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  • Enhancing the Openness and Usability of Digital Public Goods by Accepting Only Fully Open-Licensed Content Collections and Data Sets

    The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of openness and usability of digital public goods (DPGs). In line with this commitment, the DPGA Secretariat recently proposed a significant enhancement to the criteria needed for open data sets and open content collections to be recognised as DPGs.This proposal, which was open for public comment and underwent the DPG Standard’s governance procedures, is now being implemented as a new requirement under the DPG Standard and will be effective as of Sept 1st, 2024.

    The change means that mixed licensed data sets and content collections will no longer be recognised as DPGs. Instead, only fully open data and content collections, including those with some access restrictions, are eligible for DPG recognition.

  • Toward public interest AI: the role of AI DPGs and public resources for AI

    Author: Lea Gimpel, Director of AI and Country Engagement (Visiting Fellow) The rise of public interest AI, which broadly refers to AI systems that serve the long-term survival and well-being of humankind, and public resources for AI, which includes infrastructure and funding to AI developers and researchers, can potentially boost the development of innovative AI […]

  • Six ways countries are implementing safe, inclusive, and interoperable DPI with open source

    Countries worldwide are building and strengthening their digital foundations to help improve public and private service delivery. In a recent roundtable discussion convened by the Digital Public Goods Alliance as part of the 50-in-5 campaign, participating country representatives came together to share best practices and insights on why they are increasingly turning to open-source and […]

  • OpenForum Europe joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

    The Digital Public Goods Alliance is thrilled to welcome OpenForum Europe (OFE) as the newest member! OFE is an independent think tank which promotes the merits of openness in computing to policy makers and communities across Europe. Originally launched in 2002 to accelerate and broaden the use of open source software among businesses, consumers and […]

  • Safeguarding Information Integrity during Elections with Digital Public Goods

    With elections ongoing in India, already held in Bangladesh, Senegal, and Pakistan, and with more scheduled soon in Mexico, South Africa, the United States, and several other countries, more than 2 billion people are set to cast their votes this year. These elections will serve not just as a test for democracy, but also for […]

  • Join us at a Reboot the Earth Hackathon!

    The Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat is thrilled to join forces with DPGA members FAO and the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology alongside Salesforce and the UN Youth Office to take action that can help address the climate crisis through Reboot the Earth. Reboot The Earth is a series of social coding events […]