Dispersion
Initiatives exist but remain fragmented.
Coordinate · the ecosystem's keystone
Sovereignty cannot be built alone.
A single actor can build a solution. A federation can transform an ecosystem.
Singulr brings together the organisations, associations, companies, public authorities and technology actors that wish to strengthen digital sovereignty in Belgium and Europe.
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Missions
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Digital commons operated
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European sovereign forges cited
100%
Under European jurisdiction
Why sovereign actors struggle to emerge
European alternatives exist. What they lack is critical mass.
Visibility
European alternatives struggle to be identified.
Influence
Isolated actors carry little weight against the large dominant players.
Resources
The same building blocks are often rebuilt several times over.
The problem is not the absence of solutions. The problem is their fragmentation.
Why we federate
Four levers that only a collective can sustain over time.
Pool resources
Share resources and digital commons.
Bring to light
Bring European alternatives to the attention of public and private decision-makers.
Influence
Help the decision criteria evolve.
Build
Develop new digital commons together.
Why now?
The technical building blocks already exist. Free software exists. European hosting providers exist. Sovereign alternatives exist. What is still missing is their coordination. The next step is no longer to create more tools. The next step is to federate those who build them and those who use them.
Free software
Forgejo, PostgreSQL, Linux, Matrix, Nextcloud and many other building blocks already exist.
European hosting providers
Sovereign infrastructure is available in several European countries.
Credible alternatives
Solutions now exist in most areas of the digital world.
Coordination
What is still missing is a common framework that lets these initiatives gain visibility and influence.
The challenge is no longer technical. The challenge is collective.
Europe is already moving
The European public sector is building its sovereign forges. Singulr opens the way for private, nonprofit and local organisations.
NL
code.overheid.nl
Forge of the Dutch central administrations.
DE
opencode.de
Forge of the German public sector.
EU
code.europa.eu
Forge of the European Union institutions.
BE
Singulr
For private, nonprofit and local European organisations.
European administrations are already developing their own sovereign infrastructure. The question is no longer whether alternatives exist. The question is which ones we choose to strengthen.
While the Dutch, German and European administrations develop their own sovereign infrastructure, private, nonprofit and local organisations often remain dispersed. Singulr exists to create that meeting point.
What the federation is not
Not a political party
Not a lobby
Not a trade union
Not a private club
The federation works on technical, operational and administrative matters related to digital sovereignty.
Our missions
Four concrete commitments, carried by the non-profit in the service of Belgian and European organisations.
Operate
We run European digital commons.
Federate
We bring together sovereign actors.
Raise awareness
We share good practices.
Influence
We work to embed sovereignty criteria in public procurement.
Making digital sovereignty count in public procurement
Today, public procurement is mainly assessed on criteria of cost, performance and compliance.
Digital sovereignty is still rarely considered a defensible, measurable and enforceable criterion.
Singulr works to change this.
Today, a European solution can be technically excellent yet remain absent from a public tender for lack of suitable criteria.
Our aim is not to favour any particular actor. Our aim is for digital sovereignty to be assessed like any other criterion.
Two categories of members
Today, digital sovereignty concerns both those who build the tools and those who use them. The federation needs both.
User organisations
You use the digital commons operated by the federation and take part in a collective effort.
Sovereign partners
You build sovereign solutions and want to contribute to a more visible and more influential ecosystem.
How to take part
Four steps, from first contact to building together.
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Discover
Explore the digital commons operated and the federation's approach.
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Join
Join as a user organisation or as a sovereign partner.
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Contribute
Share your feedback, your resources and your expertise.
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Build
Take part in developing new European digital commons.
We are starting now
Federations are not declared. They are built. Singulr is at the start of this work: the sovereign Git forge is its first digital commons operated, the Observatory the second building block. More commons will follow.
First commons operated
Mapping the alternatives
European federation
Networking the actors
Future digital commons
Under construction
Beyond the forge
The sovereign Git forge is not an end in itself. It is the first concrete demonstration of what a federation of sovereign actors can produce. Other digital commons may emerge tomorrow, according to the needs expressed by the federation's members.
Email
Messaging
Video conferencing
Storage
Future digital commons will not be decided alone. They will be built collectively.
Why join today?
The first members shape the federation as much as they benefit from it.
Take part from the start
Join the federation at the moment when everything is being set up.
Shape the direction
Weigh in on the priorities and the direction of the collective project.
Meet other sovereign actors
Join a network of organisations that share your requirements.
Build useful commons
Bring to life the infrastructure your sector needs.
Let's build it together
European digital sovereignty will not be built by a single organisation. It is built through cooperation between actors who share the same requirements.
Every organisation that joins the federation helps make the European sovereign ecosystem more visible, more coherent and more resilient.
The European sovereign federation does not pre-exist. It is being built.
Membership is open to user organisations and sovereign partners alike. Write to us to discuss it — a human replies, with no commitment.