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+ + “The Foundation for Public Code is helping our collaboration of Dutch cities to increase our code quality + and making codebases more accessible for others to use.” +
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+ + “The Foundation for Public Code is helping our collaboration of Dutch cities to increase our code quality + and making codebases more accessible for others to use.” +
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+ + Foundation for Public Code vereniging (met volledige rechtsbevoegdheid) is a member owned association registered under chamber of commerce (KvK) registration 74996452 + and with identification number (RSIN) 860102294. We're recognized as a public benefit organization (ANBI) by the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration. See our ANBI information. +
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+ + We define ‘public code’ as open source software developed or sourced by public organizations, together + with the policy and guidance needed for reuse. +
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+ + Any open software developed by a government or their vendor needs a Public Product Organization—an organization built around a sustainable, strategic, and collaborative model that can steward and + scale public software in perpetuity, by providing reliable maintenance and responsive development. +
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+ + Public code is an approach to open, collaborative development enabling an ecosystem of public and private + actors to share specifications, development, and maintenance of digital public infrastructure products. +
+ +Read more about public code
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+ + What are Public Product Organizations? +
++ We believe successful public software is created by organizations built upon six foundational pillars. + The Foundation for Public Code is working to define and share best practices around each. +
+Read more about
Public Product Orgs
+ + We’re helping build public product organizations around a broad spectrum of software products. +
++ Learn more about these examples on the Public Product Organizations page. +
+
+ 
+ + The groundbreaking mobile application that connects 19 million Ukrainians with more than 120 + government services. +
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+ + Space Craft is working to create an open modular server architecture for creating, orchestrating, + and sharing room-scale or multi-room interactive spatial applications. +
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+ + A baseline open platform public administrations can use to make embeddable maps for internal and + constituent-facing applications. +
++ Tools to help you build public code, public capacity and public product organizations +
+
+ + From software procurement to building a codebase stewardship team, see our step-by-step guidebooks + for how to implement Public Code in your organization. +
+
+ + We maintain the Standard for Public Code, a model for organizations building open source + solutions, to enable successful reuse by other public organizations. +
+Get your code up to code
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+ + Collaboration strengthens democracies and truly makes us greater than the sum of our parts. +
+
+
+ + A simple card game about codebase governance, that helps visualize key issues, existing models and + beneficial changes. +
+
+ + Public code is a movement, and you have an important role to play! +
+
+ + Your contributions make it possible for us to support public administrations and public product + organizations around the world. +
+
+ + Our team is here to help you join or build a public product organization. We’ll assess your needs and + opportunities, then locate the right partner or vendor, find learning resources, or welcome you into + the community. +
+
+ Our globally distributed team has a diversity of skill sets, bringing years of experience to the + mission. +
+
+ + The Foundation for Public Code is a trailblazing organization in the space of international public + software collaboration. The European Ministers will want to know how to scale these types of solutions + up. +
+
+
+ + Public code is an approach to open, collaborative development enabling an ecosystem of public and + private actors to share specifications, development, and maintenance of digital public infrastructure + products. +
+ +Read more about public code
+
+ + What are Public Product Organizations? +
++ We believe successful public software is created by organizations built upon six foundational pillars. + The Foundation for Public Code is working to define and share best practices around each. +
+Read more about Public Product Orgs
+
+ + We’re helping build public product organizations around a broad spectrum of software products. +
++ Learn more about these examples on the Public Product Organizations page. +
+ +
+
+ + The groundbreaking mobile application that connects 19 million Ukrainians with more than 120 + government services. +
+
+ 
