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.

Strengthening Data Systems for Energy Outcomes

Delivering climate and energy outcomes at scale requires strong systems to collect, verify, and act on data. For many countries, however, high costs, technical complexity, and fragmented or missing digital infrastructure limit the ability to mobilise finance, track results, and translate commitments into action.Digital public goods can help address these constraints by providing openly accessible, adaptable tools that countries can adopt and operate themselves. When aligned with privacy and other established best practices, such tools can support both climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Just as importantly, they offer governments greater control, transparency, and long-term confidence in the digital systems underpinning these efforts.One example is Prospect, a platform developed by the Access to Energy Institute in cooperation with GET.invest that collects, harmonises, aggregates, analyses, and visualises data from modern, sustainable energy solutions that expand energy access. By standardising how energy data is captured and verified, Prospect supports more effective planning, financing, and monitoring of energy access programmes. It also reduces the cost and technical burden of measuring and reporting climate-relevant outcomes, including emissions reductions where relevant.In 2025, one of Prospect’s major initiatives was supporting Uganda’s Electricity Access Scale Up Project (EASP)), led by the Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company and primarily funded by the World Bank. The USD 135 million programme was designed to make clean energy technologies more affordable by paying companies based on verified results. Prospect provided the digital foundation for this approach, enabling the collection, verification, and reporting of data needed to track deliveries and trigger payments. Within its first year, more than 80 energy service companies participated, resulting in over 550,000 off-grid solar systems, clean cooking solutions, and productive-use appliances being delivered. By automating data flows and making progress visible at both the project and national level, Prospect reduced transaction costs, improved transparency, and helped accelerate the flow of funding—supporting faster progress toward Uganda’s electrification goals.Since becoming a digital public good in late 2025, early benefits and potential synergies have begun to emerge. DPG recognition has helped open conversations with new governments. It has also helped address growing concerns around digital sovereignty and vendor lock-in—issues that have become increasingly important for countries in the context of shifting global dynamics.Beyond enabling new government engagement, DPG recognition has also helped catalyse collaboration with other digital public goods that share complementary missions and goals, including exploring how these tools can work together with multilateral institutions and philanthropic organisations seeking trusted digital solutions to advance climate action. This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

Open Cities Lab joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is pleased to welcome Open Cities Lab (OCL) as its newest member, with the announcement taking place yesterday during the African Urban Forum, marking an important step forward in advancing locally led, inclusive, and sustainable digital public infrastructure. This milestone reflects a shared commitment to strengthening digital public goods as foundational tools for improving public service delivery, accountability, and civic participation.Open Cities Lab’s membership in the Alliance highlights its role as an implementation focused organisation working across Africa to deploy open, interoperable, and adaptable digital systems. By collaborating directly with governments, practitioners, and civic actors, OCL brings practical experience in ensuring that digital transformation efforts are grounded in real institutional contexts and designed for long term public value.As part of its engagement with the Alliance, Open Cities Lab contributes to the DPGA roadmap through three key areas of work spanning policy and advocacy, capacity building, and technical implementation. These efforts include strengthening African led adoption of digital public infrastructure, supporting local governments to sustainably adopt digital public goods, and developing open source civic infrastructure that enhances transparency and accountability.Together, these activities reflect Open Cities Lab’s broader commitment to advancing DPI that is practical and responsive to local needs. By focusing on implementation and real world application, the organisation contributes to building systems that governments can govern, sustain, and evolve over time.As Joanne Parker, CEO of Open Cities Lab, stated:“Joining the Digital Public Goods Alliance is an important milestone for Open Cities Lab. We believe digital public infrastructure should be open, practical, and grounded in real implementation contexts. Through this membership, we look forward to contributing African implementation experience to the global digital public goods ecosystem and continuing to support governments to build systems they can govern, sustain, and evolve over time”.Highlighting the importance of this collaboration, Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO of the DPGA Secretariat, noted:“Open Cities Lab brings valuable, implementation focused contributions to the Digital Public Goods Alliance. Their work advancing African led DPI adoption, strengthening local government capacity, and building open civic infrastructure reflects the kind of practical, locally grounded approach needed to make digital public goods sustainable”.To learn more about Open Cities Lab 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.

