Open World Forum - Paris: The four main trends in free and open source in Europe's public sector

Abstract

1. Public administrations are increasingly using free and open source software. 2) There are plenty of laws and policies in place. 3) Open source is hardly visible on the desktop. 4) Procurement of IT solutions continues to be a problem.

Gijs Hillenius

Context for Digital Government

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