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Digital Development: From Principle to Practice

By Jared Ford | Mar 15, 2016

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On Feb 29, NDItech attended the launch event of the newly published report, From Principle to Practice: Implementing the Principles for Digital Development. More than 150 organizations participated in an action-packed day of engaging keynotes,…

Weekly Roundup 3/14/16

By | Mar 14, 2016

Happy Monday, readers! 3.1415...what was it again?! That’s right! Today is Pi Day, corresponding the number Pi (3.14) with March 14th (3/14)! Why…

Weekly Roundup 3/7/16

By | Mar 07, 2016

The moment is here folks: House of Cards Season 4. (Don’t worry, no spoilers.) The new season was released by Netflix on March 4th. In honor of the release, The George Washington University created a…

Weekly Roundup 2/29/16

By | Feb 29, 2016

Good morning, readers! Before we begin with the Weekly Roundup, we would like to begin by congratulating the winner of Best Actor in film from the 2016 Oscars….The Bear in the Revenant! ….Just kidding. Congratulations Leonardo DiCaprio…

Conflict Programming

By | Feb 26, 2016

On February 18th, NDI’s Citizen Participation Team and the Peace, Security and Democratic Resilience working group held an event featuring peace, security, democratic resilience, and the emerging trends in conflict programming. The panelist…

Burkina Faso and the Sahel: Turning Points in Elections and Security

By Jaclyn Hawtin | Feb 24, 2016

On February 2016, NDI hosted the panel event, Burkina Faso and the Sahel: Turning Points in Elections and Security. A panel of five discussed their experiences and observations leading up to and during the Burkina Faso election…

The Digital Divide

By | Feb 23, 2016

Closing the digital divide remains a priority for the international community, as exemplified by the 2016 World Development Report. The World Bank states that “for many…