Principles for Digital Development

The Principles for Digital Development are a set of nine guidelines that were established to promote effective practices in technology-enabled programmes for international development and cooperation.^[1] A community of practice around the principles provides a focal point for development practitioners, supporting the sharing knowledge and peer learning.

The Principles go back to the UNICEF Innovations Principles (2009-2010).^[2] A "Principles for Digital Development Working Group" was launched in 2014, followed by an endorsement campaign in 2015.^[3]

The Principles for Digital Development are:

Design With the User.
Understand the Existing Ecosystem.
Design for Scale.
Build for Sustainability.
Be Data Driven.
Use Open Standards, Open Data, Open Source, and Open Innovation.
Reuse and Improve.
Address Privacy & Security.
Be Collaborative.

Endorsers of the Principles for Digital Development

The Principles for Digital Development are endorsed by a large number of organisations,^[4] including:

References

External links

http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/open-standards-data-source-and-innovation-principles-digital-development

[1] ttps://digitalprinciples.org/

[2] ttps://www.unicef.org/innovation/innovation_73239.html

[history-3] See https://digitalprinciples.org/about for an overview of the history of the Principles.

[4] ttps://digitalprinciples.org/endorse/endorsers/

[5] ttps://digitalimpactalliance.org/, hosted at the United Nations Foundation.

[6] ttps://opendatakit.org/

[7] ttps://dfid.blog.gov.uk/2015/11/10/putting-digital-principles-into-practice-in-our-aid-programmes/

[8] ttps://www.ictworks.org/how-dfid-does-development-in-a-principled-way/

[9] ttps://www.unicef.org/innovation/innovation_73239.html

[10] ttp://blogs.worldbank.org/ic4d/why-world-bank-endorses-principles-digital-development

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