Open Minds aims to increase the digital skills of one of the key sectors of European civil society: that covering social and cultural players and the broad public with whom they are in contact. The needs in terms of digital transition increased during the health crisis, which highlighted the extent of the digital divide and the need to increase digital skills.
To develop the project, we proposed to work along three lines: free access to a database of free software resources, a training environment for socio-cultural players, and regular publications to encourage change towards free software.
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 10. For months, the company has been bringing its users – especially organizations – to migrate to Windows 11.
Within the framework of the dissemination actions of the Open Minds project in France, five significant events were organized in 2024 in Toulouse and 2025 in Marseille.
The final presentation of the Open Minds project took place on April 11, 2025. About a hundred people attended the public presentation of the Open Minds platform at the great amphitheatre of the Walloon-Brussels Federation.