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Is your project funded under #NGI0Commons? Did you know you can get support from us in the form of business mentoring? Whether commercial ambitions or not: let us help you reach new audiences, grow your user base and strengthen your #OpenSource project's impact.
Contact ngi0 at apell dot info!
Contact ngi0 at apell dot info!
European Open Digital Ecosystems consultation closed with 1658 submissions! @ec.europa.eu and public understand #OpenSource is strategic in increasing #digitalSovereignty.
In our submission, we urge decisive action, read it here:
apell.info/2026/02/04/e...
In our submission, we urge decisive action, read it here:
apell.info/2026/02/04/e...
European Open Digital Ecosystems: strategic advantage of Open Source - APELL
When the European Commission published its public consultation for a Communication “Towards European open digital ecosystems” on 6 January, hundrets of submissions came in within the first days. Yeste...
apell.info
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
European Open Digital Ecosystems consultation closed with 1658 submissions! @ec.europa.eu and public understand #OpenSource is strategic in increasing #digitalSovereignty.
In our submission, we urge decisive action, read it here:
apell.info/2026/02/04/e...
In our submission, we urge decisive action, read it here:
apell.info/2026/02/04/e...
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Excited to have the opportunity to talk about how #OpenSource and civil society can engage with policymakers. Join our #DevRoom at FOSDEM, with @jmaris.me and our distinguished guests Anja Wyrobek, Ella Jakubowska and Marcel Kolaja.
Join us at 13:00 CET! fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Join us at 13:00 CET! fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Excited to have the opportunity to talk about how #OpenSource and civil society can engage with policymakers. Join our #DevRoom at FOSDEM, with @jmaris.me and our distinguished guests Anja Wyrobek, Ella Jakubowska and Marcel Kolaja.
Join us at 13:00 CET! fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Join us at 13:00 CET! fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
APELL’s recommendation to the Commission’s new consultation on the EU public procurement rules: Shift investments to Open Source! Read our recommendations here: apell.info/2026/01/26/p... #EU #OpenSource #Procurement
Public Procurement revision: shift investments to Open Source - APELL
In its submission to the Commission’s public consultation on public procurement, APELL welcomes the Commission’s efforts and recommends a shift in public investments towards Open Source, and with it a...
apell.info
January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
APELL’s recommendation to the Commission’s new consultation on the EU public procurement rules: Shift investments to Open Source! Read our recommendations here: apell.info/2026/01/26/p... #EU #OpenSource #Procurement
Are you coming to Brussels for FOSDEM (if the trains will)? We would like to invite you once more to join us for Drinks at FOSDEM 2026 on Friday 30 January, from 20:00-23:00! Request registration now as space is limited: pretix.eu/apell/fosdem...
January 26, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Are you coming to Brussels for FOSDEM (if the trains will)? We would like to invite you once more to join us for Drinks at FOSDEM 2026 on Friday 30 January, from 20:00-23:00! Request registration now as space is limited: pretix.eu/apell/fosdem...
NGI0 Commons-funded projects and everyone: Balancing Community, Commerce and Commons.
Timo Väliharju will shed light on:
💡 how #OpenSource projects build sustainability
💡 how they identify governance, funding, and business models
Join us tomorrow, 28/Nov 2025, 11am CET: apell.info/2025/11/27/n...
Timo Väliharju will shed light on:
💡 how #OpenSource projects build sustainability
💡 how they identify governance, funding, and business models
Join us tomorrow, 28/Nov 2025, 11am CET: apell.info/2025/11/27/n...
NGI0 Commons online discussion: how Open Source projects build sustainability - APELL
For NGI0 Commons-funded projects and everyone else interested: Join us on 28 November 2025 for our online discussion and presentation by Timo Väliharju: Balancing Community, Commerce and Commons In th...
apell.info
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NGI0 Commons-funded projects and everyone: Balancing Community, Commerce and Commons.
Timo Väliharju will shed light on:
💡 how #OpenSource projects build sustainability
💡 how they identify governance, funding, and business models
Join us tomorrow, 28/Nov 2025, 11am CET: apell.info/2025/11/27/n...
Timo Väliharju will shed light on:
💡 how #OpenSource projects build sustainability
💡 how they identify governance, funding, and business models
Join us tomorrow, 28/Nov 2025, 11am CET: apell.info/2025/11/27/n...
