Wanted: LPI training manuals development consultants and Trainers of Trainers for the FOSS Certification pillar of the ict@innovation project

Application Deadline is 27th August, 2010.

• Are you interested in developing training materials for the Linux Professional institute Certification?
  

• Do you have a solid background in Linux administration and development of user manuals and documentation?
  

• Do you have experience in training others on the LPI, and/or are you part of a training institution?
  

• Then respond by 27^th August 2010 to become part of an exciting training materials development programme on FOSS Certification, and/or to become one of our trainers of trainers.

Background - ict@innovation

The ict@innovation programme aims at building capacities for African small and medium ICT enterprises to build a business with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The project encourages the growth of African ICT industries, particularly in Southern and East Africa, through three main action lines: spreading FOSS business models for enterprises in Africa, fostering FOSS certification and supporting innovative local FOSS applications for social and economic development.

ict@innovation is a partnership between Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) and InWEnt - Capacity Building International (Germany).

