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Quad Principles for Development and Deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure [1]

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Date: 2024-09

Today, leaders from the United States, Australia, Japan, and India met in Wilmington, Delaware, to underscore the Quad’s commitment to an inclusive, open, sustainable, fair, safe, reliable and secure digital future to advance our shared prosperity and sustainable development across the Indo-Pacific. In this context, the Quad has released these Quad Principles for Development and Deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure.

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QUAD PRINCIPLES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

1. We, the members of the Quad, acknowledge that digital technologies and systems have the potential to profoundly transform societies and offer unprecedented opportunities to accelerate the realization of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the achievement of its Sustainable Development Goals. While leveraging the potential of digitalization, we also underscore the importance of fostering an inclusive, open, sustainable, fair, safe, reliable and secure digital future in furtherance of our shared prosperity and sustainable development.

2. Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is an evolving concept described as a set of shared digital systems that are secure, reliable and interoperable; built and leveraged by the public and private sector to provide equitable access and improve public service delivery at scale; governed by applicable legal frameworks and enabling rules that provide for a level playing field and fair competition to drive development, inclusion, innovation, trust, and competition, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Both safeguards for fundamental freedoms and robust cybersecurity measures are necessary for DPI to be implemented in a way that respects human rights and upholds our democratic principles. Governments deploying DPI should engage in concerted efforts to close all digital divides.

3. Towards this, we affirm the following principles for the development and deployment of DPI:

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