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Stakeholder Conference (Sep 2025)

Date: 17 September 2025

Place: virtual, MS Teams session

In a nutshell

openIMIS is a Digital Public Good which powers versatile solutions for the management of health financing and social protection programs. It can be easily configured to support various workflows across the social protection delivery chain. Designed to be interoperable with other information systems, openIMIS draws upon and contributes to Digital Public Infrastructure. Being open source removes licensing fees and fosters a collaborative development environment, making it highly adaptable and affordable.

openIMIS is currently implemented in 14 countries, for 16 health and social protection programs, reaching 36.4 million people. Funding, technical development & customisation and implementation on the global level and in partner countries has been supported by more than 40 community contributors & peer networks.

In April 2024 the openIMIS Stakeholder Committee was inaugurated with representatives from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Commission (EU), World Bank (WB), International Labour Organization (ILO), World Food Programme (WFP), International Social Security Association (ISSA), the knowledge hub Asian e-Health Information Network (AeHIN), international Software-development partners Swiss TPH and SolDevelo, as well as individual health financing experts.

On behalf of the Stakeholder Committee, we are inviting experts from bilateral implementing agencies, donors and international organizations working in the areas of digitalization, health, social protection and humanitarian context.

The objectives for this years Stakeholder Conference are

  • Promoting DPGs for the management of health & social protection programs

  • Updating on openIMIS initiative & showcasing solutions

  • Connect to organisations/mediators in the humanitarian context & jointly address demand for digital solutions responding to climate-related risks and other shocks


Following short welcome and opening remarks by the funders of the global openIMIS Initiative – SDC, BMZ and EU, two sessions will introduce openIMIS solutions in action (session I), customised for diverse country implementations, and offer a panel discussion on the topic of digitalization in the humanitarian sector, exploring how Digital Public Goods can help when responding to climate related risks and humanitarian crisis (session II).

Agenda

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Participants

62 participants

  • Experts from bilateral implementing agencies, donors and international organisations working in the areas of digitalisation, health and social protection; openIMIS community members

  • Represented organisations, initiatives and networks: ADB, BMZ, EU, EU Delegations, ILO, ISSA, SDC, UNICEF, WB, WFP, WHO, Asian eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA), PATH/Digital Square, Digital Public Good Alliance (DPGA), Digital Convergence Initiative (DCI), P4H network, GIZ, OPM

  • Companies: 2M Corp, DATAPREV, M4H, MTCCL, PharmAccess, SolDevelo, SwissTPH, Tinker Tech, Y-Note, …

  • Organiser: BMZ, SDC, EU, openIMIS initiative (GIZ)

Sitemap (and summary of inputs)

Documentation and resources

  • Full summary article (openIMIS website)


  • Video: Solutions in Action (Sep 2025)