Thank you Gert-Jan van der Weijden for these updates from the Netherlands. As with any new action plan and policy it will take some time to get this fully implemented but the good news is it is happening (though not as fast as we wish) and as more and more governments realise the economic benifits this will accelerate. As you rightly pointed, this that it is also the responsibility of all of us to bring this to the attention of decision makers worldwide. I was pleased to see this good practice examples put in one site by the EC as it helps governments to share ideas and learn best practices from each other.
Best wishes, Suchith ________________________________________ From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl [gert-...@osgeo.nl] Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:39 AM To: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines First of all: I'm being proud to see The Netherlands being mentioned in such a positive way regarding open standards. A small addendum: In the years before and after 2007 the Action Plan has created a lot of awareness regarding the use of open standards in the (semi-)public sector. However, the step from awareness to real results proved to been a tough one. In the monitoring results of 2014 it became clear that the use of open standards still isn't a regular requirement in tenders, and that there are no nationwide concrete goals regarding the use of open source software in the public and semi-public sector For that reason, on april 13th this year the Dutch parliament approved a resolution in which the Government is asked: 1. to assure that by the end of 2015 the use of open standards becomes is common practice in tenders 2. to investigate how vendor lock-in can be avoided 3. to include open source as a regular choice in tenders This resolution is a spin-off of the parliamentary inquiry regarding the failures in ICT-projects in the Dutch public sector (estimation: an annual loss of 1-5 billion euros). Bottom line: a action plan is a good step forward, but the serious implementation of bot open standards and open source also requires a bottom-up approach. Hey folks, thats we're we all come in! Kind regards, Gert-Jan van der Weijden Chair of the Dutch local chapter OSGeo.nl -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Suchith Anand Verzonden: vrijdag 29 mei 2015 10:23 Aan: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Onderwerp: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines Colleagues, These good practice guidelines shared by various European governments will be of interest https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/open_standards_ict/og_page/best-practi ces-library Esp. the action plan for the use of Open Standards and Open Source Software in the public and semi-public sector from Ministry of Economic Affairs , Netherlands is of interest as they were one of the first ones to do this at national level (back in 2007!) so they are pioneers. Details at https://www.ictu.nl/archief/noiv.nl/service/english/index.html I would also like to thank everyone who supported our Open Letter for the need for Open Standards in LiDAR http://www.osgeo.org/node/1518 Your support for this has been key for the positive developments now in action http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
