Setting up a community space on forest solutions to the climate crisis
In November 2022 the Dgroups Foundation started to work with UN-REDD to help incubate and support a dedicated community space discussing forest solutions to the climate crisis. “UN-REDD is the flagship UN knowledge and advisory partnership on forests and climate to reduce forest emissions and enhance forest carbon stocks. It is the largest international provider …
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Implementing group donation feature for the KM4Dev online community
Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) is a global networked community of international development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches. The KM4Dev email list, hosted by the Dgroups Foundation on its groups.io platform, is the community’s primary exchange platform. To cover the running costs of KM4Dev ICT infrastructure – …
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Scaling up of the CGIAR GENDER impact platform
In January 2020, the Dgroups Foundation setup and incubated an information sharing and discussion space to support the work of theCGIAR GENDER impact platform that synthesises and amplifies research, fills gaps, builds capacity and sets directions to enable CGIAR to have maximum impact on gender equality, opportunities for youth and social inclusion in agriculture and …
Online dialogue with and for the next generation – ten suggestions for more effective engagement
by Jessica Ball and Pier Andrea Pirani Development and humanitarian organisations increasingly want to include and act upon young people’s voices, opinions, and insights. The past five years have seen a blossoming of youth activist movements across the globe, leading to the amplification of youth voices working across the intersections of climate, environment, and social …
Incubating a Fair Digital Finance Accelerator online community
The Fair Digital Finance Accelerator is a three-year consumer advocacy project hosted by Consumers International in collaboration with consumer associations in Low- and Middle-Income countries. The Dgroups Foundation is working with the Fair Digital Finance Accelerator to help establish an online community of consumer associations in Low- and Middle-Income countries and a platform for collaborative …
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Youth in dialogues – Online event
Thursday 11 August 2022 – 2 pm CEST – check time in your time zone Registration link: https://bit.ly/3yRXCle Development and humanitarian organisations increasingly want to include and act upon the voices, opinions, and insights of young people. They often do this by setting up specific youth dialogues and fora, by inviting youth into other events …
Setting up a community of practice for food security early action
In 2022, the Jameel Observatory partnered with the Dgroups Foundation to set up an online community space. The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action is an international partnership led by the University of Edinburgh collaborating with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Save the Children, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and …
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Supporting virtual meetings – The Digital Agri Hub regional launch events
Between January and April, we collaborated with the Digital Agri Hub to support three regional launch events – in Spanish for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), in French for the Africa Francophone regions, and in English for Asia. In total, over 1630 participants registered for these events and 712 joined online. These events shared …
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Regional launch of the Digital Agri Hub for Francophone regions
On 24 February, join us for the Digital Agri Hub regional launch event for the francophone regions. Register now! The event will explore the status and potential for scaling digitalization for agriculture (D4Ag) solutions in low and middle-income countries where the market is relatively weak compared to the role of public actors.
2021 in review: Dgroups Foundation highlights
The past year was busy as the Foundation and partners continued operating in mostly virtual modes where effective online interactions were a priority. Below we provide a flavour of the collaborations we worked on; we also worked behind the scenes to strengthen the Foundation’s operations – check out the ABCD of Dgroups that introduces what …