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Providing Technical Assistance to Support Open Source Software
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) is committed to improving the state of open source software in the ICT4D space. In reaching this goal, DIAL created the Open Source Center to convene a vibrant and…
Cross-Post: Leveraging the Digital Principles for the Sustainable Development Goals
On United Nations (UN) Day, October 24th, the UN celebrated its 74th anniversary. For 74 years, the UN has been dedicated to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly…
Climate Change: The Most Pressing Crisis of Our Generation
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called climate change the most pressing issue of our time. He’s not wrong. Millions are already affected and have even lost their lives to the…
Leveraging ICT to Achieve the SDGs
The SDG Digital Investment Framework calls on countries and donors to make coordinated digital investments in order to more efficiently and effectively meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
DIAL at the United Nations General Assembly
Some events DIAL attended: Broadband Commission Beyond 2030 Annual meeting of the EQUALS Global Partnership Executive Lunch Briefing on Digital Transformation for UHC 2030 Coalition…
Cross-Post: Living Our Vision: Applying the Principles of Digital Development as an Evaluative Methodology
For nearly a decade, the Principles of Digital Development (Digital Principles) have served to guide practitioners in developing and implementing digital tools in their programming. The…
Cross-Post: Messaging Platforms: Best Practices, Costs, Security, and Privacy
“By 2019, an estimated 3.9 billion people will be using messaging apps (Activate & WSJ Tech). NGOs and the development community have already begun to embrace the opportunity afforded by…
Learning at MERL Tech
MERL Tech conference, a space for discussion, learning and sharing experiences and challenges with the use of technologies for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) in the social
Is enterprise architecture finally on the cusp of helping to accelerate sustainable, global development?
After a decade at Microsoft, I started my career in global development focusing on public health. I had come from one of the largest technology platform companies in the world, so naturally, my…
Taking Flight: Co-Investment from Digital Square and DIAL a Catalyst for OpenCRVS
Civil registration is critical for human rights and effective governance. Globally, almost half of the world’s children, most of them in Africa, do not have their birth registered and are consequently