ESOP has been accepted as an associate member of the Linux Foundation, Eclipse Foundation and OW2 Association, the most important actors in the World Open Source Ecosystem.

In March, the European Commission launched an open source platform that allows users to access a database of EU-funded projects – Kohesio. On this platform, EU citizens can search and intuitively understand which projects have been implemented with EU cohesion policy funds.

The European Commission has published an important decision for Open Source Software, 'concerning the licensing of open source software and the re-use of Commission software'.

The GNU Health project was recently declared a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).

On the 31st of March, ESOP held a General Meeting in person at Caixa Mágica and online, through the open source Jitsi platform.

ESOP was invited to participate in JorTec – Technological Days 2022, an annual event organized by the Students' Association of the Science and Technology College of the NOVA University Lisbon and promoted by independent committees and pedagogical centres.

ESOP is organizing an open session on Open Source and privacy, aimed at professionals and students of journalism or communication.

The Strasbourg Declaration, of the conference of Ministers and Commissioners in charge of Digital Transformation and Public Service, places Open Source at the forefront of Transparency and Interoperability in Public Administrations.

The World Health Organization is launching its Open Source Program Office, the first under the United Nations.

ESOP organized an Associates' Meeting with its counterpart from Sweden, Open Source Sweden, on the 24th of February.