FOSS 'Train the Trainers' courses
Type: Training Course
Target Group: IT Trainers in the ASEAN region
Countries: Thailand + Philippines
Timeframe: August – October 2006, Second Course: December 2006
Partners: IOSN, IOSN ASEAN+3
During August - October 2006, InWEnt, APDIP, the IOSN Secretariat and IOSN ASEAN+3 jointly organize two regional training courses for FOSS trainers and examination proctors in Thailand and the Philippines. The objective of the courses is to develop training capacities in the ASEAN+3 region to provide high-quality and low-cost FOSS training, as well as certified LPI (Linux Professional Institute) examinations.
The two-week intensive courses introduce trainers to open content GNU/Linux system administration training materials and low-cost LPI certification examinations. Trainers sit for an LPI Level 1 examination after a 10-day training course. In conjunction with this, an LPI proctor trainer provides training and certification for local proctors to conduct LPI examinations. Once certified, these independent proctors are able to administer low-cost paper-based LPI examinations for local organizations in their respective countries.
With these training courses, InWEnt, APDIP and IOSN aim to open up the market for multiple providers of FOSS GNU/Linux solutions. With using open content training materials and low-cost examinations, trainings can be offered at an affordable rate. The trained proctors can even provide examinations independent of how individuals seeking to get certified have acquired their training, e.g. by self-study.
So far, most ICT skills training and certification programs in the ASEAN region have been vendor driven with the certification process designed as a revenue earner for the vendor. The process of training, materials and examination has usually been done at training centers. In addition to indirect costs of vendor lock-in, this combination has resulted in prohibitively high costs of training and certification for developing countries with training program fees costing as much as USD 1,000 or more per trainee. With the open content materials and examinations introduced with the InWEnt/APDIP/IOSN courses, training and certification costs per person can be provided at USD 100 or less.
A major barrier against adoption and deployment of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in developing of countries in the Asia Pacific is the lack of human resources with FOSS skills. The introductory courses offered by InWEnt/APDIP/IOSN enable and encourage IT trainers to in turn train other trainers in their countries at an affordable rate - and therefore aim to kick-start self-sustaining development of FOSS human resources.
Links to the Course Details
Linux Training of Trainers in Bangkok/Thailand
28th August - 9th September 2006
Target group are trainers or future trainers from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.
Linux Training of Trainers in Manila/Philippines
9 – 21 October 2006
Second Linux Training of Trainers Philippines
4 - 15 December 2006
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Feature
Alumni Newsletter July 2010 [it@itfoss]
The 1st Interdisciplinary Alumni Conference in Southeast Asia took place in the Vietnamese Capital of Hanoi at the beginning of this month. Leading theme was the regional integration of the ASEAN with regard to different topical aspects, and the participants filled the topic with life. However, most important is that their offer still holds: continuous dialogue and cooperation – across borders and special fields. Have a look at the work group "Free and Open Software in Public Health" and gaine amazing insights.
Link to Newsletter
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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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”.
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.
News at it@foss
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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