UNESCO joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is pleased to welcome UNESCO as part of its growing global community, marking a step forward in advancing open, inclusive, and resilient knowledge ecosystems worldwide. This milestone reflects a shared commitment to strengthening digital public goods as essential building blocks for equitable access to information and sustainable development.UNESCO’s inclusion in the Digital Public Goods Alliance roadmap brings five of its Open Solutions into focus. These include Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access, Open Data, and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), all of which play a key role in supporting knowledge ecosystems and enhancing information resilience.UNESCO’s roadmap activities emphasise expanding access to knowledge as a public good, supporting equitable participation, and enabling the reuse and adaptation of educational, scientific, and public-interest resources across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts.As Mariya Gabriel, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, stated:“The inclusion of UNESCO’s Open Solutions— Open Educational Resources, Open Access, Open Data and Free and Open Source Software— in the Digital Public Goods Alliance roadmap, underscores our commitment to knowledge as a public good and to multilateral cooperation. Through these open systems, UNESCO supports Member States in expanding access to information and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals”.Highlighting the significance of this collaboration, Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO of the DPGA Secretariat, noted:“Through its Open Solutions, UNESCO is advancing open and inclusive knowledge ecosystems while strengthening the development and adoption of digital public goods that expand access to shared, interoperable resources and enable equitable participation in the digital age”.Through its engagement in the Alliance, UNESCO builds on its global networks and normative expertise to help implement key international frameworks, reinforcing that knowledge and the systems that support it must remain accessible, rights-based, and governed in the public interest.To learn more about UNESCO joining the DPGA, visit their press release.To learn more about the activities they will be undertaking as part of their DPGA membership, visit the Roadmap.

Modernising Child Protection Case Management in Mexico

In Mexico, Child Protection Authorities (CPAs) are responsible for protecting children who experience violence, abuse, or neglect. In 2024, UNICEF and the Federal Child Protection Authority (FCPA) estimated that more than two million children require immediate protection. Meeting need is particularly challenging given significant budget gaps and limited case traceability. Case management practices have historically relied on fragmented, inconsistent paper-based approaches, further constraining coordination. While CPAs manage approximately 260,000 cases each year, actual demand exceeds two million children—underscoring the need for robust, scalable digital systems to improve both coverage and quality of care.To address these challenges, the FCPA and UNICEF Mexico developed the National Case Management Model (MOGEC) to standardise and strengthen child protection procedures nationwide. MOGEC establishes minimum standards, operational steps, and technical criteria to support the implementation of legally mandated processes.To operationalise MOGEC, the Government of Mexico leveraged the flexibility and adaptability of Primero, which was recognised as a digital public good in 2020. Adapting Primero, the platform was configured using the Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS+) to reflect national procedures, and workflows, enabling standardised case registration, real-time monitoring, and improved inter-institutional coordination. Rollout began at the federal level and across eight states, reaching more than 300 trained users and benefiting an estimated 150,000 children directly and indirectly.With technical support from UNICEF, FCPA customised Primero to guide multidisciplinary teams—including psychologists, lawyers, and social workers—on MOGEC processes. Primero became more than a case registry: it supported the adoption of improved workflows, reduced administrative burden, and strengthened decision-making. Users report improved interdisciplinary collaboration through shared case information and analysis. Offline functionality allows teams to manage cases in areas without internet, while automated reporting replaces manual reporting, saving time and improving data quality. Risk-based prioritisation tools further support teams in identifying urgent cases and tracking follow-up actions more effectively.Using a DPG gave government officials in Mexico greater confidence to adopt the platform. DPG recognition signalled alignment with open-source standards and data protection best practices, while supporting interoperability and avoiding vendor lock-in and high licensing costs. It also reinforced national ownership.In 2026, Mexico will host the FIFA World Cup. Authorities will use Primero to identify and refer to child protection risks during the event. The government is also exploring interoperability between Primero and other administrative systems, including registries of children in residential care, victims’ databases, and systems used by health, education, and justice institutions. Together, these efforts aim to create an integrated digital ecosystem that supports more effective protection for children in Mexico.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

