Author: Bolaji Ayodeji, DPG Evangelist and Technical Coordinator It’s October, and something happens in the developer community at this time of the year: Hacktoberfest—a month-long celebration of open source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors. The Digital Public Goods Alliance seeks to accelerate the attainment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by […]
Author: Lea Gimpel, Director of AI and Country Engagement (Visiting Fellow) Against the backdrop of the G20 DEWG Ministerial Declaration’s emphasis on the role of open-source in AI development and the prominent recognition that DPGs received in the UN Global Digital Compact, the DPGA secretariat is proud to share its T20 policy recommendations on democratizing […]
Press Release New York City, September 23, 2024 — Today, the 50-in-5 campaign, an initiative that seeks to help 50 countries design, launch, and scale components of their digital public infrastructure by 2028, welcomed numerous new countries while celebrating its near one-year anniversary on the sidelines of the Summit of the Future and the agreement […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
The Dominican Republic joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance and commits to leveraging DPGs to enhance the use of data and data exchange for government service delivery.
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 […]
The DPGA co-authors recommendations to the G7 on the democratic governance of AI systems and datasets