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LINUX CERTIFICATION STUDENT (ZMBABWE) On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:14 PM, slamberton <[email protected]> wrote: > LPI Affiliate promotes Linux education with new UNDP/UNESCO organization > in Middle East > > (Sacramento, CA, USA: November 16, 2009) - The Linux Professional > Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization > (http://www.lpi.org), announced that its affiliate, LPI-Middle East, had > signed an agreement with Ma3bar initiative (http://www.ma3bar.org/) to > promote the adoption of Free and Open Source software throughout the > Arab world. Ma3bar is an Arab Support Centre for Free and Open Source > Software established by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), > the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization > (UNESCO), and the University of Balamand, Al-Kurah, Lebanon. > > "LPI has worked with a number of UN sponsored initiatives over the years > to promote the use of Open Source technology in developing countries. > We welcome these joint efforts as it enables LPI to further our mission > of advancing Linux professionalism. This agreement with Ma3bar will > greatly enhance the impact of our affiliate, LPI-Middle East, in > promoting Linux education and our globally-recognized certification > program," said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. > > The agreement between LPI-Middle East and the Ma3bar support center > included the following key proposed activities within the region: > > - promotion of Linux education and LPI certification within > post-secondary curriculum in universities > > - improvements to the quality of Linux and open source training > > - delivery of both Linux certification and curriculum > > - establish a local examination center to increase local competencies > and skills in Linux > > - develop an Arabic-speaking community within the Linux and Open Source > context > > - present executive workshops, public conferences, academic seminars and > other forums that promote Linux and Open Source > > The agreement was signed during a launch event of Ma3bar at the Beirut > office of UNESCO and was sponsored by Lebanon's Ministry of Education > and Higher Education and LPI-Middle East on November 5, 2009. During > the event Balamand University also signed a contract with LPI-Middle > East to become an LPI-Approved Academic Partner providing training > towards LPI certification in the region. > > The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT > industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government > entities and the educational community. LPI's certification program is > supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents and is > distributed worldwide in multiple languages at more than 7,000 testing > locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 200,000 exams and 70,000 > LPIC certifications around the world. > > - 30 - > > About the Linux Professional Institute: > > The Linux Professional Institute promotes and certifies essential skills > on Linux and Open Source technologies through the global delivery of > comprehensive, top-quality, vendor-independent exams. Established as an > international non-profit organization in September 1999 by the Linux > community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate > recognized global leadership in the certification of Linux > professionals. LPI advances the Linux and Open Source movement through > strategic partners, sponsorships, innovative programs and community > development activities. LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum > Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux > as well as Gold Sponsors, HP and IDG. > > About Ma3bar: > > "Ma3bar” is the Arab Support Center for Free and Open Source Software. > Since its inception by UNDP-ICTDAR, UNESCO, and the University of > Balamand, the center strives to disseminate free and open source > software as a philosophy and culture in academia and Arab societies. > Ma3bar is committed to contributing to social and economic development > in the Arab region by promoting the use and development of free and open > source software, and by developing and conducting training programs on > such software, to ensure that more Arab communities have affordable > access to information technologies. > > Media contacts: > > Feras Abou Shackra > LPI- Middle East > Email: [email protected] > Phone: +971508441517 > > Scott Lamberton > Director of Communications > Linux Professional Institute > http://www.lpi.org > [email protected] > +1-905-269-0862 > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux Professional Institute > media mailing list > Contact: Scott Lamberton, Director of Communications > Email: [email protected] > Telephone: +1-905-269-0862 > > To Subscribe or unsubscribe do so directly at: > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/media > _______________________________________________ > lpi-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss > -- Sometimes things can go right only by first going very wrong. -- Edward Tenner
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