UN OICT

06/17/2026

🌍 The conversations at Day during span sectors, disciplines and geographies—showcasing how open source is driving innovation and collaboration across the digital ecosystem.

🔹 AI as a Digital Public Good: Insights from ADB's Research

How can AI support sustainable development and public value?

Featuring Alessandra d'Angelo (Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ricardo Mirón Torres (Digital Public Goods Alliance), Yoon Choi Barker (Asian Development Bank (ADB), Omar Mohsine (UN Open Source Coordinator) and Serge Stinckwich (UN University Macau).

🔹 Building Open Source Capacity at Scale: University OSPOs as Engines for SDG Impact

Exploring how universities can become catalysts for open source ecosystems and sustainable development.

Featuring Zach Chandler (Open Source at Stanford), Clare Dillon (CURIOSS), Tom Hughes (Carnegie Mellon University), Jennifer Schöpf (The University of Texas at Austin), Emily Lovell (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Mithusa Kajendran (United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology).

🔹 Industry Spotlight: Open Source in the Automotive Industry

Examining how open source and software-defined vehicles are reshaping mobility.

Featuring John Ellis (Codethink), Masato Endo (The Linux Foundation and Toyota Motor Corporation), Mike Milinkovich (Eclipse Foundation), Claudia S. (ETAS France) and Dr. Wolfgang Gehring (Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation).

Looking forward to more discussions on how open source can accelerate innovation, sustainability and digital cooperation for the public good.

06/16/2026

🌍 Continuing our Day Panel highlights during UN Open Source Week 2026!

Conversations will continue on *25 June 2026* with three sessions focused on the foundations of an open and inclusive digital future:

🔹 Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure: Introducing the Open Source Enablement Compass (OSEC)

Exploring how governments can benchmark and strengthen their open source ecosystems through a new UN-led initiative.

Featuring Mike Milinkovich (Eclipse Foundation), Johan Linåker (RISE Research Institutes of Sweden), Mike Linksvayer (GitHub), Omar Mohsine (UN) and Sachiko Muto (OpenForum Europe).

🔹 Financing Open Source and Digital Public Goods: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
Examining sustainable funding models and partnerships to support Digital Public Goods at scale.

Featuring Armando J. Manzueta Peña (Ministry of Public Administration, Dominican Republic), Jon Lloyd (50-in-5 and Digital Public Goods Alliance), Pamod Amarakoon (DHIS2), CV Madhukar (Co-Develop), Julia Vieira de Andrade Dias Emendabili (IDB Bank) and Paul Sharratt (Sovereign Tech Agency).

🔹 Data Governance for the Public Good: Equity, Openness and Community Stewardship

Exploring how openness, trust and community participation can create more equitable data ecosystems.

Featuring Francesco Stabilito (UN ODET), Guilherme Canela de Souza Godoi (UNESCO), Nurul Sofia (Permanent Mission of Indonesia in Geneva), Claire Melamed (UN Foundation), Vidisha Mishra (Global Solutions Initiative), Yanchun Zhang (UNDP), Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen (UNU-EGOV), and Daniela García (Mission of Ecuador to the WTO).

Looking forward to bringing together leaders from governments, international organizations, civil society and the open source community to advance digital cooperation for the public good.

Join for the morning session by bookmarking the broadcast link: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12620x8tm

06/15/2026

🌍 Join the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies & the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology for OSPOs for Good Day, this 25 June, during !

We’re starting the day with two conversations that highlight how open source is shaping digital sovereignty and national innovation strategies around the world.

🔹 Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World
How can open source strengthen resilient, interoperable, and strategically autonomous digital infrastructure?

Featuring: Ruth Suehle of The Apache Software Foundation, Louise McKeever of Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Ireland, Jim Zemlin of The Linux Foundation, Margaret Dawson of SUSE, Arun Gupta of NVIDIA, Sachiko Muto of OpenForum Europe, Adriana Groh of Sovereign Tech Agency & Frank Karlitschek of Nextcloud GmbH

🔹 Country Spotlight: Lessons from Open Source Implementation in Japan
Exploring the “Japan Model” and four decades of collaboration across government, academia, and industry.

