Workshop on FLOSS in Pec/Peja

10 November 2008

The third of a series of workshops for young volunteers, journalists and activists, organized by the OneWorld Platform for SEE (owpsee) Foundation, in cooperation with Trentino con il Kosovo (TCK) starts today, November 11, in Peć/Peja.

The workshop will introduce to the participants the concept and philosophy behind free and open source software (FOSS), its advantages over proprietary software packages, and work in a variety of FOSS software solutions and packages.

The workshops organized by owpsee and TCK aim to create multimedia and multilingual editorial office composed of young journalists and activists from different communities and media from the Peć/Peja Municipality, in view of future cooperation of the ZOOM Centre, Radio Gorazdevac and other local partners in the areas of content production and providing news to the local community of Peć/Peja.

The first workshop, on reporting for traditional print and electronic media, and radio reporting, was held on October 6-11, and the second workshop on networking was held on October 20-22, in Peć/Peja, in the premises of the ZOOM Centre, with participation of 8-12 young journalists, volunteers and activists from Peć/Peja-based organizations.

Yet another workshop, on third generation human rights, to be held on December 1-4, will complete the series. Each training is accompanied by follow up meetings, and the participants will be included in a nine-month tutoring programme upon completion of trainings.