ה', 17/12/2009 - 12:00
אינטרנט
Global Dialogue on Exploring the Results of Governmental Open Source Software Policies
Begins: Dec 17, 2009 09:00
Ends: Dec 17, 2009 12:00
December 17, 2009
Live webcast will be available here on the day of the event.
Within the last decade, more than 60 countries and international organizations have developed nearly 275 policy documents related with the use of Open Source in public sector. The rationale behind most of these policy initiatives is the improvement of governance through transparent and effective use of information technology budgets in public sector, as well as economic/engineering benefits of reusable open source software. A majority of these open source initiatives (~70%) have been accepted and final actions have been taken by mid 2008. Suitable business models have been developed to implement these policies and successful public sector solutions based on open source software have emerged.
This is the first seminar in a series of learning and knowledge sharing events organized by the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department (GICT) and the ECSPE e-Government Practice Group (e-Gov PG) of the World Bank, in collaboration with the e-Development Thematic Group (e-Dev TG), to explore the results of Open Source policy initiatives and identify lessons learned, and facilitate knowledge transfer among the interested countries and developers of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) solutions.
Currently, 40 client countries are implementing large-scale projects to support public financial management (PFM) reforms through a lengthy and costly process of modernizing existing infrastructure or developing new information system solutions as they seek to improve effectiveness of their PFM practices, reduce corruption, and ensure sustainability of information and communication technology solutions. Similarly, a large number of education, health and other sector projects with substantial ICT components are being implemented in all regions. These meetings are designed to promote knowledge and experience-sharing across member countries to better understand the challenges and opportunities in using FLOSS in public sector reform projects.
Agenda:
Speaker: Mr. Eduardo Santos, Project Manager, Ministry of Planning, Brasilia
Discussant: Mr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, CEO of WSO2, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Countries: Brazil, Sri Lanka, Russian Federation, Albania, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine,
9:00 - 9:30 Introduction and welcoming speeches
9:30 - 10:00 Presentation
10:00 - 10:15 Feedback from the discussant
10:15 - 11:45
Q/A session on the following aspects
- Development of governmental open source policies (actors/approaches)
- FLOSS applications introduced in public sector (successful cases)
- Business models to ensure sustainability of FLOSS solutins (ecosystem)
11:45 - 12:00 Conclusionsקישור