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G20 India 2023

TF-2: Our Common Digital Future: Affordable, Accessible and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure

This Task Force will discuss how the G20 countries can incubate a framework for global digital commons. It will ideate how technology can be made affordable and accessible, and work towards an interoperable system for payments, lending, and entrepreneurship. It will also look at ways Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can support the broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How can DPI be made inclusive, trustworthy, and serve global good? The taskforce will also consider the importance of open source and open APIs for accountable and equitable digital evolution across various sectors that are rapidly digitalising. It will also discuss how to ensure that supply chains that support the digital global commons are uninterrupted, resilient, and decentralised. It will discuss how to promote inclusive entrepreneurship, jobs, and livelihoods in the digital domain. Workstreams:
  • Affordable & Accessible Digital Public Infrastructure
  • Digital Financial Inclusion and Social Protection
  • Interoperability of Digital Services and Standard Setting
  • Digital Entrepreneurship, Skills, and Jobs
CHAIRS:
  • Sharad Sharma, iSPIRT, Bengaluru
  • Anirban Sarma, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Kolkata
Co-CHAIRS:
  • Astha Kapoor, Aapti Institute, India
  • Anbumozhi Venkatachalam,The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia
  • Baratang Miya, Girlhype Women Who Code, South Africa
  • Erin Watson, Griffith Asia Instate and Baker & York, Australia
  • Gulshan Rai, VIF and former National Cyber Security Coordinator, India
  • Mansi Kedia, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, India
  • Manjeet Kripalani, Gateway House, India
  • Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change, India
  • Paul Samson, The Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada
  • Pencho Kuzev, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany
  • Rajat Kathuria, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, India
  • Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru, India
  • Ramiro Albrieu, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth, Argentina
  • Stephanie Diepeveen, ODI, United Kingdom
  • Suhono Harso Supangkat, Smart Cities and Communities Innovation Center, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
  • Urvashi Aneja, Digital Futures Lab, India
  • Venkatesh Hariharan, Free and Open Source Software Foundation (FOSS United), India
  • Vidhi Madaan Chadda, TERI School of Advanced Studies, India
G20 India 2023

Laying the Foundation for the Future: Open Source Sustainability and the Adoption of Digital Public Goods

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Alex Krasodomski-Jones (Chatham House), David Eaves
G20 India 2023

Using Data to Advance the 2030 Agenda: Recommendations for the G20

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Anirban Sarma (Observer Research Foundation), Debosmita Sarkar (Observer Research Foundation)
G20 India 2023

EU Regulation, Brazil’s Open Health, and the India Stack: A Common Platform Approach to Integrated Digital Public Infrastructure

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Pencho Kuzev (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin (Germany)), Ian Brown (Centre for Technology and Society)
G20 India 2023

Redirecting Digital Public Infrastructure Innovations for Deep Sustainability Transformation

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia), P. D. Jose, Toshio Obi (Waseda University), Cyn-Yong Park, Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan, Suhono Harso Supangkat (Bandung Institute Of Technology)
G20 India 2023

Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure to Deliver Nationwide Conditional Cash Transfers for Training Provision

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Suhono Suharso Supangkat (Smart Cities and Communities Innovation Center ITB), Samsu Sempena (Project Management Office of Kartu), Prakerja, Romora Edward Sitorus (Program Management Office of Kartu Prakerja, The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia), Fitri Yuliarti (Project Management Office of Kartu Prakerja), Azzah Rana Fadhilah (Project Management Office of Kartu Prakerja), Grace Wulandari (Project Management Office of Kartu Prakerja), Tsania Maulina Salsabilla (Project Management Office of Kartu Prakerja)
G20 India 2023

Service-Society Fit: A Governmental Framework for Designing Public-Interest Technology

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Arasy Pradana (Hukumonline)
G20 India 2023

Promoting Digital Health: Envisioning Strategic Partnerships within the G20

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Anirban Sarma (Observer Research Foundation), Varun Kaul (SouthAsiaHub)
G20 India 2023

Revolutionising Rulemaking: How Digitised Rules Can Accelerate Digital Transformation

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Rhea Subramanya (The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change), Pete Furlong (The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
G20 India 2023

Exploring Different Financing Models for Digital Public Infrastructure and Why They Matter

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
David Eaves, Mansi Kedia (ICRIER)
G20 India 2023

Combatting the Threat of Cyber-Enabled IP Theft

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Gatra Priyandita (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Teesta Prakash (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Bart Hogeveen (Australian Strategic Policy Institute)
G20 India 2023

Building an Information-Sharing Mechanism to Boost Regulatory Frameworks on Cross- Border Data Flows

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Pramila Crivelli (Asian Development Bank), Rolando Avendano (Asian Development Bank), Jong Woo Kang
G20 India 2023

The Case for a Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency Architecture

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Mohammad Hamdy (S.J.D.)
G20 India 2023

Digital Public Infrastructure for Efficient Cross-Border Data Flow

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Spriha Pandey (Chase India), Gaurav Chaudhary (Chase India), Kaushal Mahan (Chase India)
G20 India 2023

Resilient Digital Infrastructure: Addressing Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Divyansha Sehgal (Centre for Internet and Society)
G20 India 2023

