Recently, #QGIS has been officially recognized as a Digital Public Good ( #DPG ) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance. With colleague @mrak we agreed it would be great to support projects we use in our research by proposing them to the #DPGA.
I always used the Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (#ISIS) developed from more than 30 years by the #USGS Astrogeology Science Center and developed/distributed as FOSS. It would be a first good candidate!
Other suggestions?
Social media platforms have become central infrastructure for #CivicLife, #PublicDebate, and elections, yet they were never designed to support trust or democratic deliberation.
In a new blog, Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO of the #DPGA Secretariat, outlines how #SocialTechnology and #DigitalPublicGoods can help countries reclaim healthier digital public spaces.
Read more:
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/blog/cutting-the-gordian-knot-of-social-media
🚀 Starting 2026 with strong momentum! We’re moving at full speed, with exciting updates coming in Q1.
To close out 2025, we shared two connected blogs on a core DPG question: how to ensure digital public goods are sustained, not just adopted.
📝 Max Kintisch on why long-term impact depends on contributing back to the core:
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/blog/how-do-we-ensure-dpgs-are-not-just-adopted-but-sustained
📝 Liv Marte Nordhaug on the DPG for DPI Financing Call and growing funder engagement:
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/blog/dpg4dpi-financing-update
https://www.campact.de/blog/2025/04/klima-digitales-koalitionsvertrag/
Mai:
#KI randaliert im Netz – #Admins halten dagegen
https://www.campact.de/blog/2025/05/ki-randaliert-im-netz-admins-halten-dagegen/ #FediAdmins #SysAdmins
Juni:
#Mastodon von der @dpgalliance als digitales öffentliches Gut anerkannt #DPGA
https://www.campact.de/blog/2025/06/mastodon-ist-als-digitales-oeffentliches-gut-anerkannt/
3/5
Across workshops, roundtables, the #DPGFair, and regional meetups, one theme was clear at the #DPGA #AMM25 : #DPGs are becoming essential not only to the delivery of services, but also to safeguarding trust, resilience, and equitable access in an increasingly complex digital era.
Watch the overview video: https://youtu.be/IVUgENsTl44
🇧🇷 Last week, the #DPGA wrapped up its 4th Annual Members Meeting #AMM25, hosted alongside the Government of Brazil, the gathering brought together 100+ representatives from governments, #DPG product teams, multilateral partners, and #UNagencies.
To learn more, read the blog: https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/blog/reflections-from-the-2025-annual-members-meeting-in-brasilia
Wikidata 13 週年慶前夕，Wikidata 被正式認可為「數位公共財 (Digital Public Good)」！這不只是榮耀，更是對其全球影響力的肯定。
Wikidata 最近獲得聯合國「 #數位公共財聯盟 」（ #DPGA ）的認證，成為全球少數被列為「 #數位公共財」的開放資料平台之一。這項認可不僅彰顯 Wikidata 在開放知識生態中的核心地位，也強調它在促進資訊平權、語言多樣性與數位包容性方面的貢獻。
🌐 全球共筆，人人可用
Wikidata 是一個由社群共同維護的知識庫、結構化資料庫，支援超過 400 種語言，讓來自不同文化背景的人都能參與、使用與貢獻資料。臺灣社群也致力推動 Wikidata 收錄臺灣國家語言，目前已經可收錄超過 20 種臺灣國家語言，並持續推動平埔原住民語的欄位建置與收錄。
📊 資料驅動的未來
許多開放原始碼工具、政府資料平台、AI模型與教育資源都仰賴 Wikidata 提供的結構化知識，同時 Wikidata 也是完全符合「開放資料五顆星」的開放資料平台。
🤝 促進數位公平與包容
Wikidata 的開放性與語言多樣性，讓全球南方、少數語言社群也能在數位空間中發聲，打破資訊壟斷。
🎉 臺灣社群的角色不可或缺
臺灣的編者與開發者長期參與 Wikidata 的建設，從本土文化、歷史到語言資料的整理，都是全球知識網絡的一部分。Wikidata Taiwan 社群持續推動 Wikidata 中收錄臺灣主題資料，目前已經新增超過十萬筆資料在 Wikidata 中。
這次的認證不只是對 Wikidata 的肯定，也是對全球社群努力的讚賞。讓我們一起推廣這個屬於大家的知識寶庫，讓更多人認識、參與、使用 Wikidata！
Wikidata 獲得 Digital Public Good 認證的完整報導：https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wikidata-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/
歡迎分享這則貼文，並標註 #Wikidata #DigitalPublicGood
🌍 Last week in NYC, the #DPICooperationInMotion #50in5 milestone event marked big progress for safe, inclusive & interoperable #DPI
Convened by the #DPGA at #UNGA80, global leaders reaffirmed openness as the foundation of digital transformation. ✨
✔️ New #50in5 countries + new @dpgalliance members
✔️ Regional spotlights on West Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, East Africa
✔️ Launch of DPI Safeguards Accelerator + global DPI learning exchange
🎥 Watch the recap video: https://youtu.be/AUlagutTs3k
🌎 Latin America is advancing toward interoperable #DigitalID, ensuring that citizens can access services across borders with the same trust as physical IDs. Uruguay, a #50in5 and #DPGA member, is leading efforts to build interoperable hashtag digital identity systems across the region.
Read the blog from Juan Pablo García Cairello from AGESIC, highlighting Uruguay’s pioneering role in fostering cross-border trust and collaboration, in partnership with #RedGealc
https://50in5.net/building-trust-across-borders-latin-americas-path-to-interoperable-digital-id/
I just found #DPGA s new website on "Calls for Collaborative Action". They want to to galvanise support for global "digital public goods" in four key areas: Open-Source First Policies, Principles and Frameworks; Open Data for Public Interest AI; DPG4DPI Financing; and DPGs for Climate Action. I am curious how the planned knowledge exchange will look like. https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/calls-for-collaborative-action
UN-endorsed Digital Public Goods Alliance has added #Wikipedia to its registry of FOSS, data, tech, etc. that serves the public good.
Wikipedia Recognized as a Digital Public Good https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/02/12/wikipedia-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/ #DPGA #OpenKnowledge #wikimedia
#QGIS was recognized as Digital Public Good by #dpga – Read more here: QGIS.org blog
https://blog.qgis.org/2025/02/08/qgis-recognized-as-digital-public-good/
I'll be at the #DPGA stand tomorrow at #fosdem to showcase IASO (https://www.openiaso.com/) and OpenHEXA (https://www.bluesquarehub.com/openhexa/).
@openstreetmap
I've been reading up on the #DPGA Digital Public Good Alliance from the UN. It all sounds good but I was hoping for a section on how they were going to "fund a wing" of the internet archive and offer some servers to store the code and data releases.
They talk a lot about support for registry and icons but we need servers and GB too.
@openstreetmap
this kind of good news gets lost these days. congrats to #OSM.
The #DPGA https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/
is an interesting list of resources.
Not clear yet what the concrete benefits are, but it’s worth noting #OpenStreetMap has been registered as a “Digital Public Good” by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (#DPGA), which is a multi-stakeholder United Nations-endorsed initiative.
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/02/05/osm-named-as-a-digital-public-good-by-un-affiliated-agency/
Open Source is at the heart of the digital public goods movement: It promotes transparency, accessibility and adaptability. https://opensource.net/akeaways-digital-public-goods-alliance-meeting-2023/ #DPGA #OpenSource
Open Source is at the heart of the digital public goods movement, as it promotes transparency, accessibility, and adaptability. https://opensource.net/akeaways-digital-public-goods-alliance-meeting-2023/ #DPGA #OpenSource
