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The other day a friend came to me because he heard about the openlaws.eu<\/a> project. He said:\u00a0“Hey, openlaws sounds great – does that mean that I can write my own laws now?”. I had to tell him no, but that it was almost as good as that…<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what is openlaws then?\u00a0openlaws aims at opening access to existing legal information systems and proactively involving and integrating its target groups, i.e. communities of individuals and businesses, legal professionals and public bodies. Open innovation, mass customization, big data analysis, social features and social networks are already highly successful in other markets and we want to introduce them in the legal domain on a European scale. Based on open data, open source software and open innovation principles the project adds a \u201csocial layer\u201d to the existing \u201cinstitutional layer\u201d of legal information systems.<\/p>\n

Or to keep it simple: openlaws will help you find legal information more easily,\u00a0organize\u00a0it the way you want and share it with others.<\/p>\n

EU Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

openlaws is an EU project which is co-financed by the European Union<\/a>. It was ranked by DG Justice #1<\/a> among almost 100 submitted proposals from institutions all over Europe.\u00a0The project started in April 2014 and will last until March 2016.\u00a0The two main objectives of openlaws are:<\/p>\n

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  1. To create a clear BOLD Vision 2020<\/strong> about what Big Open Legal Data (BOLD) could do in the year 2020 and propose a roadmap to the European Commission \/ DG Justice<\/a> to implement it.<\/li>\n
  2. To build a BOLD ICT Platform<\/strong>, based on open source software, which will be the first step to combine legal content and the knowledge and feedback of the community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The endeavour will help Europe to innovate in the legal field, provide better access for individuals, businesses, legal experts and public bodies, and create a network between them. \u00a0openlaws is in line with the European e-Justice Action Plan<\/a> and the Europe 2020 growth strategy<\/a>, including the Digital Agenda<\/a> and the Innovative Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    The following institutions participate in the project as the core team:<\/p>\n