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The European Open Source Software Business Association
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1.
WHAT IS APELL
Our Mission Statement
APELL (Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre) is Europe’s
Open Source Business Association. Founded in 2020 to bring national Open Source
Software (‘OSS’) organisations together into a European network to provide them
with peer support and collective marketing, as well as capacity building and
policy support for public affairs, both nationally and on the EU-level.
APELL aims to increase opportunities for the members of the Association’s member
organisations, and to increase value and advancement for the ultimate customers
in both the public and the private sectors. At the same time, we see a real need
to bring the Open Source perspective into the discussions on the shaping of
Europe’s digital future.
We support the digitisation of the economy and society — but it matters how we
digitise. APELL promotes a sovereign, inclusive, ethical digital market. In
order to achieve this, Europe’s digital future should be based on Open.
AWARENESS – to promote public awareness and understanding both of OSS and of
OSS-related business entities.
ADVOCACY – to raise awareness and generate policies that create an environment
conducive to the development of OSS-related businesses in Europe, by promoting
the OSS business ecosystem, its software and services offerings and its specific
strengths.
REPRESENTATION – to represent and defend the professional fields of OSS and open
digital technology in Europe.
EMPOWERMENT – to ensure that the Association’s member organisations are better
empowered and supported to be active in the European public policy arena, and
are provided with opportunities and channels to do so effectively.
ENGAGEMENT – to work closely with the Association’s partners and relevant
stakeholders in the field, to ensure that a complete spectrum of OSS-related
businesses in Europe is represented and considered in policy and
decision-making.
HISTORY
Why was APELL founded?
Our experience in the last decade has signaled that EU policy makers and
administrations need a body representing Open Source businesses, in order to
fully appreciate their role in achieving the goals set out in their digital
policy strategies.
The EU needs competence from open source businesses in both Open Source-specific
efforts such as creating a sound Open Source strategy and policy, as well as
understanding the potential of Open Source on the strategic and geo-political
level.
Recent developments pertaining to specific legislative efforts, the market’s
mainstreaming Open Source, as well as a general increase of political interest
means that it is the right time to form a European Business organisation for
Open Source business.
We are now here and open for discussion.
ORGANIZATION
Board Members
ASTOR NUMMELIN CARLBERG
Astor Nummelin Carlberg is a co-founder of APELL and member of the Management
Board.
astor (a) openforumeurope.org
PETER GANTEN
Peter Ganten is a co-founder of APELL and member of the Management Board.
ganten (a) osb-alliance.com
STÉFANE FERMIGIER
Stéfane Fermigier is a co-founder of APELL and member of the Management Board.
sf (a) fermigier.com
TIMO VÄLIHARJU
Timo Väliharju is a co-founder of APELL and member of the Management Board.
timo.valiharju (a) coss.fi
ASSOCIATION VALUES
The Association's values are:
TRUSTWORTHINESS AND TRANSPARENCY
We will be open, honest and ethical in all we do.
RESPECT AND DEMOCRACY
We respect one another’s differences and contributions.
SUSTAINABILITY
We will make best use of our resources to bring about changes that produce
permanent benefits for our members and society, and will plan our activities to
ensure APELL’s future.
LIBRARY
In the spirit of openness and community, we aim to gather in the APELL Library
as many papers as possible with reference to the open source software and
hardware domain.
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NEWS
Latest News
THE WINNERS OF THE ACTEURS DU LIBRE CONTEST 2023 WERE ANNOUNCED AT OSXP
APELL STATEMENT ON THE CRA
APELL CONFERENCE REPORT – HELSINKI 2023
COMMISSION MOVES TO A FULLY ELECTRONIC, FLEXIBLE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE
ACQUISITION OF SOFTWARE LICENCES AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES
OPEN SOURCE SWEDEN JOINS APELL AS ITS FIFTH ASSOCIATE MEMBER
APELL WELCOMES ESOP OF PORTUGAL AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER
APELL WELCOMES THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S NEW OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE STRATEGY
2020-2023
MEMBERSHIP
THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES OF APELL MEMBERS
FULL VOTING MEMBERS
Voting Members are open to all National Open Source Business Associations in
Europe. In the case of any country where no specific national Open Source
business association exists, a VMmay also be an international organisation which
includes European members or a regional organisation.
The annual fee to be a full voting member of APELL is 1500 EUR.
ADVISORY VOTING MEMBERS
Advisory Voting Members, although not Open Source business associations of any
kind, can become a member if it is generally respected for its competence on
OSS-related issues and can make a substantial advisory contribution to APELL.
