Unprecedented contribution from the European Commission to the future internet

Fuel your project with NGI Zero Commons Fund :
European funding for open source software and open models with social impact, open to all

Paris, France - January 10, 2024 – OW2, the international community for professional open source software, introduces NGI Zero Commons Fund (NGI0 Commons), a new project from the Horizon Europe Next Generation Internet initiative.

Since 2018, NGI provides support through a cascade funding mechanism to projects from researchers, startups, SMEs, communities and independent developers, to help build the Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion. NGI follows a bottom-up approach, supporting the builders directly by operating at the fine-grained scale of human talent, and opening the calls to individuals.

NGI0 Commons Fund is NGI’s vehicle for the next 3 years: it aims at funding the future of a European internet based on technology commons, through the development of shared building blocks that enable people to control their digital lives, respect their privacy, and create a fair, innovative economy. NGI0 vision is to help restore public ownership of the internet, making it healthier and more open – both as infrastructure and as ecosystem.

The program is steered by NLnet, and includes many European foundations (OW2 for the community, FSFE, the Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications for free and neutral projects, Open Forum Europe for policy and society, the Free Silicon Foundation for open hardware, APELL for the business world), as well as committed open source players (such as NixOS, Tolerant Networks, Radically Open Security, Commons Caretakers, Center for the Cultivation of Technology, and academics (HAN Arnhem University).

The project will receive a grant of EUR 27 million from the European Commission, 80% of it being redistributed across continuous open calls, with no less than 300 projects expected to be funded. The first open call starts on February 1st, 2024, and applying is as simple as filling a form!

An introduction of NGI0 Commons Fund was given at Open Source Experience in Paris, on December 7, 2023 by Pierre-Yves Gibello, OW2 CEO. See the slides (English) or the video (French).

About NGI
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is a European Commission initiative that aims to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into the Internet of Trust according to the vision of the European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles. An open Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and the norms all citizens enjoy in Europe. Visit https://www.ngi.eu/.

About NLnet
NLnet foundation financially supports organizations and people who contribute to an open information society, since 1997. Visit https://nlnet.nl/.
Contact: Tessel Renzenbrink – tessel@nlnet.nl 

About OW2
OW2 is an independent, non-profit association dedicated to promoting professional open source software and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals worldwide, and hosts 50+ technology Projects. Visit https://www.ow2.org.
Contact : Catherine Nuel - catherine.nuel@ow2.org

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The OW2 community steps up its presence at Open Source Experience Paris 2023

The OW2 open source community is very active at OSXP this month, with 12 booths staffed by OW2 members, including 4 in the OW2 Village, and several conference presentations.

Paris, December 6, 2023 - OW2, the community promoting professional open source software, announces its presence at Open Source Experience 2023, to be held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on December 6 and 7, 2023.

On the show floor, the OW2 community booth (#H24) reveals the projects of three association members and those of two initiatives:

• Xwiki presents the latest news on its eponymous knowledge management platform, and Cryptpad, the end-to-end encrypted open source collaborative suite. 

• WAARP unveils its secure file-sharing solutions.

• The City of Paris demonstrates its Lutèce open source portal, designed to rapidly create a dynamic website or application, and the CitéLibre framework for local authorities. 

• The Horizon Europe NGI Search cascade funding project specifies the next two calls for projects aimed at developers of open source software improving methods and mechanisms for searching and discovering data on the Internet. University researchers, innovative start-ups and SMEs can benefit from financial, scientific and marketing support. 

• The OSPO Alliance's Good Open Source Governance (GGI) initiative outlines its methodological framework to help organizations structure their use of open source software through an open source strategy team, the OSPO (open source program office).

Other OW2 members welcome visitors at their own booths: BlueMind, Centreon, FactorFX, Huawei (with a MiniApp programming contest), Inria, Linphone, Microsoft, Smile and Worteks.

