[governance] Upcoming Event on May 27-29, 2010: Public Sector Software Workshop in Kochi, Kerala

[Gabriela]

An international conference on 'Public Sector Software and FOSS in 
Education' is being organized by UNESCO/UN Solution Exchange ICTD unit 
and IT at 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. We will update the proceedings of the 
conference after the event's completion.

-- 
Gabriela Goulart Mora
Communication and Publications Officer
IT for Change
Tel: +91 80 26536890 or 26654134 ext. 54
Cel: +91 99611-752174
Add: #393, 17th Main, 35th Cross
Jayanagar 4th T Block
Bangalore 560041 India
www.itforchange.net




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