Public-sector adoption of open source, including national strategies, OSPOs, and digital transformation.
Across years
| Theme | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 6 | 16 | 35 |
UN Open Source Week 2026
- Maintain-A-Thon
- Opening Keynotes and Fireside Chat
- High-Level Discussion: Open Source for Digital Development
- Building Digitally Friendly Cities: Open Source, AI and Human-Centered Data
- Closing Discussion: Openness for Digital Cooperation
- Closing Discussion: Openness for Digital Cooperation
- Open Source Community Drinks NYC
- Turning Global Commitments into Action
- A DPI Approach to Next Generation Trade and Transport
- The DPI Scale-Up Dilemma: Move Fast, Build Trust, Leave No One Behind
- **Government Of Dominican Republic, UNICC, UNESCO, & DHIS2** — DPI Sustainability for Health, Learning and Science
- Government of the Dominican Republic & UNICEF – Making DPI Work for Children: From Country Experience to Implementer Tactics
- Making DPI Work for Children: From Country Experience to Implementer Tactics
- Women Building Digital: The GovStack Women in GovTech Challenge
- Public Code Observatory: Mapping Public Sector Contributions to Open Source Worldwide
- **Government of the Dominican Republic & UNICEF** – Making DPI Work for Children: From Country Experience to Implementer Tactics
- **UN-ODET & UNESCO** – Public Code Observatory: Mapping Public Sector Contributions to Open Source Worldwide
- **UN-ODET, UNESCO, & Software Heritage** – Public Code Observatory: Mapping Public Sector Contributions to Open Source Worldwide
- **UN ODET & Government of Nigeria** — DPI for Inclusive Growth
- Opening Keynotes
- Opening Keynotes
- Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World
- Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World
- Data Governance for the Public Good: Equity, Openness and Community Stewardship
- Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Sustainable Digital Public Infrastructure: Introducing the Open Source Enablement Compass (OSEC)
- Financing Open Source and Digital Public Goods: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- UN ODET & ITU — From Policy to Practice: Establishing Government OSPOs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- From Policy to Practice: Establishing Government OSPOs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- **UN ODET & ITU** — From Policy to Practice: Establishing Government OSPOs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Strategic Independence Across Layers of Governance
- Strategic Independence Across Layers of Governance
- GitHub's Strengthening Global Open Source Collaboration Amid Rising Nationalism
- Nations and Sovereignty: cobuilding national and international capacity within and across borders
- Deploying AI Responsibly: Hands-On Technical and Civic Strategy
- Digital Commons in the era of AI: Open Data, Civic Infrastructure, and DPI in Practice
UN Open Source Week 2025
- Opening Plenary
- AI and the Future of Work: The ICT Sector in Transition (LinkedIn Side Event)
- OSPOs for Good — Opening Keynotes
- How They Did It: A Look Behind Newly Launched OSPOs
- Open Source and Public Interest
- From Policy to Practice: Establishing Effective Government OSPOs
- Breaking Silos: Open Source and Open Data Drive Interoperability
- Navigating Digital Cooperation Across Layers of Governance
- DPI Day — Keynote Session
- Global Cooperation for DPI: Lessons from Cross-Border Projects
- DPI Safeguards, Pathways to Adoption and Inclusion
- Operationalising Data Protection in DPI
- Breaking Barriers: Open Source, Digital ID and Payments for Inclusion
- Learning from Open Source: DPI for Smaller States
- Empowering DPI Implementation Across the African Continent
- DPI Day — Closing Ceremony
UN Open Source Week 2024
- Opening Plenary: Embracing Open Source Technology to Achieve the SDGs
- Spotlight Panel: Open Source in the Global South
- Thematic Track #2: Open Source at the UN
- Thematic Track #3: Open Source and Governments
- Thematic Track #5: Open Source Networked Cities
- Spotlight Panel: Open Source and Civil Society
Organizations active on this theme
People who spoke on this theme
Reading list — standards & references
- Global Digital Compact (GDC)
- Mind the AI Divide
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- UN Open Source Catalogue
- UN Open Source Policy Framework
- UN Open Source Principles
- Universal DPI Safeguards Framework
Quotes
Open source technologies are not just tools; they are building blocks for inclusive development, transparent governance, and shared innovation.— Maurizio Massari, UN Open Source Week 2025
it's a governance model, one that fits the complexity of our time— Dmitry Mariyasin, UN Open Source Week 2025
Don't make us reinvent the wheel—help us drive further.— Daniel Mazur, UN Open Source Week 2025
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