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Who’s Your Philly Hero?

Philly has some serious challenges. Let’s celebrate those public servants rising to meet them. By Blair Glencorse & Sara Hoenes t’s tough in Philadelphia right now. Covid-19 is spreading, with well over 20,000 cases in the city and with effects that are exacerbating existing inequalities: Racial injustices continue while free speech in response seems to be under threat, and even professional sports remains on hold. Meanwhile, President Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican Party ar [...]

Who’s Your Philly Hero?Sheena2020-07-09T12:36:12+00:00

Exploring social norms with Tufts University

Accountability Lab is excited to announce our collaboration with the Corruption, Justice & Legitimacy Program (CJL) at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. CJL’s Social Norms and Corruption project will be working with our flagship program – Integrity Icon – to understand how best to effectively monitor and evaluate change in social norms related to corruption. Integrity Icon “names and fames” honest government officials, building coalitions for integrity among the winners and inspiring [...]

Exploring social norms with Tufts UniversitySheena2020-07-09T12:32:25+00:00

“I think I will be engaged in social services as long as I live”

A senior midwife of great experience, Sita Kumari Sharma speaks very seriously about the public service. She has many stories too, about her experiences at Nepal’s Birendranagar Municipal Health Office. But if you ask her about the public service, her sense of duty is what she talks about. “If sharing my knowledge helps people, brings positive change or adds a new dimension to their life, even if no one else does, I feel internally motivated to do so. I think I will be engaged in social services [...]

“I think I will be engaged in social services as long as I live”Sheena2020-07-09T12:24:48+00:00

Why ‘naming and faming’ matters for social accountability practice

Dr Mirja Delport is a doctor at the Oudtshoorn District Hospital in South Africa. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, she's been on the frontlines, working day shifts at the hospital and then doing double duty at a community clinic near her home. In a webinar unpacking social accountability practice that was co-hosted by Accountability Lab and the World Bank, she shared how doing the right thing in an emergency response - often with very limited resources - and being famed for it was a powerf [...]

Why ‘naming and faming’ matters for social accountability practiceSheena2020-07-08T10:49:57+00:00

TISL launches Integrity Icon Sri Lanka 2020

Following the success of the Integrity Icon campaigns in 2018 and 2019, Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) yesterday announced that nominations are now being accepted for Integrity Icon Sri Lanka 2020 to “name and fame” honest public officials. Initially conceptualised by Accountability Lab, a global organisation that seeks to support change-makers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities, Integrity Icon was held in Sri Lanka in 2018 and 2019 under the [...]

TISL launches Integrity Icon Sri Lanka 2020Sheena2020-07-08T10:47:25+00:00

Pakistan 2019 Icon Rohana Kakar Defies Stereotypes And Inspires Others

Rohana Kakar serves as a Secretary for the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) in Quetta Balochistan province. The mandate of her position is to provide safe and dignified transport services to people in three districts – Quetta, Pishin, and Qilla Abdullah. She takes strict action to prevent malpractice in public transport such as the cancellation of illegal permits and licenses, and against those caught driving without licenses. For this purpose she introduced a Driving License Mechanism and mad [...]

Pakistan 2019 Icon Rohana Kakar Defies Stereotypes And Inspires OthersSheena2020-07-08T10:39:31+00:00

Introducing the Icon Integrity Niger 2019 Winners

Integrity Icon Niger is a national movement that happens on the ground, online and through the media. Its goal is to identify and celebrate honest and honest public servants of public administration. Its aim is to generate a constructive conversation about integrity and accountability and to build a network of civil servants who can fight corruption. The Integrity Icon Project highlights integrity in the public to enable Nigerians to question existing realities; to support behavioural changes th [...]

Introducing the Icon Integrity Niger 2019 WinnersSheena2020-07-08T13:02:17+00:00

Police officer ‘who rejected N6m bribe’ named 2019 Integrity Icon

Francis Erhabor, the divisional police officer of Itam, Akwa Ibom state police command, has received the 2019 Integrity Icon award for rejecting a N6 million bribe to compromise the security system while he was a pipeline commander in Edo. The Integrity Icon summit & award is organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with Luminate, MacArthur and Ford Foundation “to name and fame honest government officials, thereby encouraging integrity in the public service”. The officer was honoured a [...]

Police officer ‘who rejected N6m bribe’ named 2019 Integrity IconSheena2020-01-23T09:40:50+00:00

Workplace honesty: Policeman emerges lead integrity icon

A Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mr. Francis Erhabor has emerged the lead Integrity Icon of 2019 in a workplace honesty survey conducted by the Accountability Lab Nigeria, an organisation committed to “naming and faming” honest civil servants in Nigeria. Other icons honoured at the award event which held Tuesday night in Abuja were Kacheilom Betram Roberts-Ndukwe, a teacher at GSS Andoni in Rivers state; Tina Odinakachi Iirmdu, a lecturer at the University of Jos; Christian Ahiauzu, an I [...]

Workplace honesty: Policeman emerges lead integrity iconSheena2020-01-23T09:34:45+00:00

CSO recognises 5 outstanding Nigerians in Abuja

By Kadiri Abdulralahman Abuja – Accountability Lab, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), on Tuesday recognised five outstanding Nigerian civil servants, who maintained virtues of integrity and transparency in the discharge of their duties. The awardees were awarded with the Integrity Icon Award for 2019. The awardees were Mrs Kacherlam Betran, a Teacher from Adoni, Rivers State, CSP Francis Erhabor of Nigeria Police and Tina Odinakachi , a Lecturer at the University of Jos. Others are Christian A [...]

CSO recognises 5 outstanding Nigerians in AbujaSheena2020-01-22T12:03:06+00:00