GCRI · Digital Public Infrastructure
Mandate and publisher
Digital Public Infrastructure is published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). Its mandate is research on public digital systems, interoperable institutions and the social conditions for responsible access. This page sets out who is responsible for the platform, why it exists as a separate field, what it does not do and its current operating state.
- STEM methods
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- Canonical methods this field applies
- Topics
- 8
- Subject pages in the field
- Counterparts
- 5
- Platforms in shared fields across the network
- Report series
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- Reports series it contributes to
Mandate and publisher in four parts.
Research on public digital systems.
Scope
Digital public infrastructure, with its links to cyber and digital resilience.
Who takes part
GovTech researchers, standards engineers, service designers and public administrations.
What it is designed to publish
Public digital-system guides, DPI safeguards and interoperability notes.
Who is responsible.
GCRI publishes the platform and answers for its content. GCRI Canada is the lead contracting organisation.
- Status: established. Digital Public Infrastructure is a platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). Information and enquiries are open today.
- Why a dedicated platform: DPI is a question of public-sector infrastructure and service design. The platform is not an identity product or a regulator.
- Sources and methods will be published at sources and methods and uncertainty.
What the platform does not do.
GCRI is a research, development and policy institution. It is not a regulator, and it does not certify, license or approve; its findings carry their methods and uncertainty.
- It does not build, operate, sell or endorse identity, payment or data exchange systems or their vendors.
- It does not hold or process population registers, identity data or payment data.
- It does not advise on procurement decisions or recommend suppliers.
- It does not promote any single architecture, technology or national model as the right one for every country; evidence is presented with the context in which it was gathered.
- Taking part, hosting or sponsorship gives no authority over findings.
Decisions on DPI remain with governments and the competent authorities. Governance dialogue on digital technology takes place at AI and Digital Governance at The Global Risks Forum (GRF).
What exists today.
The platform publishes information and receives enquiries. Its research agenda is set out in the field overview and dependencies and consequences. Research partnerships with universities, standards bodies and public administrations are designed to open as the platform develops, each under written terms. Financial-sector questions about payments and fraud belong with The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), for example at Payments and Market Infrastructure.
Questions and answers.
Is the platform a separate organisation?
Can a government commission work from the platform?
How do I contact the team?
Bring a method, a dataset or a question.
Information and enquiries are open today. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.
Legal documents.
Maps, data and figures on this site are shown for context and general information. They are not advice, forecasts or warnings; the limits of the information are set out in the Disclaimers and Data Notices.