Establishing the Foundations of Digital Civil Registration in Somalia

Decades of conflict in Somalia led to the collapse of the national civil registration system, leaving the government with limited population data and citizens without reliable legal identity or proof of civil status. This gap constrained service delivery, social planning, and broader state-building efforts.The initial phase focused on implementing birth and death registration, with a second phase expanding the system to include additional vital events. This phased approach enabled Somalia to reinforce its legal frameworks, develop institutional capacity gradually, and thoughtfully extend the system to encompass additional life events, such as marriage, divorce, and household registration.Each phase involved close collaboration with local partners through co-created workshops to map existing practices, clarify roles and hierarchies, and agree on a pragmatic service model. Early in this co-creation process, residence registration was prioritised as a foundational service, allowing tangible benefits to be realised quickly. Citizens were able to receive official proof of address from the outset, delivering immediate value for both government and citizens: enabling more effective planning for public authorities, and supporting access to services, voting, and dispute resolution for individuals.The initial proof of concept has since evolved into a production deployment of Somalia’s Unified Digital Civil Registration System. Today, OpenCRVS operates in 30 Somali districts and is integrated with 160 hospitals, which play an essential role in registering events such as births at the point of occurrence. To date, the system has facilitated the registration of 28,391 births.OpenCRVS’s collaboration with the Government of Somalia illustrates how digital public goods can enhance state capability in fragile contexts by enabling governments to leapfrog directly to modern, interoperable, and citizen-centred civil registration systems.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

Open Data Editor: Making Data Validation Accessible for All

Communities cannot leverage open data or collaborate effectively if they are unable to share and reuse datasets without friction. Created by the Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Data Editor (ODE) is a desktop application that helps address this gap by enabling user-friendly data validation for people without technical or programming skills. In doing so, organisations can automatically detect errors and clearly identify what needs to be fixed before data is published or used for deeper analysis. Organisations using ODE report saving time and achieving significantly improved data quality, without data-engineering dependencies.Throughout 2025, ODE, which is supported in six languages, was adopted by organisations and governments all around the world. Use cases ranged from data verification by municipal workers in Croatia and Nepal to housing analysis in Argentina, investigative journalism in Mexico, and academic library services in India.Across these contexts, ODE was used by journalists, public servants, students, and peace activists—many with no technical background. By lowering the barrier to using and verifying data, ODE enabled users to consume, produce, and reuse high-quality datasets without requiring deep expertise in data algorithms or standards. This had a direct positive impact on the research and activities they were pursuing, while also generating feedback that flowed back to the ODE core team, enabling continued improvements based on real-world use cases and practical requirements.Recognising the importance of data literacy and in support of the goals that ODE helps advance, the Open Knowledge Foundation’s School of Data delivered targeted training sessions in 2025 to equip trainers to introduce and implement ODE in new communities. Rather than focusing solely on individual users, this approach invested in local trainers who can sustain and extend adoption over time. As a result, an estimated 500 people across all continents were trained to use ODE, helping to embed data literacy and practical data skills across diverse contexts.The evolution of ODE remains closely linked to the needs of the communities that use it, reflecting a deliberate emphasis on informed, community-driven development as a core principle of The Tech We Want. Looking ahead to 2026, expected outcomes include establishing a decentralised governance framework to support project sustainability, translating all documentation and literacy resources into four additional languages, and positioning the School of Data as a multilingual AI literacy hub.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

How Liberia’s DPG-based Inclusive Instant Payments System is Advancing Interoperable Payments

