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Dutch government tests French alternative to Teams, Zoom and Webex

The Dutch government is setting up pilots with digital sovereignty tools used by the French government, such as Visio for video conferencing. France will make this alternative to American tools such as Teams, Zoom and Webex mandatory for all government services from 2027.

The tests with Visio, among others, ‘are being used to investigate and ensure that implementations comply with Dutch legislation and guidelines in areas such as cybersecurity and the Open Government Act,’ explained outgoing State Secretary Eddie van Marum. He was responding to questions posed by Member of Parliament Barbara Kathmann last week during a consultation on the example set by France.

‘Like France, the Dutch government is researching autonomous means of communication for chats and video conferencing, for example,’ replied the outgoing Minister for Digitalisation. For video conferencing, he explicitly mentioned the French tool Visio and also the video conferencing function of Nextcloud. The former was developed by France, while the latter comes from the German company Nextcloud.

The outgoing State Secretary for Digitalisation pointed out that the pilot projects are also testing whether the video conferencing tools used can “connect to the various physical meeting rooms of the central government throughout the country”. Such a connection should enable hybrid meetings.

Cancelling in favour of alternatives
The Dutch government is in contact with France about placing sensitive ICT components with domestic companies. This would replace the procurement of critical ICT services from large tech providers, most of which are American. According to Van Marum, the main stumbling block is not the procurement of alternative products and services, but the consequences when the government withdraws a tender or cancels an existing contract. This would affect primary government processes, explains the outgoing minister. He adds that alternatives are not always available.

Van Marum also said that the Dutch government is looking at open source software for chat functionality. He did not mention any specific names of products or technology.

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Catha Goed zo!
In NL doen ze tenminste iets.

framegote Mooi. Dat is een beter bericht dan dat onze DigiD wordt verkocht aan de amerikanen.