Open source software assists European citizens to petition the EU

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Open source software assists European citizens to petition the EU

Monday, 06 February 2012 12:39

OCS, тhe European Commission's open source software written for its Citizens' Initiative, will make it easier for citizens to bring legislative proposals to the Commission, EC officials said at a conference in Brussels last Thursday.

The European Citizens' Initiative allows EU citizens to participate directly in the development of EU policies, by calling on the European Commission to make a legislative proposal. The initiative was officially opened by Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič last Thursday during a conference in Brussels.

To propose legislation to the EC, groups will have to gather at least one million signatures from at least seven out of the 27 member states.

The EC officials involved with making OCS, hope that interested open source developers will build mobile applications linking to OCS, and that they write software that integrates social media.

To lower the threshold for petitioning, the EC's ISA programme (Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations) developed OCS. The tool helps users to record, store and submit signatures.

Source: Joinup.eu „Open source software assists European citizens to petition the EU“

Tags: OCS , ISA , petition