Liberia, home to 5.6 million, has long been a cash-heavy economy. This began to change with the launch of “Pay Na-Na”, the Liberian Inclusive Instant Payments System (IIPS), a modern, real-time interoperable payments platform powered by Mojaloop, a recognised DPG, which is helping to strengthen Liberia’s digital public infrastructure. This was made possible by joint efforts from the Mojaloop Foundation, the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), ThitsaWorks, and The AfricaNenda Foundation.Normally, DPI related payments projects take 12–24 months to implement. However, Liberia’s IIPS, which went live in December 2025, took just 73 days to execute, making it the fastest Mojaloop implementation to date. Notably, the programme was delivered at a fraction of the cost typically seen in comparable payments initiatives in other countries.Immediate changes were evident, as Pay Na-Na transactions immediately hit scale. Additionally, the IIPS enabled mobile money transfers between the country’s two major mobile network operators, helping to advance the CBL’s mission to digitise the national economy and enable interoperability across mobile providers, banks, microfinance institutions, fintechs, and government. The system is also improving the lives of citizens and businesses by enabling fast, reliable, and secure digital transactions that reduce reliance on cash and expand financial inclusion. Government payments, including salaries and social benefits, will become more efficient and transparent; salary processing that previously took seven days can now be done in seconds.While the agility to adapt and implement quickly, as well as lower costs, make DPGs advantageous for DPI implementations, the success of the IIPS implementation was also driven by strong institutional coordination. This was particularly significant given the complex nature of payment systems, as existing, siloed payment platforms often make interoperability difficult. In Liberia’s case, strong participation from the CBL played a critical role in navigating challenges and aligning stakeholders around an interoperable national system.Another added value of this implementation was the opportunity to work with a systems integrator, ThitsaWorks, which had prior experience implementing Mojaloop in Myanmar, where it served as a local partner. Building on that experience, ThitsaWorks is now helping to lead Mojaloop implementations in four additional countries, including Liberia. In each case, the approach goes beyond delivery. Local partners, working with the system integrator, are equipped not only to implement the system, but also to operate and maintain it over time—and, in some cases, to become future systems integrators themselves. This experience helps demonstrate how implementing DPGs can serve as a pathway for building local capacity, rather than short-term technical dependency.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

Safeguarding Land Information as a Digital Public Good

Access to information is fundamental to good land governance and to securing land rights for landless and vulnerable people. Yet land-related data and knowledge often remain fragmented, inaccessible, or unevenly represented.The Land Portal makes land information open, accessible, and inclusive. As a global hub for land governance knowledge, it empowers communities by making previously inaccessible data available and bringing forward perspectives that are often overlooked. It does so by improving the documentation, mapping, and monitoring of land governance issues. The Land Portal works to democratise the land information ecosystem, strengthen data flows across all levels and perspectives, and support evidence-based global debate on land issues.The Land Portal’s ability to adapt quickly was tested in 2025, when the US government closed down USAID’s LandLinks Library platform in February. The LandLinks Library was the US government’s flagship channel for land information, comprising analytical reports, policy briefs, evaluations, learning notes, and technical guidance developed over two decades of USAID land and resource governance programmes. Together, these resources captured the evolution of thinking on how secure land and resource rights underpin inclusive growth, social stability, and environmental sustainability.As it became clear that the platform would go offline, stakeholders raised concerns about the loss of access to these materials for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers worldwide. In response, the Land Portal team moved quickly in the days before the shutdown to migrate and preserve the collection. This rapid response underscores the Land Portal’s mission and one of the practical benefits of operating as a digital public good: the ability to act decisively to preserve open access to critical information in the public interest.This achievement came shortly after the Land Portal was officially recognised as a digital public good, confirming its role in maintaining open, rights-based, and equitable digital knowledge systems that can endure institutional and political change.Today, the LandLinks Library is live on the Land Portal, where users can explore, cite, and reuse its resources to inform programmes, policies, and research on land and resource governance around the world.This experience also highlighted that openness alone is insufficient. For this reason, the Land Portal is committed to the DPG Standard and to registering additional core assets in the near future—such as LANDVOC, SOLIndex, and the Land Portal Knowledge Graph—as DPGs, to safeguard the durability, continued operation, and reuse of land information as a public good.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

