WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Thank you, Axel. 00:06.000 --> 00:07.000 So, hi, everyone. 00:07.000 --> 00:08.000 I'm Rene Tanager. 00:08.000 --> 00:12.000 I'm the standards lead at Digital Public Goods Alliance. 00:12.000 --> 00:16.000 And today I'd like to warmly welcome you all to the session on accelerating digital 00:16.000 --> 00:22.000 transformation in Europe and the role of digital public goods and open source collaboration. 00:22.000 --> 00:26.000 And I'm also excited to be here today with my colleague, Jean Pierre, who is representing 00:26.000 --> 00:30.000 us from Primero, which is a digital public good by UNICEF. 00:30.000 --> 00:35.000 And he will be discussing more about the European implementations of Primero. 00:35.000 --> 00:41.000 And how this DPG has also contributed to government collaborations in this process. 00:41.000 --> 00:45.000 So, alright, without further ado, I'll begin. 00:45.000 --> 00:50.000 So, first things first, I'd like to just share with you a little bit about what the digital public 00:50.000 --> 00:51.000 goods alliances, right? 00:51.000 --> 00:57.000 So, essentially, we're a multi-stakeholder organization and we were launched in 2019. 00:57.000 --> 01:03.000 And our mission is to accelerate the attainment of SDGs by facilitating the use 01:03.000 --> 01:07.000 development and investment in digital public goods, right? 01:07.000 --> 01:10.000 And these are essentially all open source solutions. 01:10.000 --> 01:16.000 So, for those of us who might be new to the concept of SDGs, so sustainable development 01:16.000 --> 01:21.000 development goals are basically 17 key goals that are set out by the United Nations 01:21.000 --> 01:26.000 to make the world a better place by 2030 simply put, right? 01:26.000 --> 01:31.000 And these sort of focus in solving big problems of the world, like ending poverty, 01:31.000 --> 01:36.000 like, you know, protecting the planet to improve health care services to make the world 01:36.000 --> 01:38.000 a more equal place. 01:38.000 --> 01:42.000 So, you can call it like, it's somewhat like an ambitious to do list. 01:42.000 --> 01:48.000 But, yeah, the responsibility to make this happen is literally, you know, everybody's. 01:48.000 --> 01:54.000 Now, just to share with you a little bit about, you know, the context of this concept of 01:54.000 --> 01:57.000 digital public goods and what this definition is all about. 01:57.000 --> 02:03.000 So, this definition was created by the Secretary General of the United Nations who 02:03.000 --> 02:08.000 delineates five kinds of open source solutions as digital public goods, right? 02:08.000 --> 02:16.000 So, these are open source software, open data, open AI systems, open standards, and open content. 02:16.000 --> 02:22.000 And, you know, digital public goods are, of course, open source solutions, but they're also 02:22.000 --> 02:24.000 so much more, right? 02:24.000 --> 02:30.000 Because we almost like to think of them as open source plus plus, because when we talk about 02:30.000 --> 02:34.000 a solution, that is a digital public good, we talk about a solution that helps 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 advance SDGs. 02:35.000 --> 02:41.000 You know, it doesn't just have an open license, but then it also is genuinely created 02:41.000 --> 02:47.000 in a way that allows for reuse to happen, that allows for easier adoption to happen across 02:47.000 --> 02:48.000 the world. 02:48.000 --> 02:54.000 And, it's also a solution that has taken steps in its design and development to mitigate 02:54.000 --> 02:59.000 or avoid any kind of harm, right? 03:00.000 --> 03:06.000 Now, something that really sets this term apart from anything else is these nine set of 03:06.000 --> 03:11.000 indicators that you see here, and which is what we call as the digital public goods standard, 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 right? 03:12.000 --> 03:18.000 So, the DPG standard creates like a baseline of criteria for, you know, what a solution 03:18.000 --> 03:22.000 has to qualify for to be recognized as a digital public good. 03:22.000 --> 03:28.000 And, these nine indicators are like a baseline requirement for this particular recognition. 03:28.000 --> 03:33.000 And, one of the core functions of the alliance is well, is just to work and maintain 03:33.000 --> 03:37.000 this DPG standard as well as its application, right? 03:37.000 --> 03:42.000 Firstly, because I'm very passionate about this topic, I can go on and on, but since we just 03:42.000 --> 03:47.000 have 10 minutes more, I'll just invite you all to just maybe scan the QR code, and that 03:47.000 --> 03:52.000 will lead you to the entire standard, and you can have a look at it, you know, in detail. 