We’re excited to welcome David Riveros García, our Senior Non-Resident Fellow 🎉 As founder & CEO of reAcción, David brings experience across civic tech, international relations, policy, and public engagement, working to strengthen transparency and accountability. Looking forward to his insights!

As governments explore AI, Pakistan stands at a critical turning point. A new policy brief from Accountability Lab Pakistan highlights how AI can transform public sector governance making it more proactive, transparent, and effective. 📄Dive into the full brief: https://bit.ly/3OwD51D

We’re delighted to welcome Tom Wein, our Senior Non-Resident Fellow 🎉 Tom works to understand and strengthen dignity in development. He leads the Dignity Initiative at IDinsight and is a co-author of Marketplace Dignity. We’re excited to have Tom join us!

“Africa is educating the next generation of global leaders with integrity.” In this new op-ed, our Co-CEO, Blair Glencorse and Obiageli Ezekwesili, Founder of the School of Politics, Policy & Governance, explore new approaches to leadership development in Africa. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tBrP2H

Across the Americas, democratic actors are facing real pressure. But adaptation, innovation, and collaboration are opening new pathways forward. Join our Co-CEO Blair Glencorse and a powerful panel to rethink democratic action : 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4tu1O5p 📆 April 10 🕑 2 PM CET/4 PM EAT

📣 Our Non-Resident Fellow @guerzovich.bsky.social has a new paper out with Thinking and Working Politically. Called 'Letting Go Without Losing Coherence: How Local Agency and Donor Accountability Can Coexist', she delves into how donors can let go of rigid control without losing systemic coherence.

🇺🇦 Join us tomorrow for a conversation on how Ukrainian businesses advancing integrity and corporate compliance practices during conflict can help support a post-war reconstruction process. 🗓️ Wednesday 8 April 2026 ⏰ 9:00 – 10:00 AM ET 🔗 Register here https://bit.ly/4bWyP4w

At the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum, our Co-CEO Cheri-Leigh Erasmus joined a panel on using AI to prevent fraud & safeguard public funds. The takeaway: technology isn’t the challenge – trust is. Transparency, oversight & citizen engagement make innovation work.

⏰ Last call: SADF Cohort 2 (DDI South Asia) Deadline: April 3, 2026 For CSOs, youth-led & community groups working on: • Digital inclusion • Civic participation • Accountable governance Apply: www.impactgrants.org RFA: https://lnkd.in/dQupjFQd #DDISouthAsia #SADF

In Bamako, Accountability Lab Mali joined partners and young leaders to reflect on shaping the Youth, Peace & Security Agenda (2250) in more inclusive, participatory ways. 🔑 A key takeaway: sustainable peace depends on making space for young people to shape the decisions that affect their lives.

What does meaningful participation look like in practice? In Mexico City, a community in Yuguelito, Iztapalapa transformed an abandoned lot into a livable space – while navigating barriers to participation. Through CivActs, ALab Mexico documented these realities. 🎬 Premiere coming soon!

Our intern, Yamone Aye, has published an inspiring op-ed in the ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership Review 2025: “Shared Seas, Shared Future: Youth Leadership Against Marine Pollution in ASEAN-Australia Waters.” Read it here 📖 https://bit.ly/4dkHHSt #OceanGovernance #YouthLeadership

March is our #birthday month at the Lab and this year, we were lucky enough to be together to mark our 14th year in Kenya at a global retreat. We closed the proceedings with a fun Friendraiser in Nairobi - thank you to all who came to spend some time with us. Here's to the next 14 years of the Lab 🥳

We’re excited to welcome Soheïla Comninos as our Senior Non-Resident Fellow! With 20+ years across human rights, philanthropy, and humanitarian field operations, she has managed global work on justice, security, and civic space. We’re excited to have her perspective and expertise shaping our work.

Inviting people in isn’t enough. For participatory democracy to work, it needs real influence, thoughtful design, and follow-through. In a recent blog, @soheilacomninos.bsky.social speaks with @joshalerner.bsky.social to explore when participation builds trust. 📖Read more: https://bit.ly/4sXj2bl

🎙️ In this #AccountabiliTeaPodcast episode, Sofiia Sapihura joins Cheri-Leigh Erasmus (Accountability Lab) to explore how integrity can move from aspiration to practice in Ukraine’s reconstruction. 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/4aCrLJy 🎧 Apple: https://apple.co/4sdeLjC

Sameer Ali Khan, Accountability Lab Pakistan's Civic Charge Fellow, is reimagining rooftops as a space for connection & community again. Chaht Bethak, a powerful idea where communities host small gatherings on their rooftops to share stories and rebuild trust. Apply to host: https://bit.ly/4boy0Ba

📑 How are AI-enabled surveillance systems shaping cities across Africa? A new report from the @ids.ac.uk, co-authored by Odeh Friday (AL Nigeria), maps the expansion of surveillance tech across 11 countries, and what this means for oversight, transparency, & accountability. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3N6wY3z

Meet Karin Alexander, our Senior Non-Resident Fellow. A political economist and development professional, Karin brings expertise in political economy analysis, adaptive strategy frameworks and building politically smart teams. We’re excited to have her insights strengthening our work.

