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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title></title> <meta name="generator" content="LibreOffice 6.4.7.2 (Linux)"/> <meta name="created" content="00:00:00"/> <meta name="changed" content="2022-03-01T15:29:05.334617211"/> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: #ffffff; max-width: 800px; margin: auto } p { color: #000000; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 13pt } td p { color: #000000; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 13pt } h1 { border: none; padding: 0in; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 114%; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2 } .shadowbox {flex: 1; margin: 5px; min-width: 210px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; box-shadow: 0 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.8); } </style> </head> <body lang="en-US" dir="ltr"> <div class="shadowbox"; style="padding: 10px 20px 30px 20px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"> <p style="font-family:Arial; font-size: 14pt; "> <i><h1>November 2024 OpenCommons Newsletter</i> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/0/02/Opencommons_logo.png" name="Image4" align="right" width="150" height="90"><br clear="left"/></img> </h1><p>7 March, 2022</p> </div> <div class="shadowbox"; style="padding: 10px 20px 30px 20px; "> <p style="font-family:Arial; font-size: 14pt; "> <p><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size: 13pt">This month we look at how open source software and open data improve smart city services and economics</font></font></font></p> <p>In this edition we focus on how open source software and open data improve smart city services and economics. The Citizen App Project provides a platform to give citizen's agency over their own data and make them full participants in digital democracy. In the Webinar on 17 March 2022 titled 'Neighborhood Data for Social Change Platform' Elly Shoen will talk about the work underway at the USC Price Center for Social Innovation provides a publicly available online resource for civic actors to learn about their communities, you can register for this event by clicking this link.</p></br> <center><a target="_blank" href="https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=N284MTdodmtnYmE2N2EwYXNsZzZpN292MWpfMjAyMjAzMTdUMTYwMDAwWiB3aWxmcmVkLnBpbmZvbGRAb3BlbmNvbW1vbnMub3Jn&tmsrc=wilfred.pinfold%40opencommons.org&scp=ALL"><img border="0" width="150" src="https://opencommons.org/images/2/21/OC_Register.jpeg"></a></center> </br> <p>The news items introduce two recent open source developments and a report from the European Commission (EC) 'Impact of Open Source on the European economy' outlining the results of a study analysing the economic impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on the European economy. We hope you will find this material useful.</p> </p> </div> <div class="shadowbox"; style="padding: 10px 20px 30px 20px; "> <p style="font-family:Arial; font-size: 14pt; "> <h1>Projects</h1> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://opencommons.org/Personal Access System for Services (PASS)">Personal Access System for Services (PASS)</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/1/1a/PASS.jpg/200px-PASS.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>Social services are programs or services designed to support individuals and communities in need. They provide assistance with basic needs such as food, housing, and clothing, as well as health and medical care, education and job training, child care, support for individuals with disabilities or mental health conditions, and aging and elder care. These services are intended to improve the quality of life for individuals and communities and help individuals achieve self-sufficiency.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
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<h1>Webinars</h1>
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<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://opencommons.org/Neighborhood Data for Social Change Platform">Neighborhood Data for Social Change Platform</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/1/1f/Ndsc-800x445.jpeg/200px-Ndsc-800x445.jpeg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>The Neighborhood Data for Social Change (NDSC) platform is a free, publicly available online resource for civic actors to learn about their communities.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
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<h1>News</h1>
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<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://www.fiware.org/2022/04/01/the-third-edition-of-the-fiware4cities-booklet-is-out">FIWARE4Cities</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/c/ca/FIWARE4Cites.png/200px-FIWARE4Cites.png" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>FIWARE4Cities book edition 3 presents insight of cities into how they are using FIWARE and the benefits they are able to generate when making their cities smart, but also sustainable and resilient.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Open-Strategic-Autonomy-OFE-March-2022.pdf">Open Strategic Autonomy</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/f/fb/OpenStrategicAutonomy.jpg/200px-OpenStrategicAutonomy.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>An interconnected and open technology sector in Europe would provide the continent with cutting-edge, competitive solutions; well-paid jobs; and a turnover that contributes to Europe’s tax base and public welfare. As digitalisation and decarbonisation continue worldwide, an open technology sector would provide a strong geopolitical position, that allows Europe to set global technological standards, promote European values, as well as, maintain and grow Europe’s economy.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://opencommons.org/images/c/ce/StFrancis.pdf">How Open-Source Software Makes Cities More Livable</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/1/1d/StFrancis200.jpg/200px-StFrancis200.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>St. Francis is now rolling out a new calendaring and scheduling service on its website, designed to help neighborhood people register for services or reserve space for events.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
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