+ + Space Craft is working to create an open modular server architecture for creating, orchestrating, + and sharing room-scale or multi-room interactive spatial applications. +
+
+ + A baseline open platform public administrations can use to make embeddable maps for internal and + constituent-facing applications. +
++ Tools to help you build public code, public capacity and public product organizations +
+
+ + From software procurement to building a codebase stewardship team, see our step-by-step guidebooks + for how to implement Public Code in your organization. +
+
+ + We maintain the Standard for Public Code, a model for organizations building open source + solutions, to enable successful reuse by other public organizations. +
+Get your code up to code
+
+ A simple card game about codebase governance, that helps visualize key issues, existing models and + beneficial changes. +
+ +
+ 
+ + Collaboration strengthens democracies and truly makes us greater than the sum of our parts. +
+
+
+ + Public code is a movement, and you have an important role to play! +
+
+ + Your contributions make it possible for us to support public administrations and public product + organizations around the world. +
+
+ + Our team is here to help you join or build a public product organization. We’ll assess your needs and + opportunities, then locate the right partner or vendor, find learning resources, or welcome you into + the community. +
+
+ Our globally distributed team has a diversity of skill sets, bringing years of experience to the + mission. +
+
+ + The Foundation for Public Code is a trailblazing organization in the space of international public + software collaboration. The European Ministers will want to know how to scale these types of solutions + up. +
+
+
+ + Public code is an approach to open, collaborative development enabling an ecosystem of public and + private actors to share specifications, development, and maintenance of digital public infrastructure + products. +
+ +Read more about public code
+
+ 
+ + What are Public Product Organizations? +
+Read more about Public Product Orgs
+
+ + We’re helping build public product organizations around a broad spectrum of software products. +
++ Learn more about these examples on the Public Product Organizations page. +
+ +
+
+ + The groundbreaking mobile application that connects 19 million Ukrainians with more than 120 + government services. +
+
+ 
+ + Space Craft is working to create an open modular server architecture for creating, orchestrating, + and sharing room-scale or multi-room interactive spatial applications. +
+
+ + A baseline open platform public administrations can use to make embeddable maps for internal and + constituent-facing applications. +
++ Tools to help you build public code, public capacity and public product organizations +
+
+ + From software procurement to building a codebase stewardship team, see our step-by-step guidebooks + for how to implement Public Code in your organization. +
+
+ + We maintain the Standard for Public Code, a model for organizations building open source + solutions, to enable successful reuse by other public organizations. +
+Get your code up to code
+
+ + Collaboration strengthens democracies and truly makes us greater than the sum of our parts. +
+
+
+ + A simple card game about codebase governance, that helps visualize key issues, existing models and + beneficial changes. +
+
+ + Public code is a movement, and you have an important role to play! +
+
+ + Your contributions make it possible for us to support public administrations and public product + organizations around the world. +
+
+ + Our team is here to help you join or build a public product organization. We’ll assess your needs and + opportunities, then locate the right partner or vendor, find learning resources, or welcome you into + the community. +
+
+ Our globally distributed team has a diversity of skill sets, bringing years of experience to the + mission. +
+
+ + The Foundation for Public Code is a trailblazing organization in the space of international public + software collaboration. The European Ministers will want to know how to scale these types of solutions + up. +
+
+
+ 
+ + We define ‘public code’ as open source software developed or sourced by public organizations, together + with the policy and guidance needed for reuse. +
+
+ + An ecosystem of collaborative digital public infrastructure production +
++ (n): The open software product resulting from continuous integrated collaboration between public + administrations, the policy that situates it into civil code, and the ecosystem of vendors, + contributors, and the community of practice around this product. +
++ (n): The NGO that serves as a vehicle for the stewardship of a public code product. Along with the + continuous technical integration, a PPO has a governance model, a financial model, an organizational + structure, a comms process, and a community of practice. +
++ (v): The practice of continuously tending to the development and maintenance of a public product. It + is the core activity of a public product organization. +
+
+ The core process of public code production is the continuous integration cycle
of open source
+ development.
