[TechSovereignty] Fwd: Enhancing national digital resilience with digital commons.

[Julia Pohle]

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Betreff: 	Enhancing national digital resilience with digital commons.
Datum: 	Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:04:41 +0000
Von: 	Mathieu.O'Neil <Mathieu.Oneil at canberra.edu.au>
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Hi all


This may be of interest.


Best,


Mathieu


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New DCPC stakeholder engagement tool:* Enhancing national digital 
resilience with digital commons.*

_https://dcpc.info/faq/ <https://dcpc.info/faq/>_

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Liberal democratic institutions are seen by many citizens as opaque and 
elitist, leading to widespread crises of trust and confidence. An 
effective response is the adoption of digital commons, which practically 
implement democratic principles of transparency, accountability and 
participation.

Digital commons, also called open digital infrastructure, are shared 
information and knowledge resources such as open source software (OSS) 
and Open Street Map. They are produced and managed for collective use, 
and to be modified and redistributed as needed.

To help government agencies and employees better understand the benefits 
of adopting digital commons in preference to closed products and 
services, the Digital Commons Policy Council is releasing a new 
stakeholder engagement tool, /Enhancing national digital resilience with 
digital commons/.

This tool consists of a one-page elevator pitch outlining how adopting 
digital commons can enable governments to (1) secure digital 
sovereignty, (2) invest in sustainable resources, and (3) rebuild trust. 
An online FAQ provides additional information and examples about these 
points, as well as information and examples about (4) procurement and 
firm support, and (5) products and services.

The one-page elevator pitch and FAQ can both be found here: 
_https://dcpc.info/faq/ <https://dcpc.info/faq/>_

Background

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The Digital Commons Policy Council is an international think tank 
established in 2021 at the University of Canberra, Australia. It aims to 
increase the recognition of the benefits of digital commons such as open 
source software and Wikipedia, and of the volunteer labour which 
produces these common goods. It does so by producing evidence-based 
public reports and other resources and by organising workshops which 
bring together diverse stakeholders.

Enhancing national digital resilience with digital commons was conceived 
during the DCPC/CDC 2025 Workshop held on 21-23 May 2025 at the 
University of Liverpool’s Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL), UK. The 
event represented the opportunity for 35 attendees from around the world 
to exchange insights about the latest developments in the digital 
commons policy and research space. The gathering drew participants from 
academia, policy, and civil society, including representatives from 
France’s Agence française de développement and the UK Government’s 
Digital Cabinet Office. Attendees also included non-profit organisation 
representatives and researchers from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, 
France, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Uganda and the United 
Kingdom, with sponsored delegates from low and middle-income countries 
supported by the organisers.

Similarly to the 2024 DCPC/CIS Policy Lab, the 2025 Workshop used an 
‘unconference’ format whereby work directions emerged from the 
attendees’ deliberations. After discussing issues currently impacting 
digital commons development, the general assembly of participants 
identified several resources that it would be useful to have. They then 
self-selected into separate breakout groups to collaboratively create 
these resources via open documents, with groups reporting at intervals 
to the general assembly for feedback.

The resources are new communication tools for stakeholder engagement, a 
taxonomy of digital commons, implementation mechanisms for digital 
commons for healthcare policy and development, and aspirational 
principles for governments to support inclusive global digital commons. 
In a final debrief session, many participants declared they had found 
the event’s positive atmosphere and mix of idealistic and pragmatic 
outputs inspiring. Following the Workshop, group members have continued 
working to finalise the resources.


 From _https://dcpc.info/policy-labs/lab2025/ 
<https://dcpc.info/policy-labs/lab2025/>_

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