This story was originally published in the article for the Open Source Observatory (OSOR), a European Commission’s project aiming at providing trustworthy FOSS expertise and information, as well as connecting European Public Administrations with other…

This story was originally published in the article for the Open Source Observatory (OSOR), a European Commission’s project aiming at providing trustworthy FOSS expertise and information, as well as connecting European Public Administrations with other relevant stakeholders. OFE is…

Congratulations to Basil Cousins on his well deserved award by OpenUK. Basil and I first met in the early 1980’s when I was at ICL (now Fujitsu) and he was a senior customer. Even then he was a strong advocate for…

This story was originally published in the article for the Open Source Observatory (OSOR), a European Commission’s project aiming at providing trustworthy FOSS expertise and information, as well as connecting European Public…

Sachiko Muto, Chief Executive Officer, OpenForum Europe delivered the keynote “How can Open Source Help Solve Europe’s Strategic Challenges?” at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe 2020. In a world of ubiquitous Open Source,…

At the United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum this year, OFE is bringing together a diverse group of experts from academia, civil society organisations, SMEs as well as consumer representatives to discuss all aspects of how increased interoperability could be a way to solve some…

I have always agreed with Capote’s view that autumn, not spring, is the season of beginning. This year, as the world is still grappling with the pandemic but policymakers are also beginning to envision a new future, I hope that autumn will bring critical reflection and seriously fresh thinking to Brussels. In the…

Between 18:10 and 18:40 (CEST) on Wednesday 9 September, Paula and Sivan, making up the OFE research team, will present at the Main Stage of the Open Source Initiative’s ‘State of the Source’ conference. Fraunhofer and OpenForum Europe have been tasked by the European…

The original version of this post appeared on the site of the British Computer Society, available here. The article is a follow-up of the speech our Policy Director Astor Nummelin Carlberg gave at the British Computer Society event in London on 20 February. For the last year or so,…

OpenForum Europe and Fraunhofer ISI are delighted to announce that we were awarded the contract to conduct the study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the…

As long-time supporters of Open Source, we had high expectations of last week’s European Commission ambitious workshop ‘Open Source Beyond 2020’. These expectations were exceeded. The event gathered an impressive group of representatives of the relevant stakeholder groups, spanning industry,…

On Thursday 25 September, OpenForum Europe presented Policy Recommendations for improving the policy environment for SMEs to succeed with Free and Open Source Software. The presentation was preceded by a keynote from André Richier, Principal Policy Officer at the European Commission, who…