Featuring: Masato Endo of The Linux Foundation & Toyota Motor Corporation, Hiroyuki Ishii of Panasonic Automotive Systems and The Linux Foundation, Ken Chibana of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Masayuki Kuwata of Sony Group, Masayuki Yamada of Digital Agency, Government of Japan, Shoji Kajita of Nagoya University, Kyoto University & Apereo Foundation, and Yuichi Kusakabe at Honda!

Looking forward to a morning of conversations on building a more open and collaborative digital future.

06/12/2026

In today's profile, Jessica Khairallah, Senior Web Developer at United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia - ESCWA, discusses developing digital platforms, such as the Arab Development Portal (ADP), that make complex data accessible and meaningful for diverse audiences!

Learn more: https://unite.un.org/en/WomenInTech-UN/jessica-khairallah

06/08/2026

In exactly two weeks, UN Open Source Week will bring together builders, maintainers, researchers and policymakers to explore how open source can help address global challenges!

We're excited to kick off the week with UN Tech Over in the Economic and Social Council Chamber—a day to demonstrate how open source can transform global goals into practical tools and lasting solutions.

Bringing together expertise from across sectors and disciplines, UN Tech Over will unfold through three complementary events:

🔹 Hack-A-Thon
An innovation sprint where participants will use open source technologies and AI to build solutions aligned with the SDGs, featuring two challenges led by AESIA - Agencia Española de Supervisión de Inteligencia Artificial, Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública and the Spanish Open Source AI Community, UNICEF, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.

🔹 Edit-A-Thon
In partnership with Wikimedia Foundation, participants will work alongside experts and mentors to improve and expand Wikipedia articles, strengthening access to accurate, high-quality knowledge.

🔹 Maintain-A-Thon
Together with the Sovereign Tech Agency, open source maintainers, stewards, and policymakers will explore best practices for sustaining critical digital infrastructure and strengthening long-term stewardship and institutional capacity.

We're excited to showcase how collaboration across communities and institutions can help build a more resilient and inclusive digital future!

Learn more at https://www.unopensource.org/agenda

Hosted by United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies and United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology.

06/04/2026

Most of technology's most important contributions happen behind the scenes.

Across the United Nations, digital infrastructure helps connect teams, secure information, enable collaboration and support critical operations worldwide. These digital foundations enable people to work more effectively and deliver services at scale.

As continues to evolve, success depends not only on adopting new technologies but also on supporting and building resilient systems with people at the center.

Learn more at: https://unite.un.org/en

05/29/2026

The UN Secretariat Digital Hub launch in Valencia on 11 May was highlighted in the latest Initiative updat

As the UN advances its reform agenda, strengthening digital service delivery is a key step toward a more efficient, collaborative and future-ready Organization.

UN chief António Guterres has outlined further progress in the wide-ranging UN80 Initiative, a major reform and restructuring project aimed at making the global body more effective, agile and better equipped to respond to global challenges.

05/22/2026

🌐 Less than ONE month until UN Open Source Week 2026!

Global leaders, innovators, developers, policymakers and open source communities are coming together to shape the future of digital cooperation through open source.

The week will feature exciting panels, hands-on workshops, hackathons and community-led events focused on real-world impact and accelerating progress toward the SDGs and the Global Digital Compact.

Co-organized by the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies and the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology.

The future is open. See you there.

05/22/2026

On 11 May, the United Nations launched the first UN Secretariat Digital Hub in Valencia, a flagship deliverable for !

Built on years of UN digital infrastructure work in Valencia and Brindisi, the first UN Digital Hub will help unify platforms, strengthen resilience and modernize digital delivery across the organization to support the long-term ICT strategy.

This is a proud moment for Valencia, Spain, and everyone helping shape the future of digital transformation at the UN.

05/21/2026

Behind effective digital transformation is one key question: Who are we building this for?

In the latest Voices video, Anna Garcia Sans, Communications and Knowledge Management Officer with the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury under UN Environment Programme, discusses how human-centered technology can improve access, transparency and decision-making across global institutions.

Watch the full Voices spotlight today: