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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 awardTirelo Makwela2022-07-15T14:06:34+00:00

Calling All Young Filmmakers!

Here’s an opportunity for young filmmakers in South Africa Are you an up-and-coming filmmaker looking for your next opportunity? Accountability Lab South Africa (ALSA) might just have the one for you. We’re inviting applications to our Integrity Icon Film Fellowship, a three-month immersive learning opportunity aimed at developing the next generation of ethical filmmakers. The selected film fellows will support the Integrity Icon campaign team to film and edit short documentary pieces of our to [...]

Calling All Young Filmmakers!Tirelo Makwela2022-06-20T20:02:52+00:00

Social work under the spotlight

On 26 May 2022, Accountability Lab South Africa (AL SA) will host the second installation of its annual Meet the Icon (MTI) dialogue series. Through the MTI series, we will meet some outstanding public servants who are helping shift behaviours and building the trust that is essential for a functioning and accountable government. The series is part of our Integrity Icon campaign - which connects and celebrates exemplary public servants around the country. Nominations are currently open for 2022. [...]

Social work under the spotlightTirelo Makwela2022-05-11T08:59:58+00:00

Hunt for 2022 Integrity Icon Liberia begins

Accountability Lab has launched its 2022 hunt for Liberia’s Integrity Icon with a much more focus on identifying women who are involved in selfless sacrifices in upcoming integrity and accountability in their places of work. Integrity Icon is a national movement to celebrate and encourage honest public servants across the country, with a focus on naming and ‘faming’ honest public servants as opposed to the conventional style of naming and shaming wrongdoers. Launched in Monrovia last week, the p [...]

Hunt for 2022 Integrity Icon Liberia beginsTirelo Makwela2022-07-16T06:36:56+00:00

Accountability Lab Liberia Launches Integrity Icon 2022

MONROVIA – The Accountability Lab Liberia has launched Integrity Icons 2022 to award some of the most dedicated civil servants across the country. This year marks the eighth edition of the Integrity Icon. It is an eight months-long program that will focus on a rigorous campaign to select dedicated individuals who are working in the public sector. A strong vetting with three judges from three different sectors will be sorting out the candidate’s nominations to the last five winners. The campaign [...]

Accountability Lab Liberia Launches Integrity Icon 2022Tirelo Makwela2022-07-16T06:43:29+00:00

Introducing our 2022 Integrity Icon Philadelphia winners!

Article originally published in The Philadelphia Citizen By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy Are you, like me, looking for a reason to find hope amidst what can often seem like the rubble of our public life? Well, I’m happy to say you’ve come to the right place. Because I am here with not one, but five reasons to be inspired.Namely, our 2022 Philadelphia Integrity Icons: Rebecca Lopez Kriss, a deputy commissioner in the City’s Revenue Department Lori Maple Hayes, director of urban forestry Stephanie Rid [...]

Introducing our 2022 Integrity Icon Philadelphia winners!Tirelo Makwela2022-05-16T11:11:48+00:00

Including the excluded in the bureaucracy

Let’s face it, Nepal’s civil service is not held in very high regard by Nepalis themselves. But in the past seven years after the affirmative action policies of the new Constitution, there are signs that the bureaucracy is more inclusive and efficient. Take Manmaya Bhattarai Pangeni, who entered Nepal’s civil service as a junior branch officer in 2006. She rose up the ranks, serving as Chief District Officer (CDO) of Nawalparasi and is now secretary at the Gandaki Province Chief Minister’s offic [...]

Including the excluded in the bureaucracyTirelo Makwela2022-05-16T11:03:19+00:00

Announcing The Winners of Integrity Icons 2021 – Six of South African Top Civil Servants Caught Doing the Right Thing

Following a year-long grassroots campaign to identify South Africa’s top civil servants, the Accountability Lab will, on Friday 03 December 2021, present its six Integrity Icons for 2021 at an award ceremony in Sandton. Integrity Icon is an annual campaign driven by the Accountability Lab to “name and fame” civil servants who embody integrity, accountability and going beyond the call of duty to deliver quality services in the communities they serve. The campaign depends on local people identifyi [...]

Announcing The Winners of Integrity Icons 2021 – Six of South African Top Civil Servants Caught Doing the Right ThingTirelo Makwela2022-05-13T08:35:41+00:00

‘We are committed to inspiring new generations of public servants of integrity’

Country Director, Accountability Lab, Odeh Friday, has said they are committed to inspire a new generation of public servants who embody the virtues of integrity and accountability in their service. Friday, who made this known at the fifth edition of the Integrity Icon Awards Ceremony in Abuja, said they had embarked on a journey to rewrite the common narrative that everyone in the public service is corrupt . The top five winners for the fifth edition of the ceremony are Mr Musa Agono of the Nig [...]

‘We are committed to inspiring new generations of public servants of integrity’Kibo Ngowi2022-05-16T11:08:06+00:00

NSCDC Officer Emerges Integrity Icon Awards Overall Winner

NSCDC Officer Emerges Integrity Icon Awards Over-All Winner An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Kogi State, Mr. Musa Agono, yesterday emerged the over-all winner of the Integrity Icon Awards. The awards event was organized by Accountability Lab Nigeria. Agono won the first position after garnering over 1,800 votes. He defeated four other nominees to win the gold award. The award ceremony was held at Rock View Royale Hotel in Abuja on Thursday. The Kogi NSCDC of [...]

NSCDC Officer Emerges Integrity Icon Awards Overall WinnerKibo Ngowi2021-12-06T14:46:11+00:00