In case you missed it: At the OSPOs For Good Summit during UN Open Source Week 2025, Adriana Groh spoke on the panel “The Role of Open Source in Digital Public Infrastructure” with Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, Miller Abel, Gabriele Columbro, and Franck Greverie.
We adapted her remarks on digital infrastructure into a blog post for improved readability.
European Open Source Academy aims to support the adoption of all types of open source, from software to hardware!
During the #UNOpenSourceWeek, we caught up with David Cuartielles, Head of Section – Skills & Education at the European Open Source Academy, is the founder of Arduino and an Head of the Masters in Interaction Design at Malmö University!
Watch the full video now : https://youtu.be/20O9mGNp8dI
Happy you see that @Mastodon is now recognised as a #DigitalPublicGood by @dpgalliance – alongside many other incredible #OpenSource projects. Find out more in their blog https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/mastodon-dpga/ #UNOpenSourceWeek #DGPRegistry #DigitalSovereignity
Thanks to the @sovtechfund and #AlphaOmega I was able to attend #UNOpenSourceWeek 2025 
representing the @ThePSF and focusing on how maintaining, supporting, and securing #OpenSource is a non-negotiable part of worldwide Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). The trip was an inspiring reminder how many incredibly smart and talented people are working on this problem together.
Heading home after a long week of extra long days at #UNOpenSourceWeek. Physically exhausted but inspired and mentally charged thanks to the passion and commitment of the global #OpenSource community. We are all ready to make the world better for all. Onward and upward!
It's time for today's last (not least!) session - and the very last session of a packed #UNOpenSourceWeek.
Julian Stirling of the Humanitarian Technology Trust kicks off "Open Technologies in Healthcare" with a presentation on a 3d-printed #OpenHardware microscope.
Incredibly interesting, great example of open tech for social good, check out the website: https://httrust.org/.
And now some live-tooting from "Invisible Work, Critical Code – The Role of Maintainers in Open Source Digital Infrastructure", a session led by the Sovereign Tech Agency. Examples of public infrastructure: electric grids, railways, roads and bridges, and... sewers! And now for a provocative metaphor: "Open Source is a sewer". Let's see where this leads us! #UNOpenSourceWeek #UNOSW
Live-tooting from the "Securing the Supply Chain Through Global Collaboration" session at the #UNOpenSourceWeek side event at PwC. "In open source security is not your problem until it's your number one problem." Arun Gupta, Intel. #UNOSW #UnitedNations
Let’s shift the conversation—from launching tools to sustaining ecosystems.
#UNOSW #DigitalInfrastructure #UNOpenSourceWeek
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Advocating to the worlds' governments for support of #OpenSource on the floor of the #UN as done over the last few days always brings joy, but today at #UNOpenSourceWeek we shift into less formal, practical mode, as we all get to demonstrate the real #FOSS spirit of working together toward global digital cooperation. Let's do it!
https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025
Unser Geschäftsführer Ralph Dehner war diese Woche auf der UN Open Source Week in New York!
Er vertrat dort nicht nur B1 Systems, sondern auch den Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) – ein Forum innerhalb der @OSBA
Die UN Open Source Week bringt wichtige internationale Akteure aus Open Source, digitaler Infrastruktur & dem öffentlichen Sektor zusammen.
Wir sind froh, Teil der globalen Open-Source-Community zu sein!
The #FDroid Board of Directors is pleased to announce our endorsement of the #UNOpenSourcePrinciples
These were introduced by Open Source United agency of the #UnitedNations, and were developed in partnership with a wide set of stakeholders across the #FOSS (Free and #OpenSource Software) ecosystem.
Also #UNOpenSourceWeek 2025 is taking place in New York, so make sure to tune into the online live video streams if that interests you!
More details here: https://f-droid.org/2025/06/18/united-nations-open-source-principles.html
#UNOpenSourceWeek friends, the best bagels in the city are at Ess-A-Bagel at 51st & 3rd Avenue, not far from UNHQ. If you like bagels or want to, you should give them a try. (No, I'm not on commission.)
I'm really enjoying being at the United Nations Open Source Week event! Here's a short post with a few highlights from the OSPOs for Good Day yesterday. #UNOpenSourceWeek
https://fastwonderblog.com/2025/06/19/united-nations-ospos-for-good-day/
5pm-7pm Thursday (tomorrow) I'll host an unofficial #UNOpenSourceWeek get-together in Manhattan
There's a public plaza with seating at 222 East 39th St., between Second and Third Avenues
https://apops.mas.org/pops/m060017/
next to a giant orange road safety mural
I'll bring some drinks and snacks and I'll be wearing an orange hat.
“It takes up most of the time to maintain this ecosystem. We’re all excited about innovation, we had hackathons — we need that of course. But understanding that it’s two sides of the same coin, and if we don’t maintain, we will never get to innovate in a healthy and sustainable way. That really needs to be nailed down in all rooms.”
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“We do public procurement. It’s not a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have. #OpenSource is what we’re all running on. No matter what product it is, it is the foundation. Using a mindset that is not 'funding' per se as in giving money once in a while for a short time, but understanding that this is something that needs continuous investment, and that it’s going to pay back in multiple ways. That is often still seen outside this room as a niche topic.”
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“At the same time, we need to find ways to avoid volunteer burnout, more security issues arising from an absolute increase: AI is creating a lot of stress in the infrastructure layer. The goodwill of providing more support can backfire if we don’t take all this into account.”
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“We also need to understand production logic in the sense of governance models. That’s often the most critical part. We cannot just top-down apply new models to communities that have worked in a decentralized, volunteer manner for a long long time.”
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“The reality is also that money doesn’t solve all problems, unfortunately. It can create wrong incentives, it can increase stress and pressure, it can rip communities apart, it can do good in the short term but harm in the long term. We need to take all of these factors into account, if we want to channel support into our shared digital infrastructure, into #OpenSource communities.”
