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Towards a Systematic Understanding on the Challenges of Procuring Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector
Towards a Systematic Understanding on the Challenges of Procuring Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector By Keegan McBride,, Colin van Noordt, Gianluca Misuraca, and Gerhard Hammerschmid There…
NEWSCreated: 25/05/2022
A new open source project aims to help Ukrainians fleeing the country by providing accommodation assistance across Europe.
Acquired by Airbnb.org, the platform UASupport provides an interactive map to help volunteers and NGOs offer housing aid to Ukrainians refugees and asylum seekers. Following the war in Ukraine, the…
NEWSCreated: 19/05/2022
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: 11/04/2022
Into a new level of cooperation: From ISA² to building Interoperable Europe
The ISA² Programme has evolved into Interoperable Europe - the initiative of the European Commission for a reinforced interoperability policy. ISA² was a funding programme of the European Union that…
NEWSCreated: 29/11/2021
EU law on web accessibility - Commission seeks public views
The European Commission is currently reviewing the application of the Web Accessibility Directive, collecting evidence from individuals and various stakeholders involved in web accessibility. The…
NEWSCreated: 09/11/2021
Commission seeks feedback on public sector web accessibility
Since 23 June 2021, all public sector websites and mobile apps in the EU must be accessible to people with disabilities. A review of the application of the Web Accessibility Directive in practice is…
NEWSCreated: 08/10/2021
Caritas Deutschland has turned to open source for its online counselling platform.
The registered charity German Caritas Association switched to open source for its platform dedicated to the provision of online counselling services. In doing this, it calls for a growing involvement…
NEWSCreated: 16/07/2021
Making European digital public services a reality
Joinup has been around for more than 10 years and is still going strong. It was initially created to bring together different communities (OSOR, SEMIC, and ePractice) but, in the process, also managed…
NEWSCreated: 14/07/2021
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) principles are at the heart of CHAOSS Initiative, a Linux Foundation open source project.
CHAOSS launched the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group, which collaborates with public and private organisations to build out diversity-related international standards for open source…
NEWSCreated: 16/06/2021
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: 11/06/2021
IFMSA Bangladesh joins the GNU Health Alliance of Academic and Research Institutions
The non-profit organization with 3500+ medical students and 65 universities across the country is now part of the GNU Health Alliance of Academic and Research Institutions It’s a great day for…
NEWSCreated: 08/06/2021
Interview: AMA's Sara Carrasqueiro talks about digital transformation in Portugal
The Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) was created in 2007 and is responsible for promoting and developing digital government and administrative modernisation in Portugal. We interviewed Sara…
NEWSCreated: 29/04/2021