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The Hague Summit on Accountability in the Digital Age will focus on safeguarding the role of the internet as a tool for personal, professional, and social engagement.
I4ADA is taking concrete steps to increase access to knowledge, evidence-based trust and measures to foster accountability. The goals are to facilitate transparency, a common understanding, and thus to promote a maximum sustainable net benefit for people and societies worldwide.
More info: i4ada.org
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Fotografie Erik Kottier
The Hague Summit on Accountability in the Digital Age will focus on safeguarding the role of the internet as a tool for personal, professional, and social engagement.
I4ADA is taking concrete steps to increase access to knowledge, evidence-based trust and measures to foster accountability. The goals are to facilitate transparency, a common understanding, and thus to promote a maximum sustainable net benefit for people and societies worldwide.
More info: i4ada.org
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Fotografie Erik Kottier
The Hague Summit on Accountability in the Digital Age will focus on safeguarding the role of the internet as a tool for personal, professional, and social engagement.
I4ADA is taking concrete steps to increase access to knowledge, evidence-based trust and measures to foster accountability. The goals are to facilitate transparency, a common understanding, and thus to promote a maximum sustainable net benefit for people and societies worldwide.
More info: i4ada.org
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Fotografie Erik Kottier
The Hague Summit on Accountability in the Digital Age will focus on safeguarding the role of the internet as a tool for personal, professional, and social engagement.
I4ADA is taking concrete steps to increase access to knowledge, evidence-based trust and measures to foster accountability. The goals are to facilitate transparency, a common understanding, and thus to promote a maximum sustainable net benefit for people and societies worldwide.
More info: i4ada.org
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Fotografie Erik Kottier
2021-06-08: On screen, (1st row, L-R) Theo Chiviru, Development & Governance enthusiast, Zimbabwe Patriot; Joe Powell, Campaigner for democracy and open government, Co-founder Kensington Against Dirty Money; Carina Sugden, Chief Governance Officer at African Development Bank Group; (2nd row, L-R) Maureen Kariuki ,Senior Regional Coordinator, Africa and the Middle East, Open Government Partnership (OGP); Evelynne Change,
Chief Governance Officer at African Development Bank; Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Director, Governance and Public Financial Management, AfDB; (3rd row, L-R) FLORENCE DENNIS, Division Manager at AfDB; Fred Kabanda ,Division Manager, Extractives at African Development Bank and an Official during the virtual Open government and Accountability Webinar.
A multi-stakeholder consultation workshop was held on Wednesday, July 28, 2022, in the conference room of the Horizon Hotel in Bukavu, bringing together 41 participants, including representatives of the Ministry of Education, parents associations, teachers unions, education experts, and NGOs.
Organized by CERC as part of the Students Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education in DRC project, the workshop’s purpose was to review the CERC’s policies, programs, and curricula related to transparency, integrity, and anti-corruption in secondary schools.
At the end of this workshop, a memorandum of understanding for integrating integrity clubs in all secondary schools in South Kivu has been signed between the Ministry of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education through the Provincial Directorate of Education of South Kivu 1 and CERC.
The Houses of the Oireachtas today, Tuesday November 25th, marked the centenary of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), celebrating 100 years of parliamentary scrutiny, transparency, and financial accountability since the Committee published its first full report in 1925 with the launch of an exhibition and commemorative poster.
The event, held in Leinster House, brought together the Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy TD, current and former PAC Members, Accounting Officers, officials from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, academic partners, and current and former Oireachtas staff.
The programme honours a century of public oversight and the PAC’s enduring role as a pillar of democratic governance, ensuring that public money is managed responsibly, transparently, and in the best interests of citizens.
Speaking on the event, the Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy TD said: “For more than 100 years, the Committee of Public Accounts, more commonly referred to as PAC, has cast an impartial and forensic eye on how State money is spent.
Having served on the PAC in the previous Dáil, I know first-hand the rigour, independence and dedication that define its work. The Committee’s ability to rise above politics and focus squarely on the public interest is a hallmark of its strength.
Today’s centenary is a testament to generations of Members, Accounting Officers, and staff of both the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, all of whom contributed to building a culture of accountability that is widely respected at home and abroad. It is a legacy of service that continues to underpin public trust in our institutions.”
Cathaoirleach of the Committee of Public Accounts John Brady TD said: “I am very grateful, as Cathaoirleach of the PAC, to be a part of this history and this important feature in Irish democracy. For 100 years, the PAC has been a guardian of the public purse and a champion of transparency in our democracy. This centenary is not only a moment to honour the diligence of those who served before us, but a reminder of the values that still guide us today: integrity, independence and service to the public interest.
As we look to the future, our work is more important than ever. Citizens rightly expect high standards of accountability, and the PAC will continue to ask the hard questions, identify emerging risks, and ensure that public funds are used wisely and well.
As we celebrate this centenary, it is important to reflect not only on the Committee’s history but on its continuing relevance. Today, the challenges we face are as complex as ever: digital transformation in public services, climate commitments, and ever-growing expectations for transparency and accountability. Citizens rightly demand that their taxes are spent wisely, and the PAC must ensure that those expectations are met.
In this environment, the PAC’s responsibility is not simply to review expenditure, but to identify emerging risks before they become failures. To ensure that lessons are not just learned, but embedded..”
A dedicated website for PAC100 has been launched here: PAC | The watchdog at work – Houses of the Oireachtas
Secondary school students perform a drama on how an ICC court would operate should Joseph Kony be captured during the celebrations in Gulu for International Criminal Justice Day. This is depicting witness protection when providing testimony (July 2011).
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Ban ki-Moon writing an inscription on a wall in the People's Space at the ICC Review Conference (June 2010).
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At the local government, while a lot of functions have been given to the UP, these have not been complemented by adequate authority and capacity to raise local revenue to meet the financial need for discharging these functions. To resolve the gap, increasing revenues alone will not empower UPs to carry out effective public service delivery. This has to be matched with enhanced capacity for managing local revenues and engaging citizens in planning and budgeting development. Also, while there is interest among the political parties to increase the involvement of women and the interest of women and young girls in the local government level, various social norms and prejudices prevent them from joining. In addition, the culture and the ways of functioning of the parties are not women friendly. This gap needs to be addressed by the political parties to expand their membership, develop their younger members and ensure that women and girls are encouraged to join and develop their skills and leadership. The provision of safe spaces and culturally appropriate activities could help break the barriers and hesitations that women and their families have. Moreover, the officials of the service delivery departments of local government level are strongly accountable to their higher authority i.e. to their ministerial hierarchy above instead of being towards UZP elected body for their functions and activities. Although the departments are linked with UZP through Committees and other meetings, these linkages do not ensure any real transfer of power and authority to the UZP in terms of utilisation of departmental funds.
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A new proposed law will hold vaping product manufacturers and wholesalers accountable for deceptive practices that prioritize profit over people.
If passed, the vaping product damages and health care costs recovery act, introduced on Oct. 8, 2025, will enable British Columbia to take legal action against companies that cause public harm through misleading promotion of vaping products.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/32880