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The final results of the European Commission Study on the Impact of Open Source Software and Hardware were presented on 5 February at the European Open Source Policy Summit, opened by Commissioner...

OSPO++ institutionalises Open Source globally. OSPO++ is a global network and a community of collaborative open source program offices (OSPOs) focused on supporting the core mission objectives of...

The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) model of governance is used to manage use of, and contribution to, OSS projects. This model is becoming more common in public administration. As the use of OSS by...

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, brings together expert software teams from universities across Ireland in a coordinated centre of research excellence with a...

On 13 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) publicly unveiled its Open Source Programme Office (OSPO). This announcement came during an event focused on the importance and role of open-source...

The German think-tank, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, has released a policy brief suggesting governments establish a cybersecurity Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to enhance the security of Open...

There are a lot of discussions happening about forming public sector OSPOs. One question is how to define, or design, a public sector OSPO, and how the concept differs from a private sector OSPO. The...

OSOR published a new section to support public administrations wanting to start an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) in their organisation. The page collects information, news and guides to answer the...

The construct of an Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) was born in the private sector where it has been used to support organisations in achieving their goals for years by streamlining their software...

The OSPO of the French government’s Interministerial Digital Directorate, DINUM, has announced a partnership with “DesCodeuses”. This continues DINUM’s approach to working with the open source...

The OSPOs for Good symposium, held on July 9-10, 2024, brought together around 700 attendees, marking a significant increase from the previous year, emphasizing the role of OSPOs in fostering global cooperation and advancing the SDGs.

On Friday, June 9, 2023, the Dutch Open Source Program Office (OSPO) knowledge network, in a collaborative effort with OSPO++ and the informal OSPO network of the European Commission, held a...