Open Source in the municipality

of Aarhus

Second largest city in Denmark

325.000 inhabitants

+30.000 public employees

6 department

Administrative and political

Aarhus

Innovation, technology and innovation

Development projects:

Center for Innovation in Aarhus

Open Data Aarhus

E-reolen

ITK

Mandatory principle to consider Open Source in connection or development of new IT solutions in Aarhus

2011

Started in 2014

Support the spread and use of Open Source in Aarhus

Open Source where it makes sense

Some of the activities: LibreOffice conference, Aarhus Open, national conference, a guide to the acquiring of OSS, network site, long term strategy

The long term strategy aims to map all the different IT

solutions in Aarhus + when they go to tender Open standards

Our project

2014: Plan of action

A decision to work focused with Open Source based:

-Own our own data

-Independence from suppliers

-Option to improve and share our solutions

-Use money wisely

Open Source where it creates most value

Long strategic work

Our project

The City Council has decided that Aarhus has to save money through Open Source

Our work I mainly strategic and focused on communication

OSS visible for the public employees

A lot of initiatives, networks and projects focused on OSS

Our project

Niels

Cultural change as well as a technical one

The view of Open Source software

Open Source at the level of licensed software

Challenges

Aarhus is fenced in by contracts, closed software and closed standards

Difficult to tear down: tightly connected

Microsoft Office LibreOffice Microsoft Office

Long term strategy

Break free from suppliers

Challenges

We are not alone

“Open Source is the future”

Knowledge sharing, tips, tricks, good practices

A shared focus and the same challenges

The network