Blair Glencorse

  • Accountability Lab

  • Funded with support from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

  • 2014 Global Fellow

Blair Glencorse
  • Accountability Lab

  • Funded with support from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

  • 2014 Global Fellow

bold idea

Fight corruption in the developing world by co-creating the world’s most innovative accountability ideas.

organization overview

The Accountability Lab makes governance work for people everywhere by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders, and accountable institutions. The Lab is reimagining how to build accountability to support a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives.

Personal Bio

Blair Glencorse is a 2014 EG Fellow and Co-CEO of Accountability Lab- a translocal network that makes governance work for people around the world. Blair and his team have done everything from building large-scale socially conscious music campaigns in Nigeria; to monitoring and improving public services in Pakistan; to running a prize-winning TV show called Integrity Icon to “name and fame” honest government officials. Blair is also the outgoing Co-Chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) through which he represents civil society as part of the largest global effort to make governments more transparent and effective. Blair is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Good Governance and was previously a member of the World Bank’s Expert Advisory Council on Citizen Engagement. Blair speaks and writes regularly on issues of open governance, citizen participation, anti-corruption, democracy, and social change.