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 2025, held on 31 January in Brussels, brought together policymakers, industry leaders, and open source advocates from across Europe to discuss the crucial role of open source software (OSS) in shaping Europe’s digital…

Authored by Sachiko Muto, Chair of OpenForum Europe and a Senior Researcher at RISE, we’re pleased to share the report emanating from the symposium ‘OSPOs for Good – Building & Designing Cooperative Digital Infrastructure’ symposium,…

Read our latest paper on the state of play, rationale and context of the emergence of Open Source Program Offices in the public sector observed in the last couple of years.  This paper provides an overview of the uptake of Open Source in the public sector and its role in enhancing openness,…

This paper presents a view on how a strategic policy approach to Open Technologies can support the reduction of dependencies and increasing capabilities found wanting in Europe.  The report was presented during OFE’s event on 23 March: Open Strategic Autonomy:…

The European Commission’s landmark study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware finds that investments in open source software can be a major boost to the EU’s post-recovery economy, digital transformation and…

We are happy to share with you our “OFE Year in review” report presenting our achievements this year. Many new partners and new Fellows of our OpenForum Academy, finalising the FOSS4SMEs project, vital work within Task Forces, kicking off the Journal of Open Law, Technology and Society and several events we organised…

Join the FOSS4SMEs Project Consortium to learn about how SMEs competitiveness can be jump-started through Free and Open Source Software A panel with senior representatives from policy, SMEs and academia will discuss how SMEs can take advantage…

Why Legal Issues are the Wrong Lens to understand the Open Source and FRAND issue The question if Open Source Software can be combined with a FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) regime is often at the centre of the debate….