In January 2012 we laid out our strategy for using digital technology to help us reach our development goals. We're ensuring digital processes pervade all our work, from communications to policy making and programmes; increasing our transparency, efficiency and accessibility. In these blogs we discuss how we're meeting our digital development objectives.
At the recent DFID supplier conference, I announced that DFID now expects our partners and suppliers to adhere to the Principles for Digital Development. I want to explain why we are supporting these global principles and what benefits we expect …
Election season is fast approaching in Tanzania, but retiring President Kikwete continues to take stock of his tenure with a series of events, not least the inaugural Africa Open Data Conference that was hosted in Dar es Salaam last week. …
Time to draw breath after a week full of events aimed at sharing ideas and prompting discussions about what digital means for our work. This was the third time we have run such an event and the programme was designed …
I'm Joseph Pakenham and I'm the Digital Advisor at DFID. This means I'm a huge advocate of anything digital (so long as it works), especially connected to international development. I'll be blogging about my work as part of DFID's Digital …
The DFID Digital Advisory Panel is now just over a year old – and as we approach our 6th meeting we thought it was a good time to reflect on what has happened and outline some plans for possible future …
I’m pleased to announce that a new email subscription service is now live on the international development funder finder. If you register your email address, you can receive alerts in your inbox to tell you about new funds or funding …
It’s an exciting time to be at the heart of innovation in global development here at DFID’s Innovation Hub. The landscape for development innovation is changing. New actors are looking for new, transformative solutions. Foundations and social impact investors are …
Since we moved the DFID website to GOV.UK last year, we have been keen to improve the user experience for people looking for funding for international development work. I’m really pleased to unveil the new funding finder which I hope …
Last week, we announced a strategic partnership with Avanti Communications, to implement a project in Kenya as part of the Girls' Education Challenge (GEC). The flagship Girls' Education Challenge is supporting up to 1 million of the world's poorest girls …
That’s the idea that grips our imagination and takes us and many others to the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin this week. Browse through the Programme and you'll see why it's going to be a couple of days packed with …
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