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
11
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
10
legislative files
of 665 tracked
9
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 163 think tanks and research institutions on this site, they rank #15 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
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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 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Think tanks and research institutions
- Head office
- Bruxelles, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 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 11 positions between 30 Jun 2020 and 15 Jul 2026, across 10 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 9 times.
2020 · 2 filed2021 · 3 filed2022 · 1 filed2023 · 1 filed2025 · 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…
This feedback proposes that an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) be explicitly integrated as a sub-instrument -- or a subset of funding allocated for it -- within the European Competitiveness Funds digital and innovation pillar.
We welcome European Commission's draft for the EU Regulation on AI and support the regulatory approach taken, yet point to some issues that need to clarified. Those include: the definition of AI needs further clarification; the scope of the Regulation should be clear for open source developers; harmonised standards should be a basis for demonstrating compliance and should be preferred over Codes of Conduct; common…
EUROPEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND USERS RELY ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS AND CODE REPOSITORIES TO INNOVATE AND COMPETE GLOBALLY Brussels, 31 March 2021 Further to our one-pager on Digital Services Act (8/9/20), OpenForum Europe (OFE) wishes to submit more detailed comments as an active advocate of technological openness and our long-standing collaboration with the Open Source software (OSS)…
OpenForum Europe (OFE) welcomes the opportunity to give input to the public consultation on the Roadmap on ‘DSA package: Deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services’. The Digital Services Act’s broad set of objectives means that many different kinds of services fall within its scope.
Dear Sir/Madam, Attached is a statement from OpenForum Europe (OFE) aisbl, co-signed by Eclipse Foundation, Open Source Initiative (OSI), APELL, CNLL, and The OSB Alliance. We have very serious concerns regarding some parts of the proposed text in its current form and we look forward to working with the EU institutions on this proposal to strengthen cybersecurity in the EU.
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)
Dear Madam or Sir, Attached is the statement from OpenForum Europe (OFE) aisbl. Should you wish to discuss our position and its implications, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you or to answer questions by email. All the best, Astor Nummelin Carlberg Executive Director, OFE
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…
To support the upcoming evaluation of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF), OpenForum Europe (OFE) is glad to contribute suggestions to improve this successful policy instrument. The EIF is a highly relevant policy instrument providing the basis for interoperable, cross-border services, making a real world impact for citizens.
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