Watch Live at http://bit.ly/PrinciplesLiveTZ
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PRWEB) October 06, 2017
On Thursday, October 12, the Digital Impact Alliance, along with partners, will host the first event in a three-part series highlighting how development organizations can put the Principles for Digital Development into practice. The full day event will be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and includes a mix of educational keynotes, lightning talks, and interactive group sessions to learn how the Principles can best help individual implanters and organizations. Partners for the event include the Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), IREX and PATH.
The Principles for Digital Development are designed to help digital development practitioners integrate established best practices into technology-enabled programs while incorporating feedback and new insights over time. They continue to be a community-driven global good, meant to advance the role of digital technology in development and to advance technology-enabled programs that can help end global poverty more quickly. The Principles are currently endorsed by 81 organizations, including USAID, UNICEF, NDI, Grameen Foundation, IntraHealth International, SIDA, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and many more.
WHAT: “Practicing the Principles for Digital Development”. Leading organizations are already putting the Digital Principles into practice, finding innovations and gaining efficiencies that are inspiring a new way to implement development projects. Our discussions will cover current topics from the future of digital development to gender and inclusion, guided by thought leaders from a range of organizations in East Africa. Speaker organizations include: Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), dLab, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Medic Mobile, Ubongo Kids, World Bank, and more.
WHEN: Thursday, October 12, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EAT
WHERE: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hyatt Regency, The Kilimanjaro in the Kibo Ballroom
MEDIA interested in attending should contact Paul Quirk at pquirk(at)digitalimpactalliance(dot)org
Registration is currently at capacity, however please join us via livestream beginning at 8:30 a.m ET on Thursday, October 12: http://bit.ly/PrinciplesLiveTZ. You can also follow live updates from the conference on DIAL’s Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/dial_community.
About DIAL
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) aims to realize a more inclusive digital society in emerging markets, in which all women, men and children benefit from life-enhancing, mobile-based digital services. A partnership among USAID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Swedish Government and the United Nations Foundation, DIAL’s efforts help accelerate the collective efforts of government, industry and development organizations to realize this vision. http://www.digitalimpactalliance.org.