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Sixteen Organizations Endorse the UN Open Source Principles

The United Nations Open Source community is proud to announce that 16 leading organizations have the UN Open Source Principles, following the initial endorsement by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), bringing the total to 17.

The following organizations have joined OSI in officially endorsing the principles:

  1. European Open Source Academy 
  2. Linagora   
  3. Matrix.Org Foundation   
  4. Nextcloud GmbH   
  5. Open Forum Europe   
  6. OpenInfra Foundation   
  7. Open Knowledge Foundation   
  8. Rocket.Chat   
  1. Réseau de Transport d'Électricité
  2. Sovereign Tech Agency   
  3. The Document Foundation   
  4. The Gnome Foundation   
  5. The Linux Foundation   
  6. The Linux Professional Institute   
  7. ZenDiS - Centre for Digital Sovereignty 
  8. Eclipse Foundation   

 

The UN Open Source Principles, recently adopted by the UN Chief Executive Board's Digital Technology Network (DTN) provide guidelines to promote collaboration and the adoption of open-source technologies within the UN and globally. Open Source United, a community of practice established by the DTN, works to advance open source technologies across UN agencies, funds and programmes. It encourages collaboration and scalable solutions to support delivery of UN mandates.

The UN Open Source Principles consist of eight guidelines that offer a framework for the use, development, and sharing of Open Source software across the organization.

The UN Open Source Principles

  1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects.
  2. Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem.
  3. Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects.
  4. Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions.
  5. Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems.
  6. Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers.
  7. RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate.
  8. Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.
We invite other organizations to join in support of the UN Open Source Principles and in contributing to a future of open, inclusive digital solutions worldwide.

To Endorse the UN Open Source Principles, Submit Your Organization's Information Here.

For more information, contact: opensourceunited@un.org