Beyond the exhibition, the OW2 community is also active in conferences, with a keynote speech by OW2 CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello and several other presentations: 

• Le logiciel libre, nécéssaire et suffisante pour un numérique plus soutenable, Podcast on 6/12 at 11:20 am. 
• Reuse and open source: a guarantee of digital sustainability?, on 6/12 at 3:00 p.m. 
• How to facilitate the sustainability of open source publishers, round table, 6/12 at 5pm.
• Fuel your project with NGI commons: European funding for FOSS and open models with social impact, open to all, inaugural speech, 7/12 at 9:50am.

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Internet, communs et libertés civiles :
l'Europe s'appuie sur l'open source via les fondations

Date : 27/11/2023
Author : Pierre-Yves Gibello, Directeur Général de l'association OW2

OPENSOURCE & LOGICIELS LIBRES :
PERSPECTIVES ET VISIONS DES ACTEURS DE L’OPENSOURCE

Parution du nouveau livre blanc d’OpenStudio avec le concours d’OW2, à l’occasion du salon Open Source Experience des 6 & 7 décembre 2023 au Palais des congrès de Paris

Paris, France, le 16 novembre 2023 – OpenStudio, entreprise de services numériques spécialisée dans l’open source et OW2, la communauté de promotion des logiciels open source pour les professionnels annoncent la parution du livre blanc OpenSource et Logiciels Libres : perspectives et visions des acteurs de l’OpenSource le 6 décembre 2023 lors d’Open Source Experience.

Paradoxalement, l’open source est un modèle à la fois très implanté dans l’écosystème numérique et en même temps très mal connu ou qui apparaît compliqué aux yeux du grand public. Pourtant il est important de comprendre en quoi il consiste et les réalités qu’il recouvre, pour appréhender sa place actuelle et son intérêt pour l’avenir du numérique.

En effet, il nous semble que ce modèle incontournable va notamment être au cœur de deux grands enjeux des prochaines années : la sobriété du numérique et le développement de l’intelligence artificielle. En Europe, les chantiers sont nombreux car ces deux transformations impliquent de travailler sur un numérique plus respectueux de l’environnement mais aussi plus indépendant des géants aux États-Unis et en Chine, et tout cela sans freiner l’innovation.

OpenStudio, entreprise de services numériques investie dans l’open source et membre d’OW2 depuis 2023, a souhaité contribuer à sa manière, en publiant un livre blanc dont la vocation est de croiser les regards entre différents acteurs de l’open source, intitulé OpenSource et Logiciels Libres : perspectives et visions des acteurs de l’OpenSource.

Les arguments et les nombreux témoignages de ce livre blanc - complémentaire aux autres ouvrages de qualité sur le sujet - visent à éclairer les raisons d’un potentiel développement important de l’open source dans les prochaines décennies tout en soulignant les freins qui restent à lever pour que ce modèle soit davantage plébiscité par les acteurs économiques, privés, publics ou associatifs.

Le livre blanc en version PDF, librement et gratuitement téléchargeable et sous licence libre Creative Commons, paraîtra officiellement le 6 décembre 2023 à l’occasion du salon Open Source Experience des 6 & 7 décembre au Palais des congrès de Paris. Il sera également possible de pré-commander des exemplaires imprimés gratuits, en remplissant les flyers présents sur le stand OW2 (H24).

À propos d'OpenStudio
OpenStudio est une entreprise de services numériques de plus de 120 salariés, créée en 2008 en Haute-Loire et aujourd’hui implantée sur 5 agences : Lyon, son siège, Clermont-Ferrand, Le Puy-en-Velay, Toulouse et Paris. OpenStudio décline son activité autour de trois cœurs de métier : le e-commerce, le développement de sites et de plateformes web sur-mesure et l’Intelligence Artificielle, dans une philosophie et une pratique open source depuis l’origine.  Visitez www.openstudio.fr
Contact : OpenStudio – Céline Patissier cpatissier@openstudio.fr

À propos d'OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique indépendante dédiée à la promotion du logiciel open source professionnel et à l’animation d’un écosystème d'affaires. OW2 fédère plus de 50 organisations et plus de 2500 professionnels de l'informatique dans le monde entier. OW2 héberge plus de 50 projets technologiques.  Visitez www.ow2.org.
Contact : OW2 – Catherine Nuel catherine.nuel@ow2.org

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New release Open Source Good Governance handbook

At EclipseCon in Ludwigsburg, members of the OSPO Alliance announce release of GGI V1.2, getting a step further in the support provided for the governance of FOSS within organizations. 

