English-French translations for accountability

• engagement responsable
• obligation de rendre compte
  La question de l'obligation de rendre compte demeure. The question of accountability remains.
  La présentation du rapport sur la concurrence relève exclusivement de l'obligation de rendre compte de la Commission. The competition report is based solely on the accountability of the Commission.
  Il y a clairement un conflit d'intérêts institutionnel entre l'indépendance et l'obligation de rendre compte. There is a clear institutional conflict of interests between independence and accountability.
• obligation de rendre des comptes
  Ils veulent l’argent de Bruxelles, mais pas l’obligation de rendre des comptes qui l’accompagne. They want money from Brussels, but not the accountability that goes with it.
  Le système répond donc à l'obligation de rendre des comptes à l'autorité budgétaire. This system is therefore in line with accountability to the budgetary authority.
• responsabilisation
  Troisièmement, l’insistance en vue d’une ouverture, transparence et responsabilisation plus grandes. Thirdly, to push for greater openness, transparency and accountability.
  Nous devons nous assurer que l'assouplissement des critères de cofinancement ne réduise pas la responsabilisation. We need to ensure that relaxing the cofinance criteria does not reduce accountability.
  L'axe de mon rapport tourne autour des notions de transparence et de responsabilisation, de régulation et de solidarité. My report hinges on the notions of transparency and accountability, regulation and solidarity.
• responsabilité
  La responsabilité collective, c'est l'absence de responsabilité. Collective accountability is not accountability at all.
  Comment peut-on garantir la responsabilité dans une structure complexe? How can accountability be ensured within a complex structure?
  Il s’agit de transparence et de responsabilité. It is about transparency and accountability.

Definition of accountability

• The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for
• The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping

Related words

• unaccountable
• accountable
• accountably
• unaccountably
• be accountable