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ANNUAL REPORT April 2007 March 2008 ANNUAL REPORT April 2007- March 2008 List of Board Members Chairman Dr K.R. Srivathsan , Director, IIITM-K Park Centre, Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 581 Kerala, India. Vice Chairman Mr. Anwar Sadath, Executive Director, IT@School SCERT Building, Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram-12 Kerala. India. Executive Secretary Mr. Satish Babu InApp Information Technologies India (P) Ltd 121 Nila, Technopark Thiruvananthapuram 695 581 Treasurer Dr V Sasikumar, FSF India 32, NCC Nagar Peroorkada.P.O Thiruvananthapuram 695005 Members Mr. P M Sasi, IEEE Kerala Section Centre for Development of Advanced Computing P.B.NO:6520, Vellayambalam Thiruvananthapuram 695033 Mr. Amarnath Raja, Computer Society of India InApp Information Technologies India (P) Ltd 121 Nila, Technopark Thiruvananthapuram 695 581 Dr Venkatesh Choppella, IIITM-K Park Center, Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 581 Kerala, India. Ms. Asha Varma, NIC Principal Systems Analyst National Informatics Centre Kerala State Unit Ms. Bindu Sajan, Journalist 554, Haritham Darshan Nagar, Peroorkkada Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Coordinator Mr. M. Arun C-11, Elankom Gardens Vellayambalam Thiruvananthapuram- 695 010 Acronyms ACCORD Action for Community Organisation, Rehabilitation and Development AIR All India Radio CSO Civil Society Organisation FOSS Free and Open Source Software GNU GNU is Not Unix ICFOSS International Centre for Free and Open Source Software ICT Information Communication Technology IEDC Integrated Education for Disabled Children IIM Indian Institute of Management IIITM-K Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management in Kerala IT Information Technology KSITM Kerala State IT Mission KSMTF Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation LSG Local Self Government NGO Non Government Organisation OER Open Education Resource OS Operating System SIEP State Institute of Encyclopaedia Publications SPACE Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment UNDP United Nations Development Programme SPACE for Freedom in Computing Free as in freedom Advocacy by Free Software Movement and SPACE has created a high level of awareness of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) among policy makers in Kerala. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy adopted in January 2007, commits the government to mandate free software in all the ICT initiatives of the state. Advocacy efforts by SPACE during the year led the government to develop strategic action plans for the development and promotion of FOSS in Kerala. International Conference on FOSS policy SPACE made a proposal to the Government of Kerala for organising an international conference on FOSS policy. The government is keen on organising the event, given its support for FOSS and the huge success of the international FOSS conference held in the state two years ago. The conference titled Free Software, Free Society: Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture is scheduled to be held in Thiruvananthapuram in December 2008. International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) SPACE advocated for setting up a FOSS development centre in Kerala to facilitate the development and deployment of free and open source technology for the country. The government has assigned IIM Bangalore to develop a mission plan for the centre which is expected to be set up in Thiruvananthapuram. FOSS and Open Education Resources SPACE advocated to the Department of Technical Education on the use of Open Education Resources (OER) and FOSS in education. The Department has agreed to include OER in the revised polytechnic curriculum. The state government is also expected to ask all engineering colleges and polytechnics in the state to adopt Koha (a free software) for their library management. SPACE organised a meeting of the Education Minister Mr. M.A Baby, Dr. Ajaykumar IAS, IT Secretary and Mr. M S Vijaya Kumar, Advisor to National Knowledge Commission in January 2008 to highlight the benefits of OER in higher education. The Minister agreed to consider the inclusion of OER in the upcoming Open Education University. Advocacy among civil society and NGOs SPACE considers civil society, the key partner in catalysing the development of a free and democratic society. Sensitising civil society organisations (CSO) on the potential of FOSS and new media and enhancing their capability in applying them was a major activity undertaken by SPACE during the year. ACCORD, Gudalur emerged as a model for hand holding CSOs. SPACE started building relations with 10 CSOs including village libraries. Organisations networked by SPACE ● Tirurangadi Young Men©s Library, Malappuram ● EMS Library, Ernakulam ● Prathyasa Foundation, Ernakulam ● Win