NGI Zero Core

We fund a large amount of third parties to review and upgrade the open Internet architecture (hardware, software, protocols) to increase the performance of the network, adapt it to new application requirements, improve quality of service, make it more resilient to security threats, more energy efficient and respectful of the environment (e.g. reparability, recyclability), and increasingly supportive of open and decentralised technologies and services.

With the size of the budget available and our methodology, NGI0 Core involves 150 000 to 300 000 person hours of directly funded human effort contributed to the public benefit and the good of the internet. A multiple of that will be generated indirectly within the ecosystem around open source and standards.

NGI0 Foundations is important to set the course of the evolution of technology and strengthening the role of Europe within future developments.

In all this we benefit from decades of experience, including significant experience gained within the various NGI efforts we have supported.