Explore ways to engage

Discover the various opportunities to get involved within the LD4D Network.

Change-Maker Groups

Solutions Groups

Solutions groups are a new collaboration platform bringing together decision makers and experts from the LD4D network. Solutions groups work on a specific data challenge, and together produce a tailored data tool or knowledge product that can support decision making. These groups are designed to deliver measurable outputs within 6-12 months. Stay in touch via our mailers and social media channels to receive updates and shape prospective ones.

Current Groups:

Consultations and Focus Groups with members

As a LD4D member, you can contribute actively in providing input and feedback for the generation and revision of LD4D activities and products, consulting on the development of data tools and making data evidence more accessible. Join us to co-create tools and initiatives that work for you!

Current call: 

Upcoming call

Do you have a new idea and want to steer a Change-Maker Group? Get in touch at ld4d@ed.ac.uk 

Annual Flagship Events

Annual Member Meeting

The LD4D annual meeting is a unique opportunity to take stock and celebrate the network's achievements, provide input to shape future direction and activities, and strengthen connections within our community.

Upcoming: 2025 Annual meeting - 4 December 2025 - save the date!

Previous meeting: 
2024 Annual meeting, 5 December, 2024 

Digital Innovation Event

Discover digital technologies or strategies from the livestock sector that can improve and transform decision making anywhere from farm level to global policies.  LD4D's Digital Innovation Events are instrumental for horizon-scanning, sharing best practices, and defining further solution groups related to digital technologies.

Stay tuned for the 2025 edition and check previous events! 

Learning and Networking Groups and Meetings

Community of Practice (CoP)

The Gender CoP is exploring a diverse range of topics related to the planning, monitoring and assessment of gendered outcomes in livestock-related projects. It includes, for instance, selection of indicators for use along livestock value chains, and the practical challenges in improving the granularity of gender-disaggregated data. You can join the community at any time, get informed and/or share your own initiatives or challenges.

Join the Gender and Livestock Data CoP

Community Conversations

Learn from each others on thematics defined by you, as LD4D members, through these engaging webinars and online discussions.

LD4D in-person Networking events

Meet, greet and get to know each others to potentially make meaningful connections and provide feedback on LD4D's work and impact to the secretariat.

Stay tuned! 

Stay connected through LD4D communications and information channels

Follow LD4D on Social Media, receive the newsletter, attend a webinar, consult the website, its info and data tools, raise awareness about LD4D's initiatives and the importance of data-driven decision-making in the livestock sector.

Get information and knowledge that will further support your activities in solving data challenges, through resources and interaction with other members, and promote LD4D.