LaSuite Docs at the French Presidency: How Digital Public Goods Enable Adaptable Public-Sector Systems

Across public institutions, teams working on sensitive policy and data often struggle with fragmented document management systems that undermine collaboration, security, and efficiency. Within this context, the French Presidency’s DataLab faced persistent challenges in how documents were created, shared, and maintained. Version control was difficult, documents quickly became outdated, and reliance on email-based workflows slowed collaboration. These issues increased risks to data integrity and delayed decision-making, while strict security requirements and complex workflows underscored the need for a secure, autonomous, and collaborative digital workspace.In 2025, the DataLab adopted LaSuite Docs, a containerised document editor recognised as a digital public good, as part of its broader digital transformation strategy. The tool was deployed using Podman, a secure container system required by the DataLab that allows applications to run within its own infrastructure rather than on external cloud services.Its open codebase and documentation made it straightforward to adapt to the Presidency’s context. The DataLab customised the interface to align with its visual identity and integrated the tool into existing security and networking systems, without introducing new infrastructure. Limited configuration changes—such as proxy settings and backup arrangements—met the required operational and security standards, enabling a smooth rollout.LaSuite Docs was selected for its alignment with the Presidency’s vision of a unified digital workspace. It complemented other LaSuite tools already in use, such as Grist, and fits within a broader ecosystem expected to expand to include LaSuite Drive, which is also a DPG. This harmonisation was key to eliminating silos and fostering a more collaborative way of working.Following deployment, LaSuite Docs was rapidly adopted by presidential teams. Real-time collaboration replaced email-based workflows, reducing version conflicts and enabling simultaneous editing. The intuitive interface meant little training was required, while integration with the DataLab’s self-hosted AI assistant, MarIAnne, supported day-to-day work. Teams reported improved efficiency, with improved real-time collaboration, and access managed securely, making the tool accessible regardless of technical expertise.LaSuite Docs demonstrated the practical advantages of adopting a DPG in a high-security environment. Its open-source design enabled transparency, adaptability, and cost efficiency, while autonomous deployment and interoperability with other LaSuite tools supported the Presidency’s objectives around digital sovereignty and institutional control. Together, this experience illustrates how DPGs can deliver secure, collaborative, and sovereign digital solutions at scale and strengthen public-sector workflows.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

When 40+ Organisations Build Life-Saving Community Health Technology Together

An estimated 4.5 billion people lack access to quality healthcare. Fragmented systems and paper-based records contribute to misdiagnoses, medicine shortages, and opportunities to detect and respond to disease outbreaks early.For those who do have access to care, it is often delivered by the world’s four million community health workers (CHWs). CHWs play a pivotal role in strengthening health systems and have been directly linked to reductions of up to 60% in child and maternal mortality. Yet many remain disconnected and under-supported, relying on expensive, proprietary digital tools that they cannot adapt, own, or maintain.Community Health Toolkit (CHT) was created to solve this. CHT is free to use, modify, and scale, giving implementers full ownership and control. For over 15 years, the CHT has been adopted as national health infrastructure by seven governments and international organisations collectively serving 200,000 health workers across 24 countries and providing essential care to an estimated 88 million people.Worldwide, CHT connects remote and underserved communities to vital services. Applications built using CHT transform household-level care delivered by CHWs, supporting digitally-enhanced direct services across maternal and child health, HIV, Malaria, tuberculosis, cancer, and diabetes. In practice, this means proactive pregnancy monitoring, timely immunisations for children, disease surveillance and response, and coordinated care for families. In 2025, the CHT Community proved that DPGs thrive through co-creation. More than 40 organisations didn’t just use the technology—by contributing to it, they actively built and co-evolved it, showing that when DPGs are genuinely community-owned, innovation accelerates and each contribution amplifies everyone’s impact. Teams collaborated to develop smarter task prioritisation, helping CHWs better serve community needs. Others developed Single Sign-On capabilities for seamless, secure access across systems. Partners implemented Right-to-Left language support and Arabic translations, expanding the CHT to North Africa and the Middle East.Being open source plays a foundational role in CHT’s success. Transparent code enables organisations to self-onboard, customise independently, and fix bugs. Volunteers have helped strengthen the platform’s code and stability through dozens of improvements. Interoperability standards enable seamless integration with other DPGs like DHIS2 and openIMIS.When communities grow, when more voices shape technology, we can reach open-source at scale, proving that collective ownership creates exponential impact and makes community-led digital health the sustainable path forward.This content is part of the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in early February 2025. Learn more about the Alliance’s latest community highlights and explore the full report here.

