Common questions.

Mosaic is an alliance for digital public infrastructure in the Global South. It brings governments, technology companies, funders, researchers and civil-society groups together to test shared digital tools, so that countries facing the same problem can build once and reuse instead of each building the same thing alone.

DPI is an approach to solving problems at population scale. It combines open technical standards with clear governance so that many public and private actors can build on the same foundations. Familiar examples elsewhere include India's Aadhaar identity system, Brazil's Pix payments, and Estonia's X-Road data exchange. For a fuller definition, see the Centre for DPI's DPI Wiki. Mosaic works one layer up from foundations like these, on the shared tools that specific sectors need.

A Verifiable Credential is a digitally signed claim, such as a diploma, a licence, or a health record, that its holder keeps and controls, and that anyone can check is genuine without contacting the issuer. It is one example of the kind of shared tool Mosaic helps partners test. For the technical standard, see the W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model.

No. Mosaic is an alliance, not a product. It convenes working groups, helps run pilots, and publishes what those pilots learn.

No. Every system stays under the control of the government or organisation that owns it. Mosaic's role is to help separate systems agree on how to work together, not to run them.

Mosaic brings together three kinds of partner. Problem owners are the governments, regulators and public service providers who hold the problem to be solved. Contributors are the researchers, builders and technical implementers who help design and test solutions. Funders provide the resources that make the work possible. The Join page describes what each role involves.

Coordination happens in two ways: through convening events, where partners meet in person to align on problems and approaches, and through ongoing channels between events, including email and messaging groups. Decisions about what to work on, and how, are made together through deliberation among the partners.

No fee is required to start a conversation. What a partnership involves, whether time, funding, or technical work, is worked out from what you bring and the use case you want to work on.

Fill in the short interest form on the Join page. Tell us what you would bring, whether a problem, technical capacity, research, or funding, and we will follow up.