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OEF
OSI Europe Foundation
NGO · Netherlands · EU Transparency Register 5258685100414-30
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
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 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #387 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
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declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2025
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Open Source Initiative (sister organisation): opensource.org
- ETSI (in progress): etsi.org
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- Stichting OSI Europe Foundation (OSI Europe Foundation)
- Head office
- Leiden, Netherlands
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
OSI Europe Foundation filed 2 positions between 12 Nov 2025 and 2 Feb 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
Dear Commission Reviewer, On behalf of OSI Europe Foundation and the Open Source Initiative, wed like to thank you for this opportunity to provide feedback on the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a global charity at the heart of the Open Source Community for over 25 years, recognized globally as the authority defining Open Source.
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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.
- VDMA · 2 files in common
- Eurocities · 2 files in common
- Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) · 2 files in common
- Confartigianato Imprese · 2 files in common
- E-Mobility Europe · 2 files in common
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