OpenG2P

Delivering social benefits from government to person

Past and Current Partners

Co-Develop, Gates Foundation, Pratiksha Trust

Active Countries

Ethiopia, Zambia

Thematic area(s)

Inclusive Growth, Health, Gender, Crisis

Technology

Open Source

Organisation Name

International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B)

The Problem

Many governments and humanitarian organisations struggle with fragmented, inefficient, and proprietary systems that hinder the timely and transparent delivery of social benefits to those who need them most. OpenG2P addresses this challenge by enabling governments and humanitarian organisations to deliver critical social benefits, offering people-centric and open-source solutions and ensuring that support reaches vulnerable populations more efficiently.

The Solution

OpenG2P provides open-source building blocks that enable governments to digitise and automate the entire social benefit delivery process, from registration to benefit distribution and monitoring. It supports secure, inclusive registries, efficient programme management modules, and digital cash transfers, serving as a crucial component of Digital Public Infrastructure. Recognised as a Digital Public Good by the DPGA, OpenG2P is designed to promote an open and inclusive approach to benefit transfers while upholding privacy, advancing gender equality, and fostering financial inclusion.

How it works?

Step 1: The government or implementing agency sets up the OpenG2P Social Registry (SR) to register individuals and groups, collecting demographic data that enables data sharing, user control, and issuing verifiable credentials.
Step 2: They deploy the Program and Beneficiary Management System (PBMS) to define programme eligibility and entitlement rules, manage multiple programmes and beneficiaries, automate beneficiary identification, enable digital cash transfers, and send notifications or e-vouchers.
Step 3: Using the Social Payments Account Mapper (SPAR), they link user IDs to financial addresses such as bank accounts or mobile wallets, ensuring accurate and secure cash transfers.
Step 4: Finally, the G2P Bridge connects social protection systems to financial service providers, standardising and automating disbursement instructions, reconciling payments, and supporting both digital transfers and delivery of physical goods or services.

Bridging the digital divide

To bridge the digital divide, OpenG2P provides open-source, adaptable tools that help governments digitise and streamline the delivery of social benefits. By supporting secure, inclusive registries, robust programme management, and digital cash transfers, OpenG2P ensures that even marginalised and hard-to-reach communities can access essential services. As a recognised Digital Public Good, it promotes an open and inclusive approach to benefit transfers that safeguards privacy, advances gender equality, and fosters financial inclusion, empowering people everywhere to participate in and benefit from the digital economy.

Impact and highlights

OpenG2P supports Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) and National ID Programme (NIDP) in building an interoperable farmers database, laying the foundation for all digital agriculture services by integrating land records and Fayda IDs to ensure trusted, authenticated data. Targeting 15 million farmers through combined field data collection and existing records, unlocking access to finance, markets, inputs, and advisory services to boost productivity and incomes.

OpenG2P supports the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) in delivering critical services to vulnerable communities. Under the Emergency Relief Programme, the pilot stage successfully registered 18,809 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The programme is currently targeting approximately 1.3 million individuals affected by natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, or displaced due to conflicts.

In the Returnee Programme, 301,966 returnees have been registered, receiving on-arrival assistance including food, cash, and transportation support on a weekly basis.

Plans for expansion

Following the successful pilot phase, OpenG2P is expanding its support to scale the Emergency Relief Programme and Farmers Registry Programme to potentially cover up to 15 million people across Ethiopia. The Returnee Programme continues to grow with consistent weekly registrations, aiming to enhance on-arrival services for deported citizens. The platform plans to further strengthen coordination with regional centers and service providers to ensure timely and efficient assistance delivery across all use cases.

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