An international conference on 'Public Sector Software and FOSS in
Education' is being organized by UNESCO/UN Solution Exchange ICTD unit
and i...@school Project of Government of Kerala in Kochi on 27-29^th of
May. The conference will be an opportunity to present case studies on
adoption of Public Sector Software with a special focus on education to
ensure public ownership, transparency, sharing and independent use of
public software. The workshop will encourage practitioners and policy
makers to take the discussions on the 'Guiding Principles for Public
Sector Software' in the South India regional workshop on similar theme
held in Bangalore in February 2010, forward to frame 'Public Sector
Software Architecture (PSSA)'
Workshop objectives:
1. Provide a sharing of the experiences and lesson learned which could
provide various stakeholders involved in promoting good governance with
a better understanding of public sector software;
2. Discuss the potential and challenges in implementing Open standards
and software in the public sector by various stakeholders involved in
promoting ICTs;
3. Discuss, finalise and adopt 'Guiding principles for policy on
software for the Public Sector' which was initiated at the regional
workshop on public sector software in Bangalore on Feb 1-2, 2010; and
4. Provide inputs for developing a framework for 'Public Sector Software
Architecture (PSSA) document.
The conference will be an opportunity to present case studies on
adoption of PSS of with a special focus on education. Delegates will
discuss and provide inputs to enable the spread of these initiatives
across the region at concept, policy and program levels.
To read more on the conference, please click here:
http://public-software-centre.org/
/Participation is by invitation only. We will update the proceedings of
the conference after the event's completion.
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