CADA tracker · source extraction
Article 44
Network of Open Source Programme Offices
1. The Commission shall establish a network of Open Source Programme Offices
(‘OSPO Network’) to facilitate cooperation on the implementation of the obligations
under this Chapter.
2. Open Source Programme Offices established by public sector bodies at local,
regional or national level in a Member State, and those established by Union entities,
may request from the Commission to join the OSPO Network.
3. The OSPO Network shall have the following tasks:
(a) facilitating the exchange of information, experience and best practices between
Member States and the Commission, in particular by discussing common
technical, legal and organisational challenges, including those related to
licensing, security, maintenance and procurement of open-source software;
(b) promoting the sharing and reuse of open-source software by public sector
bodies;
(c) contributing, on a voluntary and non-binding basis, to the development of
guidance, templates or recommendations on the sharing and reuse of open-
source software;
(d) collaborating on and exchanging open-source projects of common interest to
Union entities and public sector bodies.
4. The Commission shall support and coordinate the OSPO Network.
5. The Commission shall convene and chair a meeting of the members of the OSPO
Network at least twice a year. The meetings of the OSPO Network may be organised
online.