Hi,
Here's another opportunity for FOSS advocating NGOs and individuals to
help influence ICT policies for development at a global level. Feel free
to pass this information to anyone interested in promoting FOSS.
http://www.unicttaskforce.org/
Global Alliance for ICT Policy and Development
Inaugural Meeting
In a follow up to the recent decision of the Secretary-General (see
press release), the inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and
Development will be held on 19-20 June 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
following a generous invitation by the Government of Malaysia. The
programme of the meeting will be made available shortly. All interested
stakeholders are invited to participate in the meeting. A registration
form for indicating both your interest in participating in the Global
Alliance and, specifically, your participation in the Kuala Lumpur
meeting is attached.
The Tunis Commitment (Document WSIS-05/Tunis/DOC/7-E) contains only 2
items that refers to promoting FOSS. The use of FOSS in item 29. sounded
like an after-thought......*
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*28.* *We reaffirm our desire* to build ICT networks and develop
applications, in partnership with the private sector, based on open or
interoperable standards that are affordable and accessible to all,
available anywhere and anytime, to anyone and on any device, leading
to a ubiquitous network.
*29. Our conviction* is that governments, the private sector, civil
society, the scientific and academic community, and users can utilise
various technologies and licensing models, including those developed
under proprietary schemes and those developed under open-source and
free modalities, in accordance with their interests and with the need
to have reliable services and implement effective programmes for their
people. Taking into account the importance of proprietary software in
the markets of the countries, *we reiterate* the need to encourage and
foster collaborative development, inter-operative platforms and free
and open source software, in ways that reflect the possibilities of
different software models, notably for education, science and digital
inclusion programmes.
Dr Molly Cheah
Protem President, Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA)
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