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CollaborationFree and open source software in Public AdministrationsICT standardisation in eGovernment+3 topics
All EU Member States adopted the Strasbourg Declaration outlining the coordination strategy for public administrations.
The Declaration on the Common values and challenges of European Public Administrations underlines an overarching support of open source and interoperability within the public sector. On 16 and 17…
NEWSCreated: 22/03/2022
Middle schools in Brittany turned to open source software for their file system management.
The Ille-et-Vilaine department in France deployed an open source software for file management to 21 middle schools, accounting for 12,000 users between teachers and students. In December 2021, the…
NEWSCreated: 21/01/2022
The French public administration is opening up public data, algorithms and source codes.
The French public administration outlined the governmental programme for open source, open data and public algorithms. On 27 September, the French Minister of Public Transformation and Service Amélie…
NEWSCreated: 14/10/2021
The DigitALL Public conference dedicated a full session to the role of open source in the public sector.
By addressing the challenges and opportunities of using open source in the public domain, the session focused on the benefits that public administration could gain from open source and drew ideas to…
NEWSCreated: 04/05/2021
More collaboration and clarity in Open Science, study says
The latest report on the state of Open Source Software in higher education and research was published at the end of January. The report is a part of the support that DINUM, the French interministerial…
NEWSCreated: 03/03/2021
The French Ministry of the Interior opts for an open source software, Nextcloud
Nextcloud announced that its open source solution will now power the French Ministry of Interior, which favours a European open source alternative for its cloud needs instead of a large American…
NEWSCreated: 03/09/2019
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: 05/08/2020
French 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: 27/03/2020