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Digital Sovereignty

Get Involved in the Project

The Observatory is an open, collaborative project. Whatever your profile, there is a way to contribute — from joining the community to improving the data.

Join in to take part and contribute

The Telegram channel is first and foremost an invitation to take part and contribute to the project: propose ideas, discuss among stakeholders, coordinate activities and report issues. It is the heart of the community — and you also receive updates on reports and data there.

Join the channel

Take part according to your profile

For each audience we have gathered what you can concretely do and the dedicated resource.

Citizens and activists

Check your municipality, hold it to account through civic access requests, spread the data across your area.

Activist Kit

Researchers and academics

Use the open dataset for studies, theses and publications; propose new research questions.

Researchers Sheet

PA decision-makers and managers

Use data and recommendations for parliamentary questions, policy and internal migration assessments.

For Decision-makers

Journalists

Citable figures, angles of interpretation, ready-made materials and press contacts.

Press Kit

IT providers and market

Size the market opportunity of migrating to sovereign providers.

Stakeholders & Business Case

Developers and analysts

Access the open datasets, formats and documentation to reuse them.

Open Data

Other ways to contribute

Code

Contribute to the site, the analysis tools or the data collection on GitHub.

Repository

Report errors

Incorrect data on a body? Open a report and help us keep them accurate.

Open an issue

Spread the word

Share reports and analysis with your network: widespread awareness influences decisions.

Propose analysis

Have an idea for a report or an analysis? Suggest it through an issue.

Propose
How to get started on GitHub
  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a branch for your changes
  3. Open a Pull Request describing your contribution

Not using GitHub? You can open an issue for suggestions and reports.

Licence and reuse

All content — reports, data, code — is released under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 licence. You are free to reuse, adapt and redistribute it, citing the source and keeping the same licence.

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