🗳️ Elections across Africa are moments of both possibility and pressure. Ahead of the Global Democracy Coalition Africa Regional Forum 2026, civic leaders reflected on how young people are mobilizing communities and strengthening accountability. 🔗 https://bit.ly/47CHjuT 🎥 https://bit.ly/4sMLOuT

Congrats to Natalie Gwatirisa on being selected for the @wwf–Amano So Fellowship! Natalie, Climate Justice Programs Associate at AL East and Southern Africa (ALESA), joins 20 young leaders from across Africa & Asia working at the intersection of conservation, climate justice, & community leadership.

🛤️ ONE YEAR ON: Impacts of shrinking aid on local CSOs in the Global South, captures the realities around institutional strain, ethical trade-offs, and erosion of trust. Crucially, CSOs share recommendations on how donors can best support the development ecosystem 👓 Read the report: bit.ly/4bB419H

📣 Accountability Lab is pleased to share that Beloved Chiweshe has been appointed Country Director of Accountability Lab Zimbabwe. We look forward to the next chapter of Accountability Lab Zimbabwe’s work under his leadership. 🔗 Full announcement: bit.ly/3LXtbF3

📣 Free virtual course: Climate, Democracy & Development @govactionhub.bsky.social and the @univofmaryland.bsky.social are offering a free course (Feb 2–May 4) with weekly live sessions, peer collaboration, and a certificate. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sKFDZr

🎙️ In this episode of the #AccountabiliTeaPodcast, Habibou Diaou reflects on leadership as a collective practice – grounded in humility, listening, and making space for many voices. A reminder that #accountability is built through relationships, not position alone. 🎧: https://bit.ly/3cs6Ywz

AL Pakistan, with GMI – Gender Special, is launching a short-film initiative with women climate journalists to document community-level climate realities. Field reporting, mentorship, and short films on land, livelihoods, health, governance, and local resilience. 👀 More to come.

🎙️ A simple guiding question: how can we be helpful? In this episode of the AccountabiliTea podcast, Jean Scrimgeour (Co-CEO, Accountability Lab) and voices from across the Lab’s global network reflect on learning, care, and what helps accountability work endure. 🎧 https://bit.ly/3cs6Ywz

In this #AccountabiliTea episode, Cheri-Leigh Erasmus (Co-CEO, Accountability Lab) reflects on learning as a practice – continuous, relational, and embedded. Her perspective sits alongside voices from across the Lab’s global network on what helps accountability work endure. 🎧 https://bit.ly/3cs6Ywz

We're sharing our newsletter wrap-up for 2025 – reflections on the learnings and collective efforts that shaped the year. As we pause to rest and reset, thank you for being part of this community. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4aRLR2Y 📰

🎙️ What does accountability look like after 13 years? Voices from Accountability Lab’s global network reflect on learning, resilience, and renewal. 🎧 Listen: ➡️ AL website: https://bit.ly/3cs6Ywz ➡️ Spotify: https://apple.co/4an1uzm ➡️ Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/4aTqApu #AccountabiliTeaPodcast

#AntiCorruptionDay reflections from our work in 2025: #accountability that makes sense in real lives, grounded integrity inside systems, solutions co-created, not imposed, adaptive approaches, strong #civicspace, iterative innovation, and youth trusted as real actors.

💡 Introducing a new #AI tool to strengthen integrity in public contracting! Together with @dgateway.bsky.social, we built an AI-powered solution to summarize contracts, flag risks & make procurement data more transparent, helping fight corruption. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4rtIGV7 #hackcorruption

A few weeks ago, we convened a few of our #HackCorruption teams in Mexico City for a reflective learning workshop to map out their possible next steps. Find out all the details in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrKsgPxXmr8 🎥 Sebastian Marin

📰 A new Civic Charge roundup brings together reflections from incredible young people working on digital rights, civic tools, and climate change mitigation, among other things! 👓 More here: https://bit.ly/4okXkeo

How do organizations liberate themselves from donor funds and develop homegrown endowments in sustainable ways? PeaceConnect in Nairobi had some good ideas! Read more here: https://bit.ly/4io5YHY @peacedirect.bsky.social

From IDD Brussels to the @opengovpartnership.org Summit, one message stood out: inclusion isn’t a side note, it is the work. Young people and women are shaping democracy now, but systems must do more than listen. They must respond. 🔗 Read the article by Shally Baloch here: https://bit.ly/49S5mb3

📚 What does inclusive education look like when communities help shape it? People Promote Center, with support from Accountability Lab Nepal, held a town hall in Dhanusa to discuss access to learning, infrastructure, health, and enrollment –creating space for community voices. #CivActs #Nepal

🌍 What does meaningful youth engagement look like? Across Liberia, young people are using Digital Literacy Trainings & the National Youth Policy Dialogue to share their experiences & issues shaping their lives. Supported by Accountability Lab Liberia, UN Women Liberia, & the UN Peacebuilding Fund.

🪧 Youth protests indicate that current democratic institutions are not built to welcome swathes of young people who care deeply about their countries. Democracy will be saved by deliberate and substantive action says AL East and Southern Africa's Dr McDonald Lewanika bit.ly/4ol1bbN

Foreign assistance cuts have had a profound impact on civil society organizations, but they don’t need to face this challenge alone. Civic Strength Partners works closely with leadership of social impact organizations to navigate change with clarity + care. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gZNm05