Be part of a global movement for open, transparent, and collaborative digital solutions. Endorse the UN Open Source Principles and show your organization’s commitment to innovation, sharing, and impact across the UN system and beyond.
The UN Open Source Principles are comprised of eight guidelines and provide a framework to guide the use, development and sharing of open source software across the organization.
1- Open by default
Making Open Source the standard approach for projects.
2- Contribute back
Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem.
3- Secure by design
Making security a priority in all software projects.
4- Foster inclusive participation and community building
Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions.
5- Design for reusability
Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems.
6- Provide documentation
Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers.
7- RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower)
Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate.
8- Sustain and scale
Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.
