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The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called climate change the most pressing issue of our time.

The SDG Digital Investment Framework calls on countries and donors to make coordinated digital investments in order to more efficiently and effectively meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For nearly a decade, the Principles of Digital Development (Digital Principles)  have served to guide practitioners in developing and implementing digital tools in their programming. The plenary session at MERL Tech DC 2019 titled “Living Our Vision: Applying the Principles of Digital Development as an Evaluative Methodology” introduced attendees to four evaluation tools that have been

Some events DIAL attended:   Broadband Commission Beyond 2030  Annual meeting of the EQUALS Global Partnership  Executive Lunch Briefing on Digital Transformation for UHC 2030 Coalition  Contracts for Data Collaboration Workshop  Concordia Annual Summit  The Case for Good ID Reception  SDGActionZone Lightning Talk and Exhibition  Data for Health Equity: Unlocking Health for All Last month, the

“By 2019, an estimated 3.9 billion people will be using messaging apps (Activate & WSJ Tech). NGOs and the development community have already begun to embrace the opportunity afforded by these platforms to reach more people and track progress and success of their programs.” Led by Maurice Sayinzoga (Digital Impact Alliance), Boris Maguire (Echo Mobile),

Another year, another MERL Tech in the books. Once again, the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) co-sponsored  the MERL Tech conference, a space for discussion, learning and sharing experiences and challenges with the use of technologies for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) in the social impact, humanitarian and international development fields.   Two full days and a day of pre-session workshops allowed