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New open source digital services for the residents of Bratislava
The City of Bratislava is currently building a whole new ecosystem of open source digital services under the leadership of its CIO Petra Dzurovčinová. These services will be tested in Slovakia's…
NEWSCreated: 19/05/2022
Developers from all over the world are collaborating to facilitate cross-border movements of Ukrainians.
Based on open technologies, this initiative aims to support the people in Ukraine by providing timely information on border crossings, missile alerts, missing person reporting, accommodation and…
NEWSCreated: 11/05/2022
The Digital Public Goods Alliance Announces DPG Charter
As OSOR has reported on earlier, the United Nations has endorsed the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), which is cofounded by Norway, Sierra Leone, the Indian think tank iSPIRT and the United…
NEWSCreated: 11/04/2022The Open Source Kohesio Platform is Meant to Increase Transparency and Fight Disinformation Related to EU Funding
On 17 March the European Commission launched Kohesio—an open source-based platform giving users access to a transparent and searchable database that provides detailed information about EU funded…
NEWSCreated: 05/04/2022All EU Member States adopted the Strasbourg Declaration outlining the coordination strategy for public administrations.
The Declaration on the Common values and challenges of European Public Administrations underlines an overarching support of open source and interoperability within the public sector. On 16 and 17…
NEWSCreated: 22/03/2022The 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: 23/02/2022The U.S. Department of Defence has published new guidelines for the internal use of open source for cyber defence purposes
The U.S. Department of Defence CIO urged the Department to prefer open source over proprietary solutions. On 24 January 2022, the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) Chief Information Officer John…
NEWSCreated: 16/02/2022New rules will be adopted by “traffic light” coalition that will be major boon for open source
The new German federal government is in office since early December and promises to give open source in the biggest EU Member State another boost, with a number of new commitments. Open source will be…
NEWSCreated: 21/01/2022The 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: 17/01/2022Four Finnish cities collaborate to develop, manage and maintain an open source ERP system for early childhood education.
Deployed firstly by the city of Espoo, the open source software eVaka reached its second year of operation in providing citizens with information and functionalities on kindergartens and early…
NEWSCreated: 17/01/2022French Minsiter announces new plan for supporting open source
The Minister of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service of France, Amélie de Montchalin announced a new action plan for open source software in the public sector at the closing of the Paris…
NEWSCreated: 14/12/2021From Open Software to Open Culture: Opportunities and challenges of open source to support the United Nation mandate
The United Nations organised an event “From Open Software to Open Culture Opportunities and challenges of open source to support the United Nation mandate” on 23 September as a Side Event at General…
NEWSCreated: 18/10/2021