Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has made it into the United Nation’s ambitious Pact for the Future, designed to boost cooperation and multilateralism among member nations.
The pact, adopted last weekend during the UN’s Summit of the Future in New York, outlines several goals that are to be achieved by 2030, including increased investment into digital public goods and digital public infrastructure, especially in developing countries.
The Pact supports adopting open standards and interoperability and promises to develop safeguards for “inclusive, responsible, safe, secure and user-centered” digital public infrastructure. Another goal is to exchange best practices and use cases of DPI to inform governments, the private sector and other stakeholders.
“We recognize that there are multiple models of digital public infrastructure and that each society will develop and use shared digital systems according to its specific priorities and needs. Transparent, safe and secure digital systems and user-centered safeguards can promote public trust and use of digital services,” the document states.
