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The results of the monitoring exercises of both the Berlin Declaration and the EIF are out!
The results of the first monitoring exercise of the Berlin Declaration are finally out, providing an overview of the progress made by the Member States in implementing the 22 Policy Actions of the…
NEWSCreated: 28/11/2022Updated Date: 28/11/2022
New Interoperable Europe Act proposal - the start of a community debate
(Event note: Meet OSOR on 2 December in Brussels to discuss the Interoperable Europe Act. Register by 27 November. Information here.) We are very excited about this week's major announcement about the…
NEWSCreated: 24/11/2022Updated Date: 24/11/2022
New features: announcements message & dedicated contact form per Collection/Solution
Send announcements to members Owners and facilitators of Collection or Solution can now reach their members by sending them customised announcement messages. Just click on the three dots menu and…
NEWSCreated: 24/11/2022Updated Date: 24/11/2022
Meet the OSOR team in Brussels on 2 December
The entire OSOR team will be at the 2 December event in Brussels, Open Source Workshops for Computing & Sustainability organised by the European Commission and SWForum.eu. It's an in-person event…
NEWSCreated: 24/11/2022Updated Date: 30/11/2022
Échirolles is the fourth French city to receive the highest certification level of the “Territoires numériques libres” label
Échirolles, a small French city of around 35,000 inhabitants, has been awarded the highest level of the “Territoire numérique Libre” (TNL) label. The label has existed since 2016 and aims to reward…
NEWSCreated: 23/11/2022Updated Date: 23/11/2022
Interoperable Europe Act proposal published
The European Commission has published their much-awaited proposed text for the Interoperable Europe Act. This will be discussed at the 2 December workshop, in Brussels, "Building Sustainable Open…
NEWSCreated: 21/11/2022Updated Date: 30/11/2022
UNDP: Open Source Hardware Important in Global COVID-19 Response
OSH solutions ranging from personal protective equipment (masks) and ventilators to thermometers supported the global response. Every week during covid, new winners of the UNDP’s open source hardware…
NEWSCreated: 10/11/2022Updated Date: 25/11/2022
EUPL in Encyclopedia
The E – Scolarship Community Encyclopedia is a user-generated content collection platform for researchers with additional contributions published on scientific websites by competent experts. It…
NEWSCreated: 06/11/2022Updated Date: 21/11/2022
Interview: Dr Luis Falcon, GNU Health, free software in healthcare
Dr Luis Falcon is a medical doctor and computer scientist. He combines these skills to work on GNU Health to bring free software / open source to the healthcare sector. He spoke with us about progress…
NEWSCreated: 03/11/2022Updated Date: 17/11/2022
How free software / open source addresses bias in AI
The problem Bias is difficult to detect when developing an AI system because the software you write is not the AI. You write software, you feed it a large set of training data that is tagged with…
NEWSCreated: 20/10/2022Updated Date: 03/11/2022
Metrics for Public Administrations using Open Source
OSPOlogy recently hosted a discussion about the role of metrics in public administrations' efforts to migrate to free software / open source. Metrics serve two purposes: (1) to allow planners and…
NEWSCreated: 19/10/2022Updated Date: 03/11/2022
Free and Open Source event in the Czech Republic
On 16 September, the Czech Presidency of the European Council co-organised an event on Free and Open Source Software in Brno, Czech Republic with panel discussions which included government and public…
NEWSCreated: 26/09/2022Updated Date: 27/09/2022