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Training Title
SADC-Wide
Workshop: Building Awareness of and Supposrt for Use of Free and Open
Source Softaware Solutions (FOSS) in Women's Organisations
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Training Dates
September 6-10, 2004
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Training Venue
Johannesburg, South Africa
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1. Raise awareness of
open source tools at a variety of levels:
policy, management, technical staff and end-users. Users and decision-makers of women's NGOs 1. Discuss the challenges facing women's organisations in adapting FOSS 1. Conduct group discussion. 1. Response & Feedback 9 2. Provide easy access to open source tools. 2. Develop case study/strategy for effective migration to FOSS 2. Provide good case study, a guide or template for developing a migration strategy, and a schedule of expected daily outputs. Throughout the training days, the participants will develop the strategy document based on a daily schedule of tasks or output. The trainers will serve as consultants for the participants, who are expected to work on the document after lab/classroom session ends in the afternoon. Disseminate some tools to participants; Also link and establish relationships between participants - technies and users - with a view to a longer term collabortion and narrowing the gulf between techies and users 10 3. Develop skills among end-users, technical staff and potential open source developers. 3. An overview of OpenOffice.org, Impress and browser software (Mozilla, Firebird, etc), -desktop as well as server side. 3. ??? 3. Output: Each participant is expected to have more awareness of the some FOSS desktop solutions that their organisations could consider. Part of handouts are CDs with FOSS software 11 4. Ensure the ongoing development of support and training materials. 4. Catalyse relationships between participants in track 1 (techies) and track 2 (users) 4.As part of developing technology plan, Track 2 participants are to consult with Track 1 participants on potential FSS solutions to their needs 4. Gradual building of relationships between women users and techie support. Consultation reflected in the technical details of the participants' draft technology plans 12 5. Develop capacity for planning and decision-making around implementing open source solutions, including an awareness of factors such as total cost of ownership. 5. Use a technology planning exercises and roughly follow process that can guide participants through the process and discussion. Hands-on technology planning interspersed with inputs on FOSS philosophy, IPR issues, gender and ICT issues, and a special focus also on information management and CMSes. 5. Small group discussions, exercises Response and Feedback. 13 Track 1 and 2 - cross tracking 6. Introduction to Server Applications - Mail, Web and List Manager 6. Discuss and demonstrate. 14 Track 1 & 2 - cross tracking 7. Exploring open Source database and online publishing tools 7. Discuss and demonstrate. 15 8. Making a Case: Participants to present their migration strategy 16 Build a team of women trainers and ICT support providers that can provide women00 organizations with onsite and online technical and decision support in the area of FOSS. Track 1 only Track 1 participants Technical/hands-on training, LINUX installations, OpenOffice.org etc 17 Set up an open source training facility at Women'sNet Track 1 participants - as part of their training - will be installing dual boot system and getting training facility operational as part of their training. Operational training facility with dual boot installation. 18 Support content sharing/pooling among Southern African women's organizations using open source tools by
o Establishing an APC ActionApps server for the region at Women'sNet
o Providing training for women's organizations in the region in using APC ActionApps to build online content
o Creating templates for easy-to-use automated web sites for women's organizations
o Strengthening women's networking and information sharing on specific content areas, including women's and participatory budgets, through strategic use of open source and APC ActionApps
