CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: InWEnt-IOSN Training of Trainers on Free/Open Source Software-based Geographic Information Systems with Sahana Component (code: TOT FOSS-GIS Sahana Indonesia) The State Ministry for Research and Technology (RISTEK), Republic of Indonesia Venue: BPPT Building II, 3rd Floor Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 8 Jakarta 10340, Indonesia 24-28 March 2008 "Do you want to be a FOSS-GIS trainer?" "Do you want to make business with services for FOSS-GIS applications?" The International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3 and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany in collaboration with The State Ministry for Research and Technology (RISTEK), Republic of Indonesia are inviting both government and non-government organizations (NGOs), IT small-to-medium enterprises/businesses (SMEs/SMBs), developers, experts, trainers and users of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) disaster management information systems to a Training of Trainers (ToT) for FOSS Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with Sahana to be held at the PDII-LIPI in Jakarta, Indonesia from March 24 to 28, 2008. This activity is in response to the great demand and interest for a follow-up training as a result of the successful conduct of an earlier ToT on FOSS GIS for Disaster Management held last October 2007 in PDII-LIPI in Jakarta, Indonesia. Additional information to this previous event can be found at: http://www.ristek.go.id/index.php?mod=News&conf=v&id=2268 http://tinyurl.com/3d65xx http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/ToT_FOSSGIS07_training_materials_in_Bahasa http://wiki.osgeo.org/ToT_FOSSGIS_07 For this present activity, the Sahana FOSS Disaster Management Information System will be included as a training component. It is a web-based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, tracking camps effectively between government groups, the civil society (NGOs) and the victims themselves. More on Sahana at http://sahana.lk/ The training aims to increase the number of potential developers, experts, trainers and users of FOSS disaster management information systems, so they can be quickly deployed in times of disaster and are able to offer more efficient and effective services (physical or virtual) to the affected communities. Of equal importance is the focus on enlarging the base of local small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the field of IT, who shall be empowered to offer related FOSS-services to users of FOSS disaster management information systems. The FOSS GIS ToT will focus on: * Main concepts of GIS; install, configure and use FOSS GIS applications; apply FOSS GIS tools for practical purposes (disasters, resource management, data visualization, etc). *Introduction to Sahana, a FOSS Disaster Management Information System; explore its features and applicability to disaster management as a stable and mature FOSS GIS application, particularly to Indonesian situations. *Knowing about business possibilities with FOSS-GIS services. *Develop a corps of trainers in Indonesia able to train others how to use FOSS GIS tools and applications. HOW TO APPLY: Before you proceed to apply, please refer to the detailed Participation Criteria, background and additional information along with downloadable application forms (odt and pdf formats), at the IOSN site at http://www.iosn.net/Members/fsarmiento3/tot-fossgis-sahana-indonesia Interested individuals are invited to apply for participation by sending your responses below to: asean3[AT]iosn[DOT]net Application deadline: 03 March 2008 To apply, please provide us with the following information: 1) Personal Details Name: Gender: Nationality: Country where you live and work now: Affiliation/organization, please include designation/position: Email: Address: Mobile phone number (or any contact number) and emergency contact number: 2) How far do you live from the training site (see above)? 3) Have you trained others on the use of information and communications technology? If YES, what was the topic of the course and when was the last time you gave this course? 4) How do you fulfill the participation criteria? Please refer to the PARTICIPATION CRITERIA at http://www.iosn.net/Members/fsarmiento3/tot-fossgis-sahana-indonesia FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS State Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK), Government of Indonesia http://www.ristek.go.id/ InWent Capacity Building International, Germany http://www.inwent.org/ http://www.it-foss.org International Open Source Network (IOSN) http://www.iosn.net/
-------------------------- Francisco "Francis" E. Sarmiento III, MD Project Officer International Open Source Network ASEAN+3 Sub-Regional Node University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center 3rd Floor I.T. Complex PGH Compound Taft Avenue, 1000 MANILA, Philippines Telefax no: +00 63 2 522 9231 Mobile: +63 915 8501111 Website: http://www.iosn.net Let's CONNECT, RECONNECT, and INTERCONNECT with FOSS! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
