On the 21st November OSOR celebrated 15 years of open-source advancement in public services with the OSOR Anniversary Conference and OSOR Awards 2023. Discover the highlights of the event and the three winners on the categories of 'OSOR Community Vote', 'Best open-source initiative', and 'Best open-source solution'.

The Dutch government, in October, published its agenda for Digital Open Strategic Autonomy (DOSA) alongside a letter to the House of Representatives from the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate. The policy framework aims to address strategic dependencies in the digital sector while promoting open strategic autonomy.

In a decisive move underscoring their commitment to critical areas, the European Parliament (EP) and the Council formally ratified the EU's 2024 budget, marking a significant milestone in addressing pressing global challenges while bolstering support for research initiatives, youth empowerment, and combating external adversities.

Na-prostem.si was created in 2022 to facilitate an autonomous digital transformation for non-governmental/voluntary organisations and enhance the digital inclusion and proficiency of their users. Co-funded by the Ministry of Public Administration, the two-year project budget is 200,000.00 EUR. It was created with two primary objectives.

Announced in June 2023, Moldova has now launched its OpenCode.md platform. This initiative, spearheaded by the company Diginet, centres on open source solutions which aim to achieve “Digital Public Goods” classification. Furthermore, the platform provides access to open content collections and open data.

German national railway company Deutsche Bahn wants to put its digitalisation on the right track. In early November, the company's digital arm, DB Systel, announced its open source manifesto. With the transition to open source, the logistics company plans to accelerate innovation, increase efficiency, ensure interoperability and build the organisat...

A new report co-authored by researchers from the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), OSPO++ and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) highlights the benefits that open source can bring to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Aleph Alpha, a Heidelberg-based startup focused on open source large language models (LLM), has raised €486 million in its Series B financing round. Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck called the startup an “incredible success story.” Indeed, this was one of Europe’s largest AI rounds ever – Mistral AI, the French startup which al...

Finnish artificial intelligence startup Silo AI published a new open source large language model (LLM) on 12 November. The new model Poro, named after the typical Nordic tundra roaming reindeer, is the second significant open source LLM hailing from Europe after French Mistral AI. For the moment it covers Finnish, English and some coding languages...

OSOR has just published its new report on the state of open source in China. This report shows the particular approach adopted by the Chinese government when it comes to open source and innovation. Showcasing the recent international developments of China's open source policy, as well as its implication in wider organisations. The report also portrays the heavy involvement of the Chinese government in its industrial open source policy.

This new report from OSOR on the state of open source in Mexico portrays how the government recently promoted the adoption of open source software at the federal level. It also retraces the history of the FOSS movement in Mexico's member states which influenced today's national policy.

CryptPad allows collaborative work on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. While it does not yet match all the features offered online by some well-known proprietary companies, it does cover the basic features and could be used wherever importance is placed on data security and on keeping data internal (thus preferring to avoid third-party s...