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Posted byby Sara Petti
February 11, 2025

Open Source Policy and Europe’s Digital Sovereignty: Key Takeaways from the EU Open Source Policy Summit

With the EU entering a new legislative cycle, the discussions focused on how open source can enhance digital sovereignty, competitiveness, and innovation.

Posted byby Patricio Del Boca
December 19, 2024

Our impressions after a huge Open America event

The event was a great success, with hundreds of people attending, and we dare say there were representatives from every state in the Americas. We have learned some lessons from Open America.

Posted byby Patricio Del Boca
November 20, 2024

Our impressions after the Digital Public Goods Alliance Annual Members Meeting 2024

The meeting is a space for all members of the Alliance to get together once a year to discuss agendas, updates, next steps and participate in discussions about the future of Digital Public Goods.

Posted byby OKFN
November 18, 2024

Report: Open Movement’s Common(s) Causes

This report outlines a shared advocacy strategy for the Knowledge Commons, based on a mapping of opportunities and threats facing the open movement that took place at Common(s) Cause, a Wikimania 2024 side event.

Posted byby OKFN
September 11, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Data for Peace: Highlights from the Policy Driver Document for Data Accessibility and User-Friendliness in Peacebuilding

In July 2024, peacebuilders, activists, academics, third sector and staff from intergovernmental organisations such as the United Nations and the OSCE, came together for a policy hackathon at the Austrian Forum for Peace Conference in Burgenland near the Hungarian border.

Posted byby OKFN
July 16, 2024

The European Union must keep funding free software

Open Letter to the European Commission

Posted byby OKFN
July 15, 2024

Policy Brief: Governing Digital Public Infrastructure as a Commons

Policy Brief submitted by Open Knowledge Foundation, Center for Internet and Society and Research ICT Africa to T20, Engagement Group of G20 under Task Force T05 - Inclusive digital transformation

Posted byby OKFN
July 12, 2024

You are invited to OPEN GOES COP’s 2nd Webinar

We’re advocating for openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences. If you’re working at the intersection of openness and climate change, please come!

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
July 9, 2024

How can ‘openness’ complement climate change?

Debriefing and reflecting after the inaugural OPEN GOES COP coalition webinar

Posted byby OKFN
May 27, 2024

Join us for the Inaugural Webinar of OPEN GOES COP, a movement advocating for openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences

We aim to overcome the lack of discussion on the role of ‘openness’ as a necessary condition for addressing the climate crisis. If you're working at the intersection of openness and climate change, please come!

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Jaya Klara Brekke: ‘Know who runs your infrastructure’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’