_*"Public Software for Social Sector - Principles and Practice" on 25
Feb in Jaipur:*_
Representatives from NGOs, academic institutions, government, schools
and colleges will attend the Workshop on "Public Software for Social
Sector -- Principles and Practice", to be held in Jaipur on 25 Feb, 2010
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Digantar Shiksha Evam Khelkud Samiti.
The event aims to
1.
Promote Awareness about the advantages of Public Software amongst
those who have not heard about FOSS or have inhibitions adopting it;
2.
Address the perceptions of people who are aware of Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) to Appreciate the benefits of public
software over proprietary software; and
3.
Help people/institutions who are convinced about the imperative
for public institutions to adopt public software to adopt it.
The conference will commence with presentations and talks relating to
the importance of public software to society, especially to the social
sector by senior academics and practitioners. A volunteer team will help
individuals and organizations migrate to public software platforms.
Institutions which are keen to migrate to public software could register
with this team and plan this process.
The workshop is being co-organised by Digantar with UNESCO, Knowledge
Commons, Digital Empowerment Foundation and IT for Change. It is as part
of a series of events being organised this year throughout India on
public software and its imperative for the public sector.
For further information, please read the Concept Note here:
http://www.public-software.in/taxonomy/term/54
--
Krittika Vishwanath
IT for Change
Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities
Tel:9535321980
www.ITforChange.net
*IT for Change is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with United Nations' Economic and Social Council*
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