Fouad is an amazing individual who got involved with GMF right from the beginning. He saw the mission and embraced it and has worked tirelessly to get the message of GMF front and centre in conferences around the globe. Fouad is from Pakistan and understands the cycle of poverty better than most. His tireless work on our behalf has been an inspiration to all of us. This is his short Bio. Fouad Bajwa : Free & Open Source Software Advocate | ICT4D Advisor, Trainer & Consultant Fouad Bajwa is a Social Entrepreneur, Advisor on Technology related Policy Issues, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Technology Evangelist and Innovator carrying a track record towards increasing the awareness and improving the perception of Open Technology in the Public, Private, Academic and Civil Society Sectors. He has represented the Civil Society in it's movement towards adoption and use of Information and Communication Technlogies for Development (ICT4D) and Internet Governance within Pakistan and globally. Fouad is a graduate in Computer Science and Information Technology. He also carries a scholarship in Internet Governance and numerous fellowships in ICT4D & FOSS related policy, strategy, research and development activities. Achievements Summary * Global Internet Governance As a scholar on Internet Governance issues and alumni of the Diplo Foundation, Geneva (Diplo is an advisor to the UN/ITU Internet Governance Forum), Fouad represents the voice of the people and interests of Civil Society on various levels at national and global level with respect to Free & Open Source Software and ICT4D: o Member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) to the UN/ITU Internet Governance Forum The Secretary-General of the United Nations established the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) with the purpose to assist the Secretary General in convening the Internet Governance Forums. The MAG comprises of 50 Members from governments, the private sector and civil society, including representatives from the academic and technical communities. o Member of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) of the UN/ITU Internet Governance Forum The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) was originally created by individual and organizational civil society actors who came together in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to promote global public interest objectives in Internet governance policy making. The mission of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is to provide a forum for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of civil society contributions in Internet governance processes. The caucus intends to provide an open and effective forum for civil society to share opinion, policy options and expertise on Internet governance issues, and to provide a mechanism for coordination of advocacy to enhance the utilization and influence of Civil Society (CS) and the IGC in relevant policy processes. o Participant and Observer of the World Summit on Information Society WSIS Geneva 2003 - Tunisia 2005 and Post-WSIS Action Lines also known as theWSIS Forum 2009. * International ICT4D Policy As a renowned international policy and development specialist, Fouad is an accomplished ICT practitioner, researcher and writer, he advises and consults civil society, public and private sectors, national governments, multilateral and bilateral institutions in the framework of strategic access and use of ICTs for Human Development, ICT Policy, Software for Development, e-Governance, e-Health, Open ICT Ecosystems, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). *

Global Interventions During his 12 year career, Fouad has been engaged with sectors including academia, business, media, public sector, civil society both regionally and globally. He is a member of key ICT governance think thanks and serves on the boards of various non-profit organizations around the globe and is a member of the Champions Network of the prestigious global ICT competition and award, the Stockholm Challenge, is an ICT Advisor to the World Bank Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunity and Board Member of the Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) and Ex-Officio Member of the Board of the OSHCA Asia Chapter. * Global ICT Access & E-Inclusion Program Fouad participates within Gerry Morgan Foundation, Canada's (www.gerrymorganfoundation.org) and global ICT Access and Digital Inclusion campaign that involves providing 1 billion computers running FOSS to 1 billion the