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Feature News Item Unitary Patent – the EU should take more time to get it right
 
File Unitary Patent – the EU should take more time to get it right
Released 6th December 2012
File UK Government Back on Track with Open Standards (pdf)
OFE Press Release 1/11/2012
News Item UK Government Back on Track with Open Standards
OFE PRESS RELEASE - 1st November 2012
Feature News Item OpenForum Europe welcomes the European Commission's Cloud strategy, but questions its choice of coordinator in the process of identifying key Cloud standards
 
File OpenForum Europe welcomes the European Commission's Cloud strategy, but questions its choice of coordinator in the process of identifying key Cloud standards
 
Feature News Item Press release: New EU Standards Regulation to boost innovation
 
File Press release: new EU Standards Regulation to boost innovation
Released 11th September 2012
File OFE welcomes EU agreement on recognizing standards from industry fora and consortia
Released 14th June 2012
Feature News Item Press Release - OpenForum Europe calls on Poland to improve its IT procurement habits
 
File Press Release Summary - OpenForum Europe calls on Poland to improve its IT procurement habits
Released 13th February 2012
File OFE Press Release - OpenForum Europe calls on Poland to improve its IT procurement habits
Released 13th February 2012
File Press Release Summary - OpenForum Europe calls on Poland to improve its IT procurement habits
Released 13th February 2012
Feature News Item Press Release - OFE welcomes the European Commission's Cloud Computing Strategy and its focus on harnessing the buying power of the public sector
 
File OFE Press Release - European Commission's Cloud Computing Strategy
Released 26th January 2012
File OFE Press Release - European Commission's Cloud Computing Strategy
Released 26th January 2012
Feature News Item Open Data Challenge awards 20,000 euros in prizes to Europe's most exciting projects in the field of open government data
 
Page Press Release - Open Data Challenge awards 20,000 euros in prizes to Europe's most exciting projects in the field of open government data
 
Feature News Item OFE press release: European Commission adopts legal package on standardisation reform
 
Page European Commission adopts legal package on standardisation reform
 
File OFE press release: European Commission adopts legal package on standardisation reform
 
File European Commission adopts legal package on standardisation reform
 
Feature News Item OFE Procurement Report 2010: More than one in ten government IT tenders illegally specify brands
Released 23rd May 2011
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Feature News Item Press Release - Open Data Challenge goes live, offering 20,000 euros in prizes
Released 6th April 2011
File Press Release - Open Data Challenge
Released 5th April 2011
Feature News Item Openforum Europe welcomes the publication of the UK Government's ICT strategy
 
File Openforum Europe welcomes the publication of the UK Government's ICT strategy
Released - 30th March 2011
News Item OFE Press Release - UK Government pushes for open standards and open source software
 
Page UK Government pushes for open standards and open source software
 
File UK Government pushes for open standards and open source software
 
Feature News Item European Interoperability Framework – a bold move to spread the benefits of open standards and interoperability
Released 16th December 2010
Feature News Item New horizontal guidelines a shot in the arm for standardization
Released 15th December 2010
Feature News Item European Commission's eGovernment Action Plan champions interoperability and open standards in IT
Released 16th December 2010
File OFE Press Release - European Interoperability Framework – a bold move to spread the benefits of open standards and interoperability
Released 16th December 2010
File OFE Press Release - European Commission's eGovernment Action Plan champions interoperability and open standards in IT
Released 16th December 2010
File New horizontal guidelines a shot in the arm for standardization
Released 15th December 2010
Collection OFE Press Releases
 
File OFE Press Release - New Report Critical of ECMA's role in Standardisation of OOXML
Released 17-04-2008
File OFE Press Release - Has ODF finally won?
Released 01-05-2009
File OFE Press Release - 4th Ministerial eGovernment Conference - Lisbon
Released 21-09-2007
File OFE Press Release - OpenForum Europe welcomes Council and Commission intentions to promote openness of the Internet of the Future
Released 01-12-2008
File OFE Press Release - Standards and the Future of the Internet
Released 29-02-2008
File OFE Press Release - A vote for ODF
Released 22-05-2008
File OFE Press Release - 4th Ministerial eGovernment Conference - Lisbon
Released 21-09-2007
File OFE Press Release - Openness Test to Help Council Buyers
Released 20-07-2007
File OFE Press Release - George Osborne commitment to Open Source Software Welcomed
Released 20-07-2007
File OFE Press Release - Councils Given Online Advice on Software Choice
Released 20-07-2007
File OFE Press Release - ECIS Calls for Halt to Anti-Competitive Microsoft Practices
Released 22-02-2006
File OFE Press Release - Speech of Munich's Lord Mayor Christian Ude in Brussels, June 10, 2008
Released 10-06-2008
File OFE Press Release - OFE Breakfast seminar speech of Commissioner Neelie Kroes
Released 11-06-2008
File OFE Press Release - OpenForum Europe Summit 2009 – The Future is Open
Released 27-04-2009
File OFE Press Release - OpenForum Europe warns that the Office market is still volatile, stressing the key role of governments in the adoption of vendor neutral standards and interoperability
Released 30-06-2009
File OFE Press Release - European Commission's ICT Standardisation White Paper Tackles IPR and Fora/Consortia
Released 03-07-2009
File OFE Press Release - Unique Partnership Brings Open Source Software to BETT
Released 21-12-2009
File Openforum Europe (OFE) welcomes the European Commission's Digital Agenda, and commends Vice President Neelie Kroes for her determined effort to build an open, competitive and innovative ICT market for the benefit of citizens and businesses in Europe.
OpenForum Europe Press Release - Brussels, 19th May 2010
File OFE Press Release - Ministerial Declaration on the Digital Agenda
Released 19th April 2010
File OFE Letter of complaint re EIF v2.0 2009-02-22
 
File OFE Press Release - Significant Milestones, Continued Momentum for OpenDocument Format
Released 03-01-2008
File OFE Press Release - One Laptop Per Child comes to BETT show through OpenForum Europe
Released 14-01-2008
File OFE Press Release - OFE welcomes BECTA Report promoting Open source and Open Standards and calls on UK Government for action
Released 14-01-2008
File OFE Press Release - New petition calls for open standards in the European Parliament
Released 06-03-2008
File OFE Press Release - OFE and OBOOE Jointly Call for Action in European Commission Support for European
Released 07-07-2008
File OFE Press Release - OFE Calls on EU to Crack Down on Public Procurement Practice for IT Software
Released 22-10-2008
File OFE Press Release - Open Standards Are Achieving Momentum and Creating Innovation
Released 04-11-2008
File OFE Press Release - Success in the Cloud - Realising Opportunities and Avoiding User Lock-in
Released 14-09-2009
File OFE Press Release - EU Presidency 1, European Commission 0
Released 09-11-2009
File OFE Press Release - Statement by OpenForum Europe in Response to Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment Malmo
Released 19-11-2009
File OFE Release - The EC Settlement Sends an Unambiguous Message to the Market – Lock-In is Dead
Released 16-12-2009
File OFE Press Release - Government Action Plan for Open Source, Open Standards and Software Re-Use - Updated
Released 27-01-2010
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