[digital.global] im Dialog
The [digital.global] network brings together more than 100 stakeholders from politics, the private sector, civil society and academia in Germany, our partner countries and our multilateral partner system.
As a platform for all stakeholders driving a socio-ecological and feminist digital transformation, the network thrives on its strong partnerships and continuous exchange. Its aim is to harness the innovative power of the digital economy for development policy goals by responding to the needs of partner countries. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is in constant dialogue with its initiatives and partners to adapt technical and financial cooperation to the constantly changing challenges of the ongoing digital transformation in all areas of life.
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Digital development cooperation at the World Bank Spring Meetings
As leaders from government, private sector, civil society, and academia converge in Washington D.C. for the 2024 World Bank Group – IMF Spring Meetings, they are discussing solutions to tackle global development issues end explore what’s needed to scale up the solutions and investments. The World Bank’s Digital Development Partnership (DDP) helps developing countries leverage digital innovations to solve their most pressing challenges. Being core partner of DDP, BMZ and GIZ will meet with world bank leaders to discuss the increasingly role of DDP for contributing to a sustainable and inclusive digital transformation in our partner countries.
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Unlocking Digital Impact – Official Launch of the Scaling Toolkit
Ready to Amplify Impact? Join Us for the Grand Unveiling of the Scaling Toolkit!
Dive into the world of scaling digital innovation like never before! Our toolkit is your go-to guide for turning tested digital solutions into impactful, sustainable success stories. Join the event and be part of the movement towards high-quality, context-driven impact. Let’s scale it up together!
Mark your calendar to be at the forefront of digital innovation scaling. 🚀
Date: 15.04.2024
Time: 15:30 – 16:30 (CET) + 30 minutes interactive session (16:30-17:00 CET)
Location: Online
Dial-in link: Click here to join the meeting
Preliminary agenda
01 | Welcome – Scaling at GIZ
Insights from Arlette Stojanovic, Head of Competence Centre Innovation (GIZ)
02 | Diving into Scaling Impact
Interview with John Gargani co-author of the book “Scaling Impact: Innovation for the Public Good”
03 | Scaling Toolkit – The grand unveiling
Launching the scaling toolkit together with Eva Scholtes and Debarun Dutta from the Smart Africa Digital Academy
04 | Interactive Session: Tools for Scaling Impact – The next level
Open exchange with participants
The Scaling Toolkit, thoughtfully curated from practical experience and profound insights gleaned from real-life projects, is the result of a collaborative endeavor by the #SmartDevelopmentFund team at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in partnership with Endeva and minds & makers. Supported generously by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, this resource signifies a united commitment to empower and grow impact across diverse initiatives.
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bitkom Digital Sustainability Summit
Panel dicussion: “Smart Earth, Smart Tech: A Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age”
The digital transformation in the context of the global sustainability agenda
The bitkom Digital Sustainability Summit, a conference for the green and digital twin transition, is taking place for the second time this year and brings together innovators from the digital industry, the sustainability community, science and politics.
The panel discussion “Smart Earth, Smart Tech: A Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age” looks at the digital transformation in the context of the global sustainability agenda and discusses how digital innovations can be used worldwide for environmental protection and sustainability and what Europe can learn from its partner countries.
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner (President, Federal Environment Agency)
- Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven (Managing Director, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ))
- Werner Neubauer (CEO, aconnic / albis-elcon system)
- Geraldine de Bastion (Co-Founder & CEO, Konnektiv Kollektiv)
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First Presentation: Draft of the Global Digital Compact
The United Nations are underway to develop a Global Digital Compact (GDC): an international framework to ensure an open, free and secure digital future for all. On April 05, Sweden and Zambia, who are leading the negotations, are presenting the draft of the document to member states and interested stakeholders. The GDC sets out to accelerate progress across the SDGs and close all digital divides.
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UNESCO Global Education Coalation Annual Event
The Fourth annual Meeting of the Global Education Coalation takes place in Paris and brings together partners from a range of sectors such as multilateral institutions, non-governmental organizations, civil society actors, networks and agencies and international media groups. The coalition aims to prevent and mitigate disruptions in the education sector, such as pandemic-related school closures, by mobilizing support and coordinating local, national, regional and global action to ensure continuity of learning.
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Update of the Principles for Digital Development
The Principles for Digital Development are nine living guidelines that are designed to help integrate best practices into technology-enabled development programs. After open consultations with numerous stakeholders, a new version of the Principles has been issued in March.
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Using data & AI to solve local & global challenges: Launch of the Data to Policy Network
Data holds the key to achieving the SDGs and tackling global challenges such as climate change and public health. But how can we get from theory to practice and enable policymakers to better use data and AI to address local and global policy challenges?
Together with UNDP and the UN Office of South-South Cooperation, BMZ has launched the Data to Policy Network. Expressed by Iliya Nickelt, Chief Data Scientist at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in his opening remarks:
“This Network will create a collaborative atmosphere encouraging us to explore the benefits of data together. Let’s discover the transformative power of data to propel the SDGs.”
The new Data to Policy Network is already bringing together 52 policymakers from across the globe.
Through learning sessions, open houses and hands-on workshops, different priorities will be tackled, such as Gender Data, Building Data Capacities, Data Ethics and Privacy and Data & AI.Does this opportunity sound relevant to you? Policymakers from the digital.global network are invited to join the Network. You can sign up to be informed about the next learning session.
