# digital commons

Published articles for digital commons.

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## OpenStreetMap Foundation and European projects: an invitation to collaborate

DevFeed: [OpenStreetMap Foundation and European projects: an invitation to collaborate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openstreetmap-foundation-and-european-projects-an-invitation-to-collaborate-49280.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2026/07/10/openstreetmap-foundation-and-european-projects-an-invitation-to-collaborate/>)

Author: Maurizio Napolitano

Published: 2026-07-10T10:01:28Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [OpenStreetMap Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openstreetmap-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-data.md>), [digital sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-sovereignty.md>), [Digital Public Good](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-public-goods.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [digital-commons](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-commons.md>), [digital-sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-sovereignty.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [eu-funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu-funding.md>), [eu-policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu-policy.md>), [fundraising](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fundraising.md>), [horizon2020](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/horizon2020.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [open-data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-data.md>), [openstreetmap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openstreetmap.md>), [osmf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/osmf.md>), [sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sovereignty.md>)

### AI overview

The OpenStreetMap Foundation invites organizations developing EU-funded project proposals to consider collaborating with it. The post explains how OpenStreetMap's experience with digital commons, open infrastructure, community governance, sustainability, and licensing can contribute to projects.

### Source excerpt

OpenStreetMap did not come out of a European research programme. It was not created as a policy instrument, nor was it designed from the top down to support institutional priorities.Yet many of the ideas behind OpenStreetMap are now central to European strategies on data, digital transformation, innovation and technological sovereignty.Openness, reuse, collaboration, trusted digital infrastructure, [...]