Partners

Hivos

(http://www.hivos.nl/english)

Hivos is a Dutch NGO inspired by humanist values. Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos seeks to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world in which citizens - women and men - have equal access to the resources and opportunities for their development. A world where they can actively and equally participate in decision-making processes that determine their lives, their society and their future.

Hivos' network embraces 31 countries and over 750 partner organisations. In the course of 2005 Hivos disbursed more than 76 million Euro as grants or loans. These funds were provided by the Dutch government, the EU, donors and savers, and private institutions.

Mahiti Infotech

(http://www.mahiti.org)

Mahiti is a Bangalore based organisation that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of Information Technology for the voluntary sector through the strategic use of Free and Open Source Software. Over the last 6 years, Mahiti has served over 100 voluntary organisations by building multi-platform and multi-lingual web / Intranet / kiosk / multimedia applications. Mahiti conducts trainings and workshops in partnership with donor agencies and multilaterals. They also design and execute projects in the areas of resource mobilisation, collaboration, documentation, advocacy, e-governance and rural ICT.

NGO-In-A-Box is an initiative of Tactical Technology Collective and it's South Asian hub is funded by Hivos.

Tactical Technology Collective

(http://www.tacticaltech.org)

The Tactical Technology Collective (Tactical Tech) aims to strengthen social technology movements and networks in developing and transition countries, as well as promote civil society's effective, conscious and creative use of new technologies.

The Tactical Technology Collective stands at the crossroads of the civil society and technology sectors. Through building links between them, Tactical Tech aims to help establish an accessible baseline of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) needed by all civil society organisations and their integration beyond rudimentary usage into an integrated strategic tool for planning, advocacy & campaigning.

Mozilla

(http://www.mozilla.org)

Mozilla is a global community of people working together since 1998 to build a better Internet. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting openness, innovation and opportunity online. And they are an open source project whose software has been used to build some of the Internet’s best applications.

PyCon India 2010

(http://in.pycon.org/2010)

PyCon India 2010 is the primary Python conference in India. A purely volunteer effort, it is being hosted for the second time in India, and will attract some of the best Python developers in India and abroad.

 Sarai

(http://www.sarai.net)

A space for research, practice and conversation about the contemporary media and urban constellations.

Convene often partners with Sarai to deliver FOSS workshops in the Delhi/Rajasthan area of India.