1. 1 Cristian Dobre Team Leader DIGIT.B.1 Information Systems and Interoperability Solutions OCS - Workshop 29/11/2012 Online Collection Software for European Citizens’ Initiatives Open Source Development

2. 2 Online Collection Software for European Citizens’ Initiatives ECI-OCS Overview OCS F/OSS Development process Next steps

3. 3 European Citizens’ Initiative - OCS context Treaty of Lisbon  Not less than one million citizens who are nationals of a significant number of Member States may take the initiative of inviting the EC to submit any appropriate proposal Regulation (EU) 211/2011  By 1 January 2012, the Commission shall set up and thereafter shall maintain open-source software incorporating the relevant technical and security features Regulation (EU) 1179/2011  technical and organisational measures

4. 4 ECI Online Collection Software requirements Open Source Software Functional requirements from Reg (EU) 211/2011 Security requirements from Reg (EU) 1179/2011 ISO 27k Multilanguage: 23 European official languages Support for disable people WCAG 2.0 compliant Compatible with all user clients/browsers

5. 5 Online Collection Software project artifacts Web application to collect statement of support online (OCS) – source code Desktop application to generate Private/Public key and to decrypt exports of OCS (OCS crypto-tool) – source code Virtual Image to allow easy test and deployment of the system (OCS VM). Secure client (OCS Live DVD) Documentation/Training material Templates/Support to organisers in the certification process

6. 6 OCS F/OSS Development process Main principles open development model (ongoing) cover entire release process switch to public SVN EC still has to certify each release joinup.eu - new "contributor" role (done) allow external contributions

7. 7 OCS F/OSS - Next steps Next Major release OCS pilot OS release process community based Collect requirements Evaluate from legal perspective 31/03/2012 – end development May 2012 – release available on joinup.eu

8. 8 European Citizens’ Initiative: Useful links & contacts ECI Register http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative ECI Online Collection Software in joinup.eu https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/ocs/home ECI functional mail box DIGIT-ECI@ec.europa.eu