‘I chose to utilise my time to reach out to more people, talk to them and share experiences’

By Narayan Adhikari “Sometimes even having a high-paying and secure job cannot satisfy you because you feel you are not contributing enough to the community you live in, nor have you made a positive impact,” says Narayan Adhikari, South Asia Lead and Co-founder of Accountability Lab. “When I knew from deep within that I could do more for society it became a strong reason for me to quit lucrative jobs in various INGOs including World Bank and start something that will last long after I am gone,” [...]

‘I chose to utilise my time to reach out to more people, talk to them and share experiences’2023-02-17T09:04:36+00:00

Five Public Servants Win Accountability Lab Integrity Icons Awards

Accountability Lab in its commitment to promote integrity in Liberia’s public service sector has awarded five public servants the Integrity Icons of the Year 2022. The Integrity Icon Awards is an annual event that recognizes and awards honest public servants who display integrity on their job. This year marks the eighth edition of the Integrity Icon which is an eight-month-long program that focuses on a rigorous campaign to select dedicated individuals who are working in the public sector. The c [...]

Five Public Servants Win Accountability Lab Integrity Icons Awards2022-12-14T22:03:24+00:00

TISL Launches “Integrity Icon Sri Lanka 2022/23” to name and fame honest public officials

Dec 09, Colombo: The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) today announced that it is accepting nominations for Integrity Icon Sri Lanka (IISL) 2022/23 program that rewards honest public officials for the fifth consecutive year. The TISL has been spearheading the campaign and awards program to ‘name and fame’ honest public officials in Sri Lanka’s public service who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, working in the public interest, sometimes at great pers [...]

TISL Launches “Integrity Icon Sri Lanka 2022/23” to name and fame honest public officials2022-12-12T11:55:39+00:00

Deekay Ndoni Sibanda — Activism through art and film

"When I say I’m an activist, I’m on the ground, I’m a street activist. I’m not sitting at a desk — I want to go where things are happening." “I call myself a human rights activist slash a queer rights activist,” says aspiring filmmaker and photographer Deekay Ndoni Sibanda, who is the 39-year-old programme officer for the Accountability Lab’s Integrity Icon campaign. The initiative seeks to highlight the often-overlooked good work that public servants are doing. She told Maverick Citizen that sh [...]

Deekay Ndoni Sibanda — Activism through art and film2022-12-01T00:40:17+00:00

इन्टेग्रिटी आइकनद्वारा पाँच जना कर्मचारी सम्मानित

न्युज अफ नेपाल   कठमाडौं । इन्टेग्रिटी आइकन नेपाल २०२२ ले पाँच जना सरकारी कर्मचारीलाई सम्मान गरेको छ । इमान्दा र कर्तव्यनिष्ट पाँच जना कर्मचारीलाई आइकनले सम्मान गरेको हो । अ आज (बिहीबार) इन्टेग्रिटी आइकन नेपालले यस वर्षको आइकन कल्पना अधिकारी, इन्जिनियर सडक विभाग, ललितपुरस मोहनकृष्ण महर्जन, वरिष्ठ खाद्य अनुसन्धान अधिकारी, खाद्य प्रविधि तथा गुण नियन्त्रण विभाग, काठमाडौं राजेश साह जैसवाल, हेड कन्स्टेबल, जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय, सर्लाही, रोशनीदेवी कार्की, उपसचिव, स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसंख्या मन्त्रालय [...]

इन्टेग्रिटी आइकनद्वारा पाँच जना कर्मचारी सम्मानित2022-11-15T09:23:26+00:00

Bay’s Warrant Officer Bongani Siyona named one of SA’s best public servants

By Simtembile Mgidi Recognised as one of SA’s best public servants, Nelson Mandela Bay Warrant Officer Bongani Siyona attributed his award to his father, from whom he said he had inherited his giving nature. Siyona received the accolade at the annual Integrity Icon Awards run by the Accountability Lab SA in Johannesburg on November 4. Read original article on HeraldLIVE [...]

Bay’s Warrant Officer Bongani Siyona named one of SA’s best public servants2022-11-15T02:01:45+00:00

A public service is only as strong as the people who work in it – recognise the Integrity Icons to squeeze out the bad

By Mark Heywood Maverick Citizen has been a firm promoter of the Integrity Icons campaign. We have done so because without a committed and effective public service we cannot achieve social justice, and because in our day-to-day reporting we frequently come across public servants who work tirelessly and make great sacrifices in the public interest. On Friday evening last week, Accountability Lab South Africa announced the five winners of its 2022 Integrity Icon awards. This was the fifth year of [...]

A public service is only as strong as the people who work in it – recognise the Integrity Icons to squeeze out the bad2022-11-15T01:36:21+00:00

SA’s passionate and inspirational public servants honoured, with policeman taking top award

By Zukiswa Pikoli The Integrity Icons awards present an alternative to the perception that public servants are corrupt and lazy, and showcase that there are some who ‘go the extra mile’ The Accountability Lab has been running the Integrity Icons awards since 2018. The awards showcase the excellent work done by many men and women in the public service, something that Accountability Lab’s country director for SA, Sekoetlane Phamodi, says often goes unnoticed. Sekoetlane Phamodi, country director o [...]

SA’s passionate and inspirational public servants honoured, with policeman taking top award2022-11-15T01:55:11+00:00

Accountability Lab Pakistan celebrates new Integrity Icons

The Integrity Icon Pakistan 2021 award ceremony for five winning icons was held here on Wednesday. Five officers were decorated with awards in recognition of their excellent work, integrity and honesty in different categories. The officers include Zil E Huma, deputy director at Press Information Department (Islamabad); Shahzadi Noshad, DSP Traffic in-charge in Haripur, KP; Romana Murad Khoso, section officer from Quetta; Nasir Bashir, assistant professor at Government Diyal Singh (Lahore); and M [...]

Accountability Lab Pakistan celebrates new Integrity Icons2022-07-16T05:35:52+00:00

5 govt officials win Integrity Icon award

The Integrity Icon Pakistan 2021 award ceremony today celebrated the five winning Icons held at an event at the Serena Hotel. Zil E Huma, Deputy Director at Press Information Department in Islamabad; Shahzadi Noshad, DSP Traffic Incharge In Haripur, Kahyber Pakhtunkhwa; Romana Murad Khoso, Section Officer from Quetta, Balochistan; Nasir Bashir, Assistant Professor at Government Diyal Singh in Lahore, Punjab; and Muhammad Naseer Musvi, Deputy Director (Admin) Directorate of Schools Education (Pri [...]

5 govt officials win Integrity Icon award2022-07-15T14:06:34+00:00
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