Ludwigsburg, October 18, 2023 – The members of the OSPO Alliance are proud to announce the availability of version 1.2 of the Good Governance Initiative (GGI) Handbook. One year after the second version of the handbook, significant progres has been achieved, providing a more sophisticated and accurate support to organizations of all types in their move to establish OSPOs (Open Source Program Offices). 

The release V1.2 includes updates and improvements on the following topics:

• Relationships: to maximise the value of inter-dependencies or optimal sequence of activities, we added links to related activities, where possible.
• InnerSource: addition of a new chapter about the use of open source principles and practices for software development within the confines of an organisation. Many companies deploy such an approach as they recognise the benefits of Open Source. Some GGI activities are particularly relevant in such a context.
• My GGI Board (GitLab board and website to monitor OSPO implementation): easier deployment and improved reporting on activity progress with new diagrams.

"The improvements in this new version of the manual are intentionally very specific and pragmatic" says Boris Baldassari, chairperson of the OSPO Alliance. "With this update, we're answering some very practical questions: where to start, what activities to prioritise, how to monitor and communicate about the implementation of my OSPO? And the fact that we're available in 6 languages makes it even easier to embrace Open Source."

"The GGI was of major help when we implemented the Paris City OSPO and its associated roadmap," adds Philippe Bareille, Open Source Office at Paris City. "This new version benefits as much from our experience as we have benefited from feedback from other players in the community".

In parallel of the availability of v1.2,  a huge translation effort was done recently, making the handbook available in six languages (see the related Press Release). GGI is presented publicly this week at EclipseCon, and will be visible afterwards in some major open source conferences, in Italy (SFScon, Bolzano, November 10-11) and in Paris (Open Source Experience, Paris, December 6-7).  The OnRamp monthly meeting series is another opportunity to discover OSPO Alliance and GGI, the existing tools and methods, and real-life OSPO stories. The November 17th OnRamp meeting, at 10:30 CET, Boris Baldassari will cover in details the new additions to this version.

 
About OSPO Alliance and GGI:
The OSPO Alliance is an open community that brings and shares guidance to organisations willing to professionally manage the usage, contribution to and publication of open source software. The Good Governance Initiative (GGI) proposes a methodological framework to assess and improve open-source trust, awareness and strategy within organisations. The OSPO OnRamp meeting series provides an open, neutral and friendly forum, low-threshold entry point to exchange and learn about the basics of how to set up an Open Source Program Office and get started with open source. GGI and the OnRamp series are key initiatives from the OSPO Alliance. Learn more on https://ospo-alliance.org and follow us on X (@OSPOAlliance) and Mastodon (@OSPOAlliance@mastodon.opencloud.lu).

Contacts:
    • OW2 – Catherine Nuel catherine.nuel@ow2.org - +33 (0)6 777 95 915
    • Eclipse Foundation – Florent Zara  florent.zara@eclipse-foundation.org

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The “Open Source Good Governance” handbook now available in six languages!

Thanks to the collaborative effort from the open source community, the OSPO Alliance GGI Handbook is today’s most translated document to help organisations building OSPOs. 

Paris, October 2, 2023 – The members of the OSPO Alliance are proud to announce the availability of the Good Governance Initiative Handbook in six languages (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). With this major achievement, the handbook reaches out a potential of thousands of readers (472 millions of persons are speaking one of the translated languages, including the Brazilians).
The GGI methodology to help implement corporate-wide open source policies, and set up an OSPO “Open Source Program Office”, can now be easily exported and used worldwide. 

Thanks to the open translation process applied, a large number of contributors has already been involved and this number is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. Based on the open source collaborative management tool Weblate, this process enables translators to benefit from an easy to use interface and tight version control integration, along with quality checks. Other languages will come in the future, including Chinese which has been started.

