foss-north is a free, open source conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective. Hosted in Gothenburg between Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, with an international airport, the event provides a meeting place for the Nordic foss communities and brings together experts in the field.
FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet.
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software. Usually taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community.
Europe’s digital future should not be rented. It should be built, together, in the open, in Europe. The European Commission just published a Call for Evidence to inform the upcoming European Open Source Strategy (Q1 2026), focused on strengthening European open digital ecosystems, boosting competitiveness, and reinforcing cybersecurity.
Recent strategic decisions by public administrations highlight the importance of data access for successful digital transformation. OSOR reported on four examples which show that public administrations are recognising the importance of data availability. It is clear from these cases that successful data sharing and open source software are closely interlinked, even beyond Europe.
Drupal is a free, open source content management system (CMS) used to build and manage websites. It is written in PHP and allows users to create, organise, and publish digital content without requiring extensive programming knowledge. Drupal is particularly suited for complex, content-heavy websites and is widely used by governments, universities, and large organisations due to its flexibility, scalability, and strong security features. It supports a modular architecture, meaning functionality can be extended through thousands of community-contributed modules. Drupal is maintained by a global community of developers and has been in active development since 2001.
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NIFO Programme Manager Claudia Oliveira gives you an insight in the modernisation of interoperability and digital government monitoring. She also selects the main trends that can be found within these activities.
Andrea Halmos, Deputy Head of Unit of the Interoperability Unit of DG Informatics, shares with us her passion for digital transformation. Discover her vision for a more Interoperable Europe now in this extended interview!
The Deputy Director-General for Digital Services shares his insights from working more than 20 years in IT and EU policymaking. He emphasises data’s transformative impact and SEMIC’s role in advancing European digital governance.
Due to the large popularity of the SEMIC2024-preconference workshops, we also uploaded the recordings of each workshop. Dive into your favourite in-depth topic on public sector interoperability now!
With this year's theme on making the vision behind the Interoperable Europe Act a reality, you can relive every session of the SEMIC2024 Main Conference (including the pre-conference workshops) via our Interoperable Europe Youtube Channel. Rewatch your favourite session now!
This is the final version of the OSOR Handbook, a practical guide for European public administrations to use, develop, and contribute to open source software. It covers the full cycle of working with open source in the public sector, from finding and assessing solutions (including public software catalogues) to procurement, community participation, funding, licensing, and governance structures such as OSPOs. The handbook reflects input from public-sector experts and incorporates feedback from community consultations, with updates including municipal catalogues, the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue, and references to recent EU legislation.
This paper analyses findings from 23 Open Source Software Country Intelligence Reports, examining open source adoption in European public administrations through legal frameworks, governance mechanisms, reuse initiatives, and cross-border collaboration. It shows open source is increasingly mainstream in European public administrations, moving from a tactical tool to a strategic objective supported by emerging multi-stakeholder governance. The paper's scope includes the Western Balkans, with new country reports on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia, highlighting how EU integration processes can accelerate open source adoption in candidate countries.
OSOR published a new case study on the work done by the Trufi association. It examines the uniquely international and community-based development model that was created by the Trufi association, and how it used open source to connect local European administrations with international counterparts in the development of intermodal mobility solutions.
