Finnish Digital Agency
Towards a smoothly functioning Finland
Explore 27 projects in the Digital Public Infrastructure category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
This term is contested. Some advocates have used it to brand their campaigns for public sector investments in public interest platforms and services, analogous to updating the concept of public media for modern times. They would like to see "an ecosystem of ideas and practices that could bring into being [public sector] digital infrastructure that aligns with community aspirations, protects personal and group safety, and prioritizes people, communities, and a public good." (Stanford PACS)
Others, including numerous multilateral institutions, appear to use the same term as a vague rebranding of Govtech, primarily identity, payment, and data exchange systems that run the digital state.
The latter camp appears to be winning this name game.
Towards a smoothly functioning Finland
Five in-house teams of product managers, designers, engineers, researchers and data experts are being stood up and embedded directly with agencies to build digital tools.
DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) Governance is the set of principles, institutions, policies and practices that ensure Digital Public Infrastructure — identity, payments and data systems — is safe, inclusive and delivers public value.
Ninh Binh, Vienam is launching AI-integrated Digital Public Service Stations
Ethiopian Government launches new integrated electronic services portal
Promoting the utilization of open data to drive regional revitalization.
Kenya's Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) is a national government open-source programme office, housed in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, that coordinates open-source software adoption across Kenyan public agencies.
The best way to take payments for public services
Accelerating financial inclusion in Africa