Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:

https://nlnet.nl/officehour/

#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #fundingfoss

Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:

https://nlnet.nl/officehour/

#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #fundingfoss

The Call for Papers for the 8th International
Open Search Symposium is open! Deadline is March 1, 2026.
This years theme is Boosting Digital Sovereignty.
The conference will be held in Berlin in October, free of charge and is organized by the Open Search Foundation.

There is also a Call for Demos to young researchers and students to showcase their innovative work using the Open Web Index of the OpenWebSearch.eu project.

https://opensearchfoundation.org/events-osf/ossym2026/#CfP2026

#ossym2026 #NGI #OpenWeb #Search

The Call for Papers for the 8th International
Open Search Symposium is open! Deadline is March 1, 2026.
This years theme is Boosting Digital Sovereignty.
The conference will be held in Berlin in October, free of charge and is organized by the Open Search Foundation.

There is also a Call for Demos to young researchers and students to showcase their innovative work using the Open Web Index of the OpenWebSearch.eu project.

https://opensearchfoundation.org/events-osf/ossym2026/#CfP2026

#ossym2026 #NGI #OpenWeb #Search

@nlnet

Hubzilla
Hubzilla performance improvements
Interoperability of Events in the Fediverse
Inventaire Self-hosted
Kazarma
lemmur
Lemmy
Lemmy Federation
Lemmy private communities
Lemmy Scale
Loops
Manyfold
Manyfold Printing, Customization and Versioning
Mastodon groups, filtering, moderation
Mastodon for institutions
Misskey
Mobilizon
Mobilizon UX
Nextcloud
NextGraph
NextGraph Framework
NodeBB
NodeBB context discovery
Omnon
openEngiadina
Owncast
Peertube
Peertube Remote Transcoding
Peertube plugin livechat
Peertube Desktop
PixelDroid
PixelDroid Media editor
Pixelfed
Pixelfed Live
Plaudit
Pleroma
Podlibre
Popularizing Peertube
Tusky
WordPress ActivityPub
XMPP-ActivityPub gateway
XWiki ActivityPub

I mentioned the count in my blog post about the need to establish shared ownership for the ecosystem to be able to mature and evolve in a healthy manner.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116091968527108851

#ActivityPub #fediverse #NLnet #NGI

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@NGICommons has launched a survey on Building Blocks for Europe's #OpenInternetStack. We need your expertise to shape the future of European digital sovereignty!

⏱️ 20-30 minutes
🌍 Open until 8 March 2026
📝 Your input → policy recommendations to @EU_Commission
Take the survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/3b611754-9e75-ae52-1115-b6ef918f2fa7

Read more: https://commons.ngi.eu/2026/02/10/survey-on-digital-commons-building-blocks-for-the-open-internet-stack/

#DigitalCommons #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #NGI #OpenInternetStack

The recordings of the matchmaking sessions for the @EUCommission 's Open Internet Stack open calls are online. There were lots of interesting people giving brief presentations about their current work and plans for the call. The sessions were hosted by @EC_NGI
If you are interested in applying to IOS but could not make it to the session, the recordings are a great way to find people to build a consortium with.
Video links and info about the calls: https://nlnet.nl/events/20260211/OIS-matchmaking/index.html
#foss #NGI #NGI0

The recordings of the matchmaking sessions for the @EUCommission 's Open Internet Stack open calls are online. There were lots of interesting people giving brief presentations about their current work and plans for the call. The sessions were hosted by @EC_NGI
If you are interested in applying to IOS but could not make it to the session, the recordings are a great way to find people to build a consortium with.
Video links and info about the calls: https://nlnet.nl/events/20260211/OIS-matchmaking/index.html
#foss #NGI #NGI0

CAS is an initiative aimed at strengthening open, sovereign, and self-hosted identity infrastructure on the internet. It's an open source identity provider for all applications deployed by an organization at scale, supporting hundreds of thousands of users.
They recently posted on their community blog about the work they've planned with financial support from the NGI0 Commons Fund. It gives a good idea of what the project does and where it is going.
https://apereo.github.io/2026/02/01/cas-nlnet/
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS

Just a reminder that the first of the matchmaking sessions for Open Internet Stack open calls from the @EUCommission starts today at 14.00 CET.
If you are considering to apply and are looking for collaboration partners, join us today.
There are three separate sessions at 14.00, 15.30 & 17.00 for different calls.
@EC_NGI will give a brief introduction, and then the floor is open.
See for all the info:
https://nlnet.nl/events/20260211/OIS-matchmaking/index.html
#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #openinternetstack

Just a reminder that the first of the matchmaking sessions for Open Internet Stack open calls from the @EUCommission starts today at 14.00 CET.
If you are considering to apply and are looking for collaboration partners, join us today.
There are three separate sessions at 14.00, 15.30 & 17.00 for different calls.
@EC_NGI will give a brief introduction, and then the floor is open.
See for all the info:
https://nlnet.nl/events/20260211/OIS-matchmaking/index.html
#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #openinternetstack

Share your knowledge about Free and Open Source with the @EUCommission and provide input for its European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy.

All feedback is welcome but there are five specific questions like: What are the main barriers that prevent #FOSS adoption? & What is the added value of FOSS?

Input informs the Strategy which marks FOSS as a crucial contribution to technological sovereignty & security.
The Call is open till February 3.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

#NGI #NGI0 #policy

CAS is an initiative aimed at strengthening open, sovereign, and self-hosted identity infrastructure on the internet. It's an open source identity provider for all applications deployed by an organization at scale, supporting hundreds of thousands of users.
They recently posted on their community blog about the work they've planned with financial support from the NGI0 Commons Fund. It gives a good idea of what the project does and where it is going.
https://apereo.github.io/2026/02/01/cas-nlnet/
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS