24th
Jakarta Declaration
The Jakarta Declaration was read out at the end of the conference by Betti Alisjahbana or the Indonesian FOSS ambassador as the minister nicknamed her. The Declaration was accepted by all present with no objections registered. ( the work of the members of the south-south coalition on the Consegi declaration must be acknowledged)
Jakarta Declaration
Asia-Africa Coalition
Asia-Africa Conference on open source – AAOS
The Asia-Africa Coalition within the Asia-Africa Conference on open source – AAOS (Jakarta, November 18-19, 2008)
FULLY SUPPORTS the Asia-Africa Conference on open source – AAOS –, and COMMITS itself to promoting digital inclusion, disseminating free and open source software and developing e-government programs and solutions aimed at empowering citizens,
ENDORSES the commitment to build a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, as enshrined in the Geneva and Tunis phases of the World Summit on the Information Society,
RECALLS paragraph 29 of the Tunis Commitment, which recognized the need to encourage and foster collaborative development, interoperable platforms and free and open-source software.
RECOGNIZES that free and open source software is a fair and viable alternative for eliminating the digital divide as well as a valuable tool for enabling cooperation among Asia-Africa countries and for encouraging local and independent technological development,
ACKNOWLEDGES that e-government programs and solutions can play a fundamental role in promoting social inclusion, empowering citizens, ensuring the universal delivery of public services and contributing for the technological development of developing countries in an autonomous manner.
RECOGNIZES the increasing tendency, driven largely by multinational private interests, to legitimize a narrative of ownership of ideas in software in the form of patent rights, that runs counter to the aims of social inclusion and collaborative development of free software, and COMMITS to taking action to defend these aims.
ENCOURAGES Asia-Africa countries to share experiences, knowledge and technology in the field of ICTs under innovative models of cooperation,
RECOGNIZES the need for a continued dialogue among all stakeholders on the development, use and dissemination of open standards and free and open source software, particularly in the context of e-government, and, for that reason, DECLARES their strong willingness:
To enhance the Asia-Africa COLALITION through the promotion of a network of dialogue, cooperation and interaction among government and civil society representatives from developing countries and least-developed countries.
To further explore possibilities of exchanging and sharing experiences in e-government with a view to identifying low-cost solutions and tools for promoting digital inclusion, empowering citizens, enhancing the universal delivery of public services and strengthening transparency and efficiency in the public sector.
CONGRATULATES all those involved in the organization of AAOS, in particular RISTEK, and INVITES all interested stakeholders to engage in this joint effort.