Unpacking Digital Public Infrastructure: Navigating Conceptual Ambiguities

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Aarushi Gupta (Digital Futures Lab), Aman Nair (Digital Futures Lab)
G20 India 2023

Technology as Conduit of Social Protection: Lessons from India

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Ambar Kumar Ghosh (Observer Research Foundation)
G20 India 2023

The Vision of a Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Ram Dhulipala (International Livestock Research Institute), Nipun Mehrotra (The Agri Collaboratory), Ajit Kanitkar
G20 India 2023

Harnessing Digital Federation Platforms and Data Cooperatives to Empower SMEs and Local Small Communities

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Michael Bühler (Konstanz University of Applied Sciences (Lead author)), Igor Calzada (Cardiff University), Isabel Cane, Thorsten Jelinek (Taihe Institute, Europe Center), Astha Kapoor (Aapti Institute), Morshed Mannan (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute), Sameer Mehta (Department of Technology and Operations Management), Vijay Mookerjee (University of Texas), Konrad Nübel (Technical University Munich (Core team)), Alex Pentland (MIT Media Lab), Trebor Scholz (Platform Cooperativism Consortium), Divya Siddarth (India), Julian Tait (Open Data Manchester), Bapu Vaitla (Data2X), Jianguo Zhu (University of Sydney)
G20 India 2023

Building Bridges: Aligning Digital Public Infrastructure and Cross-Border Data Flows

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Priya Vithani (Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution), Arushi Goel (Data Policy and Blockchain), Fumiko Kudo (Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan)
G20 India 2023

A Comprehensive User Experience Strategy to Make DPI More Accessible and Inclusive for All

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Nupura Gawde (CivicDataLab), Gaurav Godhwani (CivicDataLab), Kiran Sabnis (2Dot47 Consulting Pvt. Ltd.)
G20 India 2023

Towards Child-Centred and Future-Ready Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Jasmina Byrne (UNICEF Innocenti Global Office of Research and Foresight), Ellen Helsper (London School of Economics and Political Science), Steven Vosloo (UNICEF Innocenti Global Office of Research and Foresight)
G20 India 2023

Open Data as Backbone of Digital Public Infrastructure: Prioritising HIGH-VALUE Datasets for Effective Governance

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Gaurav Godhwani (CivicDataLab), Pencho Kuzev (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin (Germany))
G20 India 2023

A Governance Framework for Digital Public Infrastructure: Learning from the Indian Experience

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Aaditeshwar Seth (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Luís Fernando Vitagliano (State University of Campinas), Nachiket Udupa (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan), Parminder Jeet Singh (IT for Change), Rakshita Swamy (Social Accountability Forum for Action and Research), Subrata Singh (Foundation for Ecological Security), Vineetha Venugopal (Digital Empowerment Foundation)
G20 India 2023

The Case for International Digital Standards for Interoperability of Trade in Digital Services

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Jane Drake-Brockman (Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide), Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås (Örebro University), Hosuk Lee-Makiyama (European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), Brussels (Belgium)), Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan (National Council for Applied Economic Research and Centre for Social and Economic Progress)
G20 India 2023

Strengthening Digital Public Infrastructure for Health

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Gabriel Seidman (Global Health Security Consortium), Ahmad Alkasir (Global Health Security Consortium), Megan Akodu (Global Health Security Consortium), Srinidhi Soundararajan (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change), Paul Blakeley (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change), Vladimir Choi (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
G20 India 2023

Strengthening Digital Financial Inclusion in Government-to-Person Payments to Women: Lessons for Emerging Economies

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Sunaina Kumar (Observer Research Foundation (ORF))
G20 India 2023

Improving Global Financial Inclusion: Implementing Open and Standardised API for Cross-Border Payments

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Andi Nugroho (Smart City and Community Innovation Center), Suhono Harso Supangkat (Bandung Institute Of Technology)
G20 India 2023

Developing Metaverses and Implementing Metaverse- Enabling Technologies: Social and Humanitarian Aspects and Global Challenges

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Andrey Ignatyev (Center for Global IT Cooperation), Tatiana Kurbatova (Center for Global IT Cooperation), Alim Khapov (Center for Global IT Cooperation)
G20 India 2023

DPI for Improved Public Service: Lessons from Indonesia’s Integrated Smart System Platform

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Okyza Maherdy Prabowo, Suhono Harso Supangkat (Bandung Institute Of Technology), Arry Akhmad Arman (Institute of Technology Bandung), I. Gusti Bagus Baskara Nugraha
G20 India 2023

Digital Public Infrastructure: Mitigating New Forms of Exclusion to Enable Tech for All

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Stephanie Diepeveen (ODI), Sumedha Deshmukh (University of Cambridge)
G20 India 2023

Towards a Global Framework for a Public Good to Reduce Information and Labour Market Gaps

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Paula Szenkman (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), Miguel Otero Iglesias (Elcano Royal Institute), Tomás Mandl (Center for International Private Enterprise), Estefanía Lotitto (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth), Agustin Chiarella (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), Agustina Lacunza (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth)
G20 India 2023

Defining the Digital Public Infrastructure Approach

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Astha Kapoor (Aapti Institute), Erin Watson (GriffithAsiaInstitute)
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Towards Interoperability of Digital Services and Standard Setting

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Deep Kapuria (Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA)), Rajesh Maheshwari (National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies), Ankit Kataria (National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies)

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