Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS)

Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2008, 31 Universities and Research Centers are shareholders of GFOSS. Its main goal is to promote Openness through the use and the development of Open Standards and Open Technologies in Education, Public Administration and Business in Greece. Actually, it is a platform for Open Standards, Free Software, Open Content, Open Data & Open Hardware in Greece. The major Greek Universities and Research Centers participate in GFOSS, while leading members of the Greek community of developers play a key role in the implementation of our policies.

GFOSS is affiliated with Creative Commons, is a founding member of COMMUNIA and FAB LAB ATHENS, member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Network, Node of the Open Data Institute, partner of the Open Forum Europe, member of the Open Budget Initiative, member of the Open Policy Network, Associate Organisation of FSFE, Associate Member of Eclipse Foundation, Associate Organization of OW2 Consortium and local hub of MyData.

GFOSS also cooperates with the Enterprise Europe Network – Hellas in the ICT sector, with the aim to assist companies that provide Open Technology services. Nine members of GFOSS participate in GRNET‘s project, FOSS Centers of Excellence, the centers deliver training activities for developing and promoting FOSS software in ten subject areas.