Digital Public Goods Alliance 5 Year Strategy (2021-2026)

The Secretariat of the Digital Public Goods Alliance is co-hosted by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and UNICEF and governed by an Interim Strategy Group consisting of: iSPIRT; The Government of Norway; The Government of Sierra Leone; and UNICEF. [...] The DPGA was founded by four 1B Champions: The Government of Norway; The Government of Sierra Leone; The Indian Software Product Industry RoundTable iSPIRT; and UNICEF, to accelerate the attainment of the sustainable development goals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods (DPGs). [...] In the 2020 Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, the UN Secretary-General welcomed the formation of the DPGA and asked the DPGA to continue to work closely with other emerging digital public goods initiatives. [...] 15 Digital Public Goods Alliance 5 Year Strategy ● The DPGA stakeholder community includes the co-founders and other stakeholders contributing to the DPGA’s vision and strategic objectives in respective areas of strength, and in alignment with the DPG Standard and definition. [...] The Secretariat also leads the creation and maintenance of foundational components of and for the DPG ecosystem, such as joint advocacy, the DPG Standard and Registry, and Communities of Practice.