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A Consortium for studying, evaluating, and supporting the introduction of open source software and open data standards in the public administration
Start date:2004-01-01
End date:2006-06-30
Project Acronym:COSPA
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:LIBERA UNIVERSITA DI BOLZANO | |
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FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CENTER FOR APPLIED SOFTWARE ENG VIA RAFFAELLO SERNESI 1 39100 BOLZANO (BOZEN) ITALIA Region:NORD EST TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE Bolzano-Bozen |
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Description
Objective:
Public Administrations (PA) spend considerable funds for Commercial Off-The-Shelf software licenses. By using appropriate technologies such expenses might be reduced. The Consortium aims at introducing, analysing, and supporting the use of Open Data Standards (ODS) and Open Source (OS) software for personal productivity and document management in European PAs. To date similar initiatives were mainly performed at a local level, with no coordination, no sharing of knowledge and no rigorous cost/benefit analysis. Introduction of ODS and OSS might be hampered by: Cost of data migration; Interoperability and integration with existing solutions; Personnel training.
Alleged advantages of OSS and ODS include extreme versatility; adaptability; transparency of functioning; big savings on software licenses for PAs and citizens (no additional software needed for accessing information and services; greater accessibility of public services). Alleged advantages of COTS in PAs include that it has been already in use for a long time; it works rather well; it is well accepted by the users; it has large support knowledge bases. To resolve this dilemma a detailed and objective study will be performed. Only on the basis of results of such studies PA managers can make an informed decision whether the migration to OSS is actually producing advantages.
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Project Details
Start date:2004-01-01
End date:2006-06-30
Duration:30 months
Project Reference:002164
Project cost:3951416 EURO
Project Funding:2607312 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP6-IST
Programme type:Sixth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Networked business and governments
Contract type:Specific Targeted Research Project
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Subject index:Telecommunications, Scientific Research, Information Processing, Information Systems, Social Aspects
Other participants
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | |
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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FIRTH COURT, WESTERN BANK S10 2TN SHEFFIELD UNITED KINGDOM Region:YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SOUTH YORKSHIRE |
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| Organization name:CONECTA S.R.L. | |
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RANDD DEPARTMENT VIA NAZIONALE 42/I 33010 TAVAGNACCO ITALIA Region:NORD-EST Friuli-Venezia Giulia Udine |
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| Organization name:MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA SZAMITASTECHNIKAI ES AUTOMATIZALASI KUTATO INTEZET | |
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COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING RESEARCH LABORATORY KENDE U. 13-17 1111 BUDAPEST MAGYARORSZAG Region:KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Budapest |
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| Organization name:AALBORG UNIVERSITET | |
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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE PO Box 159 FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 5 9220 AALBORG DANMARK Region:DANMARK Danmark Nordjyllands amt |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK | |
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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, COLL NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL PARK, PLASSEY LIMERICK ÉIRE/IRELAND Region:ÉIRE/IRELAND Mid-West |
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| Organization name:INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES BELGIUM | |
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BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES AVENUE DU BOURGET, 42 1130 BRUXELLES BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:REG.BRUXELLES-CAP./BRUSSELS HFDST. GEW. |
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| Organization name:SOUTH WEST REGIONAL AUTHORITY | |
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INNISHMORE BALLINCOLLIG CO. CORK CORK ÉIRE/IRELAND Region:ÉIRE/IRELAND South-West (IRL) |
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| Organization name:PROVINCIA DI PISA | |
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SERVIZIO SITEMA INFORMATIVO P.ZZA VITTORIO EMANUELE II N. 14 56125 PISA ITALIA Region:CENTRO (I) TOSCANA Pisa |
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| Organization name:PROVINCIA DI GENOVA | |
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PIAZZALE MAZZINI 2 16122 GENOVA ITALIA Region:NORD OVEST LIGURIA Genova |
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| Organization name:CONSORZIO DEI COMUNI DELLA PROVINCIA DI BOLZANO | |
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REPARTO EDP VIALE STAZIONE 5 39100 BOLZANO ITALIA Region:NORD EST TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE Bolzano-Bozen |
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| Organization name:SOCITM LIMITED | |
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SOCITM FOR UK LOCAL AUTHORITIES PO Box 121 F4 MOULTON PARK BUSINESS CENTRE, REDHOUSE ROAD NN3 6AQ MOULTON PARK UNITED KINGDOM Region:EAST MIDLANDS LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Northamptonshire |
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| Organization name:TOROKBALINT NAGYKOZSEG ONKORMANYZATA POLGARMESTERI HIVATALA | |
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MAYOR'S OFFICE MUNKACSY M. U. 79. H-2045 TOROKBALINT MAGYARORSZAG Region: |
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| Organization name:BEAUMONT HOSPITAL | |
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IT DEPARTMENT BEAUMONT ROAD Dublin 9 DUBLIN ÉIRE/IRELAND Region:ÉIRE/IRELAND Dublin |
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| Organization name:HANSTHOLM KOMMUNE | |
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BAADSGAARDSVEJ 2 7730 HANSTHOLM DANMARK Region:DANMARK Danmark Viborg amt |
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Record control number:74631
