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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 Bratislava and…
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
Interactive map on environmental justice in the United States
Back in February, the White House published a beta version of an open source environmental justice tool that features an interactive map of communities in the United States and indicators on climate…
NEWSCreated: 28/04/2022The 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: 11/04/2022Geotrek and GeoNature: the Écrins National Park's contribution to the open source community
Geotrek and GeoNature are two free open source solutions for the administration and exploration of French national parks. The solutions provide national park authorities with tools to support the…
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: 05/04/2022The e-CODEX solution provides access to cross-border justice for citizens, businesses, and legal professionals in the EU
One of the pillars that the EU is built upon is the objective to make borders seamless. More than 400 million citizens have free movement in the Schengen Area, truly making Europe feel borderless. To…
NEWSCreated: 25/03/2022Ten 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: 24/03/2022The WHO is the latest public administration to launch an Open Source Programme Office
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the first agency of the United Nations (UN) to launch a formal Open Source Programme Office (OSPO). The OSPO is already the norm for realising value from open…
NEWSCreated: 18/03/2022The 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: 23/02/2022European 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: 21/02/2022Diverse stakeholders convened to discuss paths to improvement
On 13 January the White House organised a meeting on improving security of open source software with actors representing governmental agencies, private sector and open source foundations…
NEWSCreated: 17/02/2022