GovTech & Digital Public Infrastructure

Im Rahmen des World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS+20) rückt die Frage in den Fokus, wie vielfältige Akteure – von Regierungen über Zivilgesellschaft bis hin zu Tech-Unternehmen und Wissenschaft – gemeinsam vertrauenswürdige, inklusive und grundrechtsbasierte digitale Infrastrukturen gestalten können. Die Veranstaltung, organisiert u. a. von Wikimedia und der Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance Student Advisory Board, diskutiert, wie sektor- und grenzübergreifende Zusammenarbeit, Transparenz und klare Schutzmaßnahmen in der digitalen öffentlichen Infrastruktur praktisch umgesetzt werden können.

Die Veranstaltung findest auf Englisch statt.

In the year of the review of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS+20), there is renewed global attention on inclusive digital development, initiatives like the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and the UN’s DPI Safeguards Framework are helping to define what trustworthy, secure, and human-centered digital ecosystems should look like.

As GovTech and DPI become central to how governments deliver services, coordinate data systems, and interact with citizens, the question is no longer whether we need shared rules and values like the WSIS action lines; but how exactly diverse actors can meaningfully work together to shape them.

This panel in collaboration with Wikimedia Deutschland, the Student Advisory Board of the Centre for Digital Governance at Hertie School and the Hertie Network on Digitalisation explores how governments, international cooperation, GovTech companies, civil society, the larger technical community, and academia can jointly build and govern foundational digital systems in ways that are inclusive, interoperable, and rights-based. What does collaboration look like in practice across sectors and borders? How can we embed transparency and accountability into DPI governance? What real safeguards need to be in place and who gets to define them?

Through reflections, provocations, and practical insights, this session invites participants to collectively imagine the future of digital cooperation: one built with and for everyone.

• Welcome Address and Input from WSIS+20 Workshops: Dr. Friederike von Franqué, Wikimedia & Sophia Longwe, Student Advisory Board Centre for Digital Governance
• Panel Discussion with:
  • • • Ann Cathrin Riedel (Managing Director, NeXT e.V.)
      • Paul Sharratt (Policy and Research Manager, Sovereign Tech Agency)
      • Dr. Friederike von Franqué (EU and International Policy Advisor, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.)
      • Sarah Fischer (Lead GovStack Flagship, GIZ)
      • Friederike de Weerth (Senior Associate, Possible)
      • Moderation: Puja Raghavan, Student Advisory Board member, Centre for Digital Governance and Co-ordinator, Hertie Network on Digitalisation
• Interactive Q&A Session with the audience
• Networking and snacks and drink