisations

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

"The Accountability Principles of Research Organisations (APRO) report provides a framework for establishing accountability good practices and principles for policy-oriented research organisations working in developing countries. It discusses how One World Trust's core principles of accountability - participation, transparency, evaluation and complaints handling - can be applied to research. In ...

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Producing Social Accountability? The Impact of Service Delivery Reforms

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Source: Joshi, A., 2008, 'Producing Social Accountability? The Impact of Service Delivery Reforms', IDS Bulletin, Volume 38, Number 6, pp. 10-17(8) Author: Institute of Development Studies , http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids Summary (from GSDRC website) Which types of state reform improve public services and citizen engagement? How can accountability mechanisms improve service delivery? This Institute of Development ...

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Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Date: 2-4 September 2008 Venue: Accra, Ghana, In September 2008, ministers from over 100 countries, heads of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, donor organizations, and civil society organizations from around the world will gather in Accra for the Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (2-4 September). Their common objective is to ...

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Monday Developments issue on NGO accountability

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

(via Niels Keijzer on the Pelikan email list) The December 2007 issue of Monday Developments, a monthly magazine published by InterAction (the largest coalition of NGOs in the United States), explores key accountability issues for NGOs. Through various angles, the issue looks into "(...) the conflicts organizations face with scarce resources, demanding missions and the ...

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