it@foss - Promoting Free and Open Source Software in Southeast Asia
it@foss supports the development and application of local innovative software solutions and business models based on free and open source software (FOSS) in the ASEAN region. Within its financing phase (2005 to 2009), it@foss has reached out to more than 13.000 decision makers and IT-experts and developers from the public and private sector. The programme is now comprised of more than 12 regional expert networks with FOSS multipliers from Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines. More than 30 training courses under it@foss have resulted in a broad range of training products in local languages on FOSS business opportunities. See:
- it@foss training products on Free Software: get & share.
- it@foss networks in ASEAN: find local expertise, join the FOSS communities.
- it@foss capacity building action: find past and upcoming activities, learn about the training, dialogue and networking formats.
- the it@foss partners: IOSN, IOIT, RISTEK, NiDA, WFF/OI, MOEYS, EU, UNDP, INRIA, OSI, ASEAN Foundation and many more.
- it@foss introduction: more information on FOSS.
News at it@foss
Free Software: Engine of Development in ASEAN [it@inwent]
The 1st Interdisciplinary Alumni Conference in Southeast Asia took place in the Vietnamese Capital of Hanoi at the beginning of July 2010. Leading theme was the regional integration of the ASEAN with regard to different topical aspects, and the participants filled the topic with life. One of the nine themes of the conference was the issue of "Free and Open Software in Public Health", which brought together it@foss Alumni with other key stakeholders from the health sector in ASEAN.
Asia Source 3 meeting reinforces Asian Free and Open Source Software movement [it@inwent]
- 150 representatives from Asian NGOs and SMEs gather for open source camp
- Open source advocates discuss tools, business models, and communities
- Theme of Asia Source 3: Building Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS
While most technology conferences happen as swanky, slick, and well-rehearsed events, the recently concluded Asia Source 3 took the opposite track and ran a camp that was spartan yet spontaneous. From November 7 to 12, 2009, Asia Source 3 gathered 150 representatives from all over Asia in the Philippines to discuss developments in open source. For those six days, the campers lived in a communal environment that married fun and relaxation with exchange of ideas.
APPLICATION CLOSED - To all Asia Source 3 applicants: Thank you for your submission to AS3! [it@inwent]
ASIA SOURCE 3 (Second call) 07-12 November 2009 Silang, Cavite, Philippines
MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!
If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.
Apply until 11th September 2009!
it@inwent launches new section on FOSS Business Models [it@inwent]
it@inwent recently added a new section to their website. This sites provides an overview of InWEnt's main capacity building programmes and trainings in the area of "FOSS Business Models and Sustainable Development" as well as its respective training materials.
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it@foss participant? Join the it@foss alumni group! [it@itfoss]
Have you participated in an it@foss initative? Then please join the it@foss alumni group on the Alumniportal Germany – giving you access to FOSS-experts, world-wide events and training-initiatives, job offers from your region, tips and information about the German language as well as interesting news and a “Topic of the month”.
Final Evaluation of it@foss Programmes 2006 to 2009 started. [it@foss]
We are now carrying out an independent *final evaluation* to provide us and you with an overview of the results of it@foss. This will help us a lot to discover the achievement of it@foss and to provide you with even more valuable programs in the future. Hence, we kindly ask you for your support by answering a *compact survey*
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APPLICATION CLOSED - To all Asia Source 3 applicants: Thank you for your submission to AS3! [it@itfoss]
ASIA SOURCE 3 (Second call) 07-12 November 2009 Silang, Cavite, Philippines
MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!
If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.
Apply 11th September 2009!
http://www.asiasource3.net/
Open Call for FOSS Experts and Consultants [it@inwent]
We look for internationally oriented free/open source software experts and consultants as specialist and coordinator for our advanced training program it@foss. The application questionnaire is attached to this article.
Events
Philippine Sahana Initiative [it@foss]
2007/04/24 -
2007/04/24
Discovery Suites, Ortigas
Bluepoint Foundation, in cooperation with the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), will be holding the Philippine Sahana Initiative (PSI) on April 24, 2007 at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas.
Sahana is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Disaster Management System (DMS). It is a web-based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, and tracking camps effectively. Sahana has become the de facto DMS with immense backing from humanitarian and non-government organizations worldwide.
FOSS Mi! [it@foss]
2007/09/27 -
2007/09/29
Davao City, Philippines
"FOSS Mi!" or in English, "We are for FOSS!", is a gathering of various stakeholders interested in FOSS technology. It is organized by FOSS advocate organizations, DabaweGNU, Inc., Kaiban Davao, Inc., and ICT Davao, Inc.
Conference-Workshop - Moving the FOSS Agenda for Health: Setting the Framework for Interoperability [it@foss]
2007/05/08 -
2007/05/11
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The International Open Source Network (IOSN) and InWEnt Capacity Building International-Germany, are inviting developers in the health sector to participate in a conference-workshop on FOSS health application development. The event is organized and managed by the Open Source Health Care Alliance ( www.oshca.org). IOSN and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through InWEnt Germany are sponsoring the conference-workshop.
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