[Indonesia] CALL FOR APPLICATION: Training of Trainers FOSS GIS with Sahana - Indonesia

Mon Feb 25 12:38:49 EST 2008

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/

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 Francisco "Francis"  E. Sarmiento III, MD
 Project Officer
 International Open Source Network ASEAN+3

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