Digital public goods and digital public infrastructure
GDC Objective 1: Close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals
Digital public goods and digital public infrastructure
17 (a) Develop, disseminate and maintain, through multi-stakeholder cooperation, safe and secure open-source software, open data, open artificial intelligence models and open standards that benefit society as a whole;
- UNICEF role as a DPGA Board Member
- UNICEF support to DPGA Agenda, DPG Registry, DPG Standard, and DPG Communities of Practice
- UNJSPF Co-Leading the Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain Assurance and Standardization in the Internet Governance Forum
- UNJSPF Participating in the Best Practices Forum in Cybersecurity of the Internet Governance Forum
17 (c) Develop and decide on a set of safeguards for inclusive, responsible, safe, secure and user-centred digital public infrastructure that can be implemented in different contexts;
- UNJSPF Co-Leading the Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain Assurance and Standardization in the Internet Governance Forum
- UNJSPF Participating in the Best Practices Forum in Cybersecurity of the Internet Governance Forum
17 (d) Exchange and make publicly available best practices and use cases of
digital public infrastructure to inform Governments, the private sector and other
stakeholders, building on existing United Nations and other repositories;
- UNDP work with India G20 Presidency on DPI including DPI Playbook
- UNJSPF Collaboration with Non-for-Profit professional associations (i.e., Government Blockchain Association, and International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications)
- UPU (https://connect.post/)
- UNICEF role as a DPGA Board Member
- UNICEF support to DPGA Agenda, DPG Registry, DPG Standard, and DPG Communities of Practice
17 (e) Increase investment and funding towards the development of digital public goods and digital public infrastructure, especially in developing countries;
17 (f) Encourage the formation of partnerships that bring together Governments, the private sector, civil society, technical and academic communities and international and regional organizations to design, launch and support initiatives that leverage digital public goods and digital public infrastructure to advance solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 17).
- UNJSPF Co-Leading the Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain Assurance and Standardization in the Internet Governance Forum
- UNICEF work with UNU, governments, local universities on DPG electives and curricula