Digital Public Goods Alliance

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was a critical moment to put openness in AI systems at the forefront. However, openness alone is not a silver bullet and must be complemented by robust governance and guardrails. In our latest blog, Lea Gimpel and Amreen Taneja share their reflections on the summit: 🔹 How the DPG Standard verifies that AI systems are safe, inclusive, and designed for public benefit. 🔹 Exploring AI systems as DPGs, the use of AI within existing DPGs, and DPGs as trusted resources for responsible AI development (DPG4AI). 🔹 The urgent need for public investment in the open AI ecosystem to avoid the pitfalls seen in the open source software movement. 🔹 Why we must simplify the deployment of open source models while strengthening their safety infrastructure. Read our full reflections here: https://lnkd.in/dvTXW6-H We would like to thank John Dickerson (Mozilla.ai), Ayah Bdeir (CurrentAI), Chenai Chair (Masakhane African Languages Hub), Urvashi Aneja (Digital Futures Lab), Minister Karianne Tung, Minister Esther Dweck (Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos), Morten Dæhlen (University of Oslo), Henrique Dolabella (RER), Swetha Kolluri (@DiCRA), Ashfaq Ahmad (ODK), Eirik Lunnan Djuve (Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation), Alok Gupta (EkStep Foundation), Anastasia Stasenko (pleias), Filippa Braarud, Gauri Bandekar, Philipp Olbrich (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH), James Lovegrove (RedHat Recruitment), Professor Amanda Brock (OpenUK), Aarushi Gupta (Digital Futures Lab), @M Chockalingam (NASSCOM), Yasha Khandelwal (TECH4BIZ), Peter Mattson (MLCommons, Google).

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🚀 It’s the last Friday of February and 2026 is already taking off. A good moment to pause and look at what we’ve been building together. Over the past year the #DPG ecosystem has been busy collaborating and scaling impact around the world. Our recently released 2025 State of the DPG Ecosystem Report captures this momentum, highlighting the activities of #DPGA members alongside spotlights on a selection of DPGs. 📑 To see how the DPG ecosystem is evolving and where that energy is going, explore the report here: https://lnkd.in/dYbr5KVK 📣 And if reading it makes you feel you’d like to help shape the next chapter, we’ve recently opened several roles at the DPGA Secretariat. You can find the open positions here: https://lnkd.in/dKpH9_38 #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods #DPGA #DPI 

🌎 We’re hiring: DPGs for Climate Action Technical Coordinator The Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat is seeking a technically oriented climate practitioner to support the continued development and operationalisation of the DPGs for Climate Action Collection. If you have experience across climate action, open-source technologies and digital public infrastructure, and are interested in supporting global climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, please review the details and apply by March 13th. - Contract type: Full-time consultancy  - Location: Remote with potential travel for convenings  - Duration: April 2026 to April 2027 - Application deadline: March 13th, 2026 ✍️ Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gUqXzqrA #DPGs #DPI #DPGA #CLIMATE 

🌎 We’re hiring: Research Consultant for DPGs and Rapid Response to Urgent Global Challenges The Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat is seeking a research consultant to support work on DPGs that enable rapid and coordinated responses to Urgent Global Challenges, including climate related disasters, pandemics and other systemic shocks. If you have experience in disaster response, international research and digital systems, and are interested in strengthening global preparedness and response through open and interoperable digital solutions, please review the details and apply by March 18th. Contract type: Short-term consultancy Location: Remote with potential travel for convenings Duration: April to December 2026 Application deadline: March 18th, 2026 ✍️ Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gUqXzqrA #DPGs #DPI #DPGA #UrgentGlobalChallenges

🌎 We’re hiring: Validation and Enrichment of Data on Digital Public Goods The Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat is seeking a consultant to support the validation and enrichment of data on priority digital public goods used across digital public infrastructure and climate initiatives. If you have experience in data analytics, research methodologies and open-source or digital government ecosystems, and are interested in strengthening evidence on the real world use of digital public goods, please review the details and apply by March 20th. Contract type: Short-term contract Location: Remote (global) Duration: March to September 2026 Application deadline: March 20th, 2026 ✍️ Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gUqXzqrA #DPGs #DPI #DPGA #DATA #GOVTECH

🌎 We’re hiring: DPGs for Climate Action Technical Coordinator The Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat is seeking a technically oriented climate practitioner to support the continued development and operationalisation of the DPGs for Climate Action Collection. If you have experience across climate action, open-source technologies and digital public infrastructure, and are interested in supporting global climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, please review the details and apply by March 13th. - Contract type: Full-time consultancy  - Location: Remote with potential travel for convenings  - Duration: April 2026 to April 2027 - Application deadline: March 13th, 2026 ✍️ Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gUqXzqrA #DPGs #DPI #DPGA #CLIMATE 

🇮🇳 What an incredible conclusion to a busy and fruitful week at the India AI Impact Summit 2026! Last Friday in New Delhi, we were delighted to see a packed room for our high-level panel, "International Collaboration on AI and Digital Public Goods to Advance Progress on Climate, Health and Agriculture" at the @Royal Norwegian Embassy. Moderated by the DPGA Secretariat’s Amreen Taneja and Lea Gimpel, we presented the #DPGStandard, how it applies to #AI systems, and the best practices built into it to ensure openness is complemented by responsible practices. The event also featured presentations by DPG representatives and implementers on how digital public goods contribute to responsible AI development. Many thanks to Prof. Morten Dæhlen, Henrique Dolabella, Swetha Kolluri and Ashfaq Ahmad for sharing their insights. Lastly, we explored with Alok Gupta, Eirik Lunnan Djuve and Anastasia Stasenko the role of DPGs as the open, transparent, and responsible foundation that ensures AI benefits everyone and how it is changing DPG’s value proposition. A special thank you to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi (Ambassador May-Elin Stener, Filippa Braarud and Gauri Bandekar) for their incredible support in hosting this dialogue. We were honoured to welcome Karianne Tung, Minister of the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance of Norway, and #EstherDweck, Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services of Brazil (Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos), who delivered opening remarks and highlighted the vital role of DPGs in social and economic development. Their presence is a true testament to the DPGA as a collaboration platform for like-minded governments and partners. The commitment to this mission was perfectly captured by Minister Tung: ❝Digital public goods and digital public infrastructure enable efficient, inclusive systems and increase innovation. Used responsibly, they can strengthen equality and protect individual rights, catalysing social, economic and democratic development.❞ Stay tuned to learn more about the DPGA’s take aways from the AI Impact Summit! #DigitalPublicGoods #DPG #DPGA #DPG4AI #DPI #Innovation #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #ResponsibleAI #PeoplePlanetProgress

🎬 We’re hiring: Video Content Producer and Editor (consultancy) The DPGA Secretariat is looking for a creative video producer/editor to develop short-form videos on digital public goods, digital public infrastructure, and climate action. If you have experience producing impactful videos for international or purpose-driven organisations, we’d love to hear from you! Short-term contract: March–April 2026, remote Deadline: March 9, 2026  Check out the details and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gUqXzqrA #DPGs #DPI #ClimateAction #DPGA