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Summary of country meeting – Advancing safe, inclusive and equitable Digital Public Infrastructure for all – convened by OECD and the DPGA in support of G20

Data is becoming a key driver of economic vitality with demonstrated potential to serve the public good. It can play a key role in the fulfillment of human rights, including child rights, and attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the lack of timely and reliable access to quality data is a barrier towards […]

DPGA Co-Lead Liv Marte Nordhaug has penned an article in the OECD’s Development Matters about what lessons we can learn from India in the process of improving our digital public infrastructure.

Today, we share more about Bangladesh’s actions related to advancing digital public goods at home and sharing best practices by building and maintaining new software DPGs, advocating for DPGs, and facilitating collaboration.

On 1 June 2022, high-level representatives from governments, the philanthropic sector and international organisations came together to express their commitments to increased collaboration on digital development and digital public goods. Read more about their commitments here.

Countries all over the world are already leveraging open source to build foundational DPI. This case study highlights the efforts of the Government of Uganda and specifically showcases their use of open source technology to build UGHub, a data integration platform that has facilitated the improvement of services government wide.

In 2021, DPGA GovStack Community of Practice convened to identify and support the advancement of DPGs relevant to a “whole of government digital transformation approach”, or GovStack. First, they aligned on key definitions and relationships between terms and concepts that are relevant to the GovStack, namely: digital public infrastructure, building blocks, and digital public goods.

The DPGA is excited to work with the eGov Foundation on their DPG work including DIGIT, DISHHA, iFIX, DIVOC, and more over the coming year.

The third blog in our DPG financing series focuses on how funding the DPG ecosystem can ultimately enable countries to drive their own digital transformation. In particular, the merits of helping finance academic hubs that can cultivate and foster country and regional expertise as well as incentivising local vendor capacity.