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Greek gov.gr and apps now mostly based on open source
The Greek government’s main website (gov.gr) is run using mainly open source software frameworks, say IT project managers involved in the overhaul of the central gov.gr web portal in March this year…
NEWSCreated: 30/10/2020
Compliance monitoring of EU’s Common Agricultural Policy made more transparent and efficient with Open Source
The RECAP project aims to develop an improved remote monitoring of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) obligations and to supplement the in-field inspections procedures, reducing the compliance costs…
NEWSCreated: 23/09/2019Greece robotics competition targets open source software and hardware
Universities and teachers across Greece are encouraging the country’s young schoolchildren to experiment with open source software and hardware. The Panhellenic Open Robotics Competition also…
NEWSCreated: 24/01/2019Heraklion encourages reuse of its open source identity management tool
Public administrations across Greece are welcome to reuse the identity-management software solution built by the city of Heraklion. In 2017 the city began combining OpenLDAP for directory services and…
NEWSCreated: 19/12/2018Developers help Greece merge amendments into laws
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…
NEWSCreated: 29/10/2018Open source core to Greek govt procedure documentation
The use of open source technology is a core part of a project to document Greek government procedures. The project, involving 200 public administration staff and university researchers, is creating or…
NEWSCreated: 20/12/2016Spain’s Valencia reuses Greek PC-lab software
Future funding of Epoptes by Greece is uncertain
It’s a textbook example of public administration software reuse. The city of Valencia (Spain) is one of the many users of Epoptes, software for…
NEWSCreated: 03/08/2016Greece: a workshop to help citizens get involved 3rd NAP
A workshop organised by Open Knowledge Greece on May 30 allowed a group a citizens to formulate more than 32 proposals which could be incorporated in the next OGP Action Plan of Greece. This workshop…
NEWSCreated: 10/06/2016Greece ready to test public consultation process
The Greek government has initiated a pilot to evaluate a process of public consultation in the country. This action is part of the government’s strategy to enhance transparency and citizen…
NEWSCreated: 23/03/2016Greece concludes public consultation on draft public administration law
The Greek Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction last week concluded a public consultation on the draft law 'Transparency, Meritocracy and Effectiveness of Public Administration'…
NEWSCreated: 16/12/2015Greek geodata project extends open data platform
Reuse a specific goal of government project The Greek government’s open geodata platform (geodata.gov.gr) is making available as open source several tools and extensions to CKAN, a commonly used data…
NEWSCreated: 18/11/2015European rural schools rely on open source
A group of 15 schools in rural areas in Denmark, Italy, Greece, Macedonia (FYROM), Spain, and the United Kingdom are using open source software solutions for learning, teaching and working together…
NEWSCreated: 04/11/2015