DPGA Blog
Insights, stories, and updates on digital public goods and the open-source ecosystem from the Digital Public Goods Alliance.
May 13, 2026
The Wikimedia Foundation joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is excited to welcome the Wikimedia Foundation as its newest member. As part of its membership, the Wikimedia Foundation will undertake activities that strengthen the global digital public goods ecosystem through both technical infrastructure investment and policy advocacy. This includes strengthening Wikimedia Cloud Services, the platform that supports many of the volunteer developed tools behind Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, with improvements focused on scalability, security, usability, and innovation. The organisation will also continue advancing advocacy efforts around open knowledge infrastructure, open-source first approaches, responsible public interest AI, and the role of digital public goods in supporting information integrity and inclusive digital participation worldwide.“The Wikimedia Foundation is honored to become an official member of the Digital Public Goods Alliance. This membership reaffirms our commitment to the importance of open knowledge as a public good, ensuring it remains accessible, rights-based, and governed in the public interest. Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other Wikimedia projects show how hundreds of thousands of people working together across borders can create and maintain free and open knowledge infrastructure built in the public interest. As the host of these projects, we look forward to sharing our learnings and collaborating more closely with fellow DPGA members who share our vision of an internet that protects and promotes community-led spaces,” said Jan Gerlach, Public Policy Director at the Wikimedia Foundation. “We warmly welcome the Wikimedia Foundation to the Digital Public Goods Alliance. Wikipedia and Wikidata have long demonstrated the transformative power of open, community driven digital public goods to advance access to knowledge worldwide. The organization’s leadership in strengthening open knowledge infrastructure and advocating for digital public goods will further strengthen the global DPG ecosystem and support more inclusive and equitable access to trusted knowledge online,” said Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO of the DPGA Secretariat.Wikipedia and Wikidata were officially verified as digital public goods in 2025 and added to the DPG Registry, reflecting their important role in advancing open, community driven knowledge infrastructure worldwide.To learn more about the Wikimedia Foundation joining the DPGA, visit their announcement.To learn more about the activities they will be undertaking as part of their DPGA membership, visit the Roadmap.
Author: DPGA Secretariat
April 9, 2024
The Government of Malawi Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is excited to announce that the Government of Malawi has joined as a member, reinforcing their dedication to digital cooperation and the use of digital public goods f...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
March 7, 2024
The Government of Singapore Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is thrilled to announce the Government of Singapore as our newest member! This partnership reinforces Singapore’s dedication to creating scalable, impactful dig...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
March 5, 2024
Co-shaping our Digital Future: Advocating for the Inclusion of Digital Public Goods within the Global Digital Compact
Help protect and strengthen the impact of digital public goods by ensuring they are prominently recognised in the Global Digital Compact. Discover how, in less than 5 minutes, you can provide input at...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
March 4, 2024
Creative Commons Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is excited to welcome Creative Commons (CC) as a new member of the alliance, joining us in our mission to leverage digital public goods to address the world...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
March 1, 2024
Ethiopia's Digital Evolution: Tracing the Journey of Implementing DPGs and DPI, Guiding Principles & Lessons Learned
Authors:Yodahe Zemichael, Executive Director, National ID Program, EthiopiaLiv Marte Nordhaug, CEO, Digital Public Goods Alliance SecretariatAl Shiferaw, Technical Director, JSI Exploring how Ethiopia...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
December 14, 2023
Collaborative Momentum: The 2023 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report
For the Digital Public Goods Alliance, this year has been a journey of growth, adaptation, alignment, and maturity. The 2023 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem report highlights this journey,...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
November 22, 2023
Recap: Digital Public Goods Alliance 2023 Annual Members Meeting in Addis Ababa
From 13-16 November, Digital Public Goods Alliance members and key stakeholders came together in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for our 2nd annual members’ meeting. From the DPGA Secretariat we want to provide...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
November 9, 2023
11 ‘First-Mover’ Countries Launch 50-in-5 Campaign to Accelerate Digital Public Infrastructure Adoption Around The World
9 November 2023: Global leaders and high-level representatives from 11 ‘First-Mover’ countries gathered yesterday for the official launch of the 50-in-5 campaign. This ambitious, country-led campaign ...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
November 6, 2023
Public Digital joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
Today, we’re thrilled to welcome Public Digital as the latest member of the Digital Public Goods Alliance! Their membership includes exciting thought leadership on the value of open source and digital...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
October 27, 2023
Exploring a Gradient Approach to the Openness of AI System Components
The Community of Practice on AI systems as digital public goods, co-hosted by the DPGA and UNICEF, has developed and mapped a first approach to distinguish the degrees of openness of an AI system’s co...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
October 20, 2023
Institute for Technology and Society (ITS) Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
Today, Institute for Technology and Society (ITS) joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance as a new member. ITS’ membership will focus on Brazil and the Global South, facilitating creative and a...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
October 10, 2023
Open Knowledge Foundation joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
Today, the Digital Public Goods Alliance welcomes the Open Knowledge Foundation as our latest member. The mission of the Open Knowledge Foundation is to create a fair, sustainable, and open future, ad...
Author: Digital Public Goods Alliance
