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  • From: Tobias Schonwetter <tobias AT creativecommons.org>
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  • Subject: [ccAfrica] Fwd: [OER] Call to host the 7th International Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons - IDLELO 7
  • Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 12:20:59 +0200

I thought this might be of interest to some on this list.

Best,

Tobias


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From: Fred Yeboah <fredyeboah AT gmail.com>
Subject: [OER] Call to host the 7th International Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons - IDLELO 7
Date: 30 April 2014 at 18:57:07 PM SAST
Reply-To: fredyeboah AT gmail.com, Open Educational Resources - an online discussion forum <oer-forum AT lists.esn.org.za>


Hosting Idlelo 7

Bids to host the 7th African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons is now open.

What is Idlelo?

IDLELO is a Southern Africa word meaning "Common Grazing Ground". Idlelo captures the essence of FOSSFA's existence as well as the fundamental objective of the conference. The Conference is a forum for inclusive deliberations, assessments, strategies, and implementation of ICT policy, innovation, and trends. Idlelo, over the past six editions, has proved its necessity and has established beyond doubts that it is the one African event for FOSS practitioners, developers and advocates as well as governments to showcase results, share experiences, exchange challenges, review progress on the continent in diverse domains and chart a way forward for the following years.

The primary goal of IDLELO7 is to increase the awareness, integration and adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) in Africa.

Who can submit a proposal? What are the criteria?

Be a FOSSFA member; Be sure of government buy in; Have a National network of FOSS actors; Propose a host Institution; Be sure of at least 3 national partners and Capacity to organise a high-level IT conference.


How do I submit a bid?

  1. Please go to the FOSSFA website and complete the Statement of Interest form and submit  http://demo.fossfa.net/?q=hosting_Idlelo7

  2. Submit your detailed proposal to the following email addresse: executive AT fossfa.net, secretariat AT fossfa.net


When will I know the result?


The host for Idlelo 7 will be announced by the end of July, 2014.

Previous host Country of Idlelo

Idlelo has been held in: Southern Africa (South Africa)-2004, Eastern Africa (Kenya)-2006, Francophone West Africa (Senegal)-2008, Anglophone West Africa (Ghana)-2010, Anglophone West Africa (Nigeria)-2012 and Eastern Africa (Kenya)-2014.

All countries have equal chances to bid. For regions or countries where Idlelo has not be held before, bidders may add that information in their proposal.

When exactly is Idlelo 7?

Idlelo 7 will most preferably be in the first quarter of 2016.


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