Open Systems Solutions. Now.UNESCO WSIS+10 Review Paris February 26, 2013

“I WANT AN ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF

KNOWLEDGE”Malala Yousafzai, Swat District, Pakistan

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Stephen Kovats, r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation Berlin

‣ Climate Change and Environmental Responsibility‣ Access to Quality Education and Knowledge‣ Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Response‣ Gender and Minority Empowerment

Open Systems Solutions & the UN’s Key Challenge Areas:

http://www.cablemap.info/

• based on free & public domain tools, licences, information and methodologies

• enable opportunity - joining skills & experience

• are active nodes in lager global communities

• create 'space' for exchange, collaboration, sustainability

• allow for accountability, transparency and participation

Open Source Models ...

• open input by all stakeholders and affected citizens, including outsiders with innovative ideas

• participatory governance and decision-making for the final outcome

• accumulated knowledge to be put in a knowledge commons for future use and remixing in other projects

Open Source to Open Systems Models, in terms of methodology, depend on or require ...

(in this case: based on the P2P Foundation’s requirements for open urbanism)

• Open Source Software (FOSS)

• Open Hardware / Appropriate Technology

• Open Data / Open Government

• Open Platforms / Crowdsourcing

• Open Access / creative commons (CC)

• Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Data Mobility / Device Journalism

• Open Innovation / Design / Urbanism

• iHubs, Fablabs & 'maker' spaces

Open Systems incorporate and collate different types of basic ‘open’ elements including, among others:

• comprehensive• cross-disciplinary• range of ‘open’ forms• aka Open Development • tools + methodologies• materials + techniques

Open Systems Solutions ...

Open Source tools, platformsmitigating Climate Change, empowering citizensfostering communication - building knowledge commons

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Crowdsourcing

• help empowers civil society - gives voices to the unheard• enables interaction between authorities & citizens • rapid, adaptable, visual

http://ushahidi.com/ http://sahanafoundation.org/

innovative cross-disciplinarity DIY... DIWO (do it with others)

meta-recycling ... up-cyclingAT - Appropriate Technologies

http://www.natural-fiber.com http://stgomakerspace.com/

http://metarede.org/http://www.metareciclagem.org/ http://hexayurt.com/

build & create local economies

http://opensourceecology.org/

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Support active engagement in problem solving

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Open Sourcing South Sudan• global Open Source movements as generators of knowledge, capacity building and citizen empowerment for the democratic and civic development of society• using Open Data as gateways to better education and knowledge, fostering dialogue between numerous communities across society• applying Open ICT as tools of social interaction and community development - using the key principles of openness and inclusiveness, user-based design, building on experience, scalability, and sustainability

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Essential UNESCO Open Systems Recommendations

1. Enable Access

- public use and lowering barriers of access to technology.

2. Develop Open Systems criteria and vocabulary

- better understanding & rapid implementation of comprehensive solutions.

3. Recognize Open Systems as long-term sustainability priorities

- in the context of addressing UN's four key challenge areas.

4. Education of the Educators - about and via OER

- including media literacy in elementary education into and through Open Systems.

5. Support small scale, independent or user defined ‘Open’ incubators

- highlighting the interconnectivity, create comprehensive Open Systems Solutions.

6. Foster creation of Open Knowledge Commons

- including FOSS, OER, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologies

Open Systems Solutions. Now.UNESCO WSIS+10 Review Paris February 26, 2013

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Stephen Kovats

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