03:53.000 --> 03:59.000 But, I will today be covering some specific indicators of the DPG standard, all right? 03:59.000 --> 04:03.000 So, the first one that I'd like to cover is SDG relevance, right? 04:03.000 --> 04:09.000 So, this is the first indicator, and this is, of course, a very broad topic because 04:09.000 --> 04:14.000 any solution that wants to do some good for this society, it will probably fall under 04:14.000 --> 04:17.000 one SDG or another, right? 04:17.000 --> 04:23.000 What we want from the review team side, from the DPG side, is that there has to be a clear 04:23.000 --> 04:30.000 contribution to one or more SDG, and, you know, that can be, like the list is endless, but 04:30.000 --> 04:34.000 it could be, you know, it was the access to health care or support, you know, supporting 04:34.000 --> 04:39.000 in vaccinations or medication research or something to that effect, right? 04:39.000 --> 04:45.000 And, as an applicant, you have to provide to us a statement of how you think your 04:45.000 --> 04:49.000 solution can really contribute to one specific SDG or more. 04:49.000 --> 04:54.000 All right, the next one that I would like to talk about is platform independence, right? 04:54.000 --> 05:02.000 So, this one is a little tricky because the idea is that we would ideally want for everything 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 to be open source, right? 05:03.000 --> 05:09.000 But, for example, if, you know, you have a proprietary component as a part of your solution, 05:09.000 --> 05:16.000 but if you provide as an open source, alternative to go along with it, then we could possibly accept 05:16.000 --> 05:21.000 it, and I think you can reach out to biology to ask more about, you know, what this indicator 05:21.000 --> 05:24.000 is all about and how this would work out in real life. 05:24.000 --> 05:30.000 But, you know, the only caveat here is, essentially, that it has to be easy for 05:30.000 --> 05:34.000 implementers to use or to switch to different providers, right? 05:34.000 --> 05:38.000 Because vendor locking should be avoided, and that is one of the main considerations that we have 05:38.000 --> 05:43.000 behind this particular indicator, right? 05:43.000 --> 05:48.000 The next one that I would like to cover is privacy and applicable laws, which is 05:48.000 --> 05:50.000 indicator seven. 05:50.000 --> 05:55.000 So, we recently, you know, made some updates to the DPP standards, specifically for 05:55.000 --> 06:01.000 indicator seven and nine A on privacy best practices, that we now consider as a baseline 06:01.000 --> 06:06.000 criteria that must be met by solutions to qualify as additional public good. 06:06.000 --> 06:10.000 And some of those criteria look like, you know, whether data minimization practices 06:10.000 --> 06:15.000 have been followed, you know, whether there are any consent user mechanisms with respect 06:15.000 --> 06:20.000 to handling PI, data, do you consider privacy by design principles, you know, as a part 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 of your solution creation. 06:22.000 --> 06:27.000 So, those are the questions that we ask, and you can provide this to us, you know, in the 06:27.000 --> 06:33.000 form of a terms of use or a privacy policy, that actually covers, you know, these 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 particular topics that I just discussed. 06:36.000 --> 06:39.000 And I would actually like to point out to Thomas as well. 06:39.000 --> 06:43.000 He's one of the experts as a part of the privacy expert group. 06:43.000 --> 06:48.000 So, if you have any questions around this, please feel free to go and 06:48.000 --> 06:55.000 and, you know, any additions that we will be making to this, because we also will 06:55.000 --> 07:00.000 be coming up within an extra in the coming months, and that will be on privacy best 07:00.000 --> 07:04.000 practices that we would highly encourage additional public goods to follow, right? 07:04.000 --> 07:10.000 So, that is going to be a notch above of what we have as the minimum requirements within 07:10.000 --> 07:12.000 the standard. 07:12.000 --> 07:13.000 All right. 07:13.000 --> 07:19.000 Now, lastly, the one that I would like to cover is open standards and best practices, right? 07:19.000 --> 07:25.000 So, simply put what it means is, essentially, you know, any standard or best 07:25.000 --> 07:29.000 practices that applies to the industry in which your solution belongs. 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 You should be complying with it, right? 07:31.000 --> 07:37.000 So, any web standards by W3C, it could be GTFS for public transport. 07:37.000 --> 07:41.000 It could be the open contracting standard for fiscal transparency. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.000 The list goes on, right? 