The CONSULCON2026 will focus on issues relating to digital democracy, open source technology and democratic empowerment, and gives an opportunity to connect with the Consul community to exchange views and knowledge, and take a collective look forward into the near future.
At the beginning of June, the European Commission unveiled its EU Open Source Strategy as part of the European Tech Sovereignty Package. The strategy promotes European open alternatives to reduce unhealthy dependencies, and puts open source at the heart of the efforts to strengthen Europe’s digital ecosystem. This comprehensive strategy marks a milestone in the governance of open innovation and digital open ecosystems. Open source is not on the policy fringes anymore, but at the forefront of the continent’s technological development and digital sovereignty.
Grafana is an open source visualisation and dashboarding platform that allows the user to query, visualise, alert on and understand data no matter where it is stored.
OSOR is pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar dedicated to exploring the EU Open Source Strategy’s implications for European public administrations.
Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Europe is a gathering for the open source movement and offers a shared space to make connections, promote open source projects and learn across domains. This is achieved by combining perspectives from developers, operations, community and leaders, academia, media and other actors.
Mindtrek conference is an annual international technology conference that provides an arena for networking with leaders, innovators and advocates who are shaping technology through openness and shared knowledge.
Open Source Conference Luxembourg 2026 will provide participants the opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences on current and planned projects that implement and secure Open Source software for many use cases.
OSOR has published its second update of the Netherlands Country Report, covering developments in open source software adoption in the country over the past three years.
OSOR has published its second update of the Bulgaria Country Report, examining the evolution and recent developments in open source software adoption in the country over the past three years.
On June, OSOR hosted the workshop: “Driving Public Value Through Open Source Artificial Intelligence”. The workshop examined the role of open source AI in the public sector, presented concrete use cases, and discussed the practical challenges and potential solutions for governments to adopt open source AI.
Case study on ALIA, Europe’s first publicly developed, open and multilingual AI infrastructure.
Capital Series Ireland will bring Brussels-level discussions of open source policy directly to Dublin. This event is a unique opportunity for the local open source community to directly engage with EU and national policymakers to better understand policies that impact the Irish market.
OSOR has published its second update of the France Country Report, covering developments in open source software adoption in the country over the past three years.
FrOSCon programme includes talks and workshops for a wide audience, with topics ranging from system administration and security to digital sovereignty and AI.
Launched in 2022 by the French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN) and OpenStreetMap France as part of the Fabrique des Géocommuns initiative (now the Fabrique de la Donnée Territoriale), Panoramax is an open, sovereign street-level imagery platform.
On July, AMALIA, an open source artificial intelligence (AI) model was officially launched by a consortium of Portuguese universities and research institutions. Developed in Portugal, and trained on European Portuguese data, the model represents Portugal’s push for data and algorithmic sovereignty.
On 30 May, Jan Oleszczuk-Zygmuntowski, Ph.D. announced the launch of the Alliance of Friends of Free and Open Source Software, or SPOIWO for short (meaning a binder). Dr Oleszczuk Zygmuntowski saw the need to unite Polish open source businesses, free and libre organisations, and community members under a single banner.
The Weather Observations Website Belgium, a crowdsourcing platform where personal weather station owners contribute data, has relaunched as an independent open data and open source platform. The relaunch came with new features.
In June 2026, the Swedish Agency for Digital Government (Digg) published a revised open source policy and guidelines, alongside a new handbook for working with open source software, combining technical details in a clearer format.
The European Commission has published a new report setting out practical strategies to overcome the barriers that still limit the sharing and reuse of open source software across the public sector. The publication comes at a decisive moment for Europe’s digital agenda.