The 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem

2025 was a year of significant growth for the DPG ecosystem. With over 220 DPGs verified and the DPGA reaching 50 members, the ecosystem reached a new scale—demonstrating that shared, open approaches can remain resilient and effective even as geopolitical uncertainty, funding pressures, and digital divides intensify.Amid this rapidly shifting global landscape, the DPG ecosystem showed that collaboration remains not only possible, but powerful. The 2025 State of the DPG Ecosystem Report captures this momentum, offering both a celebration of progress and a forward-looking view of how DPGs can help sustain pace and impact. Over the past year, the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat, Members, and DPG product owners worked side by side to strengthen the foundations of the ecosystem and advance collective action. From advancing the Calls for Collaborative Action, to deepening cooperation through initiatives such as the 50-in-5 campaign, and the DPG4DPI and upcoming DPGs for Climate Actions Collections, 2025 demonstrated what coordinated, open approaches can achieve. These efforts were visible not only through DPG adoption and implementations but also on global stages—from the UN General Assembly and the Internet Governance Forum to COP30—where DPGs featured prominently in discussions on digital transformation, climate action, and digital public infrastructure.The report is also an invitation. In the lead-up to its publication, all activities on the DPGA Roadmap were updated or renewed, offering the most current view of how members are advancing digital public goods worldwide. As a result, the report provides a timely snapshot of major initiatives underway, recent achievements, and emerging priorities—making it a valuable entry point for anyone looking to understand where the ecosystem is headed and where collaboration opportunities lie.This year’s report also features eight DPG Spotlights. These spotlights bring the ecosystem to life, illustrating how open, reusable solutions are being adapted and deployed in real-world contexts to address pressing challenges and the conditions needed for DPGs to thrive.While there is much to celebrate, the report also outlines the significant work that remains. Sustaining and scaling DPGs will require deeper cooperation, new financing and governance models, and continued commitment across sectors. It will also require clearer identification of where DPGs can play a decisive role in emerging and evolving areas—such as AI and the need to move beyond today’s social media platforms toward truly social technologies that serve the public interest. Looking ahead to 2026, the message is both simple and urgent: progress depends on working together, building on shared foundations, and keeping collaboration at the centre of digital transformation efforts.The 2025 State of the DPG Ecosystem Report is both a reflection on a pivotal year and a call to engage more closely in the one to come. Read the report to understand the progress made, the work still to be done, and how collaboration can continue to shape the future of digital public goods.

Co-Develop Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is pleased to welcome Co-Develop as its newest member, marking a step forward in advancing safe, inclusive, and interoperable digital public infrastructure (DPI) globally. Announced during the DPGA Annual Members Meeting in Brasília, Brazil, Co-Develop’s membership strengthens the global movement to scale digital public goods as critical foundations for equitable digital transformation.As part of the DPGA’s 2025 Roadmap, Co-Develop will focus on four key work streams:Accelerating DPG adoption at country level with targeted support for a variety of solutions including MOSIP, Mojaloop, Mifos, OpenCRVS, OpenFn, OpenSPP, and DIGIT.Championing the DPI Safeguards Framework by supporting the development and implementation of comprehensive policy safeguards that address governance, design, deployment, and use of DPI.Co-leading the 50-in-5 campaign alongside the Digital Public Goods Alliance by engaging countries, organising peer learning exchanges, and providing support to 50 countries seeking to deploy safe, inclusive, and interoperable DPI by 2028.Expanding domain-specific DPG solutions by identifying and supporting DPGs relevant to DPI that address sector-specific challenges in agriculture, climate, and health."Digital public goods play a critical role for countries seeking a robust and rapid approach to deploying digital public infrastructure", said Tim Wood, Chief Partnerships Officer at Co-Develop. "By joining the DPGA, we are emphasizing Co-Develop’s commitment to help counties identify pathways to leapfrog traditional development trajectories using proven, open-source technologies."“Co-Develop’s membership to the DPGA will significantly strengthen the use and understanding of digital public goods for digital public infrastructure. Their co-coordination of the 50-in-5 campaign, deep country engagement, and commitment to safe, inclusive, and interoperable digital public infrastructure directly advances our shared mission to empower governments with DPGs they can trust and adapt to meet their contextual needs.” Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO, DPGA Secretariat.To learn more about Co-Develop joining the DPGA, visit their blog.To learn more about the activities they will be undertaking as part of their DPGA membership, visit the Roadmap.

Mozilla Joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is pleased to welcome Mozilla as its newest member. A global advocate for open-source and trustworthy technology, Mozilla, by joining the DPGA, will help strengthen shared efforts to ensure that technology serves the public interest and advances the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Mozilla’s commitment to openness is well established through initiatives such as Common Voice, whose multilingual and inclusive dataset is recognised as a digital public good that teaches machines how real people speak. The organisation also plays a leading role in advancing open-source AI and shaping policies that promote transparency, interoperability, and human-centred innovation.As part of the DPGA’s 2025 Roadmap, Mozilla will focus on three key work streams:Promoting DPGs in the Open-Source Ecosystem: Mozilla will keep advocating, engaging on policy, and publishing research to strengthen conditions and funding for open-source, public-interest technology—especially in AI.DPGs and Digital Commons: Mozilla maintains key open-source projects (e.g., Common Voice, Firefox, Thunderbird) and backs open-source AI through product work (including Mozilla.ai) and Mozilla Ventures.Funding Open Source & Public-Interest Technology: Building on its roots, Mozilla will continue funding open-source tools that address complex socio-technical issues, launching an incubator in late 2025 to help community projects achieve long-term sustainability.“Open-source AI and open data aren’t just about tech,” said Mark Surman, President of Mozilla. “They’re about access to technology and progress for people everywhere. As a double bottom line, mission-driven enterprise, Mozilla is proud to be part of the DPGA and excited to work toward our joint mission of advancing open-source, trustworthy technology that puts people first.”“I am thrilled to welcome Mozilla as an official member of the DPGA. Mozilla has long played a pivotal role in the history and momentum of the open-source movement, demonstrating that mission-driven open-source software can be world-class and competitive while stewarding a truly free and open web. This aligns deeply with the premise of digital public goods and the purpose of the DPGA — a natural fit, and we are delighted to have them join us.” Lucy Harris, COO, DPGA Secretariat To learn more about Mozilla joining the DPGA, visit their blog.To learn more about the activities they will be undertaking as part of their DPGA membership, visit the Roadmap.

Brazil, Cambodia, France, and South Africa Join the DPGA During the 50-in-5 Milestone Event at UNGA 80

Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO of the Digital Public Goods Alliance; Chea Sereyvath, Secretary General of the Digital Government Committee, Cambodia; and Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, France, during the announcement that both countries have joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA). Photo: Anthony Randazzo