This software should not need to exist. However, vendors aren’t helping, so the European Commission built its own. Sysdiagnose Analysis Framework (SAF) is being developed because, for now, the Commiss
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The FOSSEPS (Free and Open Source Software for European Public Services) Preparatory Action, established under the 2024 Union budget, has now reached a significant milestone. Building on the foundatio, The Preparatory Action has also advanced the governance of the publiccode.yml metadata standard, which allows software published by public administrations to be described in a machine-readable format
A small team at the EU's Joint Research Centre is building the most detailed map of Europe's buildings ever assembled. Their open source software project, the Digital Building Stock Model (DBSM), matt
In the world of international education, training and career mobility, a person's achievements can easily get lost in translation. The European Learning Model aims to solve this by creating a universa
The European Commission has launched a redesigned front page for code.europa.eu, the official repository for free/open source software developed by the European institutions. The new web look prioriti
There is a piece of software that touches nearly every truck and bus driving in the EU. This software, known as VECTO, is at the core of Member States’ certification of heavy transport vehicles. VECTO
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The vehicle simulator to certify the energy and CO₂ from all Trucks & Busses licensed in the EU.
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