The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) held the ASEAN Workshop to Draft the Implementation Plans of Committee on Science and Technology (COST) in Bandung on May 3. In this workshop, the ASEAN countries joined Indonesia to cooperate in developing information technology based on open source systems.
Indonesia has already succeeded in developing and implementing much open source software. It’s not surprising that Indonesia subsequently became the chair for the flagship Open Source Software (OSS) program. OSS development in Indonesia looks bright, with about 25 percent of people already using open source products, particularly Open Office. Local governments in Indonesia, such as Jembrana Regency, Sragen, Solo, Yogyakarta, and Central Aceh are already using OSS.
The workshop was attended by delegates from the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, and the host nation Indonesia.
When we contacted ASEAN staff, they informed us that the delegates discussed the six ‘Flagship Programmes’ that have been assigned to the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science and Technology (APAST) 2007-2011. These programs are the Early Warning System for Disaster Risk Reduction, Biofuels, OSS applications and development, functional food, health, and climate change.
With the appointment of Indonesia to chair the research and development of ICT through OSS, the Minister for Research and Technology Suharna Surapranata said, “We are determined to make the OSS in 2015 as a software option which is feasible and can be used in all ASEAN countries, whether for industry, research, academics, or for end users.”
Source: antara
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