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2020 Digital Development Awards Development in a digital age

USAID is working toward a better future, where digital technology enables people to live freer, healthier, more prosperous lives. In an effort to recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus, and Implementing Partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, the Technology Division within the Innovation, Technology & Research Hub announced the winners of 2020 Digital Development Awards (the Digis) to celebrate leaders in the digital development field.

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Indonesia

Human Resources for Health in 2030 (HRH2030) Program

HRH2030 won for strengthening the human resources for health information system and its ecosystem to provide real-time quality data for strategic use, while also supporting policy development that address challenges in the health workforce and contributing to better public health outcomes overall.

Clockwise from top left: Vita Alamanda, Dr. H. Edy Sugiarto, Sarni, Hendro Saputo, and Erlinda; all work with the HRH2030 to improve the competencies of the health workforce. Photos: HRH2030
Clockwise from top left: Vita Alamanda, Dr. H. Edy Sugiarto, Sarni, Hendro Saputo, and Erlinda; all work with the HRH2030 to improve the competencies of the health workforce. Photos: HRH2030
"HRH2030 supports Cirebon City with data visualization, which is used for stakeholder analysis related to mapping, planning, and improving the competencies of the health workforce." - Vita Alamanda, Cirebon City District Health Office Data Officer, West Java, Indonesia

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Kyrgyz Republic

USAID-International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Judicial Strengthening / Trusted Judiciary Program

IDLO won for creating and helping to implement a holistic e-justice initiative that strengthens the integrity of the justice system, minimizes corruption, and enhances transparency.

Indira Aitbaeva and Baktiyar Parpiev, two independent legal experts, decided to tackle the issue of inconsistent court decisions on land disputes. Since 2015, they have reviewed hundreds of land disputes considered by the courts all over the country to analyze errors. The review was made possible by a new online database of judicial decisions, ACT.SOT.KG, developed under the USAID-International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Trusted Judiciary program. The program worked with hundreds of staffers, IT specialists and judges in the judicial system to develop this groundbreaking tool. Before ACT.SOT.KG and relevant amendments to legislation, getting a single judicial decision would be almost impossible for a person outside the judicial system without consent of the Supreme Court. Photos by Maxime Fossat
Indira Aitbaeva and Baktiyar Parpiev, two independent legal experts, decided to tackle the issue of inconsistent court decisions on land disputes. Since 2015, they have reviewed hundreds of land disputes considered by the courts all over the country to analyze errors. The review was made possible by a new online database of judicial decisions, ACT.SOT.KG, developed under the USAID-International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Trusted Judiciary program. The program worked with hundreds of staffers, IT specialists and judges in the judicial system to develop this groundbreaking tool. Before ACT.SOT.KG and relevant amendments to legislation, getting a single judicial decision would be almost impossible for a person outside the judicial system without consent of the Supreme Court. Photos by Maxime Fossat
“We duly paid for this land, which had a great strategic value for expanding our growing business with the railway road going right by our warehouse. It would make logistics of supplying gas and diesel fuel for farmers so much more cost efficient. But I could not proceed without the full ownership rights.” - Akylbek Azhimamatov

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Pakistan

Pakistan Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA)

SMEA won for helping to transform the country’s economy by addressing the structural deficits and inequalities faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the digital ecosystem. They achieved this by offering information and communications technology (ICT)-enabled solutions and helping businesses harness digital potential through a service provider network and overall regulatory reform.

Artisan Ayena Waseem works with her mother and father on lacquer wood art. She sells the work using Vceela, a USAID/Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) grantee. Vceela is a village-to-world marketing model allowing artisans from smaller communities in Pakistan to connect with global markets. Photos by Usman Ghani
Artisan Ayena Waseem works with her mother and father on lacquer wood art. She sells the work using Vceela, a USAID/Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) grantee. Vceela is a village-to-world marketing model allowing artisans from smaller communities in Pakistan to connect with global markets. Photos by Usman Ghani
Artisan Ayena Waseem works with her mother and father on lacquer wood art. She sells the work using Vceela, a USAID/Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) grantee. Vceela is a village-to-world marketing model allowing artisans from smaller communities in Pakistan to connect with global markets. Photos by Usman Ghani
“Vceela has improved the amount of orders we get, and we have been able to sell our artwork abroad to countries other than Pakistan. And in Pakistan, we can now deliver anywhere and everywhere through Vceela. The income helps my father run the house and it contributes towards my tuition fee.” - Ayena Waseem

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Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA)

The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans)

USAID Oceans won for creating electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability technologies for data capture from point-of-entry to port entry, improving the sustainability of fisheries in ASEAN and Coral Triangle Member Countries and protecting the livelihoods of people who directly depend on marine ecosystems.

Working with Tetra Tech International Development Services, USAID created affordable electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability (eCDT) technologies that confirm and track legally- and sustainably-caught seafood throughout each step of the supply chain. eCDT systems authenticate seafood from "bait to plate," ensuring mindful consumers—mostly in the West—that their Asia-Pacific catch wasn’t involved in any illegal, unregulated fishing practices. Photos by Melinda Donnelly
Working with Tetra Tech International Development Services, USAID created affordable electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability (eCDT) technologies that confirm and track legally- and sustainably-caught seafood throughout each step of the supply chain. eCDT systems authenticate seafood from "bait to plate," ensuring mindful consumers—mostly in the West—that their Asia-Pacific catch wasn’t involved in any illegal, unregulated fishing practices. Photos by Melinda Donnelly
Working with Tetra Tech International Development Services, USAID created affordable electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability (eCDT) technologies that confirm and track legally- and sustainably-caught seafood throughout each step of the supply chain. eCDT systems authenticate seafood from "bait to plate," ensuring mindful consumers—mostly in the West—that their Asia-Pacific catch wasn’t involved in any illegal, unregulated fishing practices. Photos by Melinda Donnelly
Working with Tetra Tech International Development Services, USAID created affordable electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability (eCDT) technologies that confirm and track legally- and sustainably-caught seafood throughout each step of the supply chain. eCDT systems authenticate seafood from "bait to plate," ensuring mindful consumers—mostly in the West—that their Asia-Pacific catch wasn’t involved in any illegal, unregulated fishing practices. Photos by Melinda Donnelly
“USAID Oceans together with extension agents came directly to meet us at the Batu Putih shores. We as women fishers in the fisher group “Kakap” felt recognized and prouder of our daily job as fishers. Even more and more women in our neighborhood are now keen to learn how to fish as they see us going out fishing almost every day.” - Mrs. Elsye
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