ACACIA was initiated in response to the call for an African Information Society Initiative (AISI) endorsed by African governments as an action framework to build Africa’s information and communication infrastructure. Between ...

Participants were asked to rank six dimensions of the meeting using a 10-point scale. This is a brief summary of a questionnaire regarding the success of a workshop meeting of the Acacia project implementation team meeting. ...

Technological advances in fields such as health care, food security and clean energy offer vital solutions to the chronic problems facing human society today. Innovation is a key element of progress and improvement in the ...

The on-line forum which invited responses to the questions: (1) To whom are research organisations in developing countries accountable? (2) What is the nature of their accountability? This paper summarises the responses ...

This one-page brief outlines the objectives of Accountability Principles for Research Organizations (APRO) to improve the accountability of research organisations working in developing countries. This can be achieved by ...

The project aimed to enhance current understandings on issues of accountability in the context of research institutes (RIs) that engage in policy relevant research. The first phase of Accountability Principles for Research ...

Based on a world-wide survey of civil society self-regulatory initiatives, this paper examines how non-governmental organizations (NGO) have begun to address the accountability challenges they face when engaging in advocacy, ...