Reflections from the 2025 Annual Members Meeting in Brasília

Last week, the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) concluded its fourth Annual Members Meeting (AMM)— its first ever in South America—with three energising days of collaboration, shared learning, and collective momentum. Taking place in Brasília and held in partnership with the Government of Brazil, represented by the Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), the Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos, and DATAPREV, this year’s AMM served as a capstone to 2025’s steady global progress and growing interest in digital public goods.Over the course of this year’s Annual Members Meeting, more than a hundred representatives from DPGA member organisations - including country governments, in addition to digital public good (DPG) product owners, explored how DPGs can help countries and development partners, including multilateral development banks and UN-agencies, navigate geopolitical and technological shifts while delivering real benefits for people’s lives and for the planet. It also served as an opportunity to welcome Co-Develop, co-coordinator of the 50-in-5 campaign, as the newest member of the DPGA.This year’s AMM reflected how far the DPGA has come, and the role it is increasingly poised to play amid rapid advances in technology and significant geopolitical change.The gathering opened with reflections on key achievements from the past year, including:Growth and maturity across the DPG ecosystem, seen through continued expansion of the DPG Registry—now with well over 200 verified digital public goods—and increased collaboration among DPGs themselves, demonstrating how open, interoperable digital solutions can drive scale and impact.Strengthened global alignment, with DPGs front and centre at major convenings including COP30, UN Open Source Week, the Internet Governance Forum in Norway, and the annual 50-in-5 Milestone Event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Continued advances in understanding how DPGs can be used for DPI implementation, including the launch of the DPG4DPI Collection, which is already helping countries more easily identify DPGs that enable safe, inclusive, and interoperable DPI.Significant progress on climate, marked by a new framework to identify DPGs for climate action and Brazil’s announcement of a newly shared open-source module derived from its Rural Environmental Registry (RER).Strengthening efforts to sustain DPGs, with growing alignment on the need for upstream maintenance, flexible financing, and stronger contribution pathways to ensure that governments and partners can adopt, adapt, and maintain DPGs over time.Together, these achievements created a strong foundation for workshops and roundtable discussions that unfolded in Brasília.“We believe that open technologies and global digital governance contribute to better governments, but also to stronger democracies and enhanced sovereignty. These joint activities and collective sharing really embody that spirit. Let us all work together in that direction to promote inclusive and sustainable development, powered by open technology strategies.” - Cristina Kiomi Mori - Vice Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Government of Brazil

The Government of Nigeria has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance!

The Government of Nigeria has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance! As a new member, the country will work to integrate digital public goods into its government services, foster public-private partnerships, and build local capacity through initiatives like 3MTT and DevsInGovernment.Nigeria also plans to develop a national playbook to standardise and scale the adoption of digital public goods such as OpenCRVS, DHIS2, and KoboToolbox across government agencies and states, ensuring that innovation is transparent, interoperable, and globally connected.“Nigeria’s membership of the Digital Public Goods Alliance reinforces our commitment to building an open, inclusive, and collaborative digital ecosystem that empowers our people and drives sustainable growth,” said Dr. Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy. “Through this partnership, Nigeria is not only participating in a global movement, but also contributing homegrown solutions that reflect our leadership in shaping the future of digital transformation in Africa.”“Nigeria’s embrace of digital public goods demonstrates global leadership in driving inclusive and sustainable digital transformation”, said Liv Marte Nordhaug, Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat. “By embedding digital public goods into policy and capacity building, the country strengthens its digital infrastructure while improving service delivery in critical sectors like education and health.”The announcement was made during the DPI Cooperation in Motion 50-in-5 Milestone Event, held alongside the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City.Click here to learn more about Nigeria’s commitment to advancing the country’s DPI framework through Digital Public Goods Alliance membership, including reading their full announcement.Visit the Digital Public Goods Alliance Roadmap to learn more about Nigeria’s efforts to support digital public goods.

UNICC has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance!

UNICC has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance! The announcement happened during the UN Open Source Week side event “Accelerate SDG Impact, Scaling Open Source”, with Lucy Harris, COO, DPGA Secretariat; Emily Bennett, Head of Digital Public Solutions, UNICC; and Anish Sethi, Chief, Digital Solutions Centre, UNICC.As a member of the DPGA, The United Nations International Computing Centre marked a strategic step forward in its mission to enable inclusive and sustainable digital transformation across the UN system, other international organisations, and governments.“Joining the DPGA is a natural extension of our mission to support the United Nations’ digital transformation journey. Our technical and strategic contributions can help ensure that digital public goods are developed and deployed in a way that reflects the values, needs, and standards of the UN system.” said Sameer Chauhan, Director, UNICC.“We are proud to welcome UNICC to the DPGA. Their membership not only supports the United Nations’ digital transformation journey but also strengthens the DPG ecosystem by contributing potential new solutions to the DPG Registry. Beyond advocating for open, scalable solutions across the UN system, UNICC helps expand the adoption of DPGs where they’re needed most, ultimately accelerating digital cooperation efforts to achieve the SDGs.”, added Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO, Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat.

An Invitation to Contribute to Digital Public Goods During Hacktoberfest

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...