The Open World Forum brought together all the key players from the world of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The main theme of the forum was to ensure that open software plays an active role in the digital recovery.

Paris, October 2nd - As part of the Open World Forum, France hosted the first International FLOSS Competence Centres Summit.

The meeting was organized by the Qualipso Project and had over 35 participants from 4 continents. Participants from Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and USA represented 11 different Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Competence Centres around the globe. The main objective of the meeting was to unite forces around the world for the establishment of an international network of Competence Centres to collaborate on the promotion of FLOSS.The Summit's fruitful discussions had two major results:

1. 1. A collaborative Web site (www.flosscc.org) will be established, where experiences on how to conduct a successful FLOSS Competence Centre will be exchanged.
2. 2. A Manifesto for FLOSS Competence Centres was written and signed by participants. The Manifesto will be also available at www.flosscc.org.

• Qualipso co-organizes the Open Word Forum 2009: Where Open Source Leaders Meet
• QualiPSo releases a first version of CMMI-like model for FLOSS development
• QualiPSo project demonstrates final work results on technical and semantic interoperability
• The Spanish QualiPSo Competence Centre is at your disposal!
• QualiPSo proposes an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) tracking methodology

Spanish Competence Center linked to Morfeo Community held a Press Conference last 26th March during the annual General Assembly of Morfeo. The event took place at the Industrial Organization Business School in Madrid. The presentation awaked a lot of interest in the attended media among there were Computer World, Linux Magazine or Gaceta Tecnologica. The objective of this public presentation was to let know the main objectives and benefits for the society and industry of the Competence Center in terms of boosting the use of low-cost, flexible, free open source software to develop innovative and reliable information systems. The presentation also remarked the social and economical impact of the Competence Center creation in fostering the creation and sustainability of employment and new enterprises around the Competence Center activity.

Further information http://cc.libresoft.es/