OSPOs in the public sector
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Research finds European open source delivers €65–95 billion/year (0.5–0.7% GDP) and a ~1:6–1:10 public return on investment, with 8.2% of ICT workers contributing on GitHub and ~€1bn of personal effort recorded. Examples: European Commission OSPO launched Nov 2020, WHO and France created OSPOs, cities (Paris, Dortmund) and interoperable COVID passes show rapid cross‑border rollout, Ireland’s open tracing code boosts public trust. Recommendation is to fund and network 20 OSPOs across levels to build institutional capacity; a planned German federal center for digital sovereignty loses budget.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:30About Open Forum Europe
- 4:03What is an OSPO
- 7:55Digital sovereignty
- 9:33Control
- 9:59Sharing and reuse
- 14:21Economic growth
- 16:25Economic contribution
- 20:03Summary
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