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“Women and Girls in Digital Transformation” Forum Discussion hosted by DTC Cambodia
DTC Cambodia with Ministry of Women Affairs and other stakeholders in Cambodia to host an Youth Subcommittee Discussion Forum to celebrate the 113th Anniversary of the International Women’s Day March 8, 2024 under the theme “Women and girls in the digital revolution” and “Women and Girls in Digital Transformation”
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Worldbanks Global Digital Summit
The World Bank is launching its inaugural Global Digital Summit to bring together government officials, private sector, partner organizations and thought leaders to explore these opportunities and risks, around the shared goal of Accelerating Digital for Development. Our political initiative Data Economy will join the summit.
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GSMA Mobile World Congress
The annual Mobile World Congress Barcelona is one of the largest and most influential events in the connectivity sector. Global mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology companies and vendors came together in Barcelona to discuss technical innovations. From the [digital.global] a team of the Digital Transformation Centers attended the congress.
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Salon PROMOTE 2024: Central Africa’s biggest business fair
PROMOTE is a biennial multi-sectoral exhibition organized in Cameroon, at the confluence of Central Africa and West Africa, on a non-commercial basis and in the general interest of the economy, on behalf of the highest Cameroonian authorities by INTERPROGRESS International Foundation.
During the conference, more than 1000 exhibitors from 30 countries will come together under this year’s theme ‘Integration and economic development’.
atingi, the digital learning platform of the BMZ, will be attending together with their partner project Women Going Digital from the Business Scouts for Development to promote their digital learning activities in the region. They will be present with a booth in the EU pavilion together with other projects from GIZ Cameroun.
The conference will take place from February 17-25, 2024 in the Congress Hall in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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Conference “Data-Driven Cities: Conference for the Urban Common Good”
Data-Driven Cities: Conference for the Urban Common Good
hosted by the Kenyan Ministry of Information, Communications and The Digital Economy (MICDE), the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) and the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB) this conference brings together stakeholders from city and national governments, academia, business and civil society from Germany as well as Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and other African nations to discuss the sharing and use of data for urban development.
Data-driven cities leverage technology and data to enhance urban life and sustainability. However, there are many challenges to using data successfully in the urban realm. Stakeholders from different sectors must collaborate to overcome data siloes and maximise impact. The objective of this conference is to achieve a common understanding of the benefits of data use for data-driven cities and share best practices.
Please note that on-site participation is limited. After you have registered for on-site participation, we will confirm your spot in due course. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at digital-dialogues@giz.de.
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Recap: Empowering women for digitalisation in Nigeria: Dr Bärbel Kofler talks to female founders in Lagos
In Nigeria, Parliamentary State Secretary Bärbel Kofler met with female founders of digital companies and representatives of the Lagos State Employment Agency. At the NitHub innovation centre of the University of Lagos, Kofler discussed with the participants how the creativity of the centre could be better used to modernise and digitally transform existing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and promote start-ups.
In discussions with the young female entrepreneurs, it also became clear that better access to financing instruments for expanding their companies is necessary for women’s entrepreneurial success. The Digital Transformation Centre Nigeria is co-financed by the BMZ and the EU: It supports innovation centres in several regions and offers training on digitalisation and business start-ups for young adults, young people and women.
Read more about the joint trip to Nigeria by Federal Minister Svenja Schulze and Parliamentary State Secretary Dr Bärbel Kofler:
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DGIx Digital & Green Innovation Accelerator Pitch Event
The DGIx is a programme by the #SmartDevelopmentFund (#SDF) and the WFP Innovation Accelerator, and powered by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU).
DGIx selected, among +400 applications, 10 high-impact digital ventures and projects solving some of the most pressing environmental challenges in selected countries. The aim of the programme is to provide financial, technical, and methodological support to the DGIx laureates. Together with the best and brightest minds globally, we will be able to leverage green-digital synergies to ultimately improve the lives of vulnerable communities.
At the event, you will have the opportunity to get to know 10 inspiring ventures that will present their early-stage, scalable, cutting-edge solutions, and will also have the chance to network with cross-sector leaders in the green digital space, including representatives from GIZ, WFP, and the EU.
Speakers:
- Heike Uta Dettmann, German Ambassador to Rwanda
- Smart Africa
- Kudzai M Mubaiwa
- Bélén Calvo Uyarra, EU Ambassador
Partners: EU, ESTDEV, Expertise France, WFP, Smart Africa, Ministry of ICT Rwanda, enabel
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Competition Policy and the Gig Economy
© Atul Loke / Panos The GIZ Gig Economy Initiative in partnership with the Vidhi Policy Centre present a Book Addas Session on Competition Policy in the Digital Age.
In India, the rights of gig economy workers are primarily governed under labour laws rather than competition laws. GIZ and Vidhi aim to initiate a conversation on the potential and role of Indian competition law and policy in strengthening fair bargaining powers for gig workers in their interactions with Big Tech.
Dr. Jonathan B. Baker’s ‘The Antitrust Paradigm: Restoring a Competitive Economy.’ will open the conversation on this topic. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Big Tech’s market power and its implications on the ecosystem, including suppliers and workers.Speakers:
- Vellah Kigwiru
- Jonathan Baker
- Amber Darr
- Ujjwal Kumar
- Manjushree RM
Join the session to delve into the intricate dynamics and explore ways to ensure a more balanced and equitable environment for gig workers.