A critical driver of success for businesses and nonprofits alike is being part of relevant communities. When we at Baobab Consulting learned about the Digital Principles, we were thrilled to join a community that embraces the use of technology as an integral part of today’s work as it aligns with…

Earlier this year, I was offered the role of Chair of the Digital Principles Advisory Council (DPAC). The Principles for Digital Development (Digital Principles), are nine best practice guidelines for how to integrate technology into international development and humanitarian programming. Since I started working in digital development, they have served as a benchmark for…

This post was originally published on July 21, 2021 on the DIAL website. Looking back to 2015, when the first Principles for Digital Development working group was established, it’s incredible to realize the ways the community has grown: launching with a humble 54 development and donor organizations from the Global…

This article was originally published on June 17, 2021 on the Digital Impact Alliance website. 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, national digital transformation? This year, with backing from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office…

This article was originally published on June 1st, 2021 on the Amplio website. Revi Sterling, director of USAID’s WomenConnect Challenge, says women are the key to successful digital development. We asked her to share some best practices for designing inclusive, tech-based programs for women and vulnerable populations. Here’s what she said.…

The Ersilia Open Source Initiative (EOSI) is a non-profit organization with the mission to strengthen research capacity against infectious and neglected diseases. To this end, we leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) methods to improve the drug discovery pipelines. Essentially, by testing more molecules in less time, these…

This article was originally published on the Catholic Relief Services website. Be Collaborative: Time is up for just talking the talk… “Being collaborative means sharing information, insights, strategies and resources across projects, organizations and sectors, leading to increased efficiency and impact” (DIAL). This Principle for Digital Development brings all the others together…

Este artículo se publicó originalmente en el sitio web de Sofis Solutions el April 13, 2021 El desarrollo tecnológico se integra cada vez más en las operaciones de los sectores como salud, educación, agricultura, entre otros. A través de este, se mejora la interacción con los ciudadanos, otorgando mayores oportunidades a…

The Principles for Digital Development champion cross-sector collaboration, open knowledge sharing, and community-driven solutions. Since assuming stewardship in 2016, we’ve strived to live these values in practice, knowing the most effective way to respond to the rapidly evolving needs and gaps in the digital ecosystem was to work directly with individuals that make up our community. Thus, in 2018, the team established the first…

This article was originally published on January 21, 2021 on Journal du Net. A group of development experts and practitioners, from several international organizations including Unicef, UNDP, WHO, WB, undertook to bring together good practices for the success of digital development. Digital has become omnipresent in our life and influences…

This post was originally published on the “digi-musings on education” website on January 3, 2021. Its 2021. In 2020, we started the year talking about the challenges for education in connection to digital transformation and the UN sustainable development goals, but then Covid-19 happened. It focussed attention on digital learning, as opportunities for physical…

It’s said that hindsight is 2020 and as I reflect on the past year, that phrase resonates more deeply than it used to. The Principles for Digital Development team accomplished many programmatic objectives in spite of the adversities over the past twelve months: we produced several new resources meant to help international development practitioners better embed the Principles in project design, hosted numerous workshops and trainings for…