Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Alex Jacobs and Robyn Wilford. Development in Practice, Volume 20, Number 7, September 2010 Available as pdf
"Abstract: This article reports on a research project intended to develop systematic ways of managing downward accountability in an international NGO. Innovative tools were developed and trialled in six countries. The tools comprised a ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Alnoor Ebrahim, V. Kasturi Rangan, Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard Business School (2010) Working Paper 10-099 Available as pdf
ABSTRACT
"Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Michael Hammer, Charlotte Rooney, and Shana Warren
ISSN 2043-7943 Briefing paper number 125, March 2010. One World Trust.
"Global and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are the most distinct organisational form of civil society, and as such have become increasingly involved and influential in forming public opinion and policy through targeted and professional ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Date: 25th-26th September
Venue: Melbourne
Greetings
The annual Measuring Effectiveness conference is now only 6 weeks away. Online registrations are open on the website : https://www.worldvision.com.au/learn/conferences/me/Register.aspx
The conference will be held on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th September, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. This year the conference is being held in partnership with The Australian ...
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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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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Greetings,
The 3rd annual Measuring Effectiveness conference will be held in Melbourne, on Thursday 25th & Friday 26th September, 2008.
We sincerely hope that you will again be inspired to attend this important event. This year sees World Vision Australia and The Australian National University partnering to bring you a conference ...
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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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