Society, Ernakulam ● Rajagiri Outreach Society, Ernakulam ● Open Frame, Kannur ● Kochi Film Society, Ernakulam ● MythriVanitha Sangam, Thiruvananthapuram ● Sakhi, Thiruvananthapuram ● Anveshi, Kozhikode ● ACCORD, Gudallur The ACCORD experience ACCORD (Action for Community Organisation, Rehabilitation and Development) is an organisation established in 1985 in Gudalur to champion the rights of Adivasis. SPACE established relationship with ACCORD in July 2007. Following hand holding intervention by SPACE, ACCORD shifted completely to free software in December 2007. ACCORD now makes use of Ubuntu operating system and relies on open office for office applications. It maintains a dual boot system as most of its accounting data is entered on Linux non-compatible software. The team has started using php (computing language for free software) and built some basic applications on their own. According to the news letter of Just Change India, a sister organisation, ACCORD believes that free software fits philosophically with its ªgoals of justice, equity, sharing and community owned marketsº. ACCORD was able to understand the political vision behind free software movement and identify itself with the larger political goals shared by both. This understanding urged them to adopt free software for their operations, despite the painstaking efforts involved. The leadership of young men and women at ACCORD also speeded up the makeover. The philosophy of free software was not confined to the four walls of ACCORD, but was taken to the community. Thus work with ACCORD had a ripple effect, in mobilising opinion on FOSS and leading to the formation of a FOSS community in Gudalur. ªJust Change Indiaº a global trade movement to link communities directly, started a blog using free software tools. It gave coverage to the shift to free software in its online newsletter describing it ª our desire to use common property resources in the technology spaceº. Excerpt from Just Change news letter SPACE for My Voice Towards a Democratic Public Media Space The Internet has pushed the boundaries of traditional media and revolutionised the ways in which information is shared and accessed. It has democratised media, giving room for the powerless to speak, to be heard and to connect to others. It has done away with gatekeepers and established biases. Media, clearly, is no longer the prerogative of a few. Web4all- Your place in cyberspace Despite the permeating e-conciousness in the state, the skills and resources to ride the new media wave are in short supply in Kerala. The Web4all project, envisions a role for every one on the web by equipping them with the skills and resources to do so. Under the programme, SPACE organised workshops for individuals and CSOs and introduced them to the concepts and tools of new media. The participants gained experience in setting up websites using free software tools and content management systems. A server provided by SPACE hosts the websites free of cost. 4 workshops on ICT and new media. Average 12 new articles in all the websites every week. 20 men and 28 women including students and Akshaya entrepreneurs trained. 21 websites set up by schools, Akshaya centres, CSOs and local communities IT entrepreneur attracts samoosa business Abdul Salaam is an Akshaya entrepreneur trained by SPACE. During the training, he put up a website that read: ªMy name is Abdul Salam. My centre is located at Vattaloor Mekkulamba, near Samoosa Padi. Do you know Samoosa? It is very tasty and healthy. It is exported all over Malappuram District. There are many samoosa factories at Samoosa Padi.º A few days later, to his great astonishment, Salaam received a business proposition from Bangalore to market samosas there. Of course, Salaam, who had never traded in samosas, declined the offer. But the incident gave him and many other entrepreneurs like him, an insight into the diverse opportunities presented by the web. SPACE for My Voice Towards a Democratic Public Media Space Ente Gramam Ente Gramam. My village. The assertion of a community©s identity in a global village. Eight Gram Panchayats and one Municipality of Kannur District have carved a distinct identity for themselves on the web through their portal. Now it ranks the largest local language portal in India. The web portal of Kannur The concept of a village portal for Kannur was mooted by Akshaya and UNESCO while an ethnographic action research was underway in Kannur to assess the information needs of the community. SPACE, invited as a technical partner, conceptualised and gave shape to the portal in October 2007. A team of editors and community facilitators were trained by SPACE to undertake the tasks involved in portal management. Out of the 13 members trained, only two were men. Ente Gramam is slowly emerging from the shadows of the research programme
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