Starting a Sovereign Chat Project in the Dutch Government: Early Lessons
How do you start a sovereign, secure chat project in the public sector? Together with the Dutch Ministry of Defence, we are launching a Matrix-based solution to enable interoperable, archivable, and decentralized communication.
In this talk, we share our early experiences, including the challenges of compliance, archiving, and adoption, as well as the lessons learned so far.
Join us to explore how Matrix can support sovereign, future-proof communication for government organizations.
Manfred Zielinski is Project Manager for Digital Commons at the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. He leads a project to establish a sovereign Matrix-based chat service for the Dutch government, enabling public sector organizations to collaborate and communicate in a transparent, privacy-respecting, interoperable, sovereign, and compliant way.
His work focuses on advancing public values such as autonomy, trust, and open standards, ensuring that digital communication aligns with the principles of a responsible, ethical, and sovereign public sector.