Open source is already in Europe’s telecoms networks and software stacks. Being able to control and efficiently leverage it, as well as contribute back, is the harder question, and one the industry has faced as its use of open source has matured over…

The European Commission’s European Technological Sovereignty Package includes a full strategy for EU open digital ecosystems….

The European Commission’s European Tech Sovereignty package, published in early June, sets a far-reaching approach to steering the EU’s technological development, creating healthier markets and securing the continent’s digital…

On 3 June 2026, the European Commission published its Open Source Strategy as part of the broader Tech Sovereignty Package. After years in which open source software was treated as a technical detail rather than a political priority,…

OpenForum Europe (OFE) welcomes the adoption of the European Commission’s Tech Sovereignty Package. As part of this package, the European Commission has now, for the first time, a comprehensive…

OpenForum Europe and the UN Open Source Week 2025 UN launched the UN Open Source Week 2025 Conference Report at OpenForum Europe’s EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026. This marks the fourth collaboration between the UN and OFE. With the 2026 edition approaching on 22–26 June 2026,…

The EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026, held on 30 January in Brussels under the theme ‘Digital Sovereignty Runs on Open Source’, brought together European policymakers, industry leaders, and open source advocates to address how open technologies can…

Every year, at the end of January, the global open source and open technology community descends on Brussels, on the occasion of the FOSDEM conference. Since 2025, the EU Open Source Week has grown, including OpenForum Europe’s (OFE) flagship event: The…

Rio de Janeiro, November 2025 – OpenForum Europe (OFE), the Open Source Initiative (OSI), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) today announced a strategic partnership — the Open Technology Research Network (OTRN) — to…

Today, a new coalition of industry leaders, open source companies, and civil society has come together with OpenForum Europe to urge the EU to invest a minimum of €350 million to maintain critical open source software underpinning Europe’s digital…

OpenForum Europe (OFE) has released its much-anticipated report, Funding Europe’s Open Digital Infrastructure: A Study on the Economic, Legal, and Political Feasibility of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF). Developed in collaboration with Fraunhofer ISI…

  The Call for Proposals deadline for the OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 has been extended to 23:59 CET on June 18, 2025. Submit your work here. The Cambridge Forum on Technology and Global Affairs, an open access journal from Cambridge University Press, has…