eTG seminar: FLOSS in the public sector
Notes from the eDevelopment thematic Group seminar on the “Use of Free/Open Source Software in the Public Sector: Brazil Experience“.
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Introduction and welcoming speeches
Cem Dener (ECSPE), Deepak Bhatia (GICT), Samia Melhem (GICT), Oleg Petrov (e-Development Thematic Group), Mikhail Bunchuk (Moscow Office), Eduardo Calero
Country offices in Albania, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, St. Vincent, St. Kitts
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Presentation
Mr. Eduardo Santos, Project Manager, Ministry of Planning, Brasilia – download presentation
FLOSS in Brazilian government
Regulations for free software in Brazil:
- specific branch in the government responsible for informatics and information policies
- different committees for FLOSS implementation, legacy systems, systems integration
A lot of internal struggle about the usage of free software, everybody thought they had the best policy
A lot of trouble with migrating, adapting, intergrating -> decision to create new software
Brazilian Public Software Portal
- sharing software solutions in the government
FLOSS community in Brazil claimed they were also allowed the source code of a product if they purchased it
Public Software Portal evolved
- companies used software and provided training for other organizations
- groups of interest emerged from the users of the software
- Community, companies, municipalities – all users are very important and have different needs -> it’s an ecosystem
- Now: Providing software solutions for society
Software is more than only software
- it’s a change in attitude
- it’s about innovation – more qualified people
- many economic opportunities
- savings of more than $ 3.750.000 just by sharing software
Applications
eTG seminar: FLOSS in the public sector
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