Open source collaboration
for the public sector
Xavier Heymans
Plone Conference
CEO, Zea Partners
October 10-12, 2007
www.zeapartners.org
Napoli , Italy
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PloneGov panel
• PloneGov, the big picture - Xavier Heymans
• PloneGov in South America - Roberto Allende
• PloneGov.ch - Switzerland - Bernhard Bülhmann
• Udalerria web plataforma - Spain - Mikel Larreategi
• CommunesPlone - Belgium, France - Joël Lambillotte
• Tabellio - Plone for parliaments - Be - Gaëtan Deberdt
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PloneGov is a collaborative software ecosystem
where public organizations and SME work
together to share best practices, applications
and the cost of enhanced capabilities.
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A successful collaboration
Public Sector
SME
Open Source Community
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Players 1/3
•Public Sector
• towns, regions and parliaments
• technical coordination/development
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Players 2/3
Open Source Network
• 24 SME
• 14 countries
• 4 continents
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Players 3/3
Open Source Community
Expertise : innovation & technology
Worldwide team : 300+
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Awards 2007
• Gold Luteces, Paris : “Grand Jury Prize”
• EU eGovernment Award : “Finalist”
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The origins
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• EU :100 000 local governments
• Similar needs
• Limited resources
• Open to collaboration
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Merging 7 projects
Africa
Belgium, France
Belgium
Switzerland
Spain, France USA
Code base > 1.6 M €
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Impact
Today ...
•Scale : 45 towns, 2 regions, 10 parliaments
•International : 15 countries over 3 continents
• Europe : Belgium, France, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland
• North America : USA
• South America : Argentina
• Africa : Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
and Uganda
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Impact
So far ...
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14 concrete and usable tools
• Software matching public sector specific needs
• Single repository
• Freely downloadable
• Easy to use and install
• Applications are independent and interconnectable
• ... multilingual, W3C, ...
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Reports & studies
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Studies released by the EU Commission :
“PloneGov is a new model of programming and
maintenance capacities for public sector open
source activities”. www.publicsectoross.info
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“PloneGov impact is unusual in terms of
opportunity for innovation, standardization and
economy of scale while gaining independence from
large IT providers”. www.flossimpact.eu
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Management
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Management
•International activities - voluntary
•National activities - funded
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Management
International activities
voluntary
•Who? : public and non-profit no budget yet...
• Activities :
• Operations and strategy - (Zea)
• Technical coordination - (Public)
• Dissemination, communication, events - (Zea)
• Business model - (Zea)
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Management
National activities funded
• Who? : Public Sector and SME
• Activities :
• Technical development
• Regional promotion
• Services
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New applications :
2 models
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Creating and sharing
new applications
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Intranet and extranet platform
for administrative work
Application
Basel
PloneCollab
Region
100 000 €
SME
Switzerland
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PloneMeeting
Management of official meetings
Application
Town 1
PloneMeeting
Region
100 000 €
SMEs
Belgium
Contact : Gaëtan Delannay
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Creating and sharing
generic tools
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Generic tools
Parliamentary toolbox
Town 10
Generic tool 1 NGO
...
University
Workflows
Generic tools ... Town 11
Electronic Doc
SME NGO
Management
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Health Atlas Ireland
Cartography GIS and statistics
Town 10
Cartography Museum
...
University
Statistical maps
Generic tools ... Town 11
Generic tool 3 SME NGO
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More ?
PloneGov and Tabellio brochures
info@plonegov.org info@tabellio.org
www.plonegov.org
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is open
Each new partner is a potential contributor
“PloneGov model has a spatial – or in other words –
societal – dimension right from the beginning, as it
aims at integrating more and more municipalities and
commercial partners across Europe” ... and the world.
www.publicsectoross.info
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