OpenForum Europe (OFE) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions public consultation on the revision of the EU Public Procurement rules. OFE has long engaged with European digital, competition, and innovation policy, with a particular focus on the role of open technologies in shaping resilient, competitive, and sovereign digital markets.
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OpenForum Europe
Other · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 324755991524-44
4
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 326 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 126 think tanks and research institutions on this site, they rank #31 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2024
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Associate Members/Partners of:
- Open Source Initiative https://opensource.org/
- ESOP https://www.esop.pt/en
- APELL https://apell.info/
- GFOSS https://gfoss.eu/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Think tanks and research institutions
- Head office
- Bruxelles, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
OpenForum Europe filed 4 positions between 5 May 2021 and 15 Jul 2026, across 4 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2021 · 1 filed2026 · 3 filed
What they argued
OpenForum Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the forthcoming Communication Towards European open digital ecosystems. We welcome the growing recognition across EU institutions of the strategic importance of open source as a foundational component of Europes digital infrastructure, as well as the emerging convergence of policy initiatives that place software…
Brussels, 5 May 2021 OPENFORUM EUROPE’S FEEDBACK ON THE COMMISSION’S PROPOSAL FOR A DIGITAL MARKETS ACT OpenForum Europe is a not-for-profit, independent European based think tank which focuses on openness within the ICT sector. User centricity based on the principle of competition is central to our vision and mission. In line with this, we welcome the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Please find the contribution of OFE in the attached file. This submission argues that the next EIF should be strengthened along three lines: clear terminology; a strong and concrete link between openness and reusability, in particular by treating open source software as the default choice for publicly funded interoperability solutions; and a shift from principle-setting towards verification, through reference…
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Eurocities · 3 files in common
- Vodafone Group · 3 files in common
- European DIGITAL SME Alliance · 3 files in common
- Open-Xchange AG · 3 files in common
- Linux Foundation Europe · 3 files in common
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