Michiel Leenaars (our director of strategy) speaks at #FOSDEM about Europe's ambition to increase its digital sovereignty in relation to the #NextGenerationInternet. Despite its contribution to tech sovereignty with over 1300 Free and Open technologies supported, so far #NGI is not in the EU's future plans. Michiel addresses the question: What should our new EU Commissioner for Tech Sovereignty be working on for the next 5 years from the the vantage point of NGI?
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6508-next-generation-internet-2025-where-next-/
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@nlnet https://euro-stack.com/blog/2024/8/red-alert-ngi-funding-loss
The potential defunding of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative in the Horizon Europe working draft for 2025 poses a significant threat to the European open source ecosystem. This post outlines the critical role NGI plays in fostering innovation, ensuring digital sovereignty, and building a thriving European digital economy, and calls for the European Commission to reconsider this decision.
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@nlnet https://euro-stack.com/blog/2024/8/red-alert-ngi-funding-loss
The potential defunding of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative in the Horizon Europe working draft for 2025 poses a significant threat to the European open source ecosystem. This post outlines the critical role NGI plays in fostering innovation, ensuring digital sovereignty, and building a thriving European digital economy, and calls for the European Commission to reconsider...