Press Releases and news items related to the SELF Platform.

ISOC.nl brought together several influential people to discuss about the implementation of Open Standards in government.

Ken Wasch , member of the Executive Committee from the ODF Alliance ,

Peter Strickx , Belgium Federal ICT department, Fedict ,

Thea Fierens , Member of Parliament for the Socialist party,

Kees Vendrik , Member of Parliament for the Green Party, (through video interview),

Jonathan Sage , head of Open Standards activities in Europe for IBM

Ken Wasch held a convincing presentation of the worldwide adoption of ODF. Criticism about accessibility problems has been heard recently in the press, but the latest update of the ODF format presents the needed features.

A freely accessible knowledge web will facilitate education in the digital age

The Hague, The Netherlands, 30 June 2006

A financial contribution of one million euro from Brussels for a not-for-profit consortium lead by ISOC.nl will open the market for education and training material. High quality education material will be available for free through internet for end users, companies and institutions.