In parallel of translations, other developments are happening such as the improvement of the implementation methodology, with the GGI Automated Deployment feature. New governance rules allow today to manage the initiative as an open source project. Several Task Forces are also meeting regularly and addressing specific topics, such as the metrics integrated to measure successes at each step, or the integration of InnerSource in the methodology. 

The OnRamp monthly meeting series is a unique communication channel set up to give more visibility about the existing tools and methods, the best practices, but also to showcase testimonies and real-life OSPO stories. Join the next online OnRamp meeting, October 20 at 10:30 CEST, where Anne-Marie Scott, Apereo Foundation, will talk about OSPO in the Academic World. 

The GGI methodology will be soon presented publicly in some major open source conferences, in Italy (RIOS Open Source Week, October 3-5 in Roma and SFScon, Bolzano, November 10-11) and in Germany (EclipseCon, October 16-19, in Ludwisburg).

About OSPO Alliance and GGI:
The OSPO Alliance is an open community that brings and shares guidance to organisations willing to professionally manage the usage, contribution to and publication of open source software. The Good Governance Initiative (GGI) proposes a methodological framework to assess and improve open-source trust, awareness and strategy within organisations. The OSPO OnRamp meeting series provides an open, neutral and friendly forum, low-threshold entry point to exchange and learn about the basics of how to set up an Open Source Program Office and get started with open source. GGI and the OnRamp series are key initiatives from the OSPO Alliance. Learn more on https://ospo-alliance.org and follow us on X (@OSPOAlliance) and Mastodon (@OSPOAlliance@mastodon.opencloud.lu).

Contacts:
    • OW2 – Catherine Nuel catherine.nuel@ow2.org - +33 (0)6 777 95 915
    • Eclipse Foundation – Florent Zara  florent.zara@eclipse-foundation.org

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OW2 Announces Three OW2con’23 Best Project Awards

ASM, BlueMind and OCS Inventory win technology, market, and community awards, respectively.

Paris, June 14, 2023 - OW2, the international community of open source software for information systems announces, today at OW2con’23, the winners of OW2con'23 Best Project Awards. These awards recognize OW2 projects for their outstanding contribution in technology, community, and market performance. This year, the three winners of the OW2con'23 Best Project Awards are:

Technology Award: ASM
The OW2con'23 Best Project Technology Award goes to ASM, an all purpose Java bytecode manipulation and analysis framework that has successfully maintained a strong momentum of constant innovation well reflected in ASM 9.5, released in spring 2023 and including updates for Java 21. Supported by OW2 since 2002, the engineering library has reached a respectable Market Readiness Level of 6. It was created by Eric Bruneton during its PhD at INRIA.

Market Award: BlueMind
The OW2con’23 Best Project Market Award goes to BlueMind, an open source messaging, agenda and collaboration platform, with a loyal community of contributors, a strong user base appreciating its communication features and a growing marketplace. BlueMind supports LDAP directory synchronisation, mobile devices, webmail and Thunderbird clients. Moreover, videoconferencing features, Active Directory and Outlook connectors are available through subscriptions, making this platform a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Online Exchange and Google Workspace, notably for European organisations.

Community Award: OCS Inventory
The OW2con’23 Best Project Community Award goes to OCS Inventory, an open source computer and software asset management system integrating a software deployment solution. With an excellent Market Readiness Level of 8 and the French Gendarmerie actively involved in its development, OCS Inventory is aligned with multiple public and private organisation expectations. It meets IT support needs through its central management server, its compliance with the Snmp protocol, and useful reporting features to manage PC and connected device fleets of all sizes.

“OW2 is proud to recognize three open source solutions enabling engineers, business teams, and IT support staff to achieve breakthrough successes. ASM, BlueMind and OCS Inventory deserve their award for their contribution to the digital commons, and for respecting professional user needs in terms of usability, simple operations, sustainability and scalability,” says OW2 CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello.