Raise awareness of information management within CSOs, databases, content development, content sharing. 1 day review of CMSes, RSS feeds, and ActionApps. Demonstrate ICT policy portals and the WLR initiative sites. Provide hands-on training on ActionApps, using templates develop for the trainees. PROBLEM: How do we get access to a training facility when the women'snet one is in use by Track 1 participants. Response and feedback 19 Support the migration of these organizations to an open source software environment Track 2 participants to develop a technology plan that incorporates a migration strategy. 20 Empower women00 organizations to make informed decisions about strategic ICT use, in particular about the use of open source tools Technology planning template and exercises spread over the week of the workshop. Presentation of technology plan on final day. 21 Establish and support a community of practice for trainers and ICT support providers that work with civil society organizations, particularly women00 organizations, in the use, training and support of FOSS tools. This community of practice will be a platform or knowledge and experience sharing. Maximise interaction between Track 1 and Track 2 participants; Also Women'sNet (post workshop) to facilitate networking between technical support providers and women's organisations in the region. Track 1 participants to serve as consultants to Track 2 participants. 22 Build awareness of open source tools among Southern African women's organizations Review of FOSS issues - philosophy, politics, IPR issues, arguments for and against FOSS; as well as tools Symposium on Day 1 Response and Feedback. Schedule A B C 1 Training Title SADC-Wide Workshop: Building Awareness of and Support for Use of FOSS in Women's Organisations 2 Training Dates September 6-10, 2004 3 Training Venue Women'sNet, Johannesburg, South Africa 4 5 Day Track 1 Track 2 6 Day 1 - Morning 7 9:00 - 9:30 Opening / Welcome 8 9:30 - 10:30 ROUNDTABLE: FOSS and the Challenges for Women's Organisations/IPR and Open Content 9 10:30-11:00 TEA 10 11:00 - 11:45 ROUNDTABLE: Gender and ICT issues - Overview of 10 critical issues 11 11:45 - 12:30 Reflections on and discussion of issues (in small groups follwed by plenarry reportback) 12 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 13 Day 1 - Afternoon 14 14:00 - 15:00 Introductions and Workshop Methodology 15 15:00 - 15:30 Introduction and Overview of Technology Planning 16 15:30 - 16:00 TEA 17 16:00 - 16:30 Introduction to Group Projects 18 Participants organise themselves into groups 19 Day 2 - Morning 20 9:00-10:30 Track Introdcution and Getting to know each other 5-b Technology Planning Exercise 1: Assessing the Organisation's technology resources 21 10:30-11:00 TEA 22 11:00 - 12:30 Story-telling Session: Experiences in FOSS Technology Planning Exercise (Cont) - Group Work 23 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 24 Day 2 - Afternoon 25 14:00 - 15:30 GNU/Linux a. Technology Planning Ex ercise 2 : Stategic analysis of use of information within organisation - what information is generated in the organisation, what generates it? what format is it in? What would be most strategic way of using information? What dissemiunation strategy most appropriate? what technology/software would you need? 26 a. Basics of PC b. Group work on strategic information management & report back 27 b. Setting up a dual-boot system c. PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION: Introduction to information management, & content management systems 28 15:30 - 16:00 TEA 29 c. Linux Client Installation and Configuration 30 17h00 Sharing Session : Group project work 31 Day 3 - Morning 32 9:00 - 10:30 INTRODUCTION/DEMONSTRATION : Open Office 33 10:30 - 11:00 TEA 34 11:00 - 12:30 INTRODUCTION/DEMONSTRATION: APC ActionApps 35 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 36 Day 3 - Afternoon 37 14:00 - 15:30 a. Local Area Networking : Concepts and Priinciples Technology Planning Small Group Exercise 3: Drafting technology vision statement, in accordance with your organisation' s strategic plan 38 15:30 - 16:00 TEA 39 16:00 - 17:30 b. Local Area Networking : Setting up the Physical Network - Cabling INTRODUCTION/DEMONSTRATION: GEM Tool + Case Studies 40 Day 4 - Morning 41 9:00 - 10:30 Linux desktop Technology Planning Exercise 4: Defining technology needs and priorities 42 a. Open Office 43 b. Printing & File Sharing 44 c. Connecting to the Internet 45 10:30 - 11:00 TEA 46 Switching: Windows - Linux PRESENTATION: How to plan and mobilise resources to build your ICT capacity 47 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 48 Day 4 - Afternoon 49 14:00 - 16:00 Tools Sharing Session: Technology Bazaar 50 16:00 - 18H00 WORKING TEA : Group project planning 51 Day 5 - Morning 52 9:00 - 10h30 Good Practice APC ActionApps - Hands on 53 a. Security 54 b. Terms of Use 55 c. Housekeeping 56 d. Resource and Networking 57 10:30 - 11:00 TEA 58 11:00 - 12:30 Good Practice (cont.) APC ActionApps - Hands on (cont.) 59 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 60 Day 5 - Afternoon 61 14:00 - 16:00 Presentations : Group projects on developing a Technology Plan for a women's NGO 62 16:00 - 16:30 TEA 63 16:30 - 18:00 Evaluation Session Name A B C D 1 Session Plan 2 Track: 1 3 Session Title: Track Introduction 4 Trainer: 5 Session Outcomes: 6 1. Level-off on the Who-Where-When-How of Track-1. 