Institutional Innovations in Public Goods Resource Distribution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE-Li7MR9MI&list=PL3C6eF-zu5AYohNL1ZgOBqlwwJ29x-lTO&index=24

Digital Public Goods and Global Cooperation

1. panel overview

• Moderator: Miyaguchi (Executive Director, Ethereum Foundation)
  • Role of the Ethereum Foundation:.
    • Developer and Community Support
    • Financing the Ecosystem
    • Contribution to public goods
• Panelists:.
  • Christopher (UNICEF Innovation)
  • Kusunoki Masanori (Japan Digital Agency)
  • Taka (Plurality Tokyo)

2. efforts and background of each organization

• Ethereum Foundation

  • Focuses not only on core technology development, but also on education and community support.
  • Use of quadratic funding and other means of financing public goods (especially open source development).
  • We value the independence of the community and do not want to be "foundation-driven" in any way.

• UNICEF (Innovation Sector)

  • Researching advanced technologies such as blockchain, drones, AI, and XR to solve global-scale problems.
  • UNICEF Crypto Fund:
    • A unique mechanism that permits the acceptance and distribution of virtual currency.
    • This is an unprecedented attempt for a UN agency, and contributes to improving the transparency and speed of fund management.
    • Strongly promote open source development as Digital Public Goods (Digital Public Goods).

• Japan Digital Agency

  • The main focus is on building domestic digital infrastructure such as the My Number system and data exchange infrastructure.
  • Historically, telecommunications infrastructure and other infrastructure have been developed with private funds, and there are a variety of financing models for public goods.
  • We see challenges/opportunities in international interoperability (e.g., global support for digital IDs).

3. themes facing digital public goods

• Sustainability of funding
  • It is essential to utilize global crowdfunding and virtual currencies, not simply government initiatives.
• Transparency and Governance
  • The challenge is to create a new mechanism that involves communities and individuals, rather than the traditional state, UN, and large corporations initiative.
• Importance of Youth Participation
  • If we do not involve the technologically advanced generation early, dissatisfaction with public infrastructure could explode in the future.

4. future prospects

• Accelerating Global Collaboration
  • The goal is to build public goods that transcend boundaries, working with international organizations such as UNICEF, community entities such as the Ethereum Foundation, and national governments.
• Open Source and Market Formation
  • Transform the Digital Public Goods Registry into a "marketplace" where funding and matching is available, rather than stopping at a "list".
• Changes in Organizational Structure
  • There are significant barriers to the inclusion of new technologies by huge bureaucracies (such as the UN), but success stories (UNICEF Crypto Fund) are emerging.
  • Digital agencies will also inevitably respond to international standards, and public-private + global collaboration is the key.

5. summary

• Digital public goods require new models for sustainable financing, transparency, and global interoperability.
• Diverse entities such as the Ethereum Foundation, UNICEF, and the Japan Digital Agency are collaborating to shape the next generation of public infrastructure by combining technology and governance.
• It is important to capture the voices of the younger generation as early as possible to create a truly global and open public good.

the key

• Fundraising Model Innovation
• Promoting Open Source and Transparency
• Governance with a focus on the younger generation
• Formation of new public infrastructure through public-private partnerships and international cooperation

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