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

‣ Climate Change and Environmental Responsibility ‣ Access to Quality Education and Knowledge ‣ Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Response ‣ Gender and Minority Empowerment Open Systems Solutions & UNESCO’s Challenge Areas

based on free & public domain tools, licences, information and methodologies based on free & public domain tools, licences, information and methodologies enable opportunity - join skills, experience enable opportunity - join skills, experience are active nodes in lager global communities are active nodes in lager global communities create 'space' for exchange, collaboration, sustainability create 'space' for exchange, collaboration, sustainability allow for accountability, transparency and participation allow for accountability, transparency and participation Open Source Models...

open input by all stakeholders and affected citizens, including outsiders with innovative ideas open input by all stakeholders and affected citizens, including outsiders with innovative ideas participatory governance and decision-making for the final outcome 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 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 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:

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

Open Source tools, platforms mitigating Climate Change, empowering citizens fostering communication - building knowledge commons

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

innovative cross-disciplinarity DIY... DIWO (do it with others) meta-recycling... up-cycling AT - Appropriate Technologies

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 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 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 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

Essential Recommendations 1. Access to Open Access - public use and lowering barriers to access to technology. Develop Open Systems criteria and vocabulary 2. Develop 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. Education of the Educators 4. Education of the Educators - incl. media literacy in children's elementary education into and through Open Systems. - incl. media literacy in children's elementary education into and through Open Systems. 5. Support small scale, independent or user defined ‘Open’ incubators 5. 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 processes 6. Link economic advantages Open Systems to procurement processes - to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologies - to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologies 7. Foster creation of Open Knowledge Commons 7. Foster creation of Open Knowledge Commons - to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologies - to include FOSS, Open Data, Open Hardware & related processes, methodologies