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. [Introduction]
it@foss promotes FOSS in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam at four levels:
- Awareness + Knowledge: We aim to enable software developers, decision makers and businesses to make sound assessments on benefits and risks of FOSS solutions and to stimulate their sharing of experiences.
- Development + Cooperation: We contribute to building an active FOSS developer community that collaborates on locally adapted software products, receiving support and ideas through regional and international networks.
- Business Models: We facilitate cooperation between European and Asian companies, to inspire and strengthen the development of viable and sustainable FOSS-based business solutions.
- Education + Dissemination: We empower multiplying organizations to cooperate and to competently train others on FOSS applications and opportunities, in order to increase users' familiarity with FOSS.
News at it@foss
Vietnamese and European companies jointly build Free Software [it@inwent]
Hanoi 10 June 2007: A match-making, training and twinning workshop for European and Vietnamese businesses in the field of Free and Open Source Software is taking place this week in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Stockholm Challenge Award [it@foss]
InWEnt-Partner KhmerOS of Cambodia finalist in Stockholm Challenge GKP award 2007 for excellent ICT for development project
Over 40 IT-companies cross FOSS Bridge between Europe and Vietnam [it@inwent]
Hanoi 19 November 2007: A total of 42 agreements of cooperation were reached between Vietnamese and European business partners at the end of the first matchmaking event of the project "FOSS Bridge EU-Vietnam" for small and medium-sized IT enterprises in Hanoi, Vietnam.
IT officials offer localized software to make adoption of Free and Open Source Software easier [it@inwent]
The Official Lao Language font can now be downloaded and Lao versions of Open Office and email suite is now available at the Science Technology and Environment Agency (STEA) in Lao PDR. This is part of a series of project with the International Open Source Network (IOSN) that includes localization and training. Adoption of free and open source software will be easier when done using the local language.
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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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