AVMs must be invited by the Board of APELL to apply for admission.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
This category is open to any other national Open Source business association,
whether or not that country is in Europe, is not in a position to incur
liability for (or to commit to pay) full membership fees to apply for admission
as an Associate Member.
In addition, the Board may at its discretion invite any individual or
organisation, wherever located, who or which is recognised for the outstanding
support they have provided to furthering the aims and objectives of the
Association to apply for admission as an Associate Member.
Each APELL voting member shall be entitled to be represented on APELL’s
Management Board. Associate Members may be invited by the Board to nominate an
Observer to attend the Association’s annual General Assembly meeting.
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APELL MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN FOR ALL NATIONAL FREE AND OPEN SOURCE BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS.
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MEMBERS
COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions is a non-profit
association that promotes open source, open data, open standards and APIs.
Internationally COSS is known as one of the oldest and most active centres for
openness.
COSS operation is based on far-reaching cooperation, communication and creating
networks.
The objective of COSS is to strengthen the competitiveness of Finland’s software
intensive industries, promote the growth and internationalization of open source
businesses and reinforce the development of the Finnish information society with
the support of open technologies and communities.
The CNLL (France’s Free Software and Open Digital Enterprise Union) is a trade
association representing about 200 “pure players” companies (specialized or with
a significant activity in free software): open source software vendors, systems
integrators, consulting companies, etc. The CNLL’s main missions are to
represent the OSS professional ecosystem to public authorities and existing
national and international organizations, to ensure greater visibility of the
entire ecosystem – its software and service offer, its specific assets and its
needs, particularly in terms of employment and training; to enable the players
in the sector to recognize themselves within it, to exchange and work together
to develop the market, while respecting common values. www.cnll.fr
The Open Source Business Alliance e.V. is a German non-profit that operates
Europe’s biggest network of companies and organizations developing, building and
using open source software.
The goal of the OSB Alliance is the continued strengthening of confidence of
industry and management in open-source software. The organization makes use of
various instruments such as: cooperation projects, networking, marketing and
public relations.
The Open Source Business Alliance pursues its work focused on interoperability,
open standards, open-source software, heterogeneous solutions, business
development, OpenStack and Open Cloud.
Open Source Sweden is an industry association that supports the interests of
Swedish Open Source companies.
We seek to maintain the interests of Swedish companies dedicated to supplying
Open Source products, development and services.
Our mission is to stimulate a healthy market for Software through the
development, provision, and support of products and services based on Open
Source Software and Open Standards.
Associação De Empresas De Software Open Source Portuguesas – ESOP is a corporate
association that represents Portuguese companies dedicated to software
development and services provision, based on Open Source solutions.
Its members add a wide range of skills, able to intervene in the most diverse
scenarios of professional services: from small and medium to large companies,
and associations to public administration.
ESOP actively advocates and promotes the concepts of Open Software,
Interoperability, Open Standards and Independence of Technology Platforms.
We harness the power of collaboration around Open Technology being open source
software, open source hardware and open data, in the UK.
Collaboration is central to everything we do and we use it to bring together
business, public sector and community in the UK to collaborate locally and
globally.
OpenUK advocates for Open Technology being open source software, open source
hardware and open data, “Open” in and for business communities across the UK.
OpenUK’s Purpose is to develop and sustain UK leadership in Open Technology.
The NLUUG is the association of (professional) Open Systems and Open Standards
users in the Netherlands. Since the late seventies, the NLUUG has brought
together the community of systems administrators, developers, researchers and
network professionals. The primary goal of the NLUUG is to extend the
application of, and knowledge about, open systems and open standards.
RIOS is a network of companies created to promote professional services and Open
Source products, offering high level solutions. RIOS represents a reference
point in Italy for anyone who wants to exploit the benefits of Open Source with
the security, stability, support and guarantee of Enterprise level solutions.
The network is made up of 9 companies, among the main ones in the sector, which
share experience and resources, ensuring services and solutions that are simple
and advantageous to use, guaranteeing qualified support.
ADVISORY MEMBER
OFE is an independent, not-for-profit think tank providing innovative thinking
and comment on key aspects of Digital/ICT within a core competence of
‘openness’.
Its focus is on Brussels, where it maintains a full time office providing policy
analysis, advice and input not only to its supporters, but with the European
Commission, Council and Parliament.
OFE draws its support both from global suppliers from industry, from local SME
and community organisations, and through its participation in projects. OFE is
also supported by its global network (some 60+ strong) of OpenForum Academy
Fellows, each peer-appointed and drawn from both academia and operational
practice, who collectively represent the best in innovative thinking within key
areas of interest.
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