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Asia-Africa Conference on Open Source - AAOS
The Asia-African Collaboration within the Asia-Africa Conference on Open Source - AAOS
(Jakarta, November 18-19, 2008)
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FULLY SUPPORTS the Asia-Africa Conference on Open Source - AAOS -, and COMMITS itself
to promoting digital inclusion, disseminating free and open source software and developing egovernment programs and solutions aimed at empowering citizens,
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ENDORSES the commitment to build a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented
Information Society, as enshrined in the Geneva and Tunis phases of the World Summit on the
Information Society,
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RECALLS paragraph 29 of the Tunis Commitment, which recognized the need to encourage and
foster collaborative development, interoperable platforms and free and open-source software.
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RECOGNIZES that free and open source software is a fair and viable alternative for eliminating the
digital divide as well as a valuable tool for enabling cooperation among Asia African countries and
for encouraging local and independent technological development,
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ACKNOWLEDGES that e-government programs and solutions can play a fundamental role in
promoting social inclusion, empowering citizens, ensuring the universal delivery of public services
and contributing for the technological development of Asia African countries in an autonomous
manner.
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RECOGNIZES the increasing tendency, driven largely by multinational private interests, to
legitimize a narrative of ownership of ideas in software in the form of patent rights, that runs
counter to the aims of social inclusion and collaborative development of free software, and
COMMITS to taking action to defend these aims.
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ENCOURAGES Asia African countries to share experiences, knowledge and technology in the field
of ICTs under innovative models of cooperation,
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RECOGNIZES the need for a continued dialogue among all stakeholders on the development, use
and dissemination of open standards and free and open source software, particularly in the context
of e-government, and, for that reason, DECLARES their strong willingness:
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To enhance the Asia-African COLLBORATION through the promotion of a network
of dialogue, cooperation and interaction among government, research/ educational
institutions, business and civil society representatives from Asia African countries.
To further explore possibilities to enforce exchanging and sharing experiences in egovernment
with a view to identifying low-cost solutions and tools for promoting
digital inclusion, empowering citizens, enhancing the universal delivery of public
services and strengthening transparency and efficiency in the public sector.
To further explore possibilities of coordinating standardisation efforts which are
relevant for e-government and Open Source Software development. |
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CONGRATULATES all those involved in the organization of AAOS, in particular The State
Ministry of Research & Technology Republic Indonesia, and INVITES all interested stakeholders to
engage in this joint effort.
(Based on the "International Congress on Society and Electronic Government" CONSEGI
Declaration.)
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