= Tanzania 2012 SFD = This team comprises of Tanzanian individual members of Free Software and Open Source Foundation For Africa (FOSSFA) http://fossfa.net/ and other FLOSS well wishers under coordination of FOSSFA Country Liaison Mr. Edgar Telesphory. Planning are underway for various voluntary activities including LPIC training, Visiting Colleges and Schools etc, prior to SFD celebration to be held in Dar Es Salaam "Bongo". The idea came as a result of exposures to the practical benefits of FLOSS and hence an aim to use the SFD for FLOSS advocacy. Many people in Tanzania still lacks awareness, including public and private , SMEs and NGOs etc. The government Institutions are still much interested in the proprietary software procurement, and hence huge budget on ICT. We are looking forward to provide valid arguments about FLOSS and possible feasible solutions that it offers to the communities, Government, Public and Private Institutions, with an aim to help the country take a look at utilizing FLOSS to solve our socio-economic challenges. All stake holders are invited to participate. '''Theme of this year celebration''' ''FLOSS as an alternative solution for Tanzania socio-economics challenges'' The event will comprises the following activities 1. Pre Event Schools / Colleges visits ( in Arusha, Dar Es Salaam , Iringa and Zanzibar) 1. LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute - Booty Camp ( in Arusha, Dar Es Salaam , Iringa and Zanzibar) 1. Keynote address 1. Paper presentation and discussions 1. FLOSS cultural events 1. Contests 1. Networking & Goodies (Gifts) 1. Series Of FLOSS Technical Training '''We have one major sponsor '''Zalongwa technologies http://www.zalongwa.com''', and we still invite more to help us push the agenda forward '''and much thanks to GIZ through ict@innovation project http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net who have provided quality training manuals for the Linux Professional Institute Certification level 1 (LPIC 1) training. More over ICT4TD http://www.ict4td.webs.com/ host FOSSFA Country Liaison Desk Services, Ruaha University College www.ruco.ac.tz (Iringa) , State University Of Zanzibar www.suza.ac.tz (Zanzibar), Arusha Technical College www.atc.ac.tz (Arusha) , National Institute Of Transport (NIT) http://www.nit.ac.tz (Dar Es Salaam) and College Of Business Education www.cbe.ac.tz (Dar Es Salaam) has offered venue for LPIC training.''''' Much thanks to Innovation Space '''''tanzict.or.tz , COSTECH www.costech.or.tz , Habari Node www.habari.co.tz and all who have supported us at the background. '''''More volunteers and sponsors are invited to support the pre-event activities and event celebration.''''' To Register for the SFD Conference kindly follow the link [[http://zalongwa.eventbrite.com/|http://zalongwa.eventbrite.com]] Short Term Targets * Capacity Building in various FLOSS technologies * Educating the public about software freedom and Free and Open Source Software * Networking and Exchanging Views / Ideas * FLOSS solutions show-case . Long Term Targets * FLOSS advocacy in schools and colleges * Sensitizing / Assisting FLOSS migration * Job creation through FLOSS Entrepreneurship opportunities * Campaigning for ICT / Procurement Policy Reform * Initiates FLOSS groups and Clubs in Schools and colleges * Advising schools and colleges to introduces FLOSS related studies in their curricula * Organizing Free Weekend Seminars and Technical Training ---- CategoryTeam2012