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Digital Public Infrastructure Governance

At this very moment, Digital Public Infrastructure is being actively deployed across the globe. Alongside governments, there is a public-interest ecosystem of stakeholders: CSOs, the media, and legal stakeholders, who play a critical role in shaping its design and deployment. This platform helps you access and learn from other public-interest actors involved in shaping the governance of DPI globally and regionally

Why this, why now?

Public interest actors, especially media organisations, rights advocacy organisations and other civil society organisations (CSOs) play a critical role in the design and deployment of digital public infrastructure. Yet, their pathways to engage with the DPI design process have often been riddled with capacity constraints and a missing enabling environment that engages with their contributions.

Recognizing that the role of these organisations can be catalytic for DPI governance, but is often overlooked, this initiative empowers subject matter experts and network leaders to shape DPI’s design and deployment by investing in the capacity of public-interest actors

Key resources

DPI stands for Digital Public Infrastructure.

DPI is accepted to be society-wide, digital capabilities that are essential to participation in society and markets as a citizen, entrepreneur, and consumer in a digital era. However, there are nuances.

Simply put, DPI governance refers to the measures taken by the institution responsible for an infrastructure development throughout its lifecycle to ensure trust, safety, and inclusion

Concepts such as interoperability, encryption, unobservability have critical governance tradeoffs in the design of DPI but can be challenging to understand.

Regardless of your role in a country’s DPI ecosystem, missions like DPI Safeguards and the Open Government Partnership can help you shape safe and inclusive DPI in your country

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LearnDPIgovernance is a community resource, built by a collaborative of partners who are subject matter experts and network leaders.  Click through to access their contributions, reach out directly to access their expertise, or get in touch with us to join this community

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