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Open source collaboration
for the public sectorXavier Heymans
CEO, Zea Partnerswww.zeapartners.or
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Launch OSOR.euOpen Source World
ConferenceMalaga, Spain - Oct 20-22,
2008
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PloneGov is a collaborative software ecosystem where public organizations and SME work together to share best practices, applications and the cost of enhanced capabilities.
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Awards - year 1
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The origins
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•EU: 100,000 local governments
•Similar needs
•Limited resources
•Open to collaboration
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Merging 6 projects
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Code base > 4 M € = 6M$
Switzerland
Belgium, France
Spain, France USA
United Nations, Africa
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• Scale: 100 towns, regions, parliaments, agencies
• International: 20 countries over 4 continents
• Europe : Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
• America : USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil
• Asia, Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Philippines
• Africa : Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
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Today
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Players 1/3
•Public Sector•100 towns, regions, parliaments &
agencies
•technical coordination/development
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Open Source Network
•25 SME
•14 countries
•4 continents
Players 2/3
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Open Source Community
Expertise: innovation & technology
Worldwide team : 300+
Players 3/3
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Players 4/3
•Education & Non-profit
•Universities
•Non-profits
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Innovation:reports & studies
Studies released by the EU Commission
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“PloneGov is a new model of programming and maintenance capacities for public sector open source activities”. www.publicsectoross.info
1. New model
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“PloneGov impact is unusual in terms of opportunity for innovation, standardization and economy of scale while gaining independence from large IT providers”. www.flossimpact.eu
2. Impact
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“PloneGov model has a spatial – or in other words – societal – dimension right from the beginning, as it aims at integrating more and more municipalities and commercial partners across Europe” ... and the world. www.publicsectoross.info
Each new partner is a potential contributor
3. Open
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Management
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•National activities
•International activities
Management
Autonomous
Umbrella
Decentralized structure
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Management
National activities•Who? : Public Sector and
SME
•Activities :
•Technical development
•Regional promotion
•Serviceswww.plonegov.org/subcommunities
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•Who? : Public and Non-profit
•Activities :
•Operations and strategy - (Zea)
•Technical coordination - (Public)
•Dissemination, communication, events - (Zea)
•Business model - (Zea)
International activities
Management
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•Management -> planning, pooling budgets
•Dissemination -> information and experience
•Technical -> same methodology
•Transfer of knowledge -> training
•Networking & collaborative activities: funding?
Collaboration
Challengesis not only about
code
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•Funding :
•Coordination workshop (3/year)
•Collective activities• networking, dissemination, cases studies,
management, ...
OSOR
How to support PloneGov?
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More info ?www.plonegov.org
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Join [email protected] www.plonegov.org
www.zeapartners.org