June 18, 2025
UNICC has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance!
Author: Carol Matos
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.
Through their membership to the DPGA, UNICC will undertake the following roadmap activities:
- Assessment of UNICC digital products for DPG Registry nomination: UNICC will assess its portfolio of digital solutions for potential inclusion in the DPG registry, ensuring compliance with open standards, accessibility, and interoperability.
- Institutional Advocacy and Capacity Building: UNICC will promote the DPG Standard and raise awareness internally and among its partners and clients, including UN agencies, other international organizations, and Member States. UNICC will promote the value of open-source, vendor-neutral, and scalable solutions.
- Accelerating DPG testing, production, and deployment: UNICC will facilitate rapid testing and deployment of DPGs through developing open-source hosting platforms, neutral sandbox environments, and digital solutions reference implementations. These efforts aim to reduce deployment time, support government digital transformation, and promote shared digital building blocks.
Click here to learn more about UNICC’s commitment to advancing the United Nations’ digital transformation through DPGA membership, including reading their full announcement.
Visit the DPGA’s Roadmap to learn more about UNICC’s efforts to support digital public goods.
