On 24 June 2011 14:39, Uwe Altmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ian > > Am 22.06.11 17:01, schrieb Ian Lynch: > >> On 6/22/11 1:40 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > > ...The OpenOffice project application was submitted through OpenSaar in > > Germany. I wrote it but we thought it better to go through a different > > partner. > > Could you provide some more Information on this for me - that sounds > quite interesting. > I'm living in Saarbrücken and have been for years active member of the > gemanophone OOo-Project but don't know anything about this. >
Best to talk to Manfred Reiter and/or Bernhard Mommenthal. I copied them into the reply so you can get their contact e-mails from there. I made an application last year through the UK NA but we had a project already running and another was approved. I suspect they didn't like us to have too many. So we reapplied with Germany as the lead. We could, in fact, apply for several of these with different countries leading and different sets of partners. It just needs some strategic organisation. The EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and ECVET (New assessment methods for vocational training) are high priorities for funding which is another reason why LibO/OOo and any other FOSS project should consider developing certification projects. There are some changes that should make it less bureaucratic in future years. These grants are available year after year and could bring millions of Euros into FOSS communities. However, the application form is not for the faint hearted :-) -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