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Quite the gap between theory and practice: while German federal states, armed forces and French gendarmerie rely on #OpenSource because they have understood that #digitalSovereignty is only achievable with open technology, the closing declaration for tomorrow‘s #DigitalSummit treats OS like a hobby.
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Quite the gap between theory and practice: while German federal states, armed forces and French gendarmerie rely on #OpenSource because they have understood that #digitalSovereignty is only achievable with open technology, the closing declaration for tomorrow‘s #DigitalSummit treats OS like a hobby.
APELL and 100+ partners publish their Declaration of Digital Independence and underline: control over digital technology is needed for resilience. Governments should make use of #OpenSource for competitiveness, sovereignty, and innovation.
Add your signature now on
Add your signature now on
digitalindependence.eu
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
APELL and 100+ partners publish their Declaration of Digital Independence and underline: control over digital technology is needed for resilience. Governments should make use of #OpenSource for competitiveness, sovereignty, and innovation.
Add your signature now on
Add your signature now on
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Only a few days remain to nominate #OpenSource projects for the European Open Source Awards! Send your proposals by this Sunday, 2 November!
🏆 Nominations open for the 2nd European Open Source Awards!
Introducing the Prize for Excellence in Open Source + Special Recognitions across four categories.
🗓️ Nomination period: 6 October – 2 November 2025
Nominate now: tinyurl.com/3zar7v5h
Introducing the Prize for Excellence in Open Source + Special Recognitions across four categories.
🗓️ Nomination period: 6 October – 2 November 2025
Nominate now: tinyurl.com/3zar7v5h
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Only a few days remain to nominate #OpenSource projects for the European Open Source Awards! Send your proposals by this Sunday, 2 November!
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Schon angemeldet zur #OSBAConnect? Am 13. November findet in Berlin wieder die jährliche Konferenz der @osb-alliance.de statt, diesmal unter dem Titel: Innovationsbooster #OpenSource! Ich freue mich drauf, euch und Sie dort zu treffen! osb-alliance.de/featured/osb...
OSBA Connect 2025: Netzwerken, Austauschen, mitgestalten! | OSBA – Open Source Business Alliance
Am 13. November 2025 lädt die Open Source Business Alliance zur OSBA Connect 2025 nach Berlin ein – dem zentralen Netzwerk- und Impulsevent für alle, die sich für aktuelle Open-Source-Themen…
osb-alliance.de
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Schon angemeldet zur #OSBAConnect? Am 13. November findet in Berlin wieder die jährliche Konferenz der @osb-alliance.de statt, diesmal unter dem Titel: Innovationsbooster #OpenSource! Ich freue mich drauf, euch und Sie dort zu treffen! osb-alliance.de/featured/osb...
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Excited speak at the @linuxfoundationeu.bsky.social #LFEMemberSummit in #Ghent 28/Oct:
Closing the Backdoor: #DigitalSovereignty for #EU & Public Authorities with #OpenSource
events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-europe-me...
Closing the Backdoor: #DigitalSovereignty for #EU & Public Authorities with #OpenSource
events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-europe-me...
October 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excited speak at the @linuxfoundationeu.bsky.social #LFEMemberSummit in #Ghent 28/Oct:
Closing the Backdoor: #DigitalSovereignty for #EU & Public Authorities with #OpenSource
events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-europe-me...
Closing the Backdoor: #DigitalSovereignty for #EU & Public Authorities with #OpenSource
events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-europe-me...
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This week I had the opportunity to present @apell.info at #Mindtrek conference in Tampere (FI): #OpenSource business is of strategic importance to the #EU. We engage with policy makers to encourage leveraging this advantage!
Thanks for encouraging discussions! (Conference photos: Konsta Lattu.)
Thanks for encouraging discussions! (Conference photos: Konsta Lattu.)
October 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This week I had the opportunity to present @apell.info at #Mindtrek conference in Tampere (FI): #OpenSource business is of strategic importance to the #EU. We engage with policy makers to encourage leveraging this advantage!
Thanks for encouraging discussions! (Conference photos: Konsta Lattu.)
Thanks for encouraging discussions! (Conference photos: Konsta Lattu.)
As you know, APELL is part of the @eosa.bsky.social project, establishing a recognition scheme for Open Source in the form of awards! ✨
Submit your proposals for the new EOSA Magazine by 15 October, find more info on europeanopensource.academy/eosa-magazin...
Submit your proposals for the new EOSA Magazine by 15 October, find more info on europeanopensource.academy/eosa-magazin...
EOSA Magazine Submissions | European Open Source Academy
European Open Source Academy Magazine Submission Guidelines
europeanopensource.academy
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As you know, APELL is part of the @eosa.bsky.social project, establishing a recognition scheme for Open Source in the form of awards! ✨
Submit your proposals for the new EOSA Magazine by 15 October, find more info on europeanopensource.academy/eosa-magazin...
Submit your proposals for the new EOSA Magazine by 15 October, find more info on europeanopensource.academy/eosa-magazin...
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🇪🇺 Bring mit uns zusammen Open-Source-Themen in die EU-Politik!
@sebastianraible.bsky.social vernetzt und vertritt die europäische Open-Source-Industrie in Brüssel mit unserem Dachverband APELL.
👉 Dafür brauchen wir Dich!
🚀 Werde Mitglied im Advisory Board! ➡️ apell.info#advisoryboard
#OpenSource
@sebastianraible.bsky.social vernetzt und vertritt die europäische Open-Source-Industrie in Brüssel mit unserem Dachverband APELL.
👉 Dafür brauchen wir Dich!
🚀 Werde Mitglied im Advisory Board! ➡️ apell.info#advisoryboard
#OpenSource
September 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🇪🇺 Bring mit uns zusammen Open-Source-Themen in die EU-Politik!
@sebastianraible.bsky.social vernetzt und vertritt die europäische Open-Source-Industrie in Brüssel mit unserem Dachverband APELL.
👉 Dafür brauchen wir Dich!
🚀 Werde Mitglied im Advisory Board! ➡️ apell.info#advisoryboard
#OpenSource
@sebastianraible.bsky.social vernetzt und vertritt die europäische Open-Source-Industrie in Brüssel mit unserem Dachverband APELL.
👉 Dafür brauchen wir Dich!
🚀 Werde Mitglied im Advisory Board! ➡️ apell.info#advisoryboard
#OpenSource
The @ec.europa.eu wants to update its product legislation framework, the #NLF. This is an opportunity for the specificities of #OpenSource development and business models to be reflected for future legal certainty! Read our suggestions here: apell.info/2025/09/03/p... #EU
Product regulation must take Open Source business needs into account - APELL
In an effort to reflect the recent focus on software and other digital products in various product legislation, the Commission has asked for evidence on what the public considers important when…
apell.info
September 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The @ec.europa.eu wants to update its product legislation framework, the #NLF. This is an opportunity for the specificities of #OpenSource development and business models to be reflected for future legal certainty! Read our suggestions here: apell.info/2025/09/03/p... #EU
More Openness, accessibility and representation of #OpenSource in European #Standardisation, please! Today we submit our recommendations to the @ec.europa.eu on Regulation 1025/2012: more inclusivity, open structures and public collaboration.
apell.info/2025/07/18/m...
apell.info/2025/07/18/m...
APELL supports more openness, accessibility and Open Source representation in European Standardisation - APELL
Brussels, 18 July 2025. APELL welcomes the European Commission’s ambition to revise the framework of European Standardisation. In its submission, APELL calls for more representation of the Open…
apell.info
July 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
More Openness, accessibility and representation of #OpenSource in European #Standardisation, please! Today we submit our recommendations to the @ec.europa.eu on Regulation 1025/2012: more inclusivity, open structures and public collaboration.
apell.info/2025/07/18/m...
apell.info/2025/07/18/m...
Last week, the @ec.europa.eu's public consultation on the "AI Continent" initiative ended. It especially looks for input on the *Cloud and AI Development Act* foreseen for end of 2025. On behalf of the European #OpenSource businesses, we submitted input. 🧵1/4
July 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Last week, the @ec.europa.eu's public consultation on the "AI Continent" initiative ended. It especially looks for input on the *Cloud and AI Development Act* foreseen for end of 2025. On behalf of the European #OpenSource businesses, we submitted input. 🧵1/4
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🚨 the @ec.europa.eu is launching an Expert Group for a “Technology Roadmap on [breaking?] Encryption”. You can apply by 1/September!
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
Please consider sharing this in your circles! #encryption #eu
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
Please consider sharing this in your circles! #encryption #eu
Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities
ec.europa.eu
July 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨 the @ec.europa.eu is launching an Expert Group for a “Technology Roadmap on [breaking?] Encryption”. You can apply by 1/September!
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
Please consider sharing this in your circles! #encryption #eu
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
Please consider sharing this in your circles! #encryption #eu
Is your project funded under #NGI0Commons? Did you know you can get support from us in the form of business mentoring? Whether commercial ambitions or not: let us help you reach new audiences, grow your user base and strengthen your #OpenSource project's impact.
Contact ngi0 at apell dot info!
Contact ngi0 at apell dot info!
June 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Is your project funded under #NGI0Commons? Did you know you can get support from us in the form of business mentoring? Whether commercial ambitions or not: let us help you reach new audiences, grow your user base and strengthen your #OpenSource project's impact.
Contact ngi0 at apell dot info!
Contact ngi0 at apell dot info!
The #APELLconference2025, gone as quickly as it came! Last week, on the occasion of the Polish EU Council Presidency, a great line-up of speakers and #OpenSource leaders joined us in the Polish capital of #Warsaw. Find a brief recap and presentations on our website!
apell.info/2025/06/16/r...
apell.info/2025/06/16/r...
June 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The #APELLconference2025, gone as quickly as it came! Last week, on the occasion of the Polish EU Council Presidency, a great line-up of speakers and #OpenSource leaders joined us in the Polish capital of #Warsaw. Find a brief recap and presentations on our website!
apell.info/2025/06/16/r...
apell.info/2025/06/16/r...
At today‘s APELL Conference in #Warsaw, we are happy to announce that two new #OpenSource business associations are joining us: Danske Open Source Leverandører, #DOSL, and the Dutch Open Source Business Alliance (#DOSBA).
Read our full announcement on the APELL website:
Read our full announcement on the APELL website:
European Open Source Business Association: Danske Open Source Leverandører and Dutch Open Source Business Alliance join APELL - APELL
Warsaw, 10 June 2025 – On the occasion of the APELL Conference 2025, the European Open Source Software Business Association announces two new full voting members. Joining are the newly founded Danish...
apell.info
June 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
At today‘s APELL Conference in #Warsaw, we are happy to announce that two new #OpenSource business associations are joining us: Danske Open Source Leverandører, #DOSL, and the Dutch Open Source Business Alliance (#DOSBA).
Read our full announcement on the APELL website:
Read our full announcement on the APELL website:
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@apell.info conference 2025 is starting
June 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@apell.info conference 2025 is starting
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Today, I'm at the APELL conference in Warsaw. We are happy at XWiki SAS to sponsor the 2025 conference. Thisorganisation is very important to unite European Open Source entrepreneurs and companies to work together.
June 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Today, I'm at the APELL conference in Warsaw. We are happy at XWiki SAS to sponsor the 2025 conference. Thisorganisation is very important to unite European Open Source entrepreneurs and companies to work together.
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Last preparations for the #APELLconference2025: ✅ slide deck prepared, ✅ speaker info sent, ✅ textile stickers ordered for overnight delivery…
Join us Tuesday in #Warsaw! apell.info/apell-confer... #OpenSource
Join us Tuesday in #Warsaw! apell.info/apell-confer... #OpenSource
June 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Last preparations for the #APELLconference2025: ✅ slide deck prepared, ✅ speaker info sent, ✅ textile stickers ordered for overnight delivery…
Join us Tuesday in #Warsaw! apell.info/apell-confer... #OpenSource
Join us Tuesday in #Warsaw! apell.info/apell-confer... #OpenSource
Register today, there are a few places left for the #APELLconference2025 on Tuesday 10/June in #Warsaw! Where #OpenSource industry leaders and European innovators meet!
apell.info/apell-confer... #APELLconf25
apell.info/apell-confer... #APELLconf25
June 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Register today, there are a few places left for the #APELLconference2025 on Tuesday 10/June in #Warsaw! Where #OpenSource industry leaders and European innovators meet!
apell.info/apell-confer... #APELLconf25
apell.info/apell-confer... #APELLconf25
Only one week left! Sign up now for the APELL Conference 2025 in Warsaw and join innovators and industry leaders from the Open Source ecosystem to discuss the future of #OpenSource business! Attendance is free! #APELLconference2025 #APELLconf25
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June 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only one week left! Sign up now for the APELL Conference 2025 in Warsaw and join innovators and industry leaders from the Open Source ecosystem to discuss the future of #OpenSource business! Attendance is free! #APELLconference2025 #APELLconf25
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