Digital Public Infrastructure is needed for resilient societies in Europe, but not just there: All over the world, government and civil society offer digital services to their constituencies. And increasingly, they have become aware of the risks that come with using infrastructure owned by a few large companies under a jurisdiction that traditionally was not necessarily ranking their interests very high and these days have become rather unpredictable. The judges and employees of the International Criminal Court are making this very visible, losing their digital life due to being sanctioned.
This session shows how the GovStack [1] initiative empowers government and societies by openly specifying building blocks for such services, thus avoiding the dependencies. The presenter has contributed to the cloud building block [2]. Naturally, the specifications also need implementations which can be qualified for the GovMarket [3], with a strong preference for Open Source solutions.
The presenter will present the specifications and will also provide insight into the OSS implementation for the cloud building block. He can report on cloud trainings in African countries and work done with GIZ, ITU and UNICC to empower these countries to create modern IT without falling into the dependency trap that European countries by and large have fallen into.
[1] https://govstack.global/ [2] https://cloud.govstack.global/ [3] https://govstack.global/our-offerings/govmarket/