7 July 2007
More than fifty software developers, acadmics, development organizations, governmental decision makers, and other information and communication technology (ICT) experts from Central Asia, Russia and Afghanistan meet in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 6 to 7 July, to plan for national FOSS strategies for development in Central Asia.
The meeting is being organized by UNESCO together with the Public Fund Global Internet Policy Initiative Tajikistan and the Open Society Institute Tajikistan.The meeting is expected to contribute to an increased awareness about FOSS, an increased capacity to use FOSS for development purposes, and most importantly, to initiate national strategies for the use of FOSS in Central Asia.
The main focus of the meeting is on software applications that have been developed, localized or which are supported by UNESCO, including:
UNESCO Software Museolog is advanced tool for museum records management, it based on the international cataloguisation standards. Museolog training
Greenstone Digital library and Digital library collections in Kazakhstan and Greenstone news
eNRICH - community browser, Open eNRICH version
Moodle - open and distance learning platform with examples on odl.unesco.kz & moodle.rcie.kz
CDS/ISIS - information management software
Open Access Flash Server - multipurpose open server will be presented on the conference includes:
- E-Bilim - (E-Knowledge) server and open distance learning software for rural secondary schools teachers
- Full text digital library collection of Communication and Information in Russian Language. Includes following issues: Access to information, Capacity Building, Content Development, Freedom of Expression, Media Development/
Open Access Flash Server - multipurpose open server will be presented on the conferenceGeneral Resources
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Wikipedia's Open Source page
Why Open Source
International Free and Open Source Network
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
GNU Operating System - Free Software Foundation
Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) References
VA Software --> SourceForge.Net
SourceForge.Net
Freshmeat.net
Open Source Software Directory
UNESCO's Free Software Portal
Another UNESCO's FOSS Portal
FOSS Education Primer (UNDP)
FOSS (UNCTAD)
UNESCO Moscow FOSS Strategy
NigerianMuse - FOSSproject
Listserv to create FOSS community in Maghreb
OpenSource Uzbekistan
It is hoped that well formulated national FOSS strategies will increase the capacities of teachers, teacher trainers and training institutes, distance education and higher education specialists and institutes, students, musums and museum professionals, libraries and librarians, rural communities, and NGOs, in use of ICTs to make their work more efficient.
Organizers:
- CIPI Tajikistan
- UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
- Open Society Institute Tajikistan
Permanent link: http://en.unesco.kz/unesco-cipi-soros-eurasian-conference-on-promoting-free-open-source-software-foss