The Netherlands in Open Connection... The story of an action plan and an elephant
Action plan; The Netherlands in Open Connection Policy into Practice......Make it work!
The Policy
An Actionplan Open standards: Comply or Explain... Open source software: a must! reuse when and if possible! The two together: oss carrier and enabler of os and vice versa (Start talking about os and the conversation moves to oss very fast!)
interoperability innovation Level playing field vendor-lockin
Interoperability: Legal? Organisational? Open standards: Forum and board
Selection of open standards Request for new standard Application Intake Expert review Consultation Openness Usability Potential Impact Decision List of mandatory standards
The Practice and how to make it work. The story of the elephant
The programme bureau NOiV 18 employees Half 2008-2011 Tooling on adoption and implementation os, reuse oss Monitoring progress and sharing knowledge (wiki, portal) Advise on procurement and advise legal questions concerning the use of oss Marketing approach on level of government, organisational layers 2 domains: healthcare and education Open desktop and public services Helpdesk
Strategy Feeling and seeing is believing Work communitywise; include ( f.e. vendors) Use levers and try to be one Communicate on target groups Be 'clever' with crucial actions Divide tasks and roles with principle departments Don't forget the organisational side!
Plateau model Open standards that cán be adopted, or What else besides creating, adopting a new open standard? Society- Plateau 5 Plateau Working habits human- 4 Target- Procedureoriented Activiity oriented ODF, PDF, Plateau S MTP,1 dive rse actie e technisch standaarden Function STUF, SUWI-ML, Plateau 3 NEN 3610, OSB, in tegrale diver se technische d ien st veren semantische Plat eau en ing 2 stand aarde g emeente n verl en ing overheid processen de partment Pagina 2 domain int eg rale d ien st G ov.organisa tion chain S ociety
Best practices for managing standards A standard that's not being maintained and managed is of no use to anyone Practical booklet about developing and managing standards Provides an overview of different task of standardization organisations Aimed at organisations that maintain their own standards and struggle to get them adopted
Procurement advice Helpdesk for governments that tender IT applications and/or services. Gives (legal) advice about what to ask and what not to ask in tenders: In order to get open standards Create a level playing field for open and closed software 'Tender of the Month' to create a spotlight for well executed tenders Booklet and website with generic texts for tendering (aimed at open standards and open source software) Advice on how to check claims by vendors about openness Procurement, ICT and the business!
Plugfests Aimed at both vendors and users Chance to prove and improve interoperability for vendors Chance for users to see what works an what doesn't work Last year ODF and Digital learning Materials This year follow up on Learning Materials and StUF (dutch standard for exchange of information systems within municipalities)
Manifesto for Vendors Declaration signed by 34 vendors, stating: Adherence to NOiV principles, Conformance to lists of Standardisation Forum Creates transparency for users Used by governments in tenders Gives vendors a positive incentive to get involved
Open source software Re-use whenever possible... Tooling: when is that possible? How to come from a closed environment to a more open: ROADMAP organisations need to change When and how is the software mature enough The supplierside Marketplace for reusable open government software
The marketplace for reuse
NOiV action plan: enforcement on high trust basis + monitoring & ranking NOiV Monitor: progress of the implementation of action plan by central & local governments assessment of IT tenders by governments: adherence to NOiV goals and requirements? reporting problems with 'closed' standards
Some results NOiV Monitor 2009 (+2008) Formal policy measures: work is almost done Actual implementation and use of OS & OSS: in progress Policy measures formalized: Comply or Explain principle implementation strategy OSS Implementation of OS and OSS: use of mandatory standards FS planning to use more OSS 0% 10% all 20% 30% central govt 40% local govt 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
NOiV Rankings based on NOiV monitor survey data 1: general ranking: are goals and requirements of action plan met by central & local governments? 2: forerunners ranking: putting the action plan into practice interactive presentation on NOiV website: names + scores of individual organisations benchmarking by type of organisation ranking position is an incentive
Marketing & Communication Decision makers are a key succes factor. How can we reach them at their level? Elephants do 'it' with elephants: ambassador (former town clerk of city of Amsterdam) Tell them an organizational/emotional story instead of a technical one
Marketing & Communication Other target groups are: Policy advisors ICT-managers/ICT employees Journalists Activists/lobbyists/bloggers Let them co-create, give input for products, tell collegues from other organizations about their best practices. Organise a basic marcom infrastructure with meetings, seminars, a portal, a wiki, distribution channels from third parties.
Marketing and Knowledge Sharing on the Web Portal Inspiring and informing News Good practices Blogs Events Official publications For managers, policy makers and experts (NOiV-website ; build open source)
Marketing and Knowledge Sharing on the Web Wiki Cooperative online content creation on the web Much knowledge about OS and OSS exists outside the NOiV-office New and transparent way of working is well-fitting for NOiV Discussion and feedback on developed products Editing users are mostly experts invited to contribute (NOiV-wiki; build open source)
Helpdesk Helpdesk for procurement, interoperability and other questions concerning the actionplan ( 200 per year?) concerning: oss, procurement, the policy, os, monitor, ODF and documentformats
Situation now Third benchmark january 2011 Lots of initiatives and good examples Lots of tooling and help Lots of paths But...we just started and the programme ends in 2011!
What does the work need? Open letter by our ambassadors ( june 2010) -Support and stimulate implementation -Tear open organisational 'boundaries' -Build an infrastructure for coöperation -Professionalise the standardisationproces -Use accepted switching points
A competence center Knowledge available and accessible Helpdesk Wiki community support Hands-on help with every step in open standardisation Professionalizing the proces and use of open standards Partnerships with suppliers Facilitating communitybuilding
And a marketplace for reuse of software Being transparent about all possibilities Connecting supply and demand Service by suppliers
Towards more interoperability