Hi Sunil, I agree with Rene Abad...and APDIP can't be successfully promote open souce network if only inviting the Institutions. There is a lot of interested individuals if you invite them especially my self.
I hope APDIP should understand about it and that is the reason why Microsoft become successful because they also consider the individuals which is the masses. Cheers, Prime ex UNV-IT Specialist --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi sunil > > i think you will be limiting yourselves if you > exclude individuals > > rene abad > ed-y3k foundation > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > I would like to bring to your attention this > request for expression of > > interest to initiate and manage a sub-regional > node of the International > > Open Source Network with the guidance of the UNDP > Asia-Pacific Development > > Information Programme. Expressions of interest > will be entertained only > > from > > institutions and not individuals. Please submit > your expression of > > interest > > by 20 September 2005 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > With best regards > > > > Sunil Abraham > > > > Manager > > International Open Source Network > > Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme > > United Nations Development Programme > > Bangkok, Thailand > > > > > ========================================================================== > > > > Request for expression of interest to manage a > sub-regional node of the > > International Open Source Network > > > > More details at > <http://www.apdip.net/news/iosneoi> > > > > > ========================================================================== > > > > The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme > (APDIP), a regional > > UNDP > > initiative to promote information and > communication technologies (ICT) for > > sustainable human development, is seeking > expressions of interest from > > organizations in the Asia-Pacific region to > initiate and manage > > sub-regional > > nodes of the International Open Source Network > (IOSN). > > > > We are looking for three partners to manage three > sub-regional nodes in > > the > > Asia-Pacific region. These nodes can possibly be > called 'IOSN South Asia', > > 'IOSN ASEAN+3', and 'IOSN Pacific Island > Countries'. The list of countries > > that would fall under each sub-regional node and > which are, therefore, > > eligible to submit an expression of interest is > given below. > > > > Ideally, we are looking for a government agency, > academic institution or > > civil society organization with a proven track > record in Free/Open Source > > Software (FOSS) development, research, deployment, > and advocacy. The > > candidate organization must be able to internalize > sub-regional needs and > > priorities in FOSS and design and implement a > programme that is truly > > needs-based. > > > > Primary Research Focus: The sub-regional nodes > will undertake research > > activities in three primary focus areas, namely, > Open Content, Open > > Standards and Open Source. This could be > accomplished via the > > establishment > > of research teams or "cells" within each > sub-regional facility. Besides a > > small core staff, these teams/cells could include > volunteers and/or > > consultants who will collaborate across a wide > spectrum of activities such > > as data collection, research, analysis, authoring > and review. We believe > > this will encourage other institutions from the > public and volunteer > > sectors > > to undertake serious research into various aspects > and implications of > > FOSS > > for the developing world. The primary focus of > research for each > > sub-region > > could be: > > > > * IOSN South Asia -- Open Content > > * IOSN ASEAN+3 -- Open Standards > > * IOSN Pacific Island Countries -- Open Source > > > > Secondary Research Focus: Apart from the primary > research focus area > > mentioned above, each sub-regional node could also > conduct research on > > specific areas of FOSS application where either > software or human > > resources > > are unavailable in the Asia-Pacific region. Many > of these focus areas were > > identified during the first Free/Open Source > Software Asia Pacific > > (FOSSAP) > > consultation held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in > 2004. > > > > IOSN has already produced some research outputs in > connection with a few > > areas such as Localization. But additional > concerted and specialized > > research is required in, for example, e-Learning; > health; finance; > > e-governance; geographic information system (GIS); > and multimedia. Perhaps > > the proposed sub-regional centres could focus as > follows: > > > > * IOSN South Asia -- e-Learning > > * IOSN ASEAN+3 -- Health, Finance and e-Governance > > * IOSN Pacific Island Countries -- GIS, Earth > Science, and Multimedia, > > Imaging and Publishing > > > > IOSN Portal: The IOSN portal <http://www.iosn.net> > serves as a > > comprehensive, online resource centre providing > information on FOSS, FOSS > > news, wikis, blogs, and online discussion forums, > and acts as a means for > > the FOSS community to collaborate and interact. It > is co-managed by IOSN > > and > > FOSS advocates throughout the region and all three > sub-regional nodes will > > partake in its management in the areas of their > expertise and > > specialization. > > > > Each selected sub-regional node will be designated > as a UNDP-APDIP Centre > > of > > Excellence on FOSS. > > > > UNDP-APDIP will provide seed financing, incubation > services for 12-18 > > months, initial hosting services for the IOSN > portal, as well as official > > affiliation with UNDP-APDIP. Each sub-regional > node will also receive > > overall guidance, support and management > assistance by IOSN and UNDP-APDIP > > in delivering its activities. > > > > Information concerning IOSN, is provided at > > > http://www.apdip.net/about/brochures/APDIP-Brochure-FOSS-r2.pdf > and can > > also > > be found at http://www.iosn.net. > > > > Expressions of interest are treated confidentially > and should be sent no > > later than September 20, 2005 by email to the > manager of IOSN, Mr. Sunil > > Abraham, at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and include the > following information in no > > more than 16 pages: > > > > 1. A brief profile of your organization, including > vision, objectives, > > programmes, projects, activities and a brief > summary of achievements. Also > > include key data regarding infrastructure and > human resources and annex > > the > > legal act/statutes establishing your organization. > Finally, include key > > financial information such as sources of funding > and financial > > sustainability. (Maximum 3 pages) > > > > 2. A description of your institutional > expertise/experience with regard to > > FOSS, along with brief (8-10 lines) description of > each major FOSS-related > > project/programme undertaken so far. (Maximum 4 > pages) > > > > 3. A description of your linkages and connections > with government > > agencies, > > civil society organizations, academic > organizations, GNU/Linux User > > Groups, > > Free Software Foundations and other FOSS > researchers and practitioners. > > (Maximum 2 pages) > > > > 4. The ideas and expectations you would bring to > the implementation and > > future development of the information service, the > resources your > > organization would be able to contribute in the > medium- and long-term, and > > a > > suggested time-frame for transitioning the > service, including management > > of > > the IOSN portal for the sub-region, and in making > it sustainable. (Maximum > > 6 > > pages) > > > > 5. A brief profile of the individual that would > lead this effort in > > your organization and any other possible members > of the team. (Maximum 1 > > page) > > > > > > NOTE: Expressions of interest will be entertained > only from institutions > > and > > not individuals. We will acknowledge receipt of > all expressions of > > interest > > by email but contact only those organizations we > take further interest in. > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > List of Countries for South Asia: > > > > Afghanistan > > Bangladesh > > Bhutan > > India > > Iran > > Maldives > > Nepal > > Pakistan > > Sri Lanka > > > > List of Countries for ASEAN +3: > > > > Brunei Darussalam > > Cambodia > > China > > Indonesia > > Japan > > Democratic People's Republic of Korea > > Republic of Korea > > Lao PDR > > Malaysia > > Mongolia > > Myanmar > > Philippines > > Singapore > > Thailand > > Timor Leste > > Viet Nam > > > > List of Countries for the Pacific: > > > > Australia > > Cook Islands > > Fiji > > Federated States of Micronesia > > French Polynesia > > Kiribati > > Nauru > > New Caledonia > > New Zealand > > Niue > > Palau > > Papua New Guinea > > Republic of Marshall Islands > > Solomon Islands > > Tokelau > > Tonga > > Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands > > Tuvalu > > Vanuatu > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > > > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the > message. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
