Yes to add to James' last point that is indeed one of the areas within the DPG space where we've tried to impart our knowledge around the Apache way. Adoption of DPGs amongst governments is a first step in this journey and the next step is ensuring governments adopt support and development policies to deploy, contribute to and maintain the upstream codebase.
Ed On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM James Dailey <jamespdai...@gmail.com> wrote: > To put it simply: > "An open source software becomes a Digital Public Good when it serves (as > in ingredient) to build digital platforms sustaining national and > international development, i.e.the Digital infrastructure that is used by > every citizen on the planet or will be." paraphrasing Kosta Peric, 2022 > > We covered some of the opportunities for the Fineract project at ApacheCON > October 2022, which we will highlight on list as things go forward. > > Moreover, there is an opportunity for this nascent DPG and Digital Public > Infrastructure movement to learn from the experience of the Apache Software > Foundation in ensuring things like vendor neutrality and public benefit of > each project. > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 8:26 PM Bruce <brucetush...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is great news. Thank you for the update. >> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 3:06 AM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: >> >>> Community, >>> >>> In the most recent report of the Fineract PMC to the Apache Board, the >>> PMC announced that Fineract has been recognized as a Digital Public Good. >>> Myself, James Dailey and Steve Conrad are active participants in the >>> Digital Public Goods Alliance and help to represent and maintain Fineract's >>> standing as a DPG including participation in roundtables, giving feedback >>> to movements being led by the Digital Public Goods Alliance like the DPG >>> Charter, maintaining our DPG listing, and ensuring that the Fineract >>> codebase and community norms adhere to the DPG Standard - >>> https://digitalpublicgoods.net/standard/. We recently updated our >>> listing as additional clarification was sought as to how Fineract helps to >>> advance the UN SDGs 1, 16, and 17. The updated listed will be viewable in >>> DPG registry which will soon be live once again at >>> https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/. >>> >>> A major focus of Fineract's role as a DPG is ensuring representation and >>> participation in public sector adoption of DPGs as part of Digital Public >>> Infrastructure primarily around use cases like G2P (Government to Person) >>> payment and social protection programs. Members of the Fineract PMC have >>> been actively representing Fineract in cross-sectoral movements like the >>> Digital Public Goods Alliance, Digital Convergence Initiative, GovStack, >>> G2P Connect and OpenG2P. James and myself shed light on this broader >>> movement by facilitating a couple of talks during ApacheCon in New Orleans >>> including a discussion with Jake Watson from DIAL on GovStack and a talk >>> providing an update on OpenG2P. >>> >>> James, myself and Steve will continue to keep the community informed of >>> progress and participation in the Digital Public Goods space. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ed >>> >> -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
