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Digisprong is looking for partners for an open source procurement in Flemish education

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Kenniscentrum Digisprong published a public procurement in early April 2026 that is worth reading carefully. Not because public procurements are generally compelling reading, but because this one explicitly asks for open source expertise, didactic depth and knowledge of digital sovereignty. Budget: up to 700,000 euros. Deadline for tenders: 1 June 2026. Information session: 5 May 2026.

For anyone who wants to know the background of Digisprong: read our earlier article first. The short version: the Flemish government has spent five years quietly building an open source learning infrastructure for its two million people in education, and is now taking that to the next level by making open source the content theme of its professional development as well.

Five years of Digisprong: how the Flemish government quietly built an open digital learning infrastructure and is now shifting into a higher gear

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

For the past five years, the Flemish government has been quietly building an open digital learning infrastructure for its two million people in education: on open source, on European servers, with public money. This article tells the story of how it grew, why it matters, and what the new Digisprong procurement adds to it.

It was the summer of 2014. In schools across Flanders, teachers sat behind their computers, armed with export buttons and download files, trying to salvage what they could. EloV, the electronic learning environment that the VVKSO had been offering to more than 140 Catholic secondary schools since 2005, was taken offline on 1 September for good. The Blackboard licence had become too expensive. The collaboration with KU Leuven was over. That was that.

BeLibre Sovereignty Map

Mon, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Interactive map where you can discover digital sovereignty in municipalities, schools, emergency services or other critical infrastructure in our country and beyond.