Anna Pendergrast recently blogged about the Blueprint for Digital Inclusion and shared the draft vision :
“Our vision is that all of us have what we need to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from the digital world.”
To make this vision a reality, we need to make sure everyone has the access, skills, motivation and trust to make the most of digital technology and the internet, now and in the future.
The vision is bold, and points us all in the right direction, but begs further questions, such as:
- Why do we want to achieve this?
- What exactly does it mean to ‘benefit from the digital world’, or what does ‘access, skills, motivation and trust’ mean in this context?
- How do we know when we’ve arrived?
- If we take action, how do we know that it’s making a difference?
Thankfully, there are some practices that can help us with these very important questions. To underpin the vision and actions we take towards it, we will create an outcomes framework, associated measurement, and evaluation guidance and tools. These are common practice when government has interventions to ensure that we’re all on the same page, can measure progress and success, know what makes a difference and know when we’ve succeeded.
If you’re someone who is interested in measurement and evaluation practices in the context of Digital Inclusion, we’re interested to hear from you – whether you’re all over outcomes frameworks, a data ninja, or just have an interest.
If you’ve read this far I hope that you are one of those experts, as we want to draw on the collective expertise to ensure that that we can answer the question – “are we there yet?”
Have a look at our draft outcomes framework and suggested measures and let us know what you think.
Feel free to get in touch with the team if you have any questions.
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