underprivileged people on planet that have yet to use or access computers and the internet. This program is being carried out in participation with Ink Media (www.ink-media.com) where Fouad is responsible for identifying and developing strategic global ICT4D partnerships to meet this goal as well as an Envoy for Inter-Agency Communication and Cooperation with Multilateral and Bi-Lateral Institutions and Global ICT Programs. * ICT4D in Pakistan Within Pakistan, Fouad represents the voice and interests of Civil Society within the sphere of Information and Communication Technologies for Human Development (ICT4D). He serves on the Working Groups for the IT Policy formulation by the Ministry of IT and Telecom, Government of Pakistan. He leads activities involving the national ICT think tank by BytesForAll Pakistan titled Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor and advocacy for ICT for development in South Asia with BytesForAll South Asia Network. He promotes technology enabled Governance and Institutional Performance Management and is an international trainer for e-Governance, e-Government and ICT Applications. Areas of Expertise * Specialized ICT Project Management Practitioner o Strategic Technology Management Services (Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Linux and ICTs for Human Development) o International Market Development (Social and Economic Innovation, New Technologies Development Processes, Green IT & Climate Change) o e-Development & e-Facilitation (e-Policy, e-Government, e-Governance, Internet Governance, e-Trade, e-Health, e-Learning) o Good Governance (Institutional Assessment and Process Re-Engineering for re-institutionalization and re-strengthening using e-Services) * International Development, Research & Development o Policy Advisory Services o Governance and Transitional Governance Frameworks o Knowledge Management for Development and Networking o Multi-Donor Service Delivery and Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks o Poverty Alleviation, Skills Development, Livelihoods Planning and Development o Knowledge Management, Research Program Development, Education & Capacity Building o Evaluation and Monitoring Systems (RBM/iRBM - Results Based Management and Integrated Results Based Management) * Technology and Innovation Consulting o Software Engineering o Enterprise Solution Design o Telecom Sector Development o Innovations in Software/Hardware o Disaster Recovery and Management & Business Continuity Planning * Training, o Instruction o Curriculam Design o Creative Learning Services Country Experience Performing ongoing consulting, research and development, training and civil society representation/diplomatic duties in Kenya, Egypt, Nepal, Sweden, Dubai, Croatia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Korea, Tunisia etc. Engagements: Includes professional, programming, consulting, advisory, training, presentation and research activities relevant to: * SAPI South Asia Partnership International, Nepal (www.sapi.org.np) * SAPPK South Asia Partnership Pakistan (www.sappk.org) * Gerry Morgan Foundation, Canada (www.gerrymorganfoundation.org) * Ink Media Inc, Canada (www.ink-media.com) * Linux Professional Institute, LPI, San Jose-USA/Canada (www.lpi.org) * Linux Professional Institute LPI-Pakistan (www.lpipakistan.org) * Linux Professional Institute Egypt (www.lpiegypt.org) * Diplo Foundation (www.diplomacy.edu/IG) * Stockholm Challenge, KTH, Stockholm University (www.stockholmchallenge.se) * UNU-IIGH United Nations University Institute of Global Health (www.oshca.org) * UNAPCICT United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (www.unapcict.org) * Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunity * Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy (Seoul, Korea) * UNDP United Nations Development Program (Tunisia) Associate - World Summit on the Information Society 2005 (www.wsis.int) * UNDP- APDIP Asia Pacific Information Development Program (www.apdip.net) * APDIP-IOSN International Open Source Network (www.iosn.net) * World Bank (For SATC) * Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom (National IT Policy), Government of Pakistan * State Bank of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan (www.sbp.org.pk) * OSHCA Open Source Healthcare Alliance (www.oshca.org) * International Free and Open Source Software Foundation iFOSSF (www.ifossf.org) * Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan * PUCIT Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of Punjab, Pakistan (www.pucit.edu.pk) Advisory, Training and Consulting Experience Responsible for working with organizations, academia, governments, industry & communities globally to evolve governance structures, project management, research and development, ICT and Free & Open Source Software Ecosystems. 1. Project Management Consultant & Senior Linux Engineer, GV-Solutions, Lahore, Pakistan. December 2001 to Present. 2. Consultant for Results Based Management and Integrated RBM, SAPPK South Asia Partnership, Lahore, Pakistan. July 2008 to Present. http://www.sappk.org 3. Program Coordinator – Asia Commons. SAPI South Asia Partnership International, Nepal. February 2008 to May 2008. http://www.asia-commons.net , http://www.sapi.org.np 4. Foreign Consultant Asia Commons Research Project– SAPI South Asia Partnership International, Nepal. February 2008 to May 2008. http://www.sapi.org.np 5. Consultant International ICT4D Partnerships Ink-Media Inc. Victoria, Canada. March 2007 to Present. http://www.ink-media.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InkMedia 6. Trainer ToT - Linux Professional Institute – Egypt Dec 2007 – Feb 2008. http://www.lpiegypt.org 7. Co-Founder and Special Envoy (Organizational Liaison) Gerry Morgan Foundation, British Columbia, Canada. April 2007 to Present http://www.gerrymorganfoundation.org 8. LPI Director for Pakistan & Proctor Linux Professional Institute. May 2007 – Present. http://www.lpi.org 9. Co-Founder ODESSA Open Desktop Software Support Association, Toronto, Canada August 2007. http://www.fbsc.org/odessa.html 10. Co-Founder and Secretary International Free and Open Source Software Foundation iFOSSF, Michigan USA. August 2006. http://www.ifossfoundation.org | http://www.ifossf.org/about/our_people 11. Founder and Team Leader, Ubuntu Linux Pakistan Team (Official) & Community. December 2004. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PakistaniTeam https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PakistanTeam?highlight=%28CategoryLoCoTeams%29 https://www.launchpad.net/~bajwa Ubuntu Pakistan Members: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-pk 12. Lecturer (Part-time) Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab. Dec 2004 – Jan 2006. http://www.pucit.edu.pk 13. FOSSFP: Free & Open Source Software Foundation Member Board of Governors. February 2004 – June 2006. http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/fosspart/fossfpfp.htm http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/fosspart/partnersfp.htm http://southasia.oneworld.net/contact/company/view/12029 14. Webmaster / Sr. Web Administrator, State Bank of Pakistan – Central Reserve Bank, Government of Pakistan. July 2002 – January 2004. http://www.hit.co.kr/homepage/file/about_hit/SBP-e.pdf http://www.sbp.org.pk & http://www.sbp.gov.pk 15. External Consultant & Head of Web Services, Daily Khabrain - Liberty Papers Limited, Lahore. Jun 1996 – Dec 2002. http://www.khabrain.com 16. Senior Faculty Member, Allama Iqbal Open University, NKFACT Nasreen Kiyani Foundation for the Advancement of Computer Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Aug 2001 – Nov 2002. 17. Chief Technical Officer, Project Manager Softrends (Private) Limited, Lahore. Aug 2000 – Oct 2001 18. Cyber Generation Technology Group Head of Web Operations, Jan 1999 – June 2000. Facilitations, Trainings Fellowships and Scholarships * UNU-IIGH United Nations University Institute of Global Health fellowship to the International Conference on Open Source Software in Healthcare, 23rd-25th November 2008, Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia. http://bpio.amdi.usm.edu.my/Home/tabid/874/Default.aspx * ToT -Training of Trainers for National Training Institutes (UN-APCICT) Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders. United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development – Incheon, Republic of Korea, 16 -28 June 2008. http://www.unapcict.org * OECD 2008 Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy, June 16-18, 2008, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Panel Speaker for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development & the Public Voice Civil Society Organized Labour Forum Roundtable “Benefiting for convergence- net neutrality & innovation and development”. http://www.oecdministerialseoul2008.org/en * Stockholm Challenge Champion – Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Challenge Award Week Workshops, Conference and Ceremony at Stockholm Institute of Technology (KTH), 15-22 May 2008, Kista, Sweden.

http://www.stockholmchallenge.se * Resource Person, FOSS Nepal – Khatmandu, Nepal. Workshop on "An Alternative Perspective on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Information Technology (IT)" May 16,2008, Annupurna Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal. * Consultant Resource Person UNU-IIGH – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH ) Workshop on Curriculum Development for Open Source Training in Health Care, 31 March to 2nd April 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. * Represented Ink Media Inc. Canada http://www.ink-media.com and Gerry Morgan Foundation Canada http://www.gerrymorganfoundation.org, at the GKP3 Global Knowledge Partnership Event on the Future, GK3 3rd Global Knowledge Conference, 11-13 December 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia http://www.gkpeventsonthefuture.org/gk3/ & http://www.gkpeventsonthefuture.org/GK3/dsp_page.cfm?pageid=747 * Represented the Open Source Health Care Alliance OSHCA-Asia http://www.oshca.org at the MyGOSSCON 2007 Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference6 - 7 December 2007, Putrajaya, Malaysia http://mygosscon.oscc.org.my * UNDP-APDIP IOSN Exchange Grants (International Open Source Network, South Asia Node). Malaysia, 7-20th May 2007. http://www.oshca.org * UNDP-APDIP. Indonesia, 19th January 2007 -1st February 2007. Asia Source 2 Camp, Yawitra Sukabumi, Indonesia. January 2007 http://www.iosn.net/regional/asiasource-2007 * UNDP-APDIP-IOSN, IDRC. Asia-Commons: Asian Conference on the Digital Commons”, June, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand. http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Patents_and_Innovation * Training Facilitation “Emergence of an Open Information Society in Pakistan”, SAP-International, BellaSAP, BytesForAll Network, Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor. March 21st-22nd 2007, Lahore, Pakistan. http://www.sapnepal.org.np/wiki/OIS_PK * P@SHA-PITB-BytesForAll-CISCO-INTEL Rural Wireless Connectivity Conference and Hands-On Workshop, Holiday Inn Hotel, November 15-16, 2006 http://www.pasha.org.pk/Wireless_Rural_Connectivity_Conference.htm Conference Report: http://www.bytesforall.org/?q=node/58 * Diplo Associate Alumnus - Internet Governance Capacity Building Program Scholarship March-September 2006. DiploFoundation, Geneva, Switzerland. Diplo Foundation, Geneva. Internet Governance Capacity Development Programme 2006 (IGCBP’2006) Alumni. Apr 3-Jul 7 2006 http://www.diplomacy.edu/IG, http://diplofoundation.org/poolbin.asp?IDPool=168 * UNDP-UNIDO “Sharing the Future” Fellowship to the World Summit on Information Society, Tunisia Nov 2005. http://www.sharingthefuture.org * Facilitator -Asia Source 2 Indonesia. InWent, UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network, Free and Open Source Software Training Camp, January 19th – February 1st 2007 Sukabumi, Indonesia . http://wiki.asiasource2.iosn.net/index.php/Main_Page http://wiki.asiasource2.iosn.net/index.php/Fouad_Riaz_Bajwa * UNDP Associate, United Nations Development Program, Tunisia – November 2005. Participated in UNDP assignments during WSIS World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia 2005. http://www.tn.undp.org http://www.sharingthefuture.org * UNDP-UNIDO “Sharing the Future” ICT4ALL Parallel Events during the World Summit on Information Society, November 14-20, 2005 Tunis, Tunisia. * UNIDO Workshop titled "E-Business", Tunis, Tunisia, 16-November 2005 * UNDP-UNIDO High Level Panel: ICT Leapfrogging the Poverty Gap , Tunis, Tunisia, November 16, 2005 * UNDP-ICTDAR Panel: The use of ICT to support SMEs, Tunis, Tunisia, November 17, 2005 * UNDP/UNDP-ICTDAR Workshop: ICT use to empower Civil Society, Tunis, Tunisia, November 18, 2005 * UNDP-UNIDO Workshop: Matchmaking and Partnership Formulation, Tunis, Tunisia, November 18, 2005 Presentations & Panels * Bajwa, F. “A Laptop Per Artist -Alternative Hardware Technology for the Creative Commons Community”. Creative Commons / iCommons iSummit’2007. Dubrovnik, Croatia 15th-17th June 2007. http://icommons.pentabarf.org/programme/track/Birds%20of%20a%20feather/4... * Bajwa, F. "Alternative Health Care Access Technology". Open Source Health Care Alliance OSHCA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 8th May 2007. http://www.oshca.org * Bajwa, F. "Challenges towards Adoption of FOSS Medical and Health Information Systems in Pakistan". FOSS Applications & Projects. Open Source Health Care Alliance OSHCA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.7th May 2007. http://www.oshca.org * Bajwa, F et al. Panel Discussion "CMMI in the Open-source world: Issues and the solutions". IEEE ICOST-2006 International Conference on Open-Source Technologies. 28-29 December 2006, Lahore, Pakistan. http://www.uet.edu.pk/icost2006 * Bajwa, F. Workshop “An Introduction to Ubuntu Linux Community Ecosystem in Pakistan”. IEEE ICOST-2006 International Conference on Open-Source Technologies. 28-29 December 2006, Lahore, Pakistan. http://www.uet.edu.pk/icost2006/workshop.html * Bajwa, F. Chrishna. Matson, M. et al. Panel Discussion. Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) Applications and their Potential for Empowerment of Disadvantaged Communities (from LPFM to Streaming Media). P@SHA-PITB-CISCO-INTEL Rural Wireless Connectivity Conference and Hands-On Workshop, Holiday Inn Hotel, November 15-16, 2006. http://www.pasha.org.pk/Wireless_Rural_Connectivity_Conference.htm * Bajwa, F. Computer and Internet Security: A FOSS Perspective. CHASE-2006 | Conference On Hacking And Security. 22 December 2006. Lahore Pakistan. http://www.chase.org.pk/en/downloads/fouad-foss.pdf * Bajwa, F et al. “Patents and Innovation” at “UNDP-APDIP-IOSN, IDRC, CSDMS Asia- Commons: Asian Conference on the Digital Commons”, June 6-8, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand. http://www.asia-commons.net http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Fouad_Riaz_Bajwa http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Patents_and_Innovation * Bajwa, F. “Open Access and Open Alternatives” at “UNDP-APDIP-IOSN, IDRC, CSDMS Asia-Commons: Asian Conference on the Digital Commons”, June 7, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand. http://www.asia-commons.net http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Open_Alternatives_and_O... * Bajwa, F. FOSS & ICT Policy. Asia ICT Policy Consultation Meeting 19-21 April, 2006 by the Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa & BFES Dhaka, Bangladesh. http://www.apcasiaictpolicy.net/agenda-of-the-meeting http://www.apcasiaictpolicy.net/blog/fouadbajwa * Bajwa, F. Open Source Enabling Policies. Asia ICT Policy Consultation Meeting 20 April, 2006 by the Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa & BFES Dhaka, Bangladesh. http://www.apcasiaictpolicy.net/participants-list/agenda-of-the-meeting/... * FOSSFA-IDLELO2 Conference on Digital Commons and Free and Open Source Software in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya 23-25 February, 2006. http://www.fossfa.net http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/s-asia-it/archive/2006/02/msg00027.html * Bajwa, F. "The Free and Open Source Software Movement in Pakistan". Sharing the Future Platform. United Nations-International Telecommunication Union World Summit on Information Society-WSIS. 17 November 2005, Tunis, Tunisia. http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/newsroom/highlights/18nov.html http://lists.apdip.net/pipermail/foss-pdi/2005-November/000357.html http://lists.apdip.net/pipermail/iosn-general/2006-April/000348.html Research Work, Publications and Articles Contributions of significant importance in emerging disciplines, research and case analysis articles on various ICT and FOSS topics on a regular basis however some significant contributions include: International Research * Global Information Society Watch Report GISW 2008 Bajwa, F et al. “In Search of Innovation Based ICT Capital for developing Pakistan’s Knowledge Economy”. Global Information Society Watch Report GISW by Association for Progressive Communications & IteM. Country Report Chapter. 2008. Pakistan Report: http://www.giswatch.org/gisw2008/country/Pakistan.html Download: http://www.giswatch.org/gisw2008/country/pdf/Pakistan.pdf Official Website: http://www.globaliswatch.org Complete Report: http://www.giswatch.org/gisw2008/GISW2008.html * Global Information Society Watch Report GISW 2007 Bajwa, F et al. “FOSS Priority Recommendations for Pakistan”. Global Information Society Watch Report GISW by Association for Progressive Communications & IteM. Country Report Chapter. 2007 Pakistan Report: http://www.giswatch.org/gisw2007/node/553 Download: http://www.globaliswatch.org/files/pdf/GISW_Pakistan.pdf Official Website: http://www.globaliswatch.org Complete Report: http://www.giswatch.org/gisw2007/en/download * International Intellectual Property Rights Regime. Bajwa, F et al. “Asia Commons Learning Document: Way Forward”, SAPI South Asia Partnership International. 