Open Source Software Policy of the Croatian Government Diana Šimić, Ph.D. Deputy State Secretary Central State Administrative Office for e-Croatia

Central State Administrative Office for e‑Croatia Central state administrative body responsible for the implementation of the e‑Croatia 2007 Programme Head of the Office is a State Secretary directly responsible to the Prime Minister

e-Croatia 2007 Program Strategic priority of the Croatian Government Implementation of i2010 priorities at the national level Fostering development of information society Government to become an efficient and transparent citizen and bussines service through use of ICTs Annual operating plans Prepared in coordination with 30+ administrative institutions plus the Croatian chambre of commerce Monitoring and reporting on implementation Benchmarking studies

e-Croatia areas of development Information Security Broadband Interoperability framework HITRONet (public administration network) HITRO.HR services (one-stop-shop e-Government concept) HITROREZ (regulatory guillotine)

Key documents www.e-croatia.hr Operational Plan for the Implementation of the e-Croatia 2007 Programme (annual) One Stop Shop Program Stategy (HITRO.HR) (December 2004) National Program on Information Security (March 2005) Open Source Software Policy (July 2006) National Broadband Strategy (October 2006) E-Business Strategy (in draft) Benchmarking studies (annual)

Open Source Policy Objectives Security Interoperability Flexibility Independence Negotiating position Development of competences Increasing competitivness of the national ICT sector

Objectives of Public Administration Enable free and easy access to public information and content Maintain availability and integrity of public information and content Guarantee security of public and personal data Rationalize expenditure from the public budget

Requirements on ICTs in Public Administration Maintain independence from suppliers/producers (through use of open/international standards) Maintain economic and administrative integrity of public administration information systems Foster research and innovation in the development of ICT solutions Increase competitivness of the national ICT sector

Open Source Software Policy ... Equal treatment of ICT solutions based on open source and proprietary software. Selection criteria to be based on financial and functional attributes of a solution. Information system development based on open and international standards Interoperability of different ICT solutions through implementation of open standards and use of open source. For programs developed through funding from a public budget retain to the largest possible extent copyright, unlimited licences for public administration and source code and documentation. Support use of open source software in public administration and institutions funded from the public budget.

... Open Source Software Policy Promote development of solutions based on open source code and implementation of open software and standards, as well as localization of solutions available in other languages. Promote implementation of open source code and open standards in public and private sector. Support continuous education of public servants for use of open source solutions and implementation of open standards. Foster competence building for implementation of open source software and open standards through education system. Promote implementation of open source solutions for eGovernment services on the internet.

Related Activities Adoption of open standards Open source solutions in public administration Cooperation on localization of OSS Promotion of open systems

Open standards Participation in the IDABC Programme Support and initiate processes of adoption of ISO standards through the JTC1 of the Croatian standardization institute: ISO 19005-1:2005 Document management – Electronic document file format for long-term preservation – Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1) – published 29 September 2005 (Corr 1:2007 – 28 March 2007) ISO/IEC 23600:2006 Information technology – Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v 1.0 – published 30 November 2006

Open solutions in public administration Support creation of the Center of Excellence for open solutions at the APIS IT Manuals for OpenOffice and Open Desktop solutions Cooperation on localization of OpenOffice and Open Desktop solutions Pilot projects of implementation of OpenOffice and Open Desktop solutions in public administration

Promotion of open systems Presentations at conferences and events like this one