Barcelona becomes first city to endorse UN Open Source Principles
Date: 2025-12-03
By: Nana Appiah Acquaye
Barcelona
has become the first city to officially endorse the United Nations Open Source
Principles, a move that underscores the city’s commitment to openness,
transparency, and digital sovereignty.
Assistant
Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer Bernardo Mariano
Junior congratulated the Deputy Mayor of Barcelona during the announcement,
highlighting the city’s leadership in advancing open digital collaboration
across governments and public institutions.
With
this endorsement, Barcelona joins a growing global network of over 150
organizations, including national governments such as France and major open
source foundations, that support the UN’s Open Source Principles.
The
initiative is driven by the Open Source Community of Practice, led by the UN
International Computing Centre (UNICC) and the United Nations Office of
Information and Communications Technology (OICT).
