The Need for FOSS Policy in Macedonia

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    1. The Need for FOSS Policy in Macedonia Conference on Free Open Source Software 2007 15.05.2007, Skopje, Macedonia Filip Stojanovski Metamorphosis Foundation
    2. Why Do We Need FOSS Policy?
      • Vision
      • Guidelines
        • Road map
          • Laws
          • Procedures
      • Results
    3. Policy-Related Documents So Far
      • National Policy for Information Society Development (2005) – open standards, platform independence
      • National Strategy for Information Society Development (2005) – ditto, + FOSS as public good
      • Law on Free Access to Publicly Owned Information (2006) - failed to include open standards clause for e-documents
      • National Strategy for Electronic Communications and IT Development (2007) – on interoperability, requires international standards (OASIS as example)
    4. National Policy for IS Development
      • “ For the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia to be stakeholders of the Information Society, it is necessary:
          • to build coherent policies for all sectors to offer e-services which will be unified, standardized, user-friendly, independent of the software platform , available to all citizens regardless of their location and the social status , taking into consideration the needs of the citizens;”
    5. National Strategy for IS Development
      • e-Citizens: “It is necessary to support the use of the FOSS as a public good accessible to all citizens, especially through the freedom of choice of a platform in the formal and informal ICT education.
      • Objective 6.03: Enabling accessible e-services irrespective of the software platform, which shall use open standardised formats of documentation and exchange of information;
    6. Central Government Examples
      • Pension Fund : Windows-only client software for firms (December 2005)
      • Public Health Fund : Windows-only client software for physicians (April 2007)
      • Good Governance Project (General Secretariat & FOSIM): establishing standards, trainings, capacity building ( www.dobrovladeenje.org.mk )
      • Increased awareness and responsiveness to FOSS issues.
    7. Local Government Situation
      • Low ICT Skills: 0.75 out of 4.0 (UNDP, 2004, www.undp.org.mk/e-governance )
      • Lack of local (municipal) ICT Strategies and budget, over 85% have none (Metamorphosis, May 2006)
      • NSECITD (2007) requires that “local self-governments should adopt local ICT strategies within 1.5 years” - Measure 2.8.a.
    8. Local Government Situation
      • Most Macedonian local governments use unlicensed software. (Metamorphosis, May 2006)
    9. FOSS-Related Local Government Projects (2007)
      • Metamorphosis/USAI D OpenOffice.org training for municipal 75 employees from 22 municipalities (Jan.)
      • FOSS Workshops in 5 municipalities (Feb.) by UNDP + ZELS, Free Software Macedonia, Metamorphosis, MESA
      • UNDP Pilot Project Capacity building and & e-services development in 3 municipalities (ongoing)
    10. Why Do We Need FOSS Policy?
      • Most public officials respond only to obligations set by law
      • Increased accountability and transparency
      • Clear procedures for ICT procurement
      • Decreasing costs for taxpayers
      • Preventing closure of information systems
      • Increased e-Inclusion
    11. Why Do We Need FOSS Policy?
      • Euro Integration
      • “ [T]he unified i2010 Programme calls for the development of an agreed interoperability framework of the national e-Administration systems, based on the open standards and open source software..”
      • Croatian FOSS Policy (www.e-croatia.hr)
    12. Why Do We Need FOSS Policy?
      • Vision
      • Guidelines
        • Road map
          • Laws
          • Procedures
      • Results
    13. The Need for FOSS Policy in Macedonia
      • Questions?
    14. The Need for FOSS Policy in Macedonia
      • Thank you!
      • Further questions, comments & suggestions:
      • [email_address]

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