The OW2con Best Project Awards acknowledge great project achievements. They offer OW2 members, project leaders and their teams great recognition within the community as well as opportunities in terms of visibility. Find more information on OW2con’23 website: www.ow2con.org

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals worldwide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects, including: ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, Centreon, CLIF, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, PrestaShop, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.

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Trois projets open source reçoivent un prix lors de la conférence OW2con’23

ASM, BlueMind et OCS Inventory sont récompensés respectivement dans les catégories technologie, marché et communauté.

Paris, le 14 juin 2023 - OW2, la communauté internationale de logiciels open source pour les systèmes d’information annonce ce jour, à l’occasion de sa conférence annuelle, les trois lauréats des prix OW2con'23 Best Project Awards. Ces prix récompensent des projets OW2 pour leur contribution exceptionnelle en termes de technologie, de communauté et de performance sur le marché. Cette année, les trois vainqueurs sont :

Prix de la technologie : ASM
Le prix OW2con'23 Best Project Technology Award est remis à ASM, un framework d'analyse et de manipulation de code Java qui a maintenu avec succès une forte dynamique d'innovation constante, reflétée dans ASM 9.5, sa version du printemps 2023 comprenant des mises à jour pour Java 21. Soutenue par OW2 depuis 2002, la bibliothèque d'ingénierie logicielle a atteint le niveau respectable de maturité pour le marché (MRL) de 6. Elle a été conçue par Eric Bruneton lors de son doctorat à l’INRIA.

Prix du marché : BlueMind
Le prix OW2con'23 Best Project Market Award revient à BlueMind, une plateforme open source de messagerie, de collaboration et d’agenda, bénéficiant d’une communauté fidèle de contributeurs, et d’une forte base installée qui apprécie ses fonctions de communication et sa place de marché croissante. BlueMind se synchronise avec l’annuaire LDAP, gère les terminaux mobiles, les clients webmail et Thunderbird. En outre, ses fonctions de visioconférence, et ses connecteurs Active Directory et Outlook sont disponibles par abonnement, faisant de la plateforme une alternative souveraine à Microsoft Online Exchange et Google Workspace, en particulier pour les organisations Européennnes.

Prix de la communauté : OCS Inventory
Le prix OW2con'23 Best Project Community Award est remis à OCS Inventory, un système de gestion de parc informatique open source intégrant une solution de déploiement de logiciels. Avec un excellent niveau de maturité pour le marché de 8 et l’implication active de la Gendarmerie Nationale à son développement, OCS Inventory est aligné sur les attentes de nombreuses organisations publiques et privées. Il répond notamment aux besoins du support informatique grâce à son serveur central, à sa conformité aux protocoles Snmp, et à ses précieuses fonctionnalités d’édition de rapports pour gérer des parcs de PC et d'appareils connectés de toutes tailles.

“OW2 est fière de récompenser trois solutions open source qui permettent aux ingénieurs, aux métiers et à l’assistance informatique de réaliser des progrès décisifs. ASM, BlueMind et OCS Inventory méritent leur prix pour leur contribution aux biens communs numériques et pour leur respect des besoins d’utilisateurs professionnels en termes de simplicité d'utilisation et d’exploitation, de durabilité et d'évolutivité,” déclare le CEO d’OW2 Pierre-Yves Gibello.

Les prix OW2con’23 Best Project Awards distinguent des réalisations exemplaires. Ils apportent aux membres d’OW2, aux chefs de projet et à leurs équipes une distinction communautaire et des opportunités de visibilité sur le marché. Plus d'informations sur le site OW2con’23 : www.ow2con.org

A propos d’OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique indépendante sans but lucratif dédiée à la promotion du logiciel open source pour les systèmes d'information et à l’animation de leur écosystème. OW2 héberge une cinquantaine de projets technologiques dont ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, Centreon, CLIF, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, PrestaShop, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab et XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org, suivez-nous sur twitter @ow2.

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NGI Search soutient dix logiciels Européens open source de recherche sur Internet

Les 10 premiers projets open source, retenus après un premier appel début 2023, sont dorénavant accompagnés par le consortium NGI Search et financés par la Commission Européenne.

Paris, le 14 juin 2023 – OW2, la communauté internationale de logiciels open source pour les systèmes d’information et Mirko Presser, professeur à l’Université d’Aarhus (Danemark), coordinateur NGI Search – un projet de financement en cascade présenté sur OW2con’23, sont fiers de soutenir dix logiciels open source susceptibles de changer la façon dont nous cherchons, découvrons et utilisons les données et les ressources en général sur internet et sur le web.

Les dix premiers lauréats ont été retenus après deux mois d’évaluation, parmi 62 propositions éligibles, sur un total de 81 dossiers reçus. Ils viennent de signer un contrat de soutien incluant l’accompagnement des cinq partenaires du projet NGI Search et un financement de la Commision Européenne jusqu’à 150 000 € par projet. Les dix projets sélectionnés sont :

1. Search-a-licious, porté par l'association Open Food Facts : plateforme de recherche ouverte et évolutive pour les projets open data, facilitant notamment l’exploration de la base Open Food Facts.
2. TalentLayer, boîte à outils destinée à l'interopérabilité des plateformes de recherche d'emploi.
3. ChatDKG, plateforme de confiance, à base de graphe de connaissances décentralisé, pour la recherche de connaissances cruciales et la durabilité environnementale des bâtiments de l’UE.
4. HeReFaNMi, Health-Related Fake News Mitigation. Système automatique fondé sur l'IA pour détecter les fausses nouvelles liées aux soins de santé.
5. LabDiscoveryEngine, logiciel de partage d’équipements de laboratoires permettant de publier, découvrir et accéder à leurs ressources en toute sécurité.
6. Ma Dada, plateforme citoyenne, à base de logiciels libres et de modèles linguistiques, visant à rendre plus d'informations stockées par les autorités publiques en France découvrables.
7. IoT twinning for digital product passports, service d'identification et d’accès aux informations RSE d’appareils numériques, fondé sur les jumeaux numériques, pour le réemploi : partenariat entre l'Université Polytechnique de Catalogne et l'initiative d'économie circulaire eReuse.org.
   1.TrustSearch, outil d’IA pour la prise de décisions éclairées à partir de recherches fondées sur la pensée critique, présentant différentes approches médiatiques d'une question controversée.
8. SVP64 Power ISA Vector Optimisation for Search améliore l'efficacité énergétique des algorithmes de recherche via une une architecture ISA vectorielle optimisée au niveau matériel.
9. On My Disk: search integration, système de recherche décentralisé sur des données personnelles dans le cloud, préservant la vie privée.

Pour une description détaillée de ces dix projets, nous vous invitons à consulter le site NGI Search : https://www.ngisearch.eu/view/Events/FirstTenSearchersAnnounced

Quatre autres appels à projets sont planifiés jusqu’au printemps 2024 pour soutenir quelques cinquante projets open source européens au total. Ces derniers peuvent émaner d’entrepreneurs ou de développeurs indépendants, de TPE ou de PME, d’organismes de recherche académiques ou d’organisations à but non lucratif. Les solutions conçues doivent être innovantes et susceptibles d’améliorer la confidentialité et la sécurité des utilisateurs cherchant des informations ou des ressources sur internet.

Les services offerts par l’équipe NGI Search facilitent l’adoption de tels logiciels par le marché ; ils incluent une campagne de bêta test, des conseils scientifiques et juridiques notamment sur les licences open source, une aide à la création de documents marketing ainsi qu’une mise en avant lors de conférences open source ou de l’industrie. Pour en savoir plus, participez gratuitement à la conférence OW2con’23 des 14-15 juin 2023 à Paris Châtillon (www.ow2con.org), ou visitez le site web NGI Search : www.ngisearch.eu 

A propos de NGI Search

Le projet NGI Search, soutenu par la commission européenne via le programme Horizon Europe et encadré par l'initiative Next Generation Internet, vise à faire émerger les prochains logiciels innovants pour chercher, découvrir et exploiter les données et les ressources en général sur internet et sur le web. Ce projet de financement en cascade est supervisé par cinq partenaires européens : l’Université d’Aarhus (Danemark), l’Université de Murcia (Espagne), la plateforme de financement FundingBox (Pologne), la startup en recherche d'experts et d'innovations Linknovate Science (Espagne), et la communauté open source OW2 (France). 

