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The first article in one of our national newspapers this morning about the launch of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) today 🍾🇪🇺

Title: "Europe takes first step towards digital independence. Four European countries are taking on the American tech giants, taking the lead in developing European software." 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy #opensource

Article in Dutch newspaper Trouw about the launch the EDIC

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Gina

@Gina@fosstodon.org · last month

We're hosting our German #OpenDesk and French #LaSuite colleagues at the Dutch Ministry of Interior today to exchange experiences with our #MijnBureau team 🇩🇪🇫🇷

This is in preparation of the official European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) launch tomorrow in The Hague. 🍾

The #EDIC will be a consortium of several EU member states to fund, support and build more #opensource EU alternatives together, like the sovereign workspaces replacing Microsoft.

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy

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One of the workshops with several Dutch, German and French colleagues, where currently BlockNote and Yjs is being presented

Acknowledgement of support from the German, French and Dutch government on the powerpoint

Gina

@Gina@fosstodon.org · last month

The European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) has officially been launched 🥳🎉🍾🇪🇺

We had EU delegates from NL, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Hungary on stage, with livestream of all participants holding balloons in the background.

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #eupolicy

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Celebratory moment with EU delegates from NL, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Hungary on stage, holding balloons and receiving applause. In the background is a livestream of all participants that have joined our videoconference system (Visio, part of LaSuite)

Room with everyone holding and throwing balloons in between clapping

Lazou

@lazou@kanoa.de replied · last month

@Gina

This sounds like a fantastic launch for #EDIC! 🎉 What a powerful example of European collaboration—with representatives from seven countries on stage and such a symbolic celebration. Wishing you every success with this vital initiative; the digital infrastructure of the future needs exactly this kind of momentum! 🇪🇺✨

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Jan Penfrat

@ilumium@eupolicy.social · last month

Today, the #EU will launch a new legal entity aimed at supporting the development of the #DigitalCommons.

The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and scale digital commons and facilitate their uptake."

Depending on who leads it, this #DCEDIC might become something great, or it could end in failure just as #GaiaX did. 🍿

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launch-digital-commons-edic-support-sovereign-european-digital-infrastructure-and

Shaping Europe’s digital future

Commission to launch Digital Commons EDIC to support sovereign European digital infrastructure and technology

The European Commission today adopted a decision establishing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC), a new instrument enabling Member States to jointly develop, deploy and operate cross-border digital infrastructures with dedicated governance and legal personality.