💡 What’s next for EU–Japan digital cooperation?
🇪🇺 At the EU–Japan Digital Week 2026, one thing became clear: we don’t need more ideas—we need implementation.
👉 Read more: https://inpacehub.eu/2026/05/06/eu-japan-digital-week-2026-lessons-tech-cooperation/
Key shift 👉 from dialogue → delivery
Key need 👉 stronger public–private collaboration
Key opportunity 👉 scaling joint solutions globally (incl. Africa)
With Japan now associated to Horizon Europe, this partnership is stepping up.
📢 SHIFT is now part of the Tech Sovereignty Catalogue!
The Catalogue maps trusted digital solutions made in Europe and connects European innovators with policymakers and industry stakeholders.
By joining the Catalogue, SHIFT is contributing to building a robust ecosystem of secure alternatives and strengthening Europe’s tech sovereignty and competitiveness.
Explore the Catalogue 👉 https://techsov-catalogue.eu/
EU Plans Major Push for Digital Sovereignty
https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1369-ad56-2cab-22c043418489
The @EUCommission will be present across several sessions at #FOSDEM26 🇪🇺
Topics include:
👉 Open-source implementation of European Data Spaces (SIMPL)
👉 Interoperability & the DMA
👉 Cyber Resilience Act & engagement with FOSS
👉 Sustaining Free & Open Source Software
👉 Open source in railways & mobility
A strong signal that #EU digital policy is increasingly built with the FOSS ecosystem, not just around it.
#FOSDEM #FOSS #EUdigital #DigitalCommons #OpenSource #PublicInfrastructure
🚨 “Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door The proposed Network Fees Act is being framed as a technical adjustment to rebalance the digital ecosystem. It isn’t. It is the return of “Fair Share”—an idea borrowed from the telephone era, where networks charged termination fees simply for accepting traffic. That model was rejected by the internet for good reason. 🔹 Over 99% of internet interconnection is settlement-free 🔹 Connectivity itself is the product ISPs already sell to consumers 🔹 Introducing access fees means double charging for the same connectivity The consequences are predictable: • Higher costs for online services • New barriers for startups and SMEs • Reinforced dominance of large incumbents • Slower innovation in Europe This proposal does not “rebalance” the market. It distorts it — quietly, structurally, and permanently. 📣 MEPs should look past the branding. This is Fair Share reintroduced through legislation, not evidence-based digital policy. Europe needs an open, competitive internet — not toll roads for basic connectivity. #NetworkFees #FairShare #OpenInternet #NetNeutrality #DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation #EUdigital #EUlaw FOR MORE SEE https://lnkd.in/epciesmj
Es geht los!
Das neue »European Digital Infrastructure Consortium« (#EDIC) für Digital Commons startet am 11. Dezember mit einer Auftaktveranstaltung in Den Haag. 🙌 🚀
Ziele:
· Offene Alternativen in digitalen Schlüsselbereichen fördern
· Stärkung des #europ. digitalen Ökosystems
· nachhaltige Finanzierung u. Akzeptanzförderung für digitale Gemeingüter
Umsetzung von deutscher Seite: @BMDS @zendis und @sovtechfund
Auf geht's!
👉 https://bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/detail/digitale-staerke-zurueckgewinnen
💡 Did you know the European Commission is launching the Digital Commons EDIC ?
The new DC-EDIC will unite Member States to build, operate & govern shared digital infrastructures . Aligned with NGI Commons, it’s a big step for open, human-centric tech in Europe. 🌍
Learn more & join us at the Digital Commons Policy Summit! https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/10/30/dc-edic-the-eus-new-step-toward-a-sovereign-digital-infrastructure/
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🚀 Register now for the Digital Commons Policy Summit 2025!
🗓️ 20–21 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 13:30 CET
📍 Brussels 🇧🇪 + online
🇪🇺 Organised by @NGICommons
with the 🇪🇺 European Commission, this summit brings together policymakers, funders & doers to shape the future of #DigitalCommons in Europe.
🔗https://commons.ngi.eu/event/digital-commons-policy-summit-2025/
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