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Diverse 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

Open data developments and directive transposition
The Polish Parliament unanimously voted for the law transposing the directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information on 23 July. Back in 2016 we wrote about the public consultation…
NEWSCreated: 06/08/2021

'Open Source will be a key element to achieve Europe’s resilience and digital sovereignty'
Open source gained increasing interest on the political level of digital policy discussions in recent months. Recently, the European Commission set up an Open Source Programme Office and expressed…
NEWSCreated: 28/06/2021
Russian observers test election monitoring app
Ethereum-based software will become publicly available early next year National Public Monitoring (NOM), a Russian independent association of public observers, has been testing a monitoring tool for…
NEWSCreated: 28/11/2018
Rotterdam Municipality and Port Authority launch BlockLab
The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have jointly launched a field lab for the development of blockchain-based applications. The BlockLab project is financed by these two…
NEWSCreated: 04/11/2017
Swiss university accepts Bitcoin
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Hochschule Luzern, HSLU) in Switzerland is now accepting payments in Bitcoin. Customers of the institute — including students and employees — who want…
NEWSCreated: 18/10/2017
The EU Open Source Policy Summit 2021 on 5 February
About the event This year’s EC Open Source Policy Summit will be virtual and will start with two keynotes: the European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton and the Senior Vice President…
EVENTCreated: 26/01/2021