IDA Open Source portal project (was) Re: Open Source references in Europe

This sounds like a very interesting and beneficial project...does it
bear any relationship to the one described in the link below?

Cheers,

Joseph
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Joseph Dal Molin <[email protected]>
e-cology corporation
Hi

just for your information on EU activity in the FOSS world. The
Commission
(IDA) has launch a call for tender for good practice:
http://ted.publications.eu.int/dynamic/doccur/en/en/ksvQ/0/142895-2003.htm?D
BNR=&QFILE=&SID=kQwC

Regards

Jean-François Junger

European Commission
Information Society Directorate General 
Programme eTEN

mail address: 
        BU 31 2/68
        B-1049 Bruxelles 
        Belgium
office address:
        Avenue de Beaulieu, 31 
        B-1160  Bruxelles

tel:    (+32 2) 29 59516
fax:    (+32 2) 29 61740
e-mail: [email protected]  
web:    http://europa.eu.int/eten

Secretary:
        Ms Caroline Grogan
tel:    +32 2 29 68628
email:  [email protected]

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On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 18:47, Jeroen van Disseldorp wrote:
> L.S.,
> 
> For those who do not know me, allow me to introduce myself. My name is 
> Jeroen van Disseldorp. I am writing this mail as the project manager of 
> a project for the European Commission's IDA unit, which is setting up 
> an Open Source portal on their website. You can find IDA online at:
> 
> http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/
> 
> The website we are creating will serve as a reference and knowledge 
> management site on Open Source activities in Europe. It is planned to 
> be unveiled during the eGovOS 3 conference in Paris at the end of 
> November. See http://www.egovos.org/nov-2003.
> 
> Apart from doing research on the Internet, we are trying to get in 
> contact with people who we think might be able to give be useful hints. 
> Experience learns that Google still does not cover as much as the 
> collective minds of people.
> 
> For the IDA website we are looking for interesting Open Source projects 
> in the public sector throughout different European countries, of which 
> the lessons learnt may benefit Open Source initiatives in other 
> countries.
> 
> Examples are:
> - Extremadura, Spain, 40,000 modified Debian installs in public schools
> - Lombardia, Italy, 5000 municipalities connected through OSS VPN
> - Munich, Germany, 14,000 workstations to be converted to Linux
> 
> We would be most grateful if you could point us to public sector 
> projects (or people involved) in which Open Source plays or has played 
> an important role.
> 
> Do not hesitate to ask me more about this request or any other questions 
> it may trigger.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Jeroen
> 
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