This change will enable public services, companies, start-ups as well as citizens to use and further develop Commission software, facilitating also the sharing of knowledge and expertise. With new rules in place, some actions will be facilitated an improved such as: The dissemination of software under an open source licence will no longer require a Commission decision. Where possible, Commission services will progressively review all software developed prior to the adoption of these new rules and identify the ones that have the potential to bring value outside the Commission. The Commission…

The EC invites ethical hackers to the BIG Hackathon featuring X-Road® from 28 June to 5 July 2021 Bridging Interoperability Gaps (BIG): The BIG Hackathon is an online hackathon organised by an open source initiative funded by the ISA2 Sharing and Reuse Action (2016.31). It aims to build a generic bridge able to connect national systems to the CEF Digital eDelivey network. Working with NIIS, the hackathon will use the generic bridge to connect X-Road® (the national data exchange system used in Estonia and Finland) to link with software products in the market that use the eDelivery European…

An EU Hackathon with over 150 participants, from 50 countries, submitted 21 projects, 5 winners! In the last week of April 2021, more than 150 people from 50 countries gathered in an education themed online hackathon called "Winning over the classroom with Jitsi”, sponsored by ISA2 Sharing and Re-use action (2016.31) to develop new features for Jitsi. Developers, architects, students, teachers, and Jitsi mentors from different countries and time zones worked together for one week in a collaborative online environment. Participants could choose to tackle some of the challenges proposed by Jitsi…

Part of the Sharing and Reuse Action (2016.31) of the ISA2 Programme will create the very first inventory of open source software, with the aim of identifying the most critical open source software and tools used by public organisations across Europe. To ensure a comprehensive inventory, the project team invites representatives of public organisations to participate in the data collection exercise by sharing their data on the open source software used in their organisations. To respect GDPR and other data protection policies, no personal or other confidential information is requested. What are…