Pathways to Accountability: the GAP Framework

Author(s)
Blagescu, M., de Las Casas, L. and Lloyd, R.
Publication language
English
Pages
80pp
Date published
01 Jan 2005
Publisher
One World Trust
Type
Programme/project reviews
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Participation, Children & youth, Environment & climate, Funding and donors, Governance, NGOs, Organisational, Response and recovery, System-wide performance

The Global Accountability Project (GAP) is part of the Accountability Programme at the One World Trust which aims to generate wider commitment to the principles and values of accountability; increase the accountability of global organisations to those they affect; and strengthen the capacity of civil society to better engage in decision-making processes.

GAP was developed in 2001 with the aim of enhancing the accountability of decision-making processes of inter-governmental organisations (IGOs), transnational corporations (TNCs) and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) to the individuals and communities they affect. The GAP objectives are to:
• Develop an accountability framework that applies to IGOs, TNCs and INGOs
• Assess the accountability of global organisations and advocate for specific reforms
• Develop a network of individuals to promote learning around the issue of accountability in the IGO, TNC and INGO sectors
• Facilitate and strengthen networking between individuals and organisations working on, or advocating for, accountability reform of global organisations.