Local and Regional Authorities, The Cracow Declaration and OSS

[Garand]

Greetings!

In case anyone is interested in politics of local and regional authorities in relation to IT, eGovernment and OSS I came across thie info below.

Although it is not legally binding, are the local and regional authorities in your region aware of this declaration?

 http://www.eisco2005.org/

EISCO 2005 (EUROPEAN INFORMATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE
OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS)

THE CRACOW DECLARATION
ON LOCAL AGENDA i2010 IN EUROPE AND THE PROMOTION OF
DIGITAL SOLIDARITY AMONG THE CITIES OF THE WORLD

see
Goal 8 - Open source
Each Local and Regional Authority will consider the use of ICT systems and applications
developed with an open source license. Other than the concrete savings that might be
made, the main aims of this concerted policy shall be to expand the use of open source
software and open standards in the public sector to increase eGovernment
interoperability nationally and within Europe.


EISCO 2005 Conference Final Declaration (in English)
http://www.eisco2005.org/fileadmin/files/eisco2005/documents/EISCO2005_final_declaration.pdf

EISCO 2005 Conference Final Declaration (in Polish)
http://www.eisco2005.org/fileadmin/files/eisco2005/documents/Deklaracja_EISCO2005_pol/Deklaracja_EISCO_2005.pdf

EISCO 2005 Conference final Declaration ( in Italian)
http://www.eisco2005.org/fileadmin/files/eisco2005/documents/final_Declaration_Italian/EISCO2005_conference_declaration_-_Italiano.pdf

EISCO 2005 Conference Final Declaration (in Spanish)
http://www.eisco2005.org/fileadmin/files/eisco2005/documents/Deklaracja_EISCO2005_pol/Declaration_Spanish/EISCO2005_final_conference_declaration__spanish_.pdf

EISCO 2005 Conference Final Declaration (in French)
http://www.eisco2005.org/fileadmin/files/eisco2005/documents/Declaration_French/EISCO2005_FINAL_conference_declaration__French_.pdf

EISCO 2005 Conference Final Declaration (in German)
http://www.eisco2005.org/fileadmin/files/eisco2005/documents/Declaration_German/EISCO2005_FINAL_conference_declaration__German_.pdf


Best regards,

Michel Garand
Stadt Frankfurt (Oder)
Abteilung Stadtentwicklung
> Amt für Strategie, Wirtschafts- und Stadtentwicklung
Goepelstrasse 38, D-15234 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)335 / 552-6016
Fax: +49 (0)335 / 552-6099
michel.garand at frankfurt-oder.de