Stichting Open Future
Budget
€572,286
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
€156,158
Mission & Goals
Open Future is a think tank that develops new approaches to an open internet that maximize societal benefits of shared data, knowledge and culture. At Open Future we shape today’s digital policies with tomorrow’s challenges in mind. We put our knowledge and experience to work along EU institutions and civil society to ensure that the principle of openness is reflected in the European Union’s digital policy framework. We believe that Europe has a mission to keep the internet open and make it better. To rebuild it, so that it is a place governed by equal opportunities, democratic access to information and respect for fundamental rights. A public space built on the idea of the commons. We work on advancing Digital Public Spaces and designing the Future of Open. We do this by developing approaches to open that maximize the societal benefits of information resources.
EU Legislative Interests
We are currently targeting: * The AI Act and its implementation * The interaction between the the Copyright in the Digital Single Market directive and the AI Act * The review of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market directive * The EU data union strategy and the Digital Omnibus * The Commons European Data Space for Cultural Heritage * The proposal for the next Multi-annual Financial Framework * Any upcoming policy files dealing with the regulation of digital issues.
Communication Activities
We produce publications, organise events and participate in events and public consultations.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
We are members of the COMMUNIA association for the Public Domain (TR registration number 003277719548-45) and European Digital Rights (TR registration number 16311905144-06).
Organisation Members
See our transparency page: https://openfuture.eu/about/transparency/
Additional Information
This is all a bit confusing. Our last closed financial year is the year 2024. The current financial year is 2026 (but for that we really do not have any meaningful funding information yet). So the information provided above is for the 2025 financial year except where we have been explicitly asked to provide information for the "closed" financial year where the information is provided for 2024.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.