After Africa Source II: What next for Uganda
I-Network monthly public seminar in collaboration with local
implementation partners for Africa Source II
19 January 2006, Fairway Hotel
Time: 2:00pm
From 8-15 January, Kalangala Island will host Africa Source II - an
event that is Africa's premier Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
specialised hands on skills development event focused on the Non
Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector. Bringing together over 120
NGO support professionals, staff and software experts, the
participants have examined how information technologies and FOSS can
strategically impact and build civil society organisations on the continent.
On 19 January 2006, I-Network in collaboration with the local
implementation partners for Africa Source II will host a post-Africa
Source II public seminar under the theme "After Africa Source II:
What next for Uganda". Presenters during the seminar will include
Goretti Zavuga Amuriat - WOUGNET ICT Program Manager, James Wire
Lunghabo - Linux Solutions, and Natasha Primo - WomensNet, South
Africa, and an Africa Source II facilitator. Participants from the
Africa Source II event will also be in attendance. Presenters and
event participants will address issues such as:
-- Importance of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
for civil society in Uganda
-- How to help organisations plan and implement FOSS applications in
order to increase their capacity
-- How to use FOSS applications to handle information, publish
content using citizen's media tools and engage supporters
-- How FOSS can increase accessibility through localisation,
translation into local language and dialects
-- FOSS related activities in Uganda, efforts/roles of private sector
and government
Africa Source II was organised through a collaborative effort among a
group of international, regional and local organisations focused on
technology use in the NGO sector including The Association
for Progressive Communication APC (international network), Fantsuam
Foundation (Nigeria), Schoolnet Africa (regional network),
Translate.org.za (South Africa), Women of Uganda Network - WOUGNET
(Uganda), Linux Solutions (Uganda), Creative Commons South Africa,
Aspiration (US) and The Tactical Technology Collective (the
Netherlands). The organising partners are committed to examining the
challenges of implementing FOSS in the African context, stretching
its potential to fit the needs on the ground, and building local
capacities to realise this. Africa Source II was possible thanks to
the support from: the Open Society Institute Information Program, the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), OSISA - Open
Society Initiative for South Africa, Hivos, and InWent.
For more information about Africa Source II, visit:
http://www.tacticaltech.org/africasource2
To follow the Africa Source II proceedings, visit:
http://wiki.africasource2.tacticaltech.org/
--
Dorothy Okello
Coordinator, WOUGNET
Plot 53 Kira Road
Tel: +256-41-532035
Fax: +256-41-530474
Web: http://www.wougnet.org
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