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Global Infrastructure, Shared Responsibility — UN Open Source Week 2026
More than 120 participants joined in, including maintainers, government representatives, NGOs, researchers, OSPOs, and open source communities, all focused on what it takes to sustain critical digital infrastructure. The maintain-a-thon was organized into two tracks: “Technical Maintenance” and “Capacity & Stewardship”, and included 12 sessions covering topics such as onboarding, tooling, accessibility, governance, funding, AI, and security. The Sovereign Tech Agency's Managing Director Adriana Groh welcomed guests from across the open source ecosystem, bringing together representatives from communities, foundations, industry, government, and international organizations. Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Jarzombek from the Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation spoke about Germany’s commitment to strengthening open digital infrastructure through international cooperation and multi-stakeholder governance. He also highlighted support for open source in the public sector, from digital identity infrastructure to open source AI projects, and reaffirmed Germany's engagement in the United Nations and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Together we explored how institutions can build the capacity for sustaining open source software, examining topics such as funding, corporate contributions, AI’s impact on contributor pathways, and evidence-based policymaking.