Improving services, empowering people
There is a growing movement to improve government services and spur innovation using digital public goods. This work is meant to improve outcomes of investments in digital public infrastructure to empower people and improve societies at large. This is too big for anyone to do alone.
Stay InformedThe Charter for Digital Public Goods (DPG Charter) is contributing to a future in which all countries and regions can build the foundational digital public infrastructure and data systems needed to provide safe, trustworthy and inclusive public and private services at scale. If we are successful, in the long-run, this infrastructure will empower people and communities, spark private sector innovation, and facilitate cross-border collaboration to address urgent global challenges such as hunger, pandemics and climate change.
The DPG Charter is a multi-stakeholder campaign to align and mobilize diverse stakeholders and initiatives around a compelling shared vision for digital public goods (open-source technologies designed for the public good) and their role in driving safe, trusted and inclusive digital public infrastructure at scale. The DPG Charter is an opportunity to align action and to celebrate how the public and private sectors, including the United Nations, are working together to accelerate the ability of countries to use technology to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In 2022, the DPG Charter vision and commitment framework were finalized, informed by consultations with 100+ individuals working in 20+ countries. These consultations informed the scope and substance of the DPG Charter and identified a number of focus areas and potential gaps that can be addressed through collective action, improving the current and future state of digital public infrastructure.
These efforts are in line with the ambitious digital cooperation agenda championed by the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, and the activities of the Global Digital Compact.
The DPG Charter campaign is catalyzing new ideas and raising awareness to expand safe, inclusive, and open digital public infrastructure.
The DPG Charter is now seeking endorsements from government, the private sector, and organizations committed to this vision.
Why endorse the DPG Charter?
Gain high-level visibility of your entity’s dedication to advancing digital public infrastructure, particularly through improving the market for digital public goods.
Access a unique network for collaboration to advance our shared agenda. The DPG Charter prioritizes quality over quantity when seeking endorsements and commitments. When organizations endorse, they gain access to a right-sized network of peers who can provide informal advice and opportunities for formal collaboration.
Accelerate the global movement towards safe, trusted, and inclusive digital infrastructure. Building the global communities necessary to design, govern, and implement digital public goods over time are Herculean feats. They require challenging the status quo, and collaborating on new levels. By joining this movement, your entity is signaling its dedication towards helping to create a digital future that benefits all of society.
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) and the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) are co-leading the DPG Charter process. The DPG Charter is also supported by USAID, FCDO, UNDP, and UNICEF.
26 - 28 April, 2023
The DPG Charter will host a headline event to celebrate DPG Charter endorsements and the impact of their commitment towards achieving our shared vision. The Transform Africa Summit is Africa’s leading annual forum bringing together global and regional leaders from government, business and international organizations to collaborate on new ways of shaping, accelerating and sustaining Africa’s digital revolution.
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