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Interministerial web conferencing
The interministerial web conferencing platform is a set of interconnected applications mainly based on the open source and WebRTC-compatible Jitsi project. It allows the officials of the French state…
SOLUTIONCreated: 11/03/2019
PoliVisu
The PoliVisu Toolbox is changing the way collaborative urban policy-making is done by supporting cities (with limited resources) to make effective, informed, data-driven decisions. A suite of data…
SOLUTIONCreated: 15/02/2019
Lutece: Case Studies on Sustainability of Public Sector Open Source Communities
This is the second of a series of five studies exploring the sustainability of open source software communities in the public sector. INTRODUCTION Lutece is a free and open source portal engine that…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/08/2020French government launches in-house developed messaging service, Tchap
INTRODUCTION The Tchap project created a new open source encrypted communication tool for French public agents in order to improve information dissemination and ensure the security of the French…
DOCUMENTCreated: 27/03/2020OGP Toolbox: aggregating open source software for open government (OGP Toolbox)
The OGP Toolbox is a web portal bringing together digital tools to promote openness in government and improve democracy. The platform aggregates software and services used by governments and civil…
DOCUMENTCreated: 11/07/2017France’s scorecard to track and improve digital services
Every year, France publishes figures showing the extent to which citizens and businesses take advantage of the digital services made available by the government. This scorecard assesses the share of…
DOCUMENTCreated: 29/05/2017France hires digital experts group to modernise the state (Entrepreneurs d'Intérêt Général)
The French state has created a program called the “Entrepreneurs of General Interest” (Entrepreneurs d’Intérêt Général – EIG) to build a group of 11 digital experts drawn from civil society. Each of…
DOCUMENTCreated: 28/03/2017French ministries to build an open archiving platform (VITAM)
Three French government ministries have pooled resources to build a digital archiving software to secure and maintain digital documents. The software, called Vitam, is an open back-end which could be…
DOCUMENTCreated: 27/02/2017Gironde (Bordeaux) to develop an online shared archiving service based on open source
Launched four years ago, the SAEM project in France is supported by the Departmental Council of Gironde, the City of Bordeaux and the Urban Community of Bordeaux. It aims to provide an electronic…
DOCUMENTCreated: 07/12/2016France opens the source code of tax and benefits calculators to increase transparency
To improve the transparency of the country’s tax and benefits systems, France has decided to open the source code of the simulators that government administrators use to perform their calculations…
DOCUMENTCreated: 20/11/2016How France worked with civil society to create its Action Plan
To craft its first National Action Plan for open government, the French government used online and offline public consultations to collect ideas from citizens and organisations. Some of those ideas…
DOCUMENTCreated: 29/05/2016France learns from startup companies in modernising public online services
The concept of the “State Startup” (Start-up d’Etat) was developed by the French SGMAP (Secrétariat Général pour la Modernisation de l’Action Publique) to improve digital services offered to citizens…
DOCUMENTCreated: 22/02/2016