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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 Slovakia's…
NEWSCreated: 19/05/2022
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: 28/04/2022
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
Middle schools in Brittany turned to open source software for their file system management.
The Ille-et-Vilaine department in France deployed an open source software for file management to 21 middle schools, accounting for 12,000 users between teachers and students. In December 2021, the…
NEWSCreated: 21/01/2022
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French Minister announces new plan for supporting open source
The Minister of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service of France, Amélie de Montchalin announced a new action plan for open source software in the public sector at the closing of the Paris…
NEWSCreated: 14/12/2021
EU study on the impact of open source published
The study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware for the European Commission found that open source software and hardware are key for the region's digital transformation and can be a major…
NEWSCreated: 06/09/2021
The EU Digital COVID Certificate is officially on across Europe.
In compliance with the 1 July deadline, all the Member States as well as other non-EU countries effectively connected with the EU Gateway, thus going live with the EU Digital COVID Certificate. On 1…
NEWSCreated: 11/08/2021
A conversation with Petteri Kivimäki on X-Road®
Petteri Kivimäki, CTO at the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), agreed to be interviewed on the history and the impact of X-Road®, the open source data exchange layer solution…
NEWSCreated: 09/08/2021
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
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Parlimentary mission supports open source
In July 2020 the French National Assembly convened a special mission on building and promoting national and European digital sovereignty. The mission has just published its first report last month…
NEWSCreated: 04/08/2021
France recognises open source in its National Plan for Open Science 2021-2024
The French Ministry of Research shared its Second National Plan for Open Science for the years 2021-2024 on 6 July. The Plan foresees several initiatives aimed at increasing the reach of open science…
NEWSCreated: 30/07/2021
'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