Association OpenFisca

Purpose

To guarantee worldwide, free and permanent access to and contribution to the OpenFisca software suite, its collaborative processes and its national and local models, hereinafter collectively referred to as “OpenFisca”.
It facilitates, defends and promotes the shared assets and open governance that give OpenFisca its status as a digital commons.
It designs and implements mechanisms for sharing the wealth created by OpenFisca to sustainably fund the work required to fulfill its purpose.

Article 2 of the statutes

Working groups

Working groups structure discussions around specific lines of work on the development of OpenFisca, either targeting the product side, the community side or the Association itself. These spaces also allow members to collaborate on projects that benefit the entire OpenFisca community. As per the Association’s statutes (§10), the Board may delegate certain of its powers to these working groups. Working groups are open to all Association members.

The following working groups are currently active:

Technical working group

Members

To balance the interests of the community over time, regardless of the number of parties involved, all members are assigned to different colleges. A proportion of votes is allocated to each college for voting at the General Meeting.

College B: Implementors

These entities use OpenFisca to provide services to end users through apps, reports, consulting… They support the product that enables these products by contributing a membership fee based on the number of users of their services and the gross national income of their country of establishment.

Institut des Politiques Publiques

ipp.eu

https://www.ipp.eu

Département de l'Eure-et-Loir

eurelien.fr

https://www.eurelien.fr

College C: Vendors

These entities provide support on OpenFisca implementation through training, service, expertise… They support the product that enables these contracts by contributing a membership fee worth 3% of the gross revenue that can be attributed to OpenFisca-related sales.