This roundtable will bring together FOSS product owners and governments to engage in a strategic discussion around two interrelated areas: 1) How to assess the technical maturity using the draft Universal Software Maturity Indicators (v0.1) https://github.com/DPGAlliance/CoP-Maturity-Indicators 20 How to assess institutional readiness of government to adopt, scale, and maintain FOSS projects in the context of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

The discussion will explore how these two dimensions: software maturity and institutional readiness can be better aligned to guide investment decisions, promote responsible implementation, and reduce barriers to adoption across countries and sectors.

Specifically, this session aims to: - Collect multi-stakeholder feedback on the draft Universal Software Maturity Indicators, including their structure, clarity, and relevance across diverse implementation contexts. - Explore what governance or incentive mechanisms are needed to ensure that such assessments are actually used—for example, in procurement, donor funding, or partnership processes. - Initiate dialogue on how to assess government readiness to adopt and scale FOSS and DPIs, with reference to the existing tools, such as the E-government Development Index, the World Bank's Open Data Readiness Assessment

The roundtable will provide space for constructive discussion, exchange of experiences, and co-creation of next steps toward strengthening maturity and scalability of FOSS from both sides, software and government readiness. This session will ultimately build alignment with stakeholders to explore solutions to share challenges regarding maturity indicators.