7 2. Initiating a learning environment among track-members where sharing and cooperation are encouraged. 8 3. Create understanding of the expected project outputs of the training. 9 10 Venue Set up: 11 Resources: 12 Time/Runtime: 13 14 Part 1 15 Time Activity Details Materials Follow up Comments 16 20 minutes Track-1 Trainer Introduction: short profile of each t-1 trainer using visual aid or other creative means. digital+hardcopy collages of t-1 trainers profiles (prepared by respective t-1 trainer). size: appropriate for classroom viewing 17 10 minutes Ice Breaking: open forum to allow track-members to get to know individual trainers better through casual question+answer interactivity. trainers profiles pinned on the classroom wall. 18 10 minutes Location Mapping: getting track-members orientated in their new training location. 1) map of Joburg to identify location of the training site - 2) map of training site to identify locations of accommodation, classroom, canteen and other local facilities. 19 10 minutes Q&A on Location: open forum to allow track-members to clarify issues on access of location and available facilities on location. 1) map of Joburg to identify location of the training site - 2) map of training site to identify locations of accommodation, classroom, canteen and other local facilities. 20 10 minutes each participant Participants' Introduction: short profile of each t-1 trainer using visual aid or other creative means. Give assignment to track-members prior to training to create their individual profile using visual aids or other creative means. 21 22 Part 2 23 Time Activity Details Materials Follow up Comments 24 20 minutes Overview of Track-1: share with track-members t-1 training objective, methodology and schedules. powerpoint presentation of t-1 training flow. 25 10 minutes Q&A: open forum to allow track-members to clarify issues on t-1 objective, subjects and schedules. powerpoint presentation of t-1 training flow. 26 10 minutes Ground Rules: share with track-members the workshop's dos and donts. powerpoint presentation of workshop's ground rules. 27 10 minutes Q&A: open forum to allow track-members to ask questions about the workshop's ground rules. powerpoint presentation of workshop's ground rules. 28 10 minutes Session Wrap Up: What they learned from the session track-members are required to keep a diary (by using the writing pad or logbook available in the kit).
policy, management, technical staff and end-users. Users and decision-makers of women's NGOs 1. Discuss the challenges facing women's organisations in adapting FOSS 1. Conduct group discussion. 1. Response & Feedback 9 2. Provide easy access to open source tools. 2. Develop case study/strategy for effective migration to FOSS 2. Provide good case study, a guide or template for developing a migration strategy, and a schedule of expected daily outputs. Throughout the training days, the participants will develop the strategy document based on a daily schedule of tasks or output. The trainers will serve as consultants for the participants, who are expected to work on the document after lab/classroom session ends in the afternoon. Disseminate some tools to participants; Also link and establish relationships between participants - technies and users - with a view to a longer term collabortion and narrowing the gulf between techies and users 10 3. Develop skills among end-users, technical staff and potential open source developers. 3. An overview of OpenOffice.org, Impress and browser software (Mozilla, Firebird, etc), -desktop as well as server side. 3. ??? 3. Output: Each participant is expected to have more awareness of the some FOSS desktop solutions that their organisations could consider. Part of handouts are CDs with FOSS software 11 4. Ensure the ongoing development of support and training materials. 4. Catalyse relationships between participants in track 1 (techies) and track 2 (users) 4.As part of developing technology plan, Track 2 participants are to consult with Track 1 participants on potential FSS solutions to their needs 4. Gradual building of relationships between women users and techie support. Consultation reflected in the technical details of the participants' draft technology plans 12 5. Develop capacity for planning and decision-making around implementing open source solutions, including an awareness of factors such as total cost of ownership. 