NEXT GENERATION INTERNET
Building a European initiative for a Human Internet that respects the fundamental values of privacy, participation and diversity. The Next Generation Internet offers new functionalities to support people’s needs and to address global sustainability challenges.
The NGI is dedicated to foster a vibrant Open Internet movement that links research, policy, and society for the benefit of society.
LET’S RE-SHAPE THE INTERNET TO REACH HUMANITY’S FULL POTENTIAL, FOR ALL GENERATIONS.
HUMAN INTERNET FOR A BETTER FUTURE
LATEST NEWS
Once again, the NGI community will be strongly represented at FOSDEM 2026, the world’s largest gathering of Free and Open Source Software…
The NGI Commons consortium, in close collaboration with the European Commission, is pleased to announce the Digital Commons Policy Summit…
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) Forum 2025, the flagship event of the European Commission’s NGI initiative, took place in Brussels on 19-20 June, with over 200 on-site participants and many more via web stream. The Forum focused on accelerating the shift from research and experimentation to the deployment of sovereign, open digital infrastructures.
Since its launch in 2018, the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative has empowered over 1,400 open-source projects, laying the groundwork for a more open, inclusive, and human-centric internet in Europe. But as the digital landscape evolves, so must NGI.
NGI OPEN CALLS – Fund your innovation
“WHO’S NGI” – DISCOVER NGI INNOVATORS
In the bustling tech landscape of Finland, Ammar Bukhari is working at the intersection of digital identity, product management, and customer solutions.
PostmarketOS is an open-source operating system project designed to extend the lifespan of smartphones founded by Oliver Smith.
PostmarketOS is an open-source operating system project designed to extend the lifespan of smartphones founded by Oliver Smith.
Taler Systems SA is a technology company specialising in creating free software for digital payment systems. Our flagship product, the GNU Taler System, is a privacy-respecting digital payment system with built-in age restrictions that allows for fast and secure transactions with anonymity for the buyer.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Latest Past Events
NGI Policy Summit 2025
When: 20 November 2025Where: Brussels, Belgium The NGI Policy Summit will be organised by the NGI Commons consortium. This Summit serves as a pivotal event to...
7th International Open Search Symposium #ossym25
Helsinki HelsinkiContinuing the successful conference series from the past 6 years, the #ossym25 Open Search Symposium brings together the European and...
NGI Innovators Workshop: Open Source yet Market Ready
OnlineWhat does it take for NGI-funded open source projects to become truly market-ready? Whether you’re building the next privacy tool, decentralised...