European Commission published a call for evidence for an Open Source strategy

Europe’s digital future should not be rented. It should be built, together, in the open, in Europe.

The European Commission just published a Call for Evidence to inform the upcoming European Open Source Strategy (Q1 2026), focused on strengthening European open digital ecosystems, boosting competitiveness, and reinforcing cybersecurity.

We invite Open Source developers and maintainers, foundations, SMEs and scale-ups, industry, public administrations, academia, and civil society to share concrete evidence and examples by 3 February 2026.

In particular, we are looking for input on:

1. Strengths and weaknesses of the EU open-source sector, plus barriers to adoption, maintenance, and sustainable contributions
2. The added value of open source for public and private sectors (real examples, cost, risk, lock-in, security, innovation)
3. EU-level measures to support growth, tech sovereignty and cybersecurity
4. Priority technology areas and why
5. Sectors where more open source could increase competitiveness and cyber resilience

The feedbacks received will directly help shape practical actions and priorities.