Unlocking the potential of open-source to drive real-world impact
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder initiative that brings together governments, multilaterals, and international organisations—both non-profit and for-profit—to advance a shared vision for digital cooperation through digital public goods.
What We Do
Enabling Change Through Technology and Collaboration
Through the Digital Public Goods Alliance, technology creators, implementers, and supporters drive real-world change by improving the discovery, development, adoption, and investment in digital public goods.
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Members
Recognised for their leadership in digital transformation, DPGA members commit to activities that advance their own priorities while strengthening the digital public goods ecosystem.
Explore the full list of members and their contributions on the DPGA Roadmap.
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Digital Public Goods
Digital public goods are open-source software, open data, open AI systems, and open content collections that adhere to applicable laws and best practices. They are improving well-being worldwide, supporting the planet, and building more resilient economies worldwide. Learn more about them by visiting the DPG Registry.
Explore the DPG RegistryHow Digital Public Goods Are Creating a Better World
Because they are open, digital public goods are accessible and adaptable—enabling any country or organisation to adopt and customise them to meet their unique needs. They give governments greater control over their digital sovereignty and reduce vendor lock-in. In doing so, they can help catalyse local tech ecosystems, supporting economic growth, job creation, collaboration and lasting positive change.
Drive entrepreneurship and local innovation, particularly among young people.
Expand access to digital learning and skills development.
Strengthen climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.
Streamline public service delivery and reduce administrative burdens.
Reduce food insecurity via cash transfers and subsidies.
Increase financial inclusion by enabling digital payments.
Improve healthcare management systems.
Latest News from the DPGA
October 29, 2026
Launching the DPG4AI Collection: Supporting Equitable, Responsible AI Development for the Public Interest
As the global conversation around making AI useful for everyone shifts from a “the bigger, the better” narrative to small, purpose-built, local and open AI, a critical question emerges: How do we ensure that AI tools truly serve people and the public good, rather than just a few concentrated interests?At MozFest, we are excited to officially launch the DPGs for AI (DPG4AI) Collection—a curated portfolio of DPGs designed to drive responsible, equitable, and localised AI development.Co-stewarded by the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat, the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), the Open Data Institute (ODI), and the Digital Futures Lab, this initiative translates global AI commitments—like those of the UN Global Digital Compact and the UN High-Level Advisory Body on AI—into a practical collection of software, data, content and AI model DPGs that advance the responsible development and deployment of AI systems. In a first step, these include trusted data infrastructure, semantic parsers, language datasets, safety tooling and a model comparison platform. Thoughtfulness First: Getting the Foundation RightWhen building a collection intended to serve all builders and adopters, no matter their geography, speed cannot come at the expense of intentionality. From inception, our primary goal was not simply to assemble a long list of open solutions, but to make sure we got it right.In collaboration with our co-stewards and informed by interviews with ecosystem stakeholders, we spent significant effort developing rigorous collection criteria built on the DPG Standard.We deliberately prioritised tools that:Target low-resource contexts & underrepresented domains: Ensuring solutions are adaptable for local developers, governments, and civil society operating under resource constraints.Have relevance at at least one stage of the AI lifecycle: Targeting open-source software, open training/fine-tuning/benchmarking datasets, open AI models, and open content collections relevant at different stages of the AI lifecycle. Demonstrate documented impact & safety: Grounding inclusion into the collection in real-world application and best practices for safety by design.The Excitement Ahead: A Growing Living RepositoryWhile getting the initial foundation right was essential, the launch at MozFest is just the beginning.The open-source AI ecosystem is expanding rapidly, driven by the need for more accountability, cost control and local relevance of AI systems. We're also seeing major advances in edge computing, federated learning, localised dataset creation for training and benchmarking, and frugal AI frameworks. While we take a considerate, slower approach and do not want to push AI systems where they don’t belong and don’t deliver value for people, we plan to evolve the DPG4AI collection alongside these developments. We are thrilled to watch this repository continue to grow on a rolling basis as new tools, models and datasets are submitted and vetted, and we are happy to work closely with DPGA members and ecosystem partners on this, such as CurrentAI, Mozilla, GIZ and UNDP. A Call to ActionWhether you represent a project team working on open-source AI, a funder looking for high-impact tools to support, or a policymaker seeking trusted solutions:Explore the collection: Visit the collection page to browse the initial list of curated tools.Help us grow and submit your DPG: Have an open-source AI project, model, or dataset driving sustainable development? Check the DPG Standard and collection criteria and apply to be included.Finance DPG4AI: Use the collection as a curated pipeline to direct funding toward vetted, high-impact public AI components.Together, we can build an AI ecosystem where innovation is open, benefits are shared, and technology is centred around people and their needs.
October 22, 2026
From Shared Principles to Practice: Reflections from the Open Source Congress, Halifax
“How can the open-source ecosystem respond to a rapidly changing global world and help shape the shared agendas that will guide it?” That was the question that brought together representatives from the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat and the Open Source Initiative last month at the Open Source Congress in Halifax, Canada.Across panel discussions, conversations and breakout sessions, participants explored the growing intersection of open collaboration with regulation, cybersecurity, privacy, AI governance and sustainability. The discussions reflected an important realisation: open source is increasingly recognised not only as a way to develop technology, but as critical digital infrastructure shaped by public policy, geopolitical dynamics and security requirements. The Open Source Congress was convened to deepen alignment among ecosystem leaders and extend dialogue to policymakers and industry. A key takeaway was that standards are where the rubber hits the road. Principles such as openness, interoperability, transparency and “do no harm” matter but their practical force depends on how they are translated into requirements, norms, and evidence. Standards and definitions can help make principles concrete, while governance determines how they are applied, who is responsible and how they evolve.
October 21, 2026
What does responsible AI look like for digital public goods in practice?
How the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) is adopting AI while staying compliant with the DPG Standard.As digital public goods explore how AI could strengthen their impact, they face a critical question: How do you embrace AI’s potential without disempowering humans or creating new dependencies?For the team behind Community Health Toolkit (CHT), this meant starting where impact actually happens - with frontline health workers. Facing heavy workloads, limited supervision and little decision support, frontline workers need tools that match their realities and keep them in full control. CHT’s “AI-ready” approach puts those needs at the centre of decisions—ensuring AI serves health workers and local developer teams, rather than replacing them. In our new case study, we dive into how CHT is putting this approach into practice while remaining compliant with the DPG Standard.
October 15, 2026
Introducing a Practical Guide to the DPG Standard
Technical standards are essential for building trust, but they can quickly feel complex and require dense documentation, making it difficult to understand what they mean in practice.Yet, for country governments, funders, implementers, and others working with digital public goods, understanding the DPG Standard is essential to making informed decisions about the digital solutions they adopt, support and invest in.The DPGA Secretariat developed A Practical Guide to the DPG Standard aiming to make that understanding more accessible.The guide breaks down all nine indicators of the DPG Standard into clear, practical questions, explaining not only what each indicator requires, but also why it matters for building digital solutions that are open, interoperable, responsibly governed, and designed for public benefit. By translating technical requirements into accessible explanations, it helps bridge the gap between regulatory jargon and the real world considerations that matter to decision makers. This guide aims to make the DPG Standard easier to apply, enabling more stakeholders to engage meaningfully with the principles and safeguards that underpin trustworthy digital public goods.
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