PROGRAMS
CO-CREATION & OPEN SOURCES
Humanity faces a global crisis in the governance of knowledge, technology and culture. The
crisis is manifest in many ways.
• Without access to essential medicines, millions suffer and die;
• Morally repugnant inequality of access to education, knowledge and technology
undermines development and social cohesion;
• Anticompetitive practices in the knowledge economy impose enormous costs on
consumers and retard innovation;
• Authors, artists and inventors face mounting barriers to follow-on innovation;
• Concentrated ownership and control of knowledge, technology, biological resources and
culture harm development, diversity and democratic institutions;
• Technological measures designed to enforce intellectual property rights in digital
environments threaten core exceptions in copyright laws for disabled persons, libraries,
educators, authors and consumers, and undermine privacy and freedom;
• Key mechanisms to compensate and support creative individuals and communities are
unfair to both creative persons and consumers;
• Private interests misappropriate social and public goods, and lock up the public domain.
At the same time, there are astoundingly promising innovations in information, medical and
other essential technologies, as well as in social movements and business models.
Humanity stands at a crossroads; a fork in our moral code and a test of our ability to adapt
and grow. Will we evaluate, learn and profit from the best of these new ideas and
opportunities, or will we respond to the most unimaginative pleas to suppress all of this in
favor of intellectually weak, ideologically rigid, and sometimes brutally unfair and inefficient
policies?
(Excerpt from the Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization signed in 2004 by a number of non-profit organizations, scientists, academics and other individuals.)
Programs around Co-creation & Open Sources are elaborate to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life" and "to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe. To promote creative intellectual activity and to facilitate the transfer of technology and innovation in order to accelerate economic, social and cultural development."
About Co-Creation & Open sources:
CO-CREATION emphasizes the generation and ongoing realization of mutual value. It views to share, combine and renew each other's resources and capabilities to create value through new forms of interaction, service and learning mechanisms.
OPEN SOURCE culture is the creative practice of appropriation and free sharing of found and created content.
The rise of open-source culture in the 20th century resulted from a growing tension between creative practices that involve appropriation, and therefore require access to content that is often copyrighted, and increasingly restrictive intellectual property laws and policies governing access to copyrighted content.
crisis is manifest in many ways.
• Without access to essential medicines, millions suffer and die;
• Morally repugnant inequality of access to education, knowledge and technology
undermines development and social cohesion;
• Anticompetitive practices in the knowledge economy impose enormous costs on
consumers and retard innovation;
• Authors, artists and inventors face mounting barriers to follow-on innovation;
• Concentrated ownership and control of knowledge, technology, biological resources and
culture harm development, diversity and democratic institutions;
• Technological measures designed to enforce intellectual property rights in digital
environments threaten core exceptions in copyright laws for disabled persons, libraries,
educators, authors and consumers, and undermine privacy and freedom;
• Key mechanisms to compensate and support creative individuals and communities are
unfair to both creative persons and consumers;
• Private interests misappropriate social and public goods, and lock up the public domain.
At the same time, there are astoundingly promising innovations in information, medical and
other essential technologies, as well as in social movements and business models.
Humanity stands at a crossroads; a fork in our moral code and a test of our ability to adapt
and grow. Will we evaluate, learn and profit from the best of these new ideas and
opportunities, or will we respond to the most unimaginative pleas to suppress all of this in
favor of intellectually weak, ideologically rigid, and sometimes brutally unfair and inefficient
policies?
(Excerpt from the Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization signed in 2004 by a number of non-profit organizations, scientists, academics and other individuals.)
Programs around Co-creation & Open Sources are elaborate to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life" and "to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe. To promote creative intellectual activity and to facilitate the transfer of technology and innovation in order to accelerate economic, social and cultural development."
About Co-Creation & Open sources:
CO-CREATION emphasizes the generation and ongoing realization of mutual value. It views to share, combine and renew each other's resources and capabilities to create value through new forms of interaction, service and learning mechanisms.
OPEN SOURCE culture is the creative practice of appropriation and free sharing of found and created content.
The rise of open-source culture in the 20th century resulted from a growing tension between creative practices that involve appropriation, and therefore require access to content that is often copyrighted, and increasingly restrictive intellectual property laws and policies governing access to copyrighted content.
INTERACTION - DEVELOPMENT - IDENTITY
This Program is actually in a process of design.
We will share information soon!
We will share information soon!
EMPOWERING HUMAN POTENTIAL
Empowering human potential requires an understanding of how to manage one's self, other individuals, and groups effectively, creatively, legally, and ethically in work organizations and in personal development.
- Communication / Management
This program investigates the foundation of, and strategies for, empowering organizational members to manage organizational transformation processes in a personal and global environment.
To accomplish this goal, the courses investigates strategies for enhancing individual performance ( perceptions and motivation) and facilitating interpersonal processes (leadership and communication).
To accomplish this goal, the courses investigates strategies for enhancing individual performance ( perceptions and motivation) and facilitating interpersonal processes (leadership and communication).
- Connecting Communities / Alternative Education
This program explore the empowering potential of alternative education models in diverse, international settings. Beginning through a reflection on a project that grew out of the Teaching and Learning Initiative from various alternative approach.
This program of non-formal education relies on knowledge exchange. The implications of its structure and the theories and philosophies which drive it hold vast potential in many contexts. We will reflect on the experiences of the Teaching and Learning, Sharing Knowledge for Peace, and explore possible potential to build on these and other ideas that emerge throughout the conversation. We will explore potential for such radical exchanges in relationship and community building, social justice, post-conflict settings, development, and, of course, education. Voices from every walk of life are welcome, and we hope to uncover new perspectives on how alternative and non-formal education can be a catalyst for empowerment and positive social transformation.
This program of non-formal education relies on knowledge exchange. The implications of its structure and the theories and philosophies which drive it hold vast potential in many contexts. We will reflect on the experiences of the Teaching and Learning, Sharing Knowledge for Peace, and explore possible potential to build on these and other ideas that emerge throughout the conversation. We will explore potential for such radical exchanges in relationship and community building, social justice, post-conflict settings, development, and, of course, education. Voices from every walk of life are welcome, and we hope to uncover new perspectives on how alternative and non-formal education can be a catalyst for empowerment and positive social transformation.