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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:

News at it@foss

  • Cambodia: it@foss Alumnus Chantra invites to first BarCamp Angkor [Asia Source III mailinglist]

    it@foss Alumnus Chantra invites to the first BarCamp Angkor, which has been scheduled for March 24-25, 2012 in Siem Reap province at Build Bright University. BarCamp Siem Reap is 2 days-long gathering for IT & business professionals, bloggers, social media specialists and university students to share and learn of new innovation of technology, business ideas and mindset and the way of people communicate and get connected. Content is provided by participants — often focusing on but not limited to early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. For more information, check http://barcampsiemreap.org/

    Published by it@foss, 2012/01/19  
  • Asia Source III participants win ISIF Award 2011 for "Innovation on access provision" [it@inwent]

    The Information Society Innovation (ISIF) Award 2011 is a celebration of innovative ICT solutions that have contributed to social development in the Asia Pacific region. The program received 46 nominations across the 4 categories from 17 economies in the Asia Pacific.

    Published by it@foss, 2011/06/02  
  • 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.

    Published by Balthas Seibold, 2010/09/17  
  • 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.

    Published by Balthas Seibold, 2009/11/13  
  • Vientiane, Lao PDR, 09 September 2008, Opening of Linux Training of Trainers for LPI Level 1 Certification [it@foss]

    Opening of Linux Training of Trainers, Lao PDR

    InWEnt is pleased to announce the opening of Linux Training of Trainers for LPI Level 1 Certification.

    2008/09/08  

Feature

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.

    2007/04/10  
  • 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.

    Published by it@foss,

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