Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source usage in European Public Sector

2013-09-15 Thread Rafał Wawer
Hi Steven, Some clues you can find in a SEIS State of Play report I wrote for EC and EEA in 2010. It was based upon national reports and as SEIS COM actually directly pointed at FOSS as the most wanted solution for SEIS implementation, the indicator No 31 addresses this topic. I recall initially I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source usage in European Public Sector

2013-09-15 Thread Helmut Kudrnovsky
hi, Steven Feldman wrote > I am looking for some help with a few key statistics to use in my opening > presentation at FOSS4G > > Does any one have some info on > > the number of EU countries that have IT procurement policies which > encourage or mandate the use of open source? > which countri

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Papers FOSSGIS 2014 in Berlin

2013-09-15 Thread Astrid Emde
Hallo FOSSGIS-Aktive und die, die es werden wollen. Sie forschen, Sie entwickeln, Sie beschäftigen sich mit Open-Source-Geo-Software oder freien Geodaten? Sie haben neue Ideen in diesem Themenbereich oder sind bereits dabei, freie Software und freie Geodaten zu nutzen oder zu entwickeln? Dann sind

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Open Source usage in European Public Sector

2013-09-15 Thread Dr. Franz-Josef Behr
I was looking such regulations for Germany. What I found is: http://www.cio.bund.de/SharedDocs/Publikationen/DE/Bundesbeauftragte-fuer-Informationstechnik/konzept_it_steuerung_bund_download.pdf?__blob=publicationFile There for the strategy of the federal government supports the usage of open so

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source usage in European Public Sector

2013-09-15 Thread Steven Feldman
I am looking for some help with a few key statistics to use in my opening presentation at FOSS4G Does any one have some info on the number of EU countries that have IT procurement policies which encourage or mandate the use of open source? which countries have based their INSPIRE activities on