UN-SDG working group (wg-un-sdg) aims to empower open source communities with metrics to align their contributions with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and enhance the role of open source in achieving global sustainability.
The UN-SDG working group meets every other Wednesday at 10:00am US Central / 3:00pm UTC / 5:00 pm Central Europe Time via Zoom
The second annual UN OSPOs for Good conference was held in July of 2024. There was a belief stated in that group of approximately 700 open source advocates that Open Source Software (OSS) and open source comunities are a great place to address the UN SDGs. A challenge was made at the end of the conference to identify the impact OSS is having on the UN SDGs. This working group is a direct response to that challenge and we hope to define standards and develop capabilites to enable OSS projects to capture when/if their projects are addressing the UN SDGs.
This project is open to anyone interested in helping to define how to measure if Open Source Software (OSS) projects are addressing the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). We encourage all types of contributors, not just coders. Here are a few good steps as good starting points in connecting with the UN SDG WG:
- Join us on our weekly video conferences.
- Review the issue list and fix some of the issues.
Maintainers
Contibutors
The criteria for becoming a core contributor is to participate at least once per month over a period of 3 months. Participation could include providing feedback in the weekly UN SDG meetings, providing feedback on docs, or making other contributions on GitHub (commits / issues). People not participating over a 3 month period may be removed as core contributors.
If you'd like to be on our squad, an easy way to start is by going through the issue list and fixing some. 🎉
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