07:43.000 --> 07:48.000 And a very important thing that I would like to highlight is that the DPD standard is 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 itself an open standard, right? 07:50.000 --> 07:54.000 So, we are always looking for community input on how to make this better. 07:54.000 --> 08:00.000 And so, we are now going to start work on fine-tuning this particular standard, and so 08:00.000 --> 08:05.000 for those of you who are interested in standard development or, you know, in this part of the open source 08:05.000 --> 08:10.000 ecosystem, we have pamphlets here, just pick them up, scan it and reach out to me, and we will 08:10.000 --> 08:15.000 see how we can get your inputs incorporated into the standard, right? 08:15.000 --> 08:21.000 Now, lastly, I would like to cover, you know, the fact that why our digital public goods 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 are so important, right? 08:23.000 --> 08:27.000 In short, essentially, these are the three reasons, right? 08:27.000 --> 08:34.000 Because they improve adaptability, they increase transparency, and they encourage interoperability. 08:34.000 --> 08:39.000 And that is by making sure that it aligns to open standards, and ensuring also that, you know, 08:39.000 --> 08:44.000 solutions can work seamlessly across different regions, yeah? 08:44.000 --> 08:49.000 So, because we are short on time, and now hand it over to shop here to share more about 08:49.000 --> 08:50.000 that. 08:50.000 --> 08:51.000 Thank you. 08:51.000 --> 08:53.000 Thank you, I'm right. 08:53.000 --> 08:58.000 So, I'm a Jean-Pierre look child. 08:58.000 --> 09:03.000 I'm actually filling in for Robert McTavis of UNICEF. 09:03.000 --> 09:13.000 I am part of a company that actually implemented Salas 10 years ago, and so I'm going to be 09:13.000 --> 09:20.000 communicating for the UNICEF team, primarily, at this session. 09:20.000 --> 09:29.000 So, the idea behind Primero is that the UN and UNICEF in particular had many projects 09:29.000 --> 09:37.000 where they were duplicating the same functionality over and over by bidding out case management 09:37.000 --> 09:40.000 software over and over. 09:40.000 --> 09:48.000 So, the idea is why don't we try to unify this instead of spending money over and over again 09:48.000 --> 09:54.000 and come up with a single platform, and Robert had a vision that we would make this open source, 09:54.000 --> 10:01.000 available to anybody through the UN, and then through the NGO network as well. 10:01.000 --> 10:09.000 So, Primero is essentially a case management system initially developed for child protection. 10:09.000 --> 10:15.000 I think of any horrible situation in the world, Primero has been there in the last 10 years. 10:15.000 --> 10:19.000 So, a perfect example is what's happening in your Ukraine. 10:19.000 --> 10:23.000 We have a child that would arrive at the border. 10:23.000 --> 10:31.000 The UNICEF folks or NGO folks would get her information, start entering it into Primero, 10:31.000 --> 10:37.000 to try to find their family to do re-enification. 10:38.000 --> 10:44.000 Okay. Sorry. So, we'll need to go through. 10:44.000 --> 10:48.000 I have to wrap it up. I'll do it very, very quickly. 10:48.000 --> 10:52.000 So, Primero is used all over the world. 10:52.000 --> 11:02.000 We've had a 10-year history where now have served over 1.7 million children in child protection 11:02.000 --> 11:08.000 at UNICEF, and that doesn't count all the other usage is. 11:08.000 --> 11:13.000 And one of the main things I wanted to emphasize, it's much more than open source. 11:13.000 --> 11:19.000 You have to have an infrastructure, and that's what DPG encourages open source projects to do. 11:19.000 --> 11:22.000 There's governance that has to be a place. 11:22.000 --> 11:30.000 There are standards that have to be met, and you have to have a good model for long-term sustainability 11:30.000 --> 11:39.000 and primarily around the financials. UNICEF has been incredibly innovative within the UN context 11:39.000 --> 11:45.000 to allow for that. As an example, we have not only do we provide the open source software, 11:45.000 --> 11:48.000 but we also provide hosting capabilities. 11:48.000 --> 11:53.000 And a variety depending on what the country needs. 11:53.000 --> 11:57.000 And then lastly, we're using it in Europe too. 11:58.000 --> 12:02.000 These are three examples. We have many more as well. 12:02.000 --> 12:09.000 And it's expanded beyond just child protection to more social welfare kinds of things. 12:09.000 --> 12:13.000 We're like the poster child for what a digital public could be. 12:13.000 --> 12:23.000 We're really helping children, families, anyone that needs assistance throughout Europe and the world. 12:23.000 --> 12:25.000 Thank you.