European Public Digital Infrastructure Fund White Paper · Open Future

"This white paper identifies the need for a consolidated European approach to support Public Digital Infrastructures and build out Digital Public Spaces in Europe. It argues that such an effort is necessary to ensure that the recent regulatory interventions aimed at limiting the power of commercial platform intermediaries will achieve their objective of creating a European digital space based on the European Union's values and principles. It argues that for these efforts to succeed, it will be key to strengthen both the Digital Commons and the role of public institutions in the digital space to provide alternatives to the digital infrastructures offered via commercial services and platforms. In doing so, the effort to build Digital Public Spaces will contribute to ensuring Europe’s digital sovereignty while at the same time providing a blueprint for a digital space that allows free, open, and democratic societies to flourish."