Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:
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We're happy to announce three projects will be funded to contribute to the TALER secure electronic payment system based on open standards, free software, and advanced cryptography.
The three projects are:
Libre Payments in Ruby, a GNU Taler Integration for ethical trade.
Taler in Liberapay, an implementation of Taler as payment provider in Liberapay.
And Taler OpenAPI specification, a JSON/YAML OpenAPI for key GNU Taler API's.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250901-New-projects-NGI-Taler.html
The European Commission has issued a survey on the Governance and Sustainability of Critical Open Source Software.
The survey hopes to identify "pathways for collective efforts" and make "actionable recommendations for public administrations".
It's a relatively short survey, takes max 15 minutes & provides lots of opportunities to rate FOSS as 'very important' 😛
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/FOSSEPS_Governance_and_Sustainability_Survey
Are you working on Free & Open Source technologies that benefit other people too? Consider to apply for funding in our open calls.
You can ask for between 5k - 50k euro
Anyone can apply: individuals, SMEs, institutions, collectives, etc.
There is little administrative overhead: no reporting-the project is the proof of work. And the application form is simple & straightforward.
The next deadline for the rolling open call is October 1
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250801-call.html
#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #fossfunding
Happy to announce 29 projects have been selected in round 6 of the NGI Zero Commons Fund.
It is a great selection of Free and Open Source projects covering the entire stack from open hardware to apps that improve user autonomy. Together they help to build the digital commons.
Some projects even already have #hex stickers \o/. Come check it out!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251016-selection-NGI0CommonsFund.html
(and if you'd like to work for the internet as well, the current call closes December 1).
Another 45 FOSS projects have been selected for the #NGI0 Commons Fund. We want to thank the project teams for their contribution to a free and open internet. In a world increasingly in the grip of proprietary technologies and those who control them, we are proud to be supporting people who choose to work on the digital commons: shared digital assets that serve not the few but the many.
Come over to read what each project is working on.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251127-45-NGI0-CommonsFund.html
We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.
This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI
Learn about the projects at: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html
We'd like to invite you to our #BoF session at #FOSDEM It's on Saturday at 13.00 in room K4.401. This is a meet-and-greet for everyone who is part of, or interested in, the #NGIZero ecosystem. We'll bring drinks and snacks :).
Preceding us at 12.00 in the same room is the BoF about the Open Internet Stack calls from @EUCommission the follow-up programme to #NGI.
For these and many more NGI Zero related talks and events at FOSDEM see: https://nlnet.nl/events/20260131/FOSDEM26/index.html
Tomorrow is the monthly online NLnet open Office Hour. You can drop by in our Matrix room and ask questions.
You can already start adding your questions to the pad or do it during the session.
The url below also links to an overview of FAQs from previous sessions. Thanks to participants we have quite a collection of answered questions already.
Welcome to join tomorrow, Wednesday January 28, 16.00 CET.
https://nlnet.nl/events/20260128/Office-hour/index.html
#FOSS #funding #NGI #NGIzero
Are you considering to apply to an Open Internet Stack open call from the @EUCommission ? You are welcome to join one of the matchmaking sessions on February 11.
The aim of the sessions is to facilitate people who are looking for consortium partners to apply for a grant together. There will be 3 sessions, organized per open call.
@EC_NGI will give a brief introduction, and then the floor is open.
Times, links & more info: https://nlnet.nl/events/20260211/OIS-matchmaking/index.html
We are happy to share that 62 projects will receive grants from the NGI Zero Commons Fund. We congratulate the selected projects and look forward to their contributions to increasing society's digital autonomy.
Ranging from browser-based cellular networking to decentralised social media, and professional print, these projects are showing that a bright digital future is not only possible but already being built.
Come over and meet the projects!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
We've got some good news thanks to @nlnet and @NGIZero 🎉
Librecast has been funded to do more awesome things with #multicast
Watch this space.
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Flock XR is a visual creativity & coding tool that allows young people to create 3D experiences in a web browser.
Catherine Elliott, of the Flock XR project wanted to find out how it can be used to engage learners with social emotional and mental health needs. She engaged a group of 12-14 year olds who were not only asked to build a 3D project but also to act as beta testers, a task they quite enjoyed.
You can read Catherine's blog the post here: