🚀 Three years of #NextGenerationInternet transatlantic collaboration, innovation & impact!
The #NGISargasso journey brought together researchers, startups & innovators from Europe, the United States & Canada to shape a more open, trustworthy and human-centric Internet.
🌊 Watch our recap video and discover what we achieved together: https://youtu.be/MRdRu7kn7KE?si=aVXvFJmd8nTv4zJi
📢 New publication from one of our consortium members!
A recent paper, “A set of prescriptive design principles to support community value coherence and foster digital tool adoption”, explores how digital tools can be designed to better align with community values and encourage meaningful adoption.
The study proposes practical principles to help ensure technologies support community priorities, trust, and long-term engagement.
🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497226000453
#DigitalInnovation #OpenScience #NGI
📢 Deadline extension!
We’ve extended the @NGICommons #survey by two weeks.
🗓 New deadline: 25 March
🤟 Are you involved with the @EC_NGI ecosystem? open source, research, digital commons, policy, innovation?
Your feedback helps shape future collaboration across the NGI community: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/3b611754-9e75-ae52-1115-b6ef918f2fa7
🙏 Please take a few minutes to respond — and boost if you can!
#NGI #DigitalCommons #OpenSource
@OpenForumEurope @openfuture @martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation
💡 The 2-day NGI Commons General Assembly just wrapped up in Paris and online.
It was great to bring together partners and stakeholders to discuss how #DigitalCommons and #OpenSource can strengthen Europe’s digital future and competitiveness.
Work now continues toward the 2026 Digital Commons Policy Summit and the roadmap ✈️
#NGI #OpenInfrastructure #EUtech
👉 For more info check our news: https://commons.ngi.eu/2026/03/11/ngi-commons-general-assembly-in-paris-aligns-partners-for-the-final-stretch/
@martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation
@openfuture @OpenForumEurope
A note to #FOSS funders
I’ve been working at the heart of this space for more than 30 years, funded and unfunded. In that time I’ve seen hundreds of alternative tech projects start with energy and good intentions. Most of them wither on the vine, a very small number flower. After watching this cycle repeat for decades, one thing has become clear: the projects that survive and grow almost always follow a simple pattern. I call this the #4opens. Other people describe similar ideas as open source development, open […]
Big thanks to everyone 🤝 who joined yesterday's Online #Infoshare for the Moldovan community on NGI Zero Commons Fund Calls!
#NGIZero assists researchers and developers 🤓 to create powerful #technologies and to help them put it in the hands of future generations as building blocks for a fair and democratic society and a sustainable and open economy that benefits all. 🤩
It's your chance to get your idea funded! 🎯
Check out the FAQ 👉 https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/faq/index.html
As former @fdroidorg board member I am especially happy to see that #Fdroid got a grant by #NGI Zero to build a reusable stack for reproducible builds of #FreeSoftware #OpenSource apps.
In total 44 new projects were selected, see the full list by @nlnet here:
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html
We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.
This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI
Learn about the projects at: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html
NGI Sargasso
Local for Local
NGI Commons
NGI0_Moldova
#OMN (Open Media Network)
Matthias Kirschner
NGI Zero open source funding
Reel Tubes