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Leave No One Behind: Leadership Series Brief #2
For the second in our series of Leadership Briefs, we share some insights on how to apply the principle of LNOB at the systems level, based on a literature review, consultations, and key informant…
Putting the Principles to the Test: Exploring the Causality between Digital Training and Digital Transformation
The Principles for Digital Development are commonly touted as best practice guidelines in digital development, but do they support digital capacity building, and in turn,…
Is there a digital recipe for country resilience?
A year ago, Skye Gilbert, Director, Digital Square, PATH and I wondered whether the COVID-19 pandemic would accelerate the pace of digital transformation, and recommended in a blog post the five…
Collaborating to measure digital transformation: Sharing DIAL’s draft Digital Transformation Indicator Library for consultation and comment
DIAL is excited to share a draft of our Digital Transformation Indicator Library for comment and consultation. The Indicator Library is a key resource for our work to accelerate country demand for…
DIAL’s Recommendations for the LDC5 Agenda
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation has appreciated the opportunity to submit our comments, via the Virtual Consultation with Civil Society Representatives, for…
Building the GovStack approach to government
Last week, Estonia, DIAL, Germany, and ITU celebrated the launch of the GovStack website - "GovStack" is the official brand for the partnership our four…
Addressing the unrealized potential of MD4D
Announcing DIAL and Data Pop Alliance’s new online Handbook on Mobile Data for Development (MD4D) Last week, the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) and Data Pop Alliance made public a free online…
WHO and DIAL Share Data
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, governments, donors, and NGOs are all working to understand what digital technologies could be deployed for contract tracing, diagnosis, and treatment of…
Procurement of Digital – DIAL guidance now available
In our last blog on public procurement we outlined our findings from a series of stakeholder needs analysis interviews we conducted, suggesting there is often a…
DIAL 2021-2026 Strategic Plan: Digital Beacons
Working better to accelerate national digital transformations and responsible data use so that we can reach everyone, everywhere. Strategy Overview: Objective 1: Accelerate Country…