Status of the FKI, 2013-2018
In the last few years the FKI has evolved a lot, and done a lot. This article give an overview of what we have done, and where we are going: Marco joined the Board in 2013 Marco and Wouter have … Continued
FKI Board strengthened with two new members
The Free Knowledge Institute is proud to welcome two new members to its Board: Joe Corneli and Marco Fioretti. Both have been active community members within the free knowledge – free technology community. Both bring in new energy, large networks, … Continued
Five years of FKI!
1. Our lustrum: adopting the strategy Exactly five years ago, on 12 December 2007, the Free Knowledge Institute was officially founded. It has been a joyous and fruitful journey and after the first 5 years of the FKI the time … Continued
FKI invites to comment on its Strategy for 2012 onwards
Earlier today, the Free Knowledge Institute has made public its Strategy documents that should guide the foundation into the coming years. With their publication comes an invitation to everyone interested in building a new society along the lines of free … Continued
New strategies and ideas
(by Hinde) The FKI has been working on a full-blown new strategy for a while now. Soon we will be able to publish our envisaged mission and goals, together with a framework of domains and actions. At this point, we … Continued
FKI nominated for the International Prize!
by Hinde: On September 12, 2011, the winner of the International Prize will be announced! (see Dutch version of this post for details) The International Prize is meant for a novel and transferable project, which has concrete impact in the … Continued
Press Release: EU must adhere to own policy on Open Standards
A group of universities, civil organisations and individuals across Europe have sent an appeal to the European Commission expressing their concerns on the lock-in effects of proprietary file formats for digital documents. Despite all the European interoperability regulations, directives and … Continued
EC supports European educational programme on Free Software
Free Technology Academy set up to foster distance learning A Consortium formed by three universities and led by the Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) has received the support from the EC’s Lifelong Learning Programme to offer an international educational programme on … Continued
Press release: Free Knowledge Institute promotes sharing of knowledge
SELF team Netherlands matures into foundation Amsterdam, January 17 2008 Yesterday a new foundation was launched aiming to stimulate a society in which technology, educational materials, and cultural and scientific works can be freely shared. The organisation receives the support … Continued
FKI Launch Party
The Free Knowledge Institute has been officially launched on Jan 16, 2008. We celebrated the new year together with several friend organisations: Internet Society Nederland, W3C Benelux, Gridforum.nl, Vereniging Open Domein, OpenDoc Society, SIDN, Vrijschrift, Oophaga and NLnet. The occasion … Continued