Accountability Counsel amplifies the voices of communities around the world to protect their human rights and environment. As advocates for people harmed by internationally financed projects, we employ community driven and policy level strategies to access justice.
Impact
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Communities Supported50
Our impact includes redesigned projects that now reflect community needs, harm stopped and prevented to defend water resources, and agreements resulting in compensation.
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Policy Influenced66
We advocate for the world's 66 accountability offices to be independent, transparent, fair, and effective. We have improved policy and practice at development institutions, U.N. agencies, and within the OECD.
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Complaints Tracked1,258
We created and run the Accountability Console, a comprehensive database of community complaints filed with independent accountability mechanisms about the impacts of internationally financed projects.
News
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4 June, 2020Why We’re In The Struggle for Anti-Racism
Our team is committed to anti-racist organizing as part of our work for accountability and systems change. -
27 May, 2020Campaigners in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region oppose $21m conservation project
Campaigners in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar have urged international donors to support community conservation efforts, rather than what they see as a top-down approach that excludes indigenous groups. -
22 May, 2020Karen Indigenous groups launch their conservation vision for Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region, rejecting the harmful ‘Ridge to Reef’ Project
DAWEI, 22 May 2020 – Today, an alliance of Karen community groups calls on their government and the international community to abandon a destructive, top-down conservation project that threatens their environment and way of life. They offer an alternative in its place – an indigenous-led conservation plan, called Landscape of… -
14 May, 2020Independent Accountability Offices Prove Their Worth During A Crisis. What About Institutions That Don’t Have Them?
Investors of all kinds are providing unprecedented levels of financing in response to COVID-19. Given the sheer scope and impact of the crisis, it is vital that this monetary response reaches those who need it most. Unfortunately, not all financial institutions and investors responding to the crisis are equipped with the tools needed to receive community feedback and address problems when they arise. This accountability gap risks undermining the effectiveness of the COVID-19 response. -
11 May, 2020IFC to freeze investment to for-profit education: small win in a long fight
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announces a shift in education strategy that acknowledges the voices of the most marginalized.
