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Submitted by nne75 on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 17:36.

The priority projects of FOSSFA are in:
A. Policy.

  1. Regional and Sub-regional FOSS studies
  2. Sub-regional and National FOSS Policies
  3. National FOSS bureaus
  4. FOSS Policy advocacy
  5. Consultancies
  6. FOSS Solutions for administration, governance and citizen management
  7. Training for government IT managers
  8. Migration from proprietary to open standards

 
B. Education.

  1. FOSS Clubs in secondary schools
  2. Teacher training in FOSS
  3. Training in programming languages
  4. Organization of educational events
  5. Capacity building – for VC, University presidents
  6. Emphasis on developers and software
  7. Content development
  8. Network developers
  9. Policies for higher institution
  10. FOSS Policy Manual for Vice Chancellors
  11. Championships, awards and prizes

 
C. Certification

  1. An African Certification policy
  2. Subsidization of certification
  3. Support to training centers
  4. Partnerships with international certifying bodies
  5. Certification training
  6. Harmonization of FOSS and IT certifications in Africa
  7. Support to certification candidates
  8. FOSS curriculum that any body in Africa can use for Certification

 
D. Business

  1. Strengthening the African FOSS Business Club
  2. Networking African businesses with international partners
  3. Support to the development of innovative business solutions
  4. FOSS business round tables
  5. Business-academia networking
  6. Business to business networking
  7. Business to government networking
  8. FOSS Businesses Directory

 
E. Software Development

  1. Support to developers
  2. Open Source Solutions for Millennium Development Goals
  3. Developer clubs, rounds and source camps
  4. Awards and motivational prizes
  5. Research into innovative FOSS solutions
  6. International and continental Exchange programs for African Developers
  7. Developer mentor programs

 
F. Networking

  1. Promoting African FOSS expertise
  2. Showcasing African FOSS experiences at international instances
  3. Liaison with with the global open source community
  4. Internationalization of the African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons – Idlelo
  5. Support to National, and sub regional FOSS Associations, Linux User Groups and clubs
  6. Consolidating the internal structures of the Foundation itself: membership, council, executive, secretariat and project management
  7. Extended donor base

 
G. Training, capacity building and resource centers
 

  1. Government open source resource centers
  2. Source camps
  3. Sustained training for professional groups
  4. Roadshows
  5. Support to training and certification centers
  6. Widening and strengthening of Office training
  7. Establishment and support to Regional Open Source Training and Resource centers.