Bulgarian city of Kardjali launches open source platform

On the 8th of February, the mayor of the Bulgarian Municipality of Kardjali, Mr. Hasan Azis, officially launched an e-services web site – http://kardjali.foss.bg/ The web site is developed completely on the basis of free and open source software which means that the municipality will not have to pay for licenses or additional software to use it.

The main goal of the web site is to improve and strengthen the communication between the municipality of Kardjali and the citizens, providing the possibility of electronic communication channels.

The web site is developed by Internet Society, Bulgaria under a UNDP funded project supporting e-government through free/open source software in South Eastern Europe.

More information on EU Open Source Observatory website