Initiatives
Community driven software solutions
Community-driven open source initiatives for development
Empowering data ecosystems through interoperable, open source software solutions that support the collection, management, and use of key development data — enabling evidence-based decision-making across sectors like education and socioeconomic development.
Data For All
Community driven software solutions
DFA is a platform of loosely-coupled open source software solutions designed to support the collection, management and use of key development data. DFA promotes greater interoperability within the ecosystem of socioeconomic statistics by complying with international standards.
OpenEMIS
Transforming education with open source innovation
The OpenEMIS Initiative provides open source software solutions to support education transformation.
DevInfo
The foundation of open data for development
DevInfo, and ChildInfo before it, fostered the use of development data for reporting progress and planning concrete action. Adopted by then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on behalf of the UN Development Group in 2004, DevInfo laid the groundwork for data democratization — inspiring platforms like Data For All to make development data more accessible and actionable.
For the team at CSF, support to the DevInfo Initiative provided invaluable experience in understanding and supporting national statistical systems. This experience informs our work to this day.
