DPI is an approach to digitalization focused on creating foundational, digital building blocks designed for the public benefit.
This approach combines open technology standards with robust governance frameworks to encourage private community innovation to address societal scale challenges such as financial inclusion, affordable healthcare, quality education, climate change, access to justice and beyond.
It’s based on five technology architecture principles: 1) interoperability; 2) minimalist, reusable building blocks; 3) Diverse, inclusive innovation by the ecosystem; 4) a preference for remaining federated and decentralised; and 5) security & privacy by design.
At an implementation level, this approach takes shape through a set of foundational, interoperable building blocks, such as (but not limited to) identifiers and registries; data sharing; AI/ML models; trust infra; discovery and fulfilment; and payments.