Please meet the organisers and speakers of the Digital Commons Policy Summit 2025. The videos, recorded at the Summit held at the European Commission in Brussels on 20–21 November, are now available. They offer a clear view of how Europe is shaping the future of Digital Commons—open, shared digital infrastructure that underpins sovereignty, resilience, and innovation.
📍 The Summit, organised under the NGI Commons initiative, convened policymakers, public authorities, technologists, open-source advocates and funders to chart a strategic roadmap for scaling Digital Commons across Europe—as foundational infrastructure for a competitive and sovereign European digital ecosystem.
🎞️ Video 1: What Is the NGI Commons Initiative and Why It Matters
The first video features Dimitrios Thomas, Project Officer at the European Commission, and Dr Monique Calisti, CEO of Martel Innovate and Coordinator of NGI Commons. They explain the NGI Commons initiative—a collaborative effort to build a long-term strategy for Digital Commons in Europe that bridges grassroots innovation and top-down policy. They also explain why gatherings like this Summit are important: to create a shared narrative, align policy, enhance funding frameworks, and move from experimentation to scalable adoption across Member States.
👉 Watch the first video to understand how NGI Commons aims to unify stakeholders around a coherent strategy and elevate the role of Digital Commons in EU digital policy.
🎥 Video 2: Key Takeaways from Summit Speakers
The second video brings together voices from across the Summit: policymakers, implementers and commons practitioners who reflect on what they learned and why shaping the future of Digital Commons matters.
Key takeaways include: advancing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC EDIC) , reforming public procurement, and driving cultural change within the public sector are essential to enable the adoption of open solutions that promote interoperability and prevent vendor lock-in. The question is no longer whether we should support open source and digital commons, but how we will do so.
👉 Watch the second video to hear directly from speakers on how the Summit’s discussions can shape policy, implementation and community collaboration in the coming years.These videos not only document a moment of strategic shift in Europe’s digital policy landscape but also offer inspiration and tangible insights for stakeholders across government, civil society and the tech ecosystem who are committed to shaping a future where digital infrastructure is open, shared, and sovereign.