The Consortium aims at analysing the effects of the introduction of Open Data Standards (ODS) and Open Source (OS) software for personal productivity and document management in European Public Administrations (PAs).

	15 European participants from Italy, Hungary, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Belgium
	3 international "observers" from Canada, New Zealand and UNESCO
	Funded within the IST (Information Society Technologies) Priority of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)

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Have a look at COSPA objectives, methodologies, guidelines, findings, results, reccomendations and future commitment in a set of 80-pages slides that summarise 30 months of project evolution. You can view it as html pages (low quality available for slower connections).

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COSPA has established an Observer Program to disseminate knowledge and create a community around the project. Any organisation interested in the COSPA project can become an observer.