Introduction to the core concepts of DPI: DPI, DPG, infrastructure for public service, government technology stack, service architecture, open source, technology extensibility and modularity.

Introduction to the dimensions of Digital Public Infrastructure governance: technical, legal, operational, oversight, and more. It discusses why DPI is not just technical, the importance of proper capability alignment, and how to use a value proposition template for goal and audience fit.

Introduction to trust and safety, exploring the gap between perception and reality, stakeholder roles, and overlapping mandates. It outlines allies, opponents, and strategies for building trust while balancing competing interests, using both a stakeholder map and value proposition template.

Overview of strategies countries have used to build support and facilitate tradeoff discussions during the DPI adoption cycle. It examines methods for fostering dialogue, addressing competing interests, and ensuring stakeholder buy-in throughout the process.

Introduction to various institutional governance formats for DPI, including centralized and decentralized models. It covers how governments organize oversight, coordination, and decision-making to ensure effective implementation and sustainability of DPI projects.

Exploration of emergent regulatory challenges, focusing on frontier issues like the failure to prevent dominance in payment layers, local discretion driving exclusion. It highlights the role of women in payments, capabilities needed to assess inclusion, and designing systems like the India Stack to counter exclusion. Case studies such as Pix illustrate approaches to fostering inclusion and addressing government co-option.

Introduction to transparency, accountability, and oversight in governance. It covers reporting on governance and implementation, grievance redressal practices that empower independent reviewers, and the importance of multi-stakeholder participation and representation in decision-making processes.

Overview of financing models, comparing public, private, and public-private benefits in different contexts. It examines economic considerations such as inducing demand, increasing cost recovery, and the role of connectivity infrastructure in supporting these financial models.

Exploration of global examples of shared code-base governance, highlighting the benefits and drawbacks of using shared systems. It examines best practices for leveraging shared code-bases and explores the intersections with procurement, support, and maintenance processes to ensure sustainability.

Analysis of governance models that enable institutional engagement for wide adoption, focusing on low-permission frameworks that facilitate ease of use. It explores the risks and opportunities of mandatory versus voluntary adoption, highlights best practices that have driven adoption, and identifies practices that have hindered it.

Examination of governance and regulatory capacities, comparing in-house versus outsourced skills for identity and data exchange. It covers experiments like regulatory sandboxes and public-interest governance structures, the need for external expertise in highly skilled roles, and the importance of digital literacy among citizens.

Overview of formats and staffing models, focusing on tools for legal empowerment and installing a mission-oriented approach. It also revisits the value proposition template, emphasizing stakeholder mapping and identifying who is not involved in key processes.