The French advocacy organisation for free software and open standards April welcomes the French Prime Minister’s call to ministers to ensure the widespread use of free and open formats in the Public Administration (PA). April emphasises that free software enables the effective use of such formats.

The French advocacy organisation for free software and open standards April welcomes the French Prime Minister’s call to ministers to ensure the widespread use of free and open formats in the Public Administration (PA). April emphasises that free software enables the effective use of such formats.

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The French advocacy organisation for free software and open standards April welcomes the French Prime Minister’s call to ministers to ensure the widespread use of free and open formats in the Public Administration (PA). April emphasises that free software enables the effective use of such formats.

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The Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha, through its Centre of Excellence for Free Software (Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha - CELSCAM, in Spanish), holds the presidency of the open-source software (OSS) community MORFEO from 1 July to 30 September 2011.

The Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha, through its Centre of Excellence for Free Software (Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha - CELSCAM, in Spanish), holds the presidency of the open-source software (OSS) community MORFEO from 1 July to 30 September 2011.

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The Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha, through its Centre of Excellence for Free Software (Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha - CELSCAM, in Spanish), holds the presidency of the open-source software (OSS) community MORFEO from 1 July to 30 September 2011.

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On 1 July 2011, the Brazilian Government signed a letter of intent to work with both The Document Foundation and the Apache OpenOffice.org community to develop the Office Suite platforms maintained by both communities.

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On 1 July 2011, the Brazilian Government signed a letter of intent to work with both The Document Foundation and the Apache OpenOffice.org community to develop the Office Suite platforms maintained by both communities.

On 1 July 2011, the Brazilian Government signed a letter of intent to work with both The Document Foundation and the Apache OpenOffice.org community to develop the Office Suite platforms maintained by both communities.

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Eric Besson, the French Minister for Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, paid an official visit to Tunisia on 4 July 2011 which resulted in an Open Source Software (OSS) cooperation between the two countries.

Eric Besson, the French Minister for Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, paid an official visit to Tunisia on 4 July 2011 which resulted in an Open Source Software (OSS) cooperation between the two countries.

France and Tunisia signed a joint declaration on governmental cooperation in the OSS domain, which provides for the planning of the first Franco-Tunisian OSS meetings to be held in Tunisia during autumn 2011.

Eric Besson, the French Minister for Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, paid an official visit to Tunisia on 4 July 2011 which resulted in an Open Source Software (OSS) cooperation between the two countries.

France and Tunisia signed a joint declaration on governmental cooperation in the OSS domain, which provides for the planning of the first Franco-Tunisian OSS meetings to be held in Tunisia during autumn 2011.

Italian non-profit organisation Associazione per il Software Libero (ASSOLI) re-launched the ‘Dear Candidate’ campaign on the occasion of the elections to be held on 15-16 May 2011. This awareness-raising initiative urges all candidates and policymakers to commit to the promotion and dissemination of free software and digital freedom by signing the Free Software Pact.

Italian non-profit organisation Associazione per il Software Libero (ASSOLI) re-launched the ‘Dear Candidate’ campaign on the occasion of the elections to be held on 15-16 May 2011. This awareness-raising initiative urges all candidates and policymakers to commit to the promotion and dissemination of free software and digital freedom by signing the Free Software Pact.

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The PDF readers campaign of Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), which asks public institutions to remove advertisements for proprietary PDF readers on their websites, is now entering a second phase of sending reminders to non-responding public institutions, it was announced on 20 April 2011.