1. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 1 Open source collaboration for the public sector Xavier Heymans CEO, Zea Partners www.zeapartners.org Launch OSOR.eu Open Source World Conference Malaga, Spain - Oct 20-22, 2008

2. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 2 2 Some rights reserved This content is distributed under a Creative common Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Content may be reused under the following conditions: the original authors should be identified, and references to the source should be included.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ The name Plone ®, as well as the and PloneGov logos, are registered trademarks of the Plone Foundation. www.plone.org/foundation

3. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 3 2 PloneGov is a collaborative software ecosystem where public organizations and SME work together to share best practices, applications and the cost of enhanced capabilities.

4. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 4 15 Awards - year 1

5. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 5 The origins

6. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 6 EU: 100,000 local governments Similar needs Limited resources Open to collaboration

7. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 7 Merging 6 projects 619 Code base > 4 M € = 6M$ Switzerland Belgium, France Spain, France USA United Nations, Africa

8. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 8 Scale: 100 towns, regions, parliaments, agencies International: 20 countries over 4 continents Europe : Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland America : USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil Asia, Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Philippines Africa : Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda 7 Today

9. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 9 Players 1/3 Public Sector 100 towns, regions, parliaments & agencies technical coordination/development

10. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 10 Open Source Network 25 SME 14 countries 4 continents Players 2/3

11. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 11 Open Source Community Expertise: innovation & technology Worldwide team : 300+ Players 3/3

12. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 12 Players 4/3 Education & Non-profit Universities Non-profits

13. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 13 Innovation: reports & studies Studies released by the EU Commission

14. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 14 “PloneGov is a new model of programming and maintenance capacities for public sector open source activities”. www.publicsectoross.info www.publicsectoross.info 1. New model

15. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 15 “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 www.flossimpact.eu 2. Impact

16. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage “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 Each new partner is a potential contributor 3. Open

17. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 17 30% market share 6% 0,8% 16% Amazing potential Start up phase same potential

18. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 18 Management

19. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 19 National activities International activities Management Autonomous Umbrella Decentralized structure

20. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 20 Management National activities Who? : Public Sector and SME Activities : Technical development Regional promotion Services www.plonegov.org/subcommunities

21. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 21 Who? : Public and Non-profit Activities : Operations and strategy - (Zea) Technical coordination - (Public) Dissemination, communication, events - (Zea) Business model - (Zea) International activities Management

22. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 22 Management -> planning, pooling budgets Dissemination -> information and experience Technical -> same methodology Transfer of knowledge -> training Networking & collaborative activities: funding? Collaboration Challenges is not only about code

23. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 23 Funding : Coordination workshop (3/year) Collective activities networking, dissemination, cases studies, management,... OSOR How to support PloneGov?

24. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 24 More info ? www.plonegov.org

25. Copyright 2004-2005 Zope Europe Association ASBLPage 25 Join us info@plonegov.org www.plonegov.org www.zeapartners.org