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.
As outlined in the digital strategy, DFID has invited a group of digital and development experts with a wealth of different experience to join a digital advisory panel. Their role is to take an overview of our strategy for digital …
We're getting closer to the official autumn launch of our Development Tracker, which will enable the public to find and explore details and results from international development projects that are funded by the UK government. It’s been designed to be …
Last month, we hit a new digital milestone at DFID: we reached over 100,000 followers on Twitter. Frankly, my first reaction as a digital editor for DFID was a bit, well, "meh". So what? But much like Ira Glass said …
Part of my job as the picture editor for DFID is to always be looking out for creative ways to tell our story in images. From reports and publications to humanitarian emergencies and ministerial visits overseas, I think DFID has …
“I’m not sure I’m going to uni,” Jordan Casey said recently. “But I’ve got five years to decide.” The Irish 13 year old was speaking at the Guardian Activate conference I attended – billed as exploring how digital innovation, technology and …
My name is Morag Patrick and I joined DFID this year to work on increasing the transparency of aid to improve both the impact of UK aid and wider aid impact through the international system. I plan to blog about …
My name is John Adams and I lead the technical team publishing data from our internal IT systems as part of DFID's transparency commitments. As part of our #digitaldevelopment blog group, I'll be sharing some of our experiences of publishing …
I’ve worked for DFID for 6 years managing our website and intranet team. I’m based in our East Kilbride office and work closely with digital communications colleagues in London (both in DFID and across the UK government) and with our …
With news of Yahoo’s Yahoo's $1.1bn purchase of Tumblr still rumbling, I thought I’d seen the big social media story of the week. Then late that same night, surprise news of Flickr's revamp began to emerge. A radical, Pinterest-influenced new …
Hello and welcome again to the new Digital for Development blogging group. I am the head of the digital team here in DFID’s communications division in London. I work with a team of talented editors to produce and promote the …
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