The openIMIS Initiative works with a growing number of partner organizations. Our partners shape openIMIS implementations, identify technical priorities and support the ongoing expansion of openIMIS as an open source product and community. We rely on our strong network of partners for technical expertise, leadership and generous support.
Funders
The openIMIS Initiative is dependent on funds from development partners to operate manage the Initiative, to develop and maintain the software, and to run the technical platforms. The following organisations organizations contribute to the further evolution of openIMIS:
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is the agency for international cooperation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). The SDC is responsible for the overall coordination with other federal authorities of development and cooperation with Eastern Europe as well as for humanitarian aid delivered by the Swiss Confederation.
Swiss international cooperation, which is an integral part of the Federal Council's foreign policy, aims to contribute to a world without poverty and in peace, for sustainable development.
The Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (German: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung), abbreviated BMZ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Founded in 1961, the Ministry works to encourage economic development within Germany and in other countries through international cooperation and partnerships. It cooperates with international organizations involved in development including the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the United Nations. Its main office is at the former German Chancellery in Bonn with a second major office at the Europahaus in Berlin.
Networks
The openIMIS Initiative participates in relevant working groups in a number of global organizations:
The Digital Convergence Initiative is an open, transparent and virtual community working to build a global consensus around standards and guidelines for social protection information systems.
The focus of the GovStack Initiative is to enable countries to kick-start their digital transformation journey by adopting, deploying, and scaling digital government services. Through the digital building blocks approach, governments can easily create or modify their digital platforms, services, and applications by also simplifying cost, time, and resource requirements.
The Health Data Collaborative is a WHO-driven collaborative platform that leverages and aligns technical and financial resources (at all levels) to country owned strategies and plans for collecting, storing, analysing and using data to improve health outcomes, with specific focus on SDG targets and communities that are left behind.
OpenG2P is a digital public good digitizing large scale cash transfers with open source building blocks.
The OpenHIE Network is a community of people building an open framework to support nations as they develop health information exchanges (HIEs) to improve patient care, public health, and the management of health resources. The openIMIS Initiative takes part in the monthly calls on Universal Health Coverage and Health Financing.
The P4H Social Health Protection Network is the thriving global network for health financing and social health protection.
Contributors
openIMIS depends on the the inputs of many active contributors for advise, development, documentation, implementation support and many more.
The software development of openIMIS is advanced by a community of software developers.
Partner software communities
openIMIS is part of an ecosystem of open source software packages in the health sector and is actively developing interfaces to facilitate data exchange with those packages.