+
+
+ + We define ‘public code’ as open source software developed or sourced by public organizations, together + with the policy and guidance needed for reuse. +
+
+ + An ecosystem of collaborative digital public infrastructure production +
++ (n): The open software product resulting from continuous integrated collaboration between public + administrations, the policy that situates it into civil code, and the ecosystem of vendors, + contributors, and the community of practice around this product. +
++ (n): The NGO that serves as a vehicle for the stewardship of a public code product. Along with the + continuous technical integration, a PPO has a governance model, a financial model, an organizational + structure, a comms process, and a community of practice. +
++ (v): The practice of continuously tending to the development and maintenance of a public product. It + is the core activity of a public product organization. +
++ The core process of public code production is the continuous integration cycle of open source development. +
+
+
+ + We define ‘public code’ as open source software developed or sourced by public organizations, together + with the policy and guidance needed for reuse. +
+
+ + An ecosystem of collaborative digital public infrastructure production +
++ (n): The open software product resulting from continuous integrated collaboration between public + administrations, the policy that situates it into civil code, and the ecosystem of vendors, + contributors, and the community of practice around this product. +
++ (n): The NGO that serves as a vehicle for the stewardship of a public code product. Along with the + continuous technical integration, a PPO has a governance model, a financial model, an organizational + structure, a comms process, and a community of practice. +
++ (v): The practice of continuously tending to the development and maintenance of a public product. It + is the core activity of a public product organization. +
+
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+ + Any open software developed by a government or their vendor needs a Public Product Organization—an organization built around a sustainable, strategic, and collaborative model. +
+
+ + What is a Public Product Organization? +
+Respond to bugs and security concerns
++ Build sustainable financial models to allow for reliable, continuous delivery +
++ Grow and support communities of practice, involving stakeholders and developers from public + implementers and an ecosystem of vendors +
++ Generate awareness of the product as an offering to public organizations who are looking to implement + such a solution +
++ The Six Pillars of Successful Public Product Organizations +
++ As the growth of a public product community distributes the costs and responsibilities of development + and maintenance across a larger set of contributors, increasing awareness of the product’s availability, + adaptability, and successful deployment is key to the ecosystem’s success. +
++ Public product organizations can take many forms, and will have different vehicles in different + jurisdictions, but a well defined organizational structure that spells out the different processes, + roles and how they relate to each other is critical for successful long-term collaboration. +
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+ + Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation +
++ State governments looking to implement e-state mobile platforms +
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+ + Canadian Digital Service, United States Digital Service, etc +
++ City, state, and national governments in need of messaging solutions +
++ Join the community of practice +
+ +
+ + A forming network of public institutions to procure new platforms +
++ State and city and public institution spatial experience designers +
+
+ + A forming network of city, state, and federal agencies +
++ State and city geospatial data producers and users +
+
+ + Any open software developed by a government or their vendor needs a Public Product Organization—an organization built around a sustainable, strategic, and collaborative model. +
+
+ + What is a Public Product Organization? +
+Respond to bugs and security concerns
++ Build sustainable financial models to allow for reliable, continuous delivery +
++ Grow and support communities of practice, involving stakeholders and developers from public + implementers and an ecosystem of vendors +
++ Generate awareness of the product as an offering to public organizations who are looking to + implement such a solution +
++ The Six Pillars of Successful Public Product Organizations +
++ As the growth of a public product community distributes the costs and responsibilities of development + and maintenance across a larger set of contributors, increasing awareness of the product’s availability, + adaptability, and successful deployment is key to the ecosystem’s success. +
++ Public product organizations can take many forms, and will have different vehicles in different + jurisdictions, but a well defined organizational structure that spells out the different processes, + roles and how they relate to each other is critical for successful long-term collaboration. +
+
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+ + Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation +
++ State governments looking to implement e-state mobile platforms +
+
+ + Canadian Digital Service, United States Digital Service, etc +
++ City, state, and national governments in need of messaging solutions +
++ Join the community of practice +
+ +
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+ + A forming network of public institutions to procure new platforms +
++ State and city and public institution spatial experience designers +
+
+ + A forming network of city, state, and federal agencies +
++ State and city geospatial data producers and users +
+
+
+ + Any open software developed by a government or their vendor needs a Public Product Organization—an organization built around a sustainable, strategic, and collaborative model. +
+
+ + What is a Public Product Organization? +
+Respond to bugs and security concerns
++ Build sustainable financial models to allow for reliable, continuous delivery +
++ Grow and support communities of practice, involving stakeholders and developers from public + implementers and an ecosystem of vendors +
