2025-10-01 –, Auditorium
Open source has become a cornerstone for innovation, collaboration, and trust in the digital era. By enabling transparency, interoperability, and inclusivity, open source technologies create opportunities for countries and communities of all sizes to participate in shaping digital ecosystems. This talk will highlight how open source principles—shared ownership, peer collaboration, and collective problem-solving—are critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ensuring that digital transformation benefits everyone.
As the international community advances the Global Digital Compact, open source offers practical pathways to operationalize its vision. From digital public goods to secure and scalable infrastructure, open source tools empower governments, civil society, and the private sector to co-create solutions that are adaptable, cost-effective, and aligned with human rights and sustainability principles. Open source approaches also reduce dependency on proprietary systems, fostering digital sovereignty and resilience.
The session will provide concrete examples of open source initiatives driving impact in areas such as health, climate action, education, and data governance. It will invite conference participants to explore how we can strengthen multistakeholder cooperation around open source to accelerate progress on both the SDGs and the Global Digital Compact, ensuring that the digital future remains inclusive, open, and equitable.
Omar Mohsine
Open Source Coordinator, United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (UN-ODET)
Omar Mohsine serves as the Open Source Coordinator at the United Nations Office of Digital and Emerging Technologies, within the UN Office of Information and Communication Technologies (UN-OICT). He also co-chairs the UN Open Source Community of Practice and leads the Open Source team.
A seasoned professional with over 15 years of international experience, Omar has played a pivotal role in advancing public–private partnerships and innovation management across the UN system. He has designed open source competitions aimed at accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is committed to forging new partnerships with technology stakeholders to further the UN’s mission