A propos d’OW2 

OW2 est une communauté informatique indépendante sans but lucratif dédiée à la promotion du logiciel open source pour les systèmes d'information et à l’animation de leur écosystème. OW2 héberge une cinquantaine de projets technologiques dont ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, Centreon, CLIF, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, PrestaShop, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab et XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org, suivez-nous sur twitter @ow2. 

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NGI Search Supports Ten European Open Source Search Software

The first ten open source projects, selected after the NGI Search Open Call #1 early 2023, are now supported by the consortium members and funded by the European Commission.

Paris, 14 June 2023 – OW2, the international community of open source software for information systems and Mirko Presser, professor at Aarhus University (Denmark) and NGI Search coordinator, a cascade funding project showcased at OW2con’23, are proud to support ten open source software projects that may change the way we search, discover and use data and resources in general on the internet and the web.

The first ten winners were selected after two months of evaluation, from among 62 eligible proposals, out of a total of 81 applications received. They have just signed an agreement including a support from the NGI Search project five partners and a funding from the European Commission up to 150,000 € per project. The ten selected projects are:

1. Search-a-licious, by the Open Food Facts association: an open and scalable search platform for open data projects, easing the exploration of the Open Food Facts database.
2. TalentLayer, a toolkit to improve the interoperability of hiring and work platforms.
3. ChatDKG, a trusted, decentralised knowledge graph-based platform for critical knowledge discovery and environmental sustainability of EU buildings.
4. HeReFaNMi, Health-Related Fake News Mitigation, an automatic AI-based system for detecting health-related fake news.
5. LabDiscoveryEngine, a software for sharing laboratory equipment, allowing to publish, discover and access their resources securely.
6. Ma Dada, a citizen platform, based on open source software and linguistic models, aiming to make more discoverable the information stored by public authorities in France.
7. IoT twinning for digital product passports, the information identification and access service for digital devices, based on digital twins, for second-hand market and reuse: a partnership between the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the eReuse.org circular economy initiative.
8. TrustSearch, an AI software for decision-making based on critical thinking research, presenting different media approaches to a controversial issue.
9. SVP64 Power ISA Vector Optimisation for Search improves the energy efficiency of search algorithms via a hardware-optimised vector ISA (Instruction-Set Architecture).
10. On My Disk: search integration, the decentralised search system on personal data in the cloud, preserving data privacy.

For a detailed description of these ten projects, please visit NGI Search: https://www.ngisearch.eu/view/Events/FirstTenSearchersAnnounced

Four further calls for projects are planned until spring 2024 to support some 50 European projects in total. These can be from independent entrepreneurs or developers, VSEs or SMEs, academic research organisations or non-profit organisations. The solutions must be innovative and have the potential to improve the privacy and security of users searching for information or resources on the internet.

The services offered by the NGI Search team facilitate the market adoption of such software; they include a beta test campaign, scientific and legal advice including open source licensing, assistance with the creation of marketing materials, as well as showcasing during open source and industry conferences. For more information, attend for free the OW2con'23 conference (www.ow2con.org) on 14-15 June 2023 in Paris Châtillon or visit the website: www.ngisearch.eu 

About NGI Search

The NGI Search project supported by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe programme (Sept. 2022 – Aug. 2025) and framed by the Next Generation Internet initiative, aims to bring forth the next innovative software for searching, discovering and exploiting data and resources in general on the internet and the web. This cascade funding project is overseen by five European partners: University of Aarhus (Denmark), University of Murcia (Spain), FundingBox (Poland) funding platform, Linknovate Science (Spain) expert and innovation research startup, and OW2 open source community (France).

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals worldwide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects, including: ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, Centreon, CLIF, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, PrestaShop, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.

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