FOSDEM - Brussels: Free Software In Europe's Public Sector; HOWTO open source in public administration

Abstract

The presentation presents high-level actions that can be taken by public administrations and stakeholders to increase their uptake of free and open source software. The talk outlines the major results of the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR.eu) project. The OSOR project aggregates news and studies on European public administrations that jointly develop, share and re-use such software solutions.

Gijs Hillenius

Context for Digital Government

Policy specialist on open source in public services, knowlegde transfer expert