ACCOUNTABILITY LAB ZIMBABWE
Accountability Lab Zimbabwe supports citizens to build communities around new approaches for change. Among the initiatives under implementation are the Accountability Incubator, Civic Action Teams (CivActs), and Arts4Change programming which includes Voice2Rep Zimbabwe, the ALZ Film Fellowship, and the Integrity Icon Campaign. In particular, our CivActs have worked hard to protect informal markets, with the program seeing many successes such as the Goromonzi Council agreeing to provide vending bays for traders. Accountability mechanisms supporting citizen demands have also been strengthened, such as through the Harare City Council receiving censure from the Environmental Management Agency for uncollected refuse. In all areas, CivActs partners are working with communities to address these and other conflicts to repair the trust between powerholders and residents.
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Youth Participation in Matabeleland
Nonsikelelo Ndlovu-Fayayo is joined by Community Podium and Matobo Youth Development Initiative founders Nkosikhona Dibiti and Descent Deco Dube. This episode discusses the challenges young people in Matabeleland face, and the solutions they are implementing in the region.
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We’re excited to share that Accountability Lab Nepal is co-hosting the Possible Now #ShiftThePower Global Summit, taking place from 2 to 4 December 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
At a time when existing systems are exhausted and our imagination is limited, a different kind of future
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Who are the invisible champions behind a team’s success?
Every organization has a backstage. Like in a theater, there are people working behind the scenes whose contribution may be less visible, but whose efforts make collective progress possible.
Our colleague, Asif Farooqui
I recently had a chance to read Adam Grant’s Give and Take, which offers a useful perspective on a dimension of success that organisations do not...
How can funding translate into lasting change at the community level? Drawing on observations from recent monitoring visits across Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka under the DDI South Asia program, our colleague Asif Farooqui, Director of Programs at Accountability Lab Pakistan,
What does it take for funding to translate into lasting change at the community level? Drawing on monitoring visits across Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri...
Shrinking development funding has revealed the structural weaknesses of a top-down funding framework. It has also created an opportunity to reorganise models around frontline actors for long-term resilience.
In her piece, Building Resilience through Transitions: A New Model for
People affected by disasters know the challenges of recovery firsthand. How can their experiences help shape the decisions that follow?
@@accountlabnp has collaborated with Dr Nimesh Dhungana, Senior Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health at @OfficialUoM, alongside communities
How can a funder's exit be responsible and help build a resilient civil society?
Our Co-CEO, Cheri-Leigh Erasmus and Eszter Filippinyi of @TAICollab, explore this question in “Leaving with Care: Responsible Funder Exits.”
When a funder exits, the consequences can extend Read morebeyond
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