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Voice of Groningen: Case Studies on Sustainability of Public Sector Open Source Communities
This is the third of a series of five studies exploring the sustainability of open source software communities in the public sector. INTRODUCTION In 2019, the City of Groningen started a new…
DOCUMENTCreated: 06/08/2020
Open source makes Dutch government cloud a reality
Data centre services scales services, not costs The Dutch government’s data centre in Groningen (ODC-Noord) is becoming the benchmark for all of the government’s cloud services. ODC-Noord combines the…
DOCUMENTCreated: 12/05/2017
Entrada, a Big Data platform for Internet domain name registries, available as open source (Entrada)
The R&D team of the Dutch Internet domain name registry SIDN has recently made its Entrada platform available as open source. Entrada — an acronym for ENhanced Top-level domain Resilience through…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/05/2016
NOiV open source case studies
List of hyperlinks, copied here to help others find these case studies. NOiV Rijksoverheid (7) ‘Open’ Nederlands Dienstenloket optimaal geschikt voor hergebruik (oktober 2010) Nieuwe manier van werken…
DOCUMENTCreated: 23/02/2016
Open source offering a plethora of mail/messaging solutions (Open source mail/messaging)
Best-of-breed approach results in huge economic gains This article focuses on messaging systems. These systems traditionally consist of e-mail and associated applications like address books…
DOCUMENTCreated: 20/08/2015
CLOUD4all - Cloud platforms Lead to Open and Universall access for people with Disabilities and for All (Cloud4all)
Cloud4all is an european project funded by the 7th Framework Programme that will advance the concept of the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII). Cloud4all aims to develop a complete new…
DOCUMENTCreated: 12/12/2012
EU: ICT Use in L2 Education for Adult Migrants
Description (short summary): This report presents the findings of a comparative study on Information and Communication Technologies' (ICT) use for second language (L2) acquisition by adult migrants in…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/09/2011
Media4ME (Media4ME)
Media4ME aims to connect and empower organisations, institutions and active citizens working in multicultural neighbourhoods promoting intercultural dialogue and social cohesion and to counter the…
DOCUMENTCreated: 11/04/2011
KleurRijker + ReadSpeaker: learning method for integration of IEM (KleurRijker)
KleurRijker and ReadSpeaker provide an online platform that is part of a blended learning method, aimed at integrating immigrants and ethnic minorities. It has been used by more than 30 000 students…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/11/2010
Online integration services for third country nationals (inti_platform)
The "Online integration services of third country nationals" project was co-funded by the Integration Fund INTI of Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security (currently divided into…
DOCUMENTCreated: 30/09/2010
E-Learning for Visually Impaired Persons (E-Learn-ViP)
The main objective of this project is to enable blind people and people with visual handicaps the access to e-learning courses in the following way:Evaluation of the already existing e-learning…
DOCUMENTCreated: 13/04/2010
EU: Immigrant women, e-Skills & employability in Europe
Description (short summary): The study examines the effects of non governmental organisations (NGO) e-skills training programmes on the employability and social inclusion of immigrant women in Spain…
DOCUMENTCreated: 09/03/2010