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Licensing within the Digital Public Goods Standard

Licensing within the Digital Public Goods Standard

November 19, 2020

Authors: Balint

As we said in our last post, “not all open source projects are digital public goods, but all digital public goods must be open source”. To be open source, there must be distribution terms, or a licens...
Why Open Source?

Why Open Source?

November 17, 2020

Authors: Lucy Harris

The Digital Public Goods Alliance has spent the last several months developing the Digital Public Goods Standard, and working with stakeholders from across sectors to determine criteria that allows us...
Accelerating financial inclusion during COVID-19 and beyond

Accelerating financial inclusion during COVID-19 and beyond

November 10, 2020

Authors: Liv Marte Nordhaug

In September, 2020 the Digital Public Goods Alliance Financial Inclusion Community of Practice (CoP) engaged in a thoughtful, virtual discussion about the relationship between digital public infrastru...
UNICEF’s Open Source Approach to Innovation

UNICEF’s Open Source Approach to Innovation

October 27, 2020

Authors: Lucy Harris

Yesterday, DPGA Co-Founder UNICEF published this article outlining UNICEF's various tools and platforms that operationalise its commitment to open source. Please find an excerpt below. UNICEF has a 70...
Series Part 4: Meet our Co-Founder, UNICEF

Series Part 4: Meet our Co-Founder, UNICEF

October 26, 2020

Authors: Liv Marte Nordhaug

This week, we wrap up our four part series highlighting the work of each Digital Public Goods Alliance co-founder. This week we’re featuring UNICEF. If you missed it, check out the rest of the series ...
Series Part 3: Meet our Co-Founder, Sierra Leone

Series Part 3: Meet our Co-Founder, Sierra Leone

October 20, 2020

Authors: Lucy Harris

This is the third in a four-part series featuring exciting work from the Co-Founders of the Digital Public Goods Alliance. This week we’re featuring Sierra Leone. If you missed it, check out Part 1 on...
Series Part 2: Meet our Co-Founder, Norway

Series Part 2: Meet our Co-Founder, Norway

October 13, 2020

Authors: Lucy Harris

NEW: Follow the Digital Public Goods Alliance on Twitter @DPGAlliance Last week we kicked off a four part series. In each part, we will share exciting work from one of the Co-Founders of the Digital P...
Series Part 1: Meet our Co-Founders, iSPIRT

Series Part 1: Meet our Co-Founders, iSPIRT

October 6, 2020

Authors: Liv Marte Nordhaug

NEW: Follow the Digital Public Goods Alliance on Twitter @DPGAlliance In our newsletter last week, we kicked off a four part series to introduce the work of the Digital Public Goods Alliance Co-Founde...
Digital Public Goods Alliance and the #DigitalDecade

Digital Public Goods Alliance and the #DigitalDecade

September 22, 2020

Authors: Liv Marte Nordhaug

On September 18, on the margins of the 2020 UN General Assembly, New America - a Washington, D.C.-based think tank - hosted an online event to launch a #DigitalDecade. The #DigitalDecade is a commitme...