Why this blog?

I created this blog to share my thoughts about the need to implement transparency practices for non-profits, from the big Foundations (like the Gates Foundation) to their grantees and sub-grantees.
My experience during the last four years in the field of tobacco control in Africa has been one of extreme secrecy and refusal to divulge key information about how the programs are managed.
Creating a transparency scorecard could be a way to document in a more precise way what the actors are hiding and shame them for doing so by positioning them on a scorecard where their performance would be for everybody to appreciate.

Hopefully such public exposure would incite them to change their practices and improve their performance as far as transparency and accountability (they go hand in hand) are concerned.
I am aware this could perfectly be wishful thinking but I thought I would give it a try anyway.
Thanks for visiting and don't hesitate to tell me what you think.

PS: Visiting the blog of the Center for Effective Philanthropy this very same day, the post is about how transparent foundations should be. Let us get moving toward transparency with a detailed scorecard to go beyond lipservice and empty promises.