2008. http://www.sapi.org.np (under publication will be available shortly) Country Policy and Sustainable Development Reports * Bajwa, F et al. “Free and Open Source Software in Telecenters in Pakistan” research report for the World Bank funded “Telecenters in Pakistan under the Universal Service Fund”. 2006. Available in the Resources > Publications - Library Section. http://www.satc.pk * UNDP-APDIP Asia Pacific Information Development Programme Bajwa, F. UNDP-APDIP e-Note 19 -Telecentre Technology.UNDP-APDIP. 2007. The affordability of FOSS and its openness to modification and localization is contributing to the sustainability of telecentres, and more broadly, to empowered communities and poverty reduction. This APDIP e-Note explores the benefits of using FOSS applications in telecentres with case studies from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.apdip.net/apdipenote/19.pdf * Internet Governance & ICTs for Human Development o Bajwa, F. “The Impact of Social and Economic Impetuses on the Overall Internet Governance Process Framework”. IGCBP’06 Short Research Paper. Diplo Foundation, Geneva. 2006. http://www.diplomacy.edu/IG o Bajwa, F. “Patenting the Internet”. IGCBP’06 Special Interest Paper. Diplo Foundation, Geneva. 2006. http://www.diplomacy.edu/IG o Bajwa, F. Fiddling with Copyrights & Copylefts. Short Research Paper. Diplo Foundation, Geneva. 2006. http://www.diplomacy.edu/IG o Bajwa, F. “Troublemakers Reloaded”. Short Research Paper. Diplo Foundation, Geneva. http://www.diplomacy.edu/IG * Asia Source 2 - FOSS Stories from the South Part of a series of articles that were prepared by iFOSSF during participation in the Asia Source II (FOSS Training Camp) held from January 22-30, 2007 at Yawtira Asri, Sukabumi, Indonesia during January 2007 with the support of InWent Germnay, UNDP-APDIP Asia Pacific Information Development Programme (http://www.apdip.net) and the International Open Source Network (http://www.iosn.net). Source: iFOSSF Online Library: http://ifossf.org/events_asiasource2 o Connecting the Country Through Enterprise FOSS Strategies http://ifossf.org/connecting_the_country_through_enterprise_foss_strategies o Crashing Servers Teaches Linux - Realizing the Passion in Indonesia http://ifossf.org/crashing_servers_teaches_linux o Doing Little Creates A Major Difference Part-1 http://ifossf.org/doing_little_creates_a_major_difference_1 o Doing Little Creates A Major Difference Part-2 http://ifossf.org/doing_little_creates_a_major_difference_2 o Enabling Voice in the Remotest http://ifossf.org/enabling_voice_in_the_remotest o FOSS Based Wealth Generation Serving a Cause http://ifossf.org/foss_based_wealth_generation o Future Disaster Management with SAHANA http://ifossf.org/future_disaster_management_with_sahana o Jumping into the Water and Learning to Swim http://ifossf.org/jumping_into_the_water_and_learning_to_swim o Sure Ways to Change The World for Philippines http://ifossf.org/sure_ways_to_change_the_world_for_philipines o The Great Leap For Bangladesh http://ifossf.org/the_great_leap_for_bangladesh o The Path to Productivity - Bengali Localization in India http://ifossf.org/the_path_to_productivity o There is Always a First Step http://ifossf.org/ifossf_library/asia_source_2_foss_stories_from_the_sou... * International ICT4D & FOSS Development Perspectives o Bajwa, F. Pakistan offers open source training toolkit. News Forge. March 20, 2007. http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/1926223&tid=132 Bajwa, F. Live Your Culture - DANKA's electronic subcultural revolution from South Asia. iFOSSF. 2007-03-02. http://www.ifossf.org/blog/fouad_bajwa/20070302/live_your_culture_dankas... _from_south_asia o Bajwa, F. FOSS in E-Governance and E-Government - Perspectives on MDGs. iFOSSF. 2007-03-01. http://www.ifossf.org/blog/fouad_bajwa/20070301/foss_in_e_governance_and... _mdgs o Bajwa, F. Connecting "IT" with "People" - Understanding Neo-Connectivity & Neo- Communities. iFOSSF. 2007-02-28. http://www.ifossf.org/blog/fouad_bajwa/20070227/connecting_it_with_peopl... _neo_communities o Bajwa, F. FOSS in E-Governance and E-Government - Perspectives on MDGs. iFOSSF. 2007-03-01. http://www.ifossf.org/blog/fouad_bajwa/20070301/foss_in_e_governance_and... _mdgs o Bajwa, F. Pakistan debates pricing of One Laptop Per Child, “Will UAE possibly support Laptops for every child in Pakistan?”. One World Digital Opportunity Channel. 09 January 2007. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/144688/1/ o Bajwa, F. Telecenters in Pakistan. iFOSSF. 2006-12-15. http://www.ifossf.org/blog/fouad_bajwa/20061214/telecenters_in_pakistan o Bajwa, F. The spirit of the FOSS movement. I4D Magazine. July 2006. PDF http://www.i4donline.net/July06/745.pdf o Bajwa, F. UN-GAID Council Elections Tainted. One World Southeast Europe. 