Organization ofCC jurisdictional projects:

Overview, comparisons,challenges, etc.

Commons Crossroads: Defining the roadmap for CC in Asia & the Pacific2009-02-04&05

Manila, Philippines

Tyng-Ruey Chuang

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Purpose of Session

• To reflect on the state of CC jurisdictionprojects in Asia and the Pacific

• To learn from one another, so as to betterface common challenges

• To make recommendations to CC HQ onthe direction of the collaboration andpartnership

• An overview of your jurisdiction project– Structure, human resource, funding, etc.

• Focuses of your jurisdiction project– Such as license porting, outreach,

communicating best practices, advocatingchanges to social/legal norms, etc.

• Issues and challenges– What issues have you been facing? What

challenges do you foresee?• What do you see in 3 years about your

jurisdiction project?

A Small Exercise:Using CC Taiwan as an Example

• CC Taiwan has been hosted in the Institute ofInformation Science, Academia Sinica.– Supports from Academia Sinica: Space, funding,

and legality (e.g., MOU & grants) .– New host: Research Center for Information

Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica.

• Focuses of CC Taiwan: License porting,outreach, best practices (especially forgovernment agency and program).

• Issues: “Social services” in a researchinstitute; limited on progressive actions;project organization itself.