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| Mauritius, Balaclava |
The ICT-BPO
International Conference along with the Youth Engagement Summit were inaugurated
by the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Mr Tassarajen
Pillay Chedumbrum at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Balaclava.
The two three-day
events were organised by the Ministry of Information and Communication
Technology in collaboration with the Board of Investment and Extensia Ltd.
Youth today expect
quick responses to their activities on social and mobile media – which call for
responsive infrastructure solutions, community engagement models, and new
career paths. As digital infrastructure continues its rapid evolution,
higher-level issues of Internet governance, security and the Millennium
Development Goals also need to come into play for youth. It was through this
conference that open movements e.g Wikimedia and Mozilla Foundation showed
their presence as well to build networks with other ICT stakeholders, promote and share free knowledge initiatives, innovation and openness to technology towards the development of African countries.
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| Mozilla Rep - Workshop Outcomes |
"We don’t just
build products that make a better Web. Mozilla is an organization that is
fundamentally about people, and we want everyone globally to make the Firefox
experience their own" stated a Mozilla Rep when giving insights of the workshop.
The engagement between
youth and ICT must be nurtured, encouraged and developed but for parents and
teachers to feel confident in encouraging children to use ICT and for children
to feel safe using it, we must create a safe and secure environment and that is
why Mozilla avails the Web to people by creating opportunities and making it
open to everyone. However Mozilla Foundation had a chance to share insights on
projects which are mainly focused in community building and user engagement e.g
Webmakers, L10n as way of recruting children to be fully nurtured through open
movement to gain more skills to benefit the ICT sector.
In other words, youth
will be truly empowered if they have affordable access to digital media,
content generation tools, community support, incentives to contribute to the
knowledge society, pro-active culture of collaboration, and capacity building
for entrepreneurship.
