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

““I WANT AN ACCESS I WANT AN ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF TO THE WORLD OF

KNOWLEDGE”KNOWLEDGE”Malala Yousafzai, Swat District, Pakistan

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

Open Systems Solutions & UNESCO’s Challenge Open Systems Solutions & UNESCO’s Challenge AreasAreas

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

•enable opportunity - join skills, experienceenable opportunity - join skills, experience

•are active nodes in lager global communitiesare active nodes in lager global communities

•create 'space' for exchange, collaboration, create 'space' for exchange, collaboration, sustainabilitysustainability

•allow for accountability, transparency and allow for accountability, transparency and participationparticipation

Open Source Models ... Open Source Models ...

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

•participatory governance and decision-participatory governance and decision-making for the final outcomemaking for the final outcome

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

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

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

• Open Source Software

• Open Hardware

• Open Data / Open Government

• Crowdsourcing

• Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Data Mobility / Device Journalism

• Open Innovation / Design / Urbanism

• iHubs, Fablabs & 'maker' spaces

Open Systems incorporate, for example:Open Systems incorporate, for example:

• comprehensive

• cross-disciplinary

• range of ‘open’ forms

• aka Open Development

• tools + methodologies

• materials + techniques

Open Systems SolutionsOpen Systems Solutions

Open Source tools, platformsOpen Source tools, platformsmitigating Climate Change, empowering citizensmitigating Climate Change, empowering citizensfostering communication - building knowledge fostering communication - building knowledge commonscommons

CrowdsourcingCrowdsourcing

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

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

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

Open Sourcing South SudanOpen Sourcing South Sudan

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

Essential RecommendationsEssential Recommendations1. Access to Open Access

- public use and lowering barriers to access to technology.

2. Develop Open Systems criteria and vocabularyDevelop Open Systems criteria and vocabulary

- better understanding & rapid implementation of comprehensive solutions.- better understanding & rapid implementation of comprehensive solutions.

3. Recognize Open Systems as long-term sustainability priorities 3. Recognize Open Systems as long-term sustainability priorities

- context of addressing UNESCO's four key challenge areas.- context of addressing UNESCO's four key challenge areas.

4. 4. Education of the EducatorsEducation of the Educators

- - incl. media literacy in children's elementary education into and through Open incl. media literacy in children's elementary education into and through Open Systems.Systems.

5. Support small scale, independent or user defined ‘Open’ incubators5. Support small scale, independent or user defined ‘Open’ incubators

- highlighting the interconnectivity, create comprehensive Open Systems Solutions.- highlighting the interconnectivity, create comprehensive Open Systems Solutions.

6. Link economic advantages Open Systems to procurement processes6. Link economic advantages Open Systems to procurement processes

- to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, - to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologiesmethodologies

7. Foster creation of Open Knowledge Commons7. Foster creation of Open Knowledge Commons

- to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, - to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologiesmethodologies