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Autonomous IT sector

22/11/2018

The government of Turkey is renewing its drive to get public services to switch to open source software solutions. This summer, the government urged the public sector to contribute more to the…

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This should be an FAQ

22/11/2018

The UK Government Digital Service (GDS) is sharing its recommendations for how public services can overcome barriers to developing software as open source. In a blog post, GDS summarises its answers…

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OpenSym 2019

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Policy Brief on loneliness and social isolation amongst older adults

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• Loneliness and social isolation in rural districts is a key concern for older adults. • Loneliness has long-term social, health and financial impacts. • Information and communication technology…

Mobile Age project, eGovernment, eInclusion, loneliness, social isolation, older adults, digital services
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Policy Brief on the GDPR and the market for service providers, especially European SMEs, to deliver innovations to older adults

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• The GDPR introduces new requirements on how to collect and process personal data. • Informed consent can be hard to achieve for users in general and even harder for older adults with cognitive…

GDPR, SMEs, eGovernment, public services, older adults, Mobile Age project, personal data
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Policy Brief on privacy implications of technologies to address older adults' social isolation

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Older adults are increasingly reliant on digital technology. The privacy needs and data protection vulnerabilities of this demographic are different to the general public. We believe that these…

data protection, eGovernment, older adults, digital services, Mobile Age project
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Policy Brief on e-inclusion of Europe’s older adults

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• One reason for the low take-up of digital eGovernment / public services is a lack of users´ perceived benefits and user centricity, especially for older persons. • The best way to develop user…

eGovernment, eInclusion, open government, Mobile Age project, co-creation
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Sambruk to mimic Kivos

30/10/2018

Sambruk, the eGovernment services development project involving 85 of Sweden’s 290 municipalities, will increasingly focus on open source solutions. At a meeting last week, the Sambruk board decided…

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Summer of code project

29/10/2018

This summer, computer science students in Greece contributed code that could help the Greek government automate the process of keeping the country’s laws up to date. The 3GM project is one of ten…

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26TH Open Systems Days Croatian Linux Users’ Conference

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Chemnitzer Linux Tage

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Growing to 100% in 2020

28/10/2018

Growing to 100% in 2020 This year, the city of Barcelona is investing 78.7% of its IT budget on open source. By 2020, Barcelona expects nearly all of its IT investment to be linked to open source…

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