Transparency and Accountability Initiative - TAI

As every Monday, !

TAI, in collaboration with Oxford Policy Management and the
Open Government Partnership will be hosting a session on Evaluating the OGP: Does the model work?
December 14, 11 am ET / 8 am PT
Register here: https://bit.ly/3rBIqHb

Open Society Foundations Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Integrity Action, Candid Accountability Research Center

It's Tuesday again. Another packed Weekly ranging from lessons from twenty years of governance programming to making the most of national data portals to some things to be thankful for.

Check here: https://transparency-initiative.org/tai-weekly/9406/tai-weekly-i-am-thankful-for-philanthropy/

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Interested in exploring the latest findings on how and why citizen complaints get resolved, with examples from Kenya, South Sudan and more?

Don't miss the webinar organized by the Accountability Research Centerntre and Integrity Action: Resolving citizens' complaints: what makes it happen? And who owns the process?

🤓Add to your calendar: Tue, November 23 from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CET

Connected Development's Hamzat Lawal is passionate about amplifying community voices to bring them closer to the policy & decision making process. We learned about his past grassroots campaigns & how he’s promoting transparency via data in order to prioritize community needs.

TPA Full Disclosure: Hamzat Lawal on bringing citizens closer to policy and decision making - Transparency and Accountability Initiative Anti-corruption activist Hamzat Lawal talks about his anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria and Africa. He also shares early lessons from dealing with COVID-19 and accountability in health responses and economic relief.

As we head towards COP26, it's clear that we face some major accountability gaps between pledges and what's delivered. It doesn't help that some countries have been lobbying in the U.N. to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels but we are happy to see TAI members (Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation) and McKnight Foundation move their assets away from fossil fuels and bank on climate solutions. Meaningful progress will mean taking on greenwashing risks and that should extend to pushing for greater transparency of stock market indices.

Checkout more updates from TPA field partners in our newly published newsletter!

TAI Weekly | Production gap = accountability gap - Transparency and Accountability Initiative As we head towards COP26, it's clear that we face some major accountability gaps between pledges and what's delivered.

How can funders make the strategy process more open and intelligible to grantee partners, fellow funders, and the fields they serve? Our Executive Director, Michael Jarvis shares recommendations on knowing what to communicate and when + what all these can look like in practice in a blog for GlassPockets on Candid! ➡️ http://ow.ly/Ufo150Gzjiz

How can philanthropy influence tax systems to achieve goals and build transparency? Through research, advocacy, coalition building, and more, philanthropy can move beyond private investment and work to reform tax systems.

Philanthropy’s tax blind spot | Daily, free-to-view philanthropy content providing a space for news, thinking, debate and peer exchange among philanthropy practitioners worldwide.