14 June 2006. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/134824/1/ o Bajwa, F. Software Piracy in Pakistan - Building a case for ICT Software Freedom. UNDP-APDIP [FOSS-PDI]. Apr 27 2006. http://lists.apdip.net/pipermail/foss-pdi/2006-April/000436.html o Bajwa, F et al. UNPAN -WSIS On-line Consultation on C1 and C7eGov Subgroups. 29 June – 12 July 2006. http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN023693.pdf o Bajwa, F. fisl8.0: Palestra sobre. Understanding the Spirit of the FOSS Movement. Editoria: fisl8.0. 27/Fev/2007. http://mulheres.softwarelivre.org/news/8628 * Local ICT Development Perspectives o Bajwa, F. CIO FOSS Imperative – CIO Magazine Pakistan, IDG Publishing Group. August 2008. http://ciopakistan.com/category/articles/open-source/ http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1479899740&rid=-154 o Bajwa, F. Another IT Policy for Pakistan? – CIO Magazine Pakistan, IDG Publishing Group. August 2008. http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/02/another-it-policy-pakistan o Bajwa, F. FOSS Turn IT On! – Cover Story. SPIDER Magazine, Dawn-Herald Publications. September 2006. http://www.spider.tm/sep2006/cstory1.html o Bajwa, F. Nadeem, F. Pasha, MA. FOSS Rising. FOSSF: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan. September 2005. http://www.fossfp.org/documents/reports/fossac_feature_report.pdf and http://www.fossfp.org/documents/reports/fossac_feature_report_pictures.p... o Some Common Commercial Software and their equivalent FOSS options. Document Ref no: fossfp/tech/001-9-2005 Version 1.0. 21-09-2005. http://www.fossfp.org/documents/fossrc/te/foss_te_series_1.pdf o Graphic Design Tools – Free and Open Source Software Alternatives, Document Ref no: fossfp/tech/002-10-2005 Version 1.0. 17-10-2005. http://www.fossfp.org/documents/fossrc/te/foss_te_series_2.pdf Industry Awards & Recognitions * National Free and Open Source Software Award 2005 by Ministry of IT&T and FOSSFP * Creative concept published in International Web Design Index 2004 Edition-UK, http://www.webdesignindex.org -page 208 Ed-5, published 11/2004 by The Pepin Press Amsterdam (ISBN 90-5768-068-8). * “Kharaj-e-Tehseen” Honour by the President of Pakistan on National Television for countering Hacker attacks in 2003 from the internet to Pakistan E-Government Platform- State Bank of Pakistan. * Twice SPIDER Magazine Best of Pakistan-TOP 10 Webmasters 2002 & 2003 * Rotary Youth Leadership Award RYLA-2000 * Rotary International Award for Promotion of Rotary Movement in Pakistan-1996 Professional & Community Affiliations 1. Global Member Internet Society ISOC http://www.isoc.org 2. Member, Open Source Healthcare Alliance http://www.oshca.org 3. Ubuntu Linux Community Official Member http://www.ubuntu.com https://launchpad.net/~bajwa 4. Founder and Team Leader Ubuntu Linux Pakistan Community http://www.ubuntu-pk.org 5. Alumni, Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme, Diplo Foundation, Geneva http://www.diplomacy.edu/IG/ 6. Asia-Commons Community http://www.asia-commons-net 7. Member, Creative Commons http://www.icommons.org international community. 8. Member MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Free and Open Source Software Research Community Group, http://opensource.mit.edu 9. Object Web, Open Source Middleware Consortium http://www.objectweb.org 10. Creative Commons Pakistan (CC-PK) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CC-Pakistan 11. Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor http://pakistanictpolicy.bytesforall.net 12. BytesForAll E-Zine, Member Admins and Moderators http://www.bytesforall.net 13. BytesForAll Regional FLOSS Consortium 14. OneWorld South Asia Partnership http://www.oneworld.net & http://www.dgroups.org/groups/oneworld/OneWorldSA/index.cfm 15. FOSSFA: Free Software and Open Source Foundation of Africa http://www.fossfa.net 16. International Webmasters Association 17. World Organization of Webmasters 18. HTML Writers Guild Fouad believes that information and knowledge enabled by technology can save lives and is a vehicle for overcoming poverty and engaging nations within the drive for becoming knowledge economies, therefore he catalyzes resource mobilization for such efforts. In this regard, he devised the FOSS Models for "Telecenters & Community Resource and Information Centers in Pakistan" by SATC under the World Bank Universal Service Fund.http://www.ink-media.com/gmf6/sites/default/files/UN_IGF_MAG_Letter_ Fouad Riaz Bajwa.pdf