++ Generate awareness of the product as an offering to public organizations who are looking to + implement such a solution +
++ The Six Pillars of Successful Public Product Organizations +
++ As the growth of a public product community distributes the costs and responsibilities of development + and maintenance across a larger set of contributors, increasing awareness of the product’s availability, + adaptability, and successful deployment is key to the ecosystem’s success. +
++ Public product organizations can take many forms, and will have different vehicles in different + jurisdictions, but a well defined organizational structure that spells out the different processes, + roles and how they relate to each other is critical for successful long-term collaboration. +
+
+
+ + Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation +
++ State governments looking to implement e-state mobile platforms +
+
+ + Canadian Digital Service, United States Digital Service, etc +
++ City, state, and national governments in need of messaging solutions +
++ Join the community of practice +
+ +
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+ + A forming network of public institutions to procure new platforms +
++ State and city and public institution spatial experience designers +
+
+ + A forming network of city, state, and federal agencies +
++ State and city geospatial data producers and users +
+
+ + We’re helping build public product organizations around a broad spectrum of software products. +
+
+
+ + Groundbreaking mobile application that connects 19 million Ukrainians with more than 120 government + services. +
+
+
+ 
+ + Space Craft is working to create an open modular server architecture for creating, orchestrating, and + sharing room-scale or multi-room interactive spatial applications. +
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+ + We’re a multidisciplinary team with many years of experience in government digital transformation, open + source and building collaborative networks. +
+ +History of the Foundation for Public Code
++ The Foundation for Public Code was founded by Ben Cerveny, Boris van Hoytema and Arnout Schuijff in + 2019, to guide international collaboration among public organizations around codebase design, quality + and governance. +
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+ + Leveraging 30 combined years of experience working with cities and technology-enabled collaboration, + Boris and Ben recognized policy and whitepapers were insufficient catalysts in this space. Their + landscape analysis revealed that stewardship was the key to converting the massive public investment in + open source and collaboration into long-term, sustainable implementation. +
++ Based on their experience of technological innovation in a traditional industry, Pieter van der Does and + Arnout Schuijff (co-founders of the Adyen payments platform) agreed with Ben and Boris that public + organizations deserved better software. They joined the Board of Directors to share their expertise and + connections. +
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+ + Principal at Experimentalista, former Chief Creative Officer of Mexico City +
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+ + (Chair) + Manager, Vertical Community Strategy, Red Hat Open Source Program Office +
++ We’re a multidisciplinary team with many years of experience in government digital transformation, open + source and building collaborative networks. +
+ +History of the Foundation for Public Code
++ The Foundation for Public Code was founded by Ben Cerveny, Boris van Hoytema and Arnout Schuijff in + 2019, to guide international collaboration among public organizations around codebase design, quality + and governance. +
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+ + Leveraging 30 combined years of experience working with cities and technology-enabled collaboration, + Boris and Ben recognized policy and whitepapers were insufficient catalysts in this space. Their + landscape analysis revealed that stewardship was the key to converting the massive public investment in + open source and collaboration into long-term, sustainable implementation. +
++ Based on their experience of technological innovation in a traditional industry, Pieter van der Does and + Arnout Schuijff (co-founders of the Adyen payments platform) agreed with Ben and Boris that public + organizations deserved better software. They joined the Board of Directors to share their expertise and + connections. +
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+ + Our strategic council of advisors helps with key strategic decisions, and serve as ambassadors for our + mission. +
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+ + Director of Melbourne School of Design, former Director of Strategic Design, Vinnova +
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+ + Principal at Experimentalista, former Chief Creative Officer of Mexico City +
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+ + (Chair) + Manager, Vertical Community Strategy, Red Hat Open Source Program Office +
++ We’re a multidisciplinary team with many years of experience in government digital transformation, open + source and building collaborative networks. +
+ +History of the Foundation for Public Code
++ The Foundation for Public Code was founded by Ben Cerveny, Boris van Hoytema and Arnout Schuijff in + 2019, to guide international collaboration among public organizations around codebase design, quality + and governance. +
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+ + Leveraging 30 combined years of experience working with cities and technology-enabled collaboration, + Boris and Ben recognized policy and whitepapers were insufficient catalysts in this space. Their + landscape analysis revealed that stewardship was the key to converting the massive public investment in + open source and collaboration into long-term, sustainable implementation. +
++ Based on their experience of technological innovation in a traditional industry, Pieter van der Does and + Arnout Schuijff (co-founders of the Adyen payments platform) agreed with Ben and Boris that public + organizations deserved better software. They joined the Board of Directors to share their expertise and + connections. +
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