5. Use a technology planning exercises and roughly follow process that can guide participants through the process and discussion. Hands-on technology planning interspersed with inputs on FOSS philosophy, IPR issues, gender and ICT issues, and a special focus also on information management and CMSes. 5. Small group discussions, exercises Response and Feedback. 13 Track 1 and 2 - cross tracking 6. Introduction to Server Applications - Mail, Web and List Manager 6. Discuss and demonstrate. 14 Track 1 & 2 - cross tracking 7. Exploring open Source database and online publishing tools 7. Discuss and demonstrate. 15 8. Making a Case: Participants to present their migration strategy 16 Build a team of women trainers and ICT support providers that can provide women00 organizations with onsite and online technical and decision support in the area of FOSS. Track 1 only Track 1 participants Technical/hands-on training, LINUX installations, OpenOffice.org etc 17 Set up an open source training facility at Women'sNet Track 1 participants - as part of their training - will be installing dual boot system and getting training facility operational as part of their training. Operational training facility with dual boot installation. 18 Support content sharing/pooling among Southern African women's organizations using open source tools by
o Establishing an APC ActionApps server for the region at Women'sNet
o Providing training for women's organizations in the region in using APC ActionApps to build online content
o Creating templates for easy-to-use automated web sites for women's organizations
o Strengthening women's networking and information sharing on specific content areas, including women's and participatory budgets, through strategic use of open source and APC ActionApps
Raise awareness of information management within CSOs, databases, content development, content sharing. 1 day review of CMSes, RSS feeds, and ActionApps. Demonstrate ICT policy portals and the WLR initiative sites. Provide hands-on training on ActionApps, using templates develop for the trainees. PROBLEM: How do we get access to a training facility when the women'snet one is in use by Track 1 participants. Response and feedback 19 Support the migration of these organizations to an open source software environment Track 2 participants to develop a technology plan that incorporates a migration strategy. 20 Empower women00 organizations to make informed decisions about strategic ICT use, in particular about the use of open source tools Technology planning template and exercises spread over the week of the workshop. Presentation of technology plan on final day. 21 Establish and support a community of practice for trainers and ICT support providers that work with civil society organizations, particularly women00 organizations, in the use, training and support of FOSS tools. This community of practice will be a platform or knowledge and experience sharing. Maximise interaction between Track 1 and Track 2 participants; Also Women'sNet (post workshop) to facilitate networking between technical support providers and women's organisations in the region. Track 1 participants to serve as consultants to Track 2 participants. 22 Build awareness of open source tools among Southern African women's organizations Review of FOSS issues - philosophy, politics, IPR issues, arguments for and against FOSS; as well as tools Symposium on Day 1 Response and Feedback. Schedule A B C 1 Training Title SADC-Wide Workshop: Building Awareness of and Support for Use of FOSS in Women's Organisations 2 Training Dates September 6-10, 2004 3 Training Venue Women'sNet, Johannesburg, South Africa 4 5 Day Track 1 Track 2 6 Day 1 - Morning 7 9:00 - 9:30 Opening / Welcome 8 9:30 - 10:30 ROUNDTABLE: FOSS and the Challenges for Women's Organisations/IPR and Open Content 9 10:30-11:00 TEA 10 11:00 - 11:45 ROUNDTABLE: Gender and ICT issues - Overview of 10 critical issues 11 11:45 - 12:30 Reflections on and discussion of issues (in small groups follwed by plenarry reportback) 12 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 13 Day 1 - Afternoon 14 14:00 - 15:00 Introductions and Workshop Methodology 15 15:00 - 15:30 Introduction and Overview of Technology Planning 16 15:30 - 16:00 TEA 17 16:00 - 16:30 Introduction to Group Projects 18 Participants organise themselves into groups 19 Day 2 - Morning 20 9:00-10:30 Track Introdcution and Getting to know each other 5-b Technology Planning Exercise 1: Assessing the Organisation's technology resources 21 10:30-11:00 TEA 22 11:00 - 12:30 Story-telling Session: Experiences in FOSS Technology Planning Exercise (Cont) - Group Work 23 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 24 Day 2 - Afternoon 25 14:00 - 15:30 GNU/Linux a. Technology Planning Ex ercise 2 : Stategic analysis of use of information within organisation - what information is generated in the organisation, what generates it? what format is it in? What would be most strategic way of using information? What dissemiunation strategy most appropriate? what technology/software would you need? 26 a. Basics of PC b. Group work on strategic information management & report back 27 b. Setting up a dual-boot system c. PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION: Introduction to information management, & content management systems 28 15:30 - 16:00 TEA 29 c. Linux Client Installation and Configuration 30 17h00 Sharing Session : Group project work 31 Day 3 - Morning 32 9:00 - 10:30 INTRODUCTION/DEMONSTRATION : Open Office 33 10:30 - 11:00 TEA 34 11:00 - 12:30 INTRODUCTION/DEMONSTRATION: APC ActionApps 35 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 36 Day 3 - Afternoon 37 14:00 - 15:30 a. Local Area Networking : Concepts and Priinciples Technology Planning Small Group Exercise 3: Drafting technology vision statement, in accordance with your organisation' s strategic plan 38 15:30 - 16:00 TEA 39 16:00 - 17:30 b. Local Area Networking : Setting up the Physical Network - Cabling INTRODUCTION/DEMONSTRATION: GEM Tool + Case Studies 40 Day 4 - Morning 41 9:00 - 10:30 Linux desktop Technology Planning Exercise 4: Defining technology needs and priorities 42 a. Open Office 43 b. Printing & File Sharing 44 c. Connecting to the Internet 45 10:30 - 11:00 TEA 46 Switching: Windows - Linux PRESENTATION: How to plan and mobilise resources to build your ICT capacity 47 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 48 Day 4 - Afternoon 49 14:00 - 16:00 Tools Sharing Session: Technology Bazaar 50 16:00 - 18H00 WORKING TEA : Group project planning 51 Day 5 - Morning 52 9:00 - 10h30 Good Practice APC ActionApps - Hands on 53 a. Security 54 b. Terms of Use 55 c. Housekeeping 56 d. Resource and Networking 57 10:30 - 11:00 TEA 58 11:00 - 12:30 Good Practice (cont.) APC ActionApps - Hands on (cont.) 59 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 60 Day 5 - Afternoon 61 14:00 - 16:00 Presentations : Group projects on developing a Technology Plan for a women's NGO 62 16:00 - 16:30 TEA 63 16:30 - 18:00 Evaluation Session Name A B C D 1 Session Plan 2 Track: 1 3 Session Title: Track Introduction 4 Trainer: 5 Session Outcomes: 6 1. Level-off on the Who-Where-When-How of Track-1. 7 2. Initiating a learning environment among track-members where sharing and cooperation are encouraged. 8 3. Create understanding of the expected project outputs of the training. 9 10 Venue Set up: 11 Resources: 12 Time/Runtime: 13 14 Part 1 15 Time Activity Details Materials Follow up Comments 16 20 minutes Track-1 Trainer Introduction: short profile of each t-1 trainer using visual aid or other creative means. digital+hardcopy collages of t-1 trainers profiles (prepared by respective t-1 trainer). size: appropriate for classroom viewing 17 10 minutes Ice Breaking: open forum to allow track-members to get to know individual trainers better through casual question+answer interactivity. trainers profiles pinned on the classroom wall. 18 10 minutes Location Mapping: getting track-members orientated in their new training location. 1) map of Joburg to identify location of the training site - 2) map of training site to identify locations of accommodation, classroom, canteen and other local facilities. 19 10 minutes Q&A on Location: open forum to allow track-members to clarify issues on access of location and available facilities on location. 1) map of Joburg to identify location of the training site - 2) map of training site to identify locations of accommodation, classroom, canteen and other local facilities. 20 10 minutes each participant Participants' Introduction: short profile of each t-1 trainer using visual aid or other creative means. Give assignment to track-members prior to training to create their individual profile using visual aids or other creative means. 21 22 Part 2 23 Time Activity Details Materials Follow up Comments 24 20 minutes Overview of Track-1: share with track-members t-1 training objective, methodology and schedules. powerpoint presentation of t-1 training flow. 25 10 minutes Q&A: open forum to allow track-members to clarify issues on t-1 objective, subjects and schedules. powerpoint presentation of t-1 training flow. 26 10 minutes Ground Rules: share with track-members the workshop's dos and donts. powerpoint presentation of workshop's ground rules. 27 10 minutes Q&A: open forum to allow track-members to ask questions about the workshop's ground rules. powerpoint presentation of workshop's ground rules. 28 10 minutes Session Wrap Up: What they learned from the session track-members are required to keep a diary (by using the writing pad or logbook available in the kit).
