Products and services for ICT-empowered development

InWEnt uses a variety of its capacity building tools to support the effective application of ICTs in different development areas. Some of the tools are part of the it@inwent strategic activities. Additional tools listed below have been developed in cooperation with or entirely by other InWEnt departments and local partners.

All of the InWEnt products and services include contributions of the InWEnt pool of local experts such as consultants, technical networks, decision-makers and alumni of InWEnt courses.

On-site and Blended Training Courses

FOSS Business Models Training Materials by it@InWEnt: This compilation provides an overview of InWEnt's main capacity building programmes and trainings in the area of "FOSS Business Models and Sustainable Development"

Link to Business Models

On-site and Blended Learning Courses Africa:

ict@innovation - Creating Business and Learning Opportunities with Free and Open Source Software in Africa
The ict@innovation programme builds capacities in African ICT small/medium enterprises to make a business with Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). Through enhanced knowledge on FOSS business models in African contexts, FOSS technical certifications, and practical skills in FOSS application development, ict@innovation aims to encourage the growth of African ICT industries, particularly in Southern and East Africa. ict@innovation is a partnership of InWEnt (Capacity Building International) and FOSSFA (Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa).

In 2009 several high-level training courses will be held (2 weeks on-site, 6 weeks online) on the topic of "African FOSS Business Models for ICT-based SME" in Southern and East Africa. More information: http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/

Other upcoming training courses under ict@innovation include "Quality Management for FOSS Services through Certification" and "Innovative local FOSS Applications for social and economic development".

Business Related IT Consultancy (it@ab)¶
The 1-year blended learning course targets African junior IT specialists and African IT related businesses. The program focuses on business-related services such as IT security, eBusiness applications, eLearning, and enterprise solutions using open source software. It includes a German language training, continuous work on an e-project, and a 2.5 months internship in a German, IT-related company. The course is part of the it@ab network initiative. More information at: www.it-ab.org
As of 2006, this course is not being offered.

On-site and Blended Learning Courses Asia:

it@foss supports the development and application of local innovative software solutions and business models based on free and open source software (FOSS) in the ASEAN region.

Ongoing short term training courses include:

- FOSS GIS Training of Trainers in Jakarta/Indonesia (see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/ToT_FOSSGIS_07)

- FOSS GIS and FOSS Disaster Management (see http://sahanacentral.iosn.telehealth.ph/index.php?title=Main_Page)

- Training of Trainers for Linux Professional Institute Certification

- Open Source for Healthcare (IOSN-InWEnt)

- Supporting Vietnam to Generate Business out of Free and Open Source Software

More informatin is online at www.it-foss.org

IT-Training courses for cooperatives in Thai, Bahasa Indonesia and English (it@inwent)
Following the “train-the-trainer” course for IT-trainers and experts of cooperatives in Southeast Asia (it-coops network initiative), curricula and training materials are available and updated, which are tailored towards the specific demands of the respective cooperative environment and available in English as well as local languages such as Thai and Bahasa Indonesian. For more information, see: www.it-coops.org

eLearning Courses & Learning Material

Open Source & More IT for African Business
The it@ab network together with InWEnt have released a series of e-Learning courses on "Open Source & More IT for African Business". The focus lies on "Free and Open Source Software" (FOSS) as a key technology to drive innovation, add local value and create sustainable and affordable ICT-solutions. The courses introduce relevant and adapted key concepts and applications such as E-Business Applications & Architecture, IT Security, Open Source IT, Web Publishing, E-Learning as well as Zope & the Collaborative Learning Environment CLE2. The courses are organized as online modules for self-study and include lessons, tests and selected references. The courses are online here: http://cle2.it-inwent.net/LearningSpace/osam/

Courses by other units of InWEnt

eLearning Skills Training Program (eLearning unit, Global Campus 21): InWEnt offers five online-courses for education professionals with a basic eLearning background, which convey relevant knowledge and skills in order to become 1. e-tutors, 2. content developers, 3. eLearning technicians, 4. eLearning project managers. Every module takes about 4 weeks and will be supported by e-tutors who guide the learning process and motivate the development of e-collaboration within the learning group. In addition, a non-tutor guided online course conveys an overview of strategies for eLearning providers.
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Skills Suite for Management and Leadership, Knowledge Management (Global Campus 21)
The InWEnt Skills Suite for Management and Leadership is a series of short online courses on cross-cutting topics of personnel and organization development, which can be used as components in specialized advanced training courses or as self-contained offers. It is targeted in particular to InWEnt alumni.
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eLearning Development and Implementation (eLearning unit, Global Campus 21)
The 9 months blended learning course targets professionals and institutions engaged in education and vocational training. It conveys an insight into all relevant eLearning areas and qualifies to successfully act as an eLearning expert. Topics include instructional design, content development, interactivity, and basic eLearning technology. The course begins each year in March with an on-site workshop in Germany.
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Online Journalism

Online Journalism (InWEnt International Institute for Journalism, IIJ)
The IIJ offers in-depth training courses for online journalists. The objective of the online journalism training courses is to contribute to increase transparency and political participation in the partner countries, in order to improve the conditions for democratization and social and economic development.
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FOSS Business Models Materials by it@InWEnt:
This compilation provides an overview of InWEnt's main capacity building programmes and trainings in the area of "FOSS Business Models and Sustainable Development "

Link to Business Models

IT Knowledge Edition 1 “Knowledge for Sustainable Business Development” (CD Rom) (it@inwent)
The CD provides a guide on how to find business information on the Internet, language tools, and translation aids.

IT Knowledge Edition 2 “Compendium of Open Source Software” (CD-Rom) (it@inwent)
The 2nd part of the CD edition has information about Linux, FOSS and its uses in business processes.

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To order the CDs, please contact the it@inwent team.

Open Source Software Online Database (it@inwent)
A selection of links to OS software programmes for a variety of applications, ranging from office software and e-Learning tools to server software.
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