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This page is part of an Akvo project on appropriate technology open collaborations.

• Appropriate technology open collaborations
• Appropriate technology restricted collaborations
• What makes an open collaboration
• A history of Open Source Appropriate Technology
• Green wikis and development wikis
• Open knowledge for international development
• Writings on Open Source Appropriate Technology
• Open patents and social structures for open design
• Akvo ATOC - Conclusions and recommendations
• Recent changes

Active projects:

• Moulin - Focused on Wikipedia content. (French based, Africa focused plus Persian language. Renaud Gaudin spent several months volunteering with Geekcorps Mali. They're working with the US Peace Corps, in discussion with UNESCO? Apparently approached OLPC in the past, so they're interested in cooperating.)
• WikiAfrica
• OLPC, through the XO laptop. (MOU with Appropedia being worked on now - Nov 2008)

Likely participants:

• The Jhai PC and Communication System, a project of the Jhai Foundation, is a computer and communications system designed to meet the needs of villagers in remote and rural areas. (Some thought has been given to providing content on the machines; openness is an expressed value of Jhai.)

There are numerous other projects compiling open access^[1] knowledge for international development: see Offline content collaboration.

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