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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.<ref name="digitalprinciples">{{cite web|url=https://digitalprinciples.org/|website=digitalprinciples.org|title=Principles for Digital Development|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref> A

[[community of practice]] around the principles provides a focal

point for development practitioners, supporting the sharing

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The Principles go back to the UNICEF Innovations Principles

(2009-20102009–2010).<ref name="unicef">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/innovation/innovation_73239.html|title=Principles for Innovation and Technology in Development &#124; Innovation|website=UNICEF|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref>

A "Principles for Digital Development Working Group" was launched in

2014, followed by an endorsement campaign in 2015.<ref

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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,<ref name="digitalprinciples2">{{cite web|url=https://digitalprinciples.org/endorse/endorsers/|title=Endorsers &#124; Principles for Digital Development|website=digitalprinciples.org|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref> including:

</ref> including:

* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]

* [[Digital Impact Alliance]]<ref>https://digitalimpactalliance.org/, hosted at the [[United Nations Foundation]].</ref>

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* [[International Rescue Committee]]

* [[Jhpiego]]

* ODK<ref name="opendatakit">{{cite web|url=https://opendatakit.org/|website=opendatakit.org|title=Open Data Kit|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref>

* [[RTI International]]

* [[Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency]]

* UK [[Department for International Development]]<ref name="blog">{{cite web|url=https://dfid.blog.gov.uk/2015/11/10/putting-digital-principles-into-practice-in-our-aid-programmes/|title=Putting digital principles into practice in our aid programmes - DFID bloggers|website=dfid.blog.gov.uk|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref><ref name="ictworks">{{cite web|url=https://www.ictworks.org/how-dfid-does-development-in-a-principled-way/|title=How DFID Does Development in a Principled Way|website=ICTworks|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref>

* [[UNICEF]]<ref>https://www. name="unicef.org/innovation/innovation_73239.html<"/ref>

* [[United Nations Development Programme]]

* [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]]

* [[United States Agency for International Development]]

* [[World Health Organization]]

* [[World Bank Group]]<ref name="worldbank">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/ic4d/why-world-bank-endorses-principles-digital-development|title=Why the World Bank endorses the Principles for Digital Development &#124; Information and Communications for Development|website=blogs.worldbank.org|accessdate=2018-01-31}}</ref>

* [[World Food Programme]]

* [[World Vision International]]