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Internet Commons for Europe’s
Digital sovereignty

NGI Commons workshop 2024

CO-CREATING DIGITAL
COMMONS PRIORITIES FOR
EUROPE’S DIGITAL DECADE

NGICommons Workshop 2024

What we do

NGI Commons

NGI Commons aims to elaborate on a long-term strategy for digital/internet commons, which are critical for Europe’s sovereignty and trust creating a more coherent European funding landscape across both public and private sectors. 

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How we want to proceed

The NGI Commons objectives

1

Depict and analyse the European digital/internet commons context, identifying the main priorities for future developments and analysing the multiplier (actual and potential) impact of the NGI.

2

Engage and liaise with relevant initiatives across the European digital/internet commons landscape to analyse the NGI portfolio and develop a plan to support further development of the commoners’ efforts.

3

Develop a strategic agenda for including digital/internet commons policies valid for the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) timeframe, and define a long-term strategy based on this agenda.

4

Increase awareness and promote digital/internet commons and open source initiatives, as well as relevant digital sovereignty policies and NGI efforts contributing to a broad, sustainable and impactful exploitation of assets.

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NGI Commons - Digital Commons as Providers of Public Digital Infrastructures

Digital Commons as Providers of Public Digital Infrastructures

The concept of the Digital Commons describes a wide array of digital systems and solutions that are owned, developed, and maintained by groups rather than by single individuals or entities. Unlike businesses or state institutions, these groups coordinate not through pricing or subordination but through peer collaboration.
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NGI Commons - Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development

Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development

Open source software (OSS) has become critical digital infrastructure, powering approximately 96% of codebases and constituting up to 90% of commercial software stacks. Traditionally maintained by volunteer communities, recent high-profile security vulnerabilities, such as Log4Shell in 2021 or the xz utils backdoor this year, have highlighted the unsustainability of relying solely on volunteer labour for maintaining such crucial infrastructure.
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Toward European Digital Independence: Building the EuroStack

NGI Commons at the European Digital Independence Event – Driving Europe’s Digital Autonomy

On 24th September, the NGI Commons project was invited to participate in the ‘Toward European Digital Independence: Building the EuroStack’ event, where the focus was on Europe’s considerations to secure its own digital sovereignty. The event was organised and moderated by Cristina Caffarra and Francesca Bria, both members of the NGI Commons Strategic Advisory Panel (SAP).
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The NGI Commons consortium comprises experts from six organizations and four European countries are represented.