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Blair Glencorse

Blair Glencorse is Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an incubator for creative, youth-driven ideas for accountability and transparency around the world.

Blair is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption and Transparency.

Previously, Blair was a Social Impact Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, an advisor to the now President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, and worked for the World Bank on issues of governance and development.

He is an Echoing Green Fellow and winner of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Award, the World Technology Award and the D-Prize.

Labs

2017, 2016

Topics

Civil Society

Sectors

Private

Origin

Europe

Residence

North America
More about Blair Glencorse

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West Point, Monrovia, Liberia - Dec 18, 2013: Thomas Tweh, founder of the West Point Health & Sanitation Organization. When citizens face legal challenges, the lack of legitimacy, affordability, accessibility and timeliness of the formal justice system often prevents any feasible recourse. Extensive bureaucratic red tape coupled with transportation and legal costs, lawyer fees, and opportunity costs of foregone work make the justice system not only physically but also financially unavailable to many. The judiciary and police were recently ranked as the most corrupt set of institutions in the country by the government itself – which not only undermines any sense that wrong-doing will be punished but has hollowed out trust in public processes more broadly. As one citizen pointed out to us recently: “There is simply no justice for the poor.” Thomas Tweh, a community leader in the West Point neighborhood, had an innovative idea to resolve these justice issues at the local level. His plan was not to avoid or override the formal justice system, but to collaborate with the police and commissioner’s office to refer cases downwards from the courts to a community dispute resolution mechanism run by volunteer mediators. Photo by Morgana Wingard
Article

Lessons from 6 Years of Pushing for Accountability

The Accountability Lab, an initiative run by GDL Member Blair Glencorse to make governments more accountable, celebrates its 6th birthday. What has the Lab learned through crises, changes and growth about how to build a global movement for change – and what’s next?

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GDL Talks – Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals

GDL members Blair Glencorse and Patrick Mpedszisi share powerful personal messages on building trust as well as the importance of cooperation and mutual understanding. All for the benefit of creating real partnerships.

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Onpurpose With Blair Glencorse

Blair Glencorse dreams of a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives. Through his organization Accountability Lab he develops and implements positive ideas for integrity in safe communities. On this podcast Blair talks about personal accountability as a starting point.

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