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Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software
Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software by Alice Pannier, Research Fellow, Head of Ifri*'s Geopolitics of Technology Program *IFRI is the French Institute of…
NEWSCreated: 05/01/2023Updated Date: 06/01/2023
Award for collaborative maps in Nextcloud
The Commission and Nextcloud have awarded EUR 5,000 to a software developer based in Austria. He contributed a map-sharing application to Nextcloud that makes it easy for users to collaborate on…
NEWSCreated: 13/06/2022Updated Date: 03/11/2022
Ten Member States have joined the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI), built on TESTA.
The Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) is the data communication network service lying at the digital core of the EU4Health Programme, and interoperability is the…
NEWSCreated: 24/03/2022Updated Date: 24/03/2022
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The French Presidency of the Council of the EU announced the creation of a task force on digital commons.
France and other sixteen Member States will work on a voluntary basis to create a European hub for digital commons as well as identify new financial and human resources to allocate to European open…
NEWSCreated: 23/02/2022Updated Date: 23/02/2022
European Commissioner outlines priorities
The EU Open Source Policy Summit is an annual event focusing on “Open Source & the Grand Challenges” as its theme this year. The EU Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn was among…
NEWSCreated: 21/02/2022Updated Date: 03/05/2022
The European Commission launched Interoperable Europe, the new policy framework for interoperability in the EU.
Funded by the Digital Europe Programme, Interoperable Europe builds on ISA2 and puts open cooperation with the Member States at its heart. On 21 November, the European Commission announced the launch…
NEWSCreated: 17/01/2022Updated Date: 17/01/2022
Software for seventh Earth Explorer mission on biomass in 2023 is released
BioPAL – The BIOMASS Product Algorithm Laboratory, released in April 2021, is set for mission launch in 2023 In late April, the python software behind the European Space Agency’s (ESA) seventh Earth…
NEWSCreated: 01/10/2021Updated Date: 01/10/2021
EU study on the impact of open source published
The study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware for the European Commission found that open source software and hardware are key for the region's digital transformation and can be a major…
NEWSCreated: 06/09/2021Updated Date: 06/09/2021
The EU Digital COVID Certificate is officially on across Europe.
In compliance with the 1 July deadline, all the Member States as well as other non-EU countries effectively connected with the EU Gateway, thus going live with the EU Digital COVID Certificate. On 1…
NEWSCreated: 11/08/2021Updated Date: 11/08/2021
New European cloud platform, Gaia-X, will be built on open source elements
The European cloud platform is a reaction to a market dominated by tech-giants. It is an initiative for establishing digital sovereignty through open technologies and EU data strategies. The next step…
NEWSCreated: 02/08/2021Updated Date: 02/08/2021
Accessibility standards in the European Union and open source tools to test public bodies’ websites and applications
As part of the steps outlined in the EU Web Accessibility Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/2102), accessibility standards must be met for public sector websites since September 2020, and from June 2021…
NEWSCreated: 02/07/2021Updated Date: 02/07/2021
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation launched the Inclusive Naming Initiative for an inclusive programming language.
The Inclusive Naming Initiative aims to help create international standards for the replacement of non-inclusive and harmful IT language with neutral terms, and share them to both industry and public…
NEWSCreated: 11/06/2021Updated Date: 15/06/2021