Public Launch of the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations (OSOR.EU)

The event will mark the official launch of OSOR.EU, the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European Public Administrations, a platform actively supporting the sharing of OSS-based eGovernment applications and experiences across Europe – connecting EU services and Member States.

This one day event is part of the Open Source World Conference (20-22 October 2008), organised by the Junta de Extremadura and the Junta de Andalucía, Spain.

The day’s sessions are dedicated to presenting:

• The OSOR project, platform and services;
• A small panel of users of the platform and the interactions with other European Commission projects related to Open Source.

One separate session will feature a workshop on public procurement and Open source Software. This workshop aims at presenting and discussing the OSOR Guidelines on public procurement and FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software). In addition to providing specific guidance on how to handle FLOSS, some of the questions intended to be answered are:

• How is FLOSS treated by public procurement?
• What are the current practices in Member States?

For more information, the final agenda has been made available.

Registration for this event is now closed.

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