What is Successful Development? Innovations in NGO Accountability, Reporting and Empowerment

“Philanthropy is all about choices: the choice to give, the choice of how to give and who to give it to, even the choice of when to declare victory or admit failure.” “This website is designed to help you make sense of those choices—whether you are an individual giver, a professional, a board member, an[…]

Keystone helps launch Feedback Labs to address the problem of insufficient citizen engagement in development

Feedback Labs is a group of organizations that wants to see citizens become central throughout the development process, from start to finish. We look inclusively at four stages of the development cycle – governments, funders, NGOs & civil society, and citizens – to make sure that feedback loops are present between all stages. Keystone has[…]

David Bonbright is interviewed for the Uncommon Giving radio show on his work experience and the development of Keystone

David Bonbright is interviewed for the Uncommon Giving radio show called Improving the effectiveness of social purpose organisations. The show hosted by Chicke Fitzgerald explores David’s working background and Keystone’s work. Listen to the interview here.

Keystone commits to making citizen feedback the norm rather than the exception in the design and execution of development initiatives, by becoming a founding member of Feedback Labs

Feedback Labs is a  consortium of like-minded organizations committed to making governments, NGOs and donors more responsive to the needs of their constituents. We work through human-centered design, adaptive processes, technology, and trust to bridge communication gaps between everyday people and the institutions that should meet their most pressing needs. Keystone is a founding member[…]

World Bank invests in Constituent Voice

The World Bank’s Spring meetings this year showcased the Bank’s deepening commitment to what it calls Citizen Voices. Following up on the first ever global meeting on Constituent Voices in March this year, Citizen Voices: Citizen Engagement for Enhanced Development Impact, the bank held a panel at its Spring meetings to report out from the[…]