A single place for all documentation, resources, guides and templates to help digital solutions with their Digital Public Good (DPG) application and for successful DPGs to continue to improve their project within the focus areas of the DPG Standard.
If you are not yet a recognized digital public good, consider applying! Learn more about it here and review the eligibility requirements. Don't forget to check-out the Wiki for support documentation and guides for digital solutions that want to submit an application for digital public good recognition by the DPGA.
Welcome, please select the starting point for your journey:
- I have a project that I want to make open source
- I have an open source solution, how can I make it a DPG?
- My project is a DPG, how can I improve it?
You can refer to the Open Source Guides for an in-depth approach on how to start an open source project.
While open source is not a panacea, there are certain circumstances and problems to which it is very well suited and tailoring the format of your project to the goals resources, and environment of your organization can help make your project more successful. We encourage you to review this Open Source Archetypes framework to identify and articulate your open source goals.
You can also check our Open Source resources. Some musts for an open source project are:
- Source: a public repository or platform where you can host your source code, data or content.
- License: have a license that allows the code/data/content to be freely used, modified, and shared. Learn more about open licensing here.
- Docs: some basic documentation for the community to be able to understand, access or contribute to you project. Learn more about documentation here.
- People: make sure you've talked to your legal department and your developer team.
In order to successfully become an accredited DPG you must adhere to the DPG Standard and submit an application for review to the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).
Use our DPG Eligibility Tool to quickly determine if your digital solution can be nominated as a DPG. Once you know if your solution is elegible, read the Submission Guide for more information about the DPG application process.
For detailed documentation on the evidence that needs to be provided for each type of solution (open software, open data, open content and open AI models) please refer to the 📚 DPG Wiki 📚.
We strongly encourage all DPG nominees to use this Wiki while they fill out the application form.
If you have questions, you can visit our DPG Application FAQs or ask directly to the DPG Community for guidance.
This collection of resurces can help DPGs, both who are successful or not with their submission, continue to improve their project within the focus areas of the DPG indicators, open source best practices and international development priorities.
The collection covers general topics like accessibility, "do no harm", child online safety, and licensing in addition to specific resources covering:
- Compliance and best practice
- Open source software
- Open content
- Open data
- Open standards
- Open AI models
- Open design resources
Check out our contributing guidelines for ways to offer feedback and contribute.
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