CALLS FOR COLLABORATIVE ACTION
Digital public goods are inherently collaborative technologies that can be jointly built and allow others to build on top and adapt them for their unique contextual needs. However, to maximise their potential to foster innovation, transform lives, facilitate sustainable development, and strengthen economies on a global scale, action from both countries and organisations is needed.
Discussions with experts in digital public infrastructure, climate action, and public interest AI have underscored the need for coordinated, multi-stakeholder action in order to support digital public goods. For this reason, in 2025, the DPGA Secretariat launched its first-ever set of Calls for Collaborative Action. These calls are designed to galvanize support and signal to stakeholders actions they can take to contribute to the success of digital public goods in highly impactful areas.
LOOKING AHEAD
The DPGA Secretariat is currently convening meetings with stakeholders that have signalled an interest in contributing to each of the calls. These meetings will help us define the precise actions that those interested in supporting a Call for Collaborative Action can take. The DPGA Secretariat encourages DPGA members, DPG product owners, and other stakeholders that are well placed to contribute to participate.
In Q2 of 2025, this site will evolve into a place where stakeholders can learn about the actions various stakeholders are undertaking to support these calls. Stay tuned for updates. Please reach out at hello@digitalpublicgoods.net if you have any questions or suggestions on ways to contribute.
OPEN-SOURCE FIRST POLICIES, PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORKS
We call for governments and organisations to create, use, and support open-source first policies, principles, and frameworks, and to share them openly along with learnings and best practices on how to develop, adopt, and implement them.
OPEN DATA FOR PUBLIC INTEREST AI
We call for DPGs that can make identifying, preparing, sharing, and using higher-quality open training data easier, particularly for the following use cases:
- Development of language models that address language gaps in AI development.
- Solutions for public service delivery.
- Research based climate action (monitoring, mitigation, adaptation).
DPG4DPI FINANCING
We call for 250 million USD in financing so that DPGs that enable the implementation of safe, inclusive and interoperable digital public infrastructure can be supported until 2030.
DPGs FOR CLIMATE ACTION
We call for cost-effective and scalable DPGs to help diverse groups of stakeholders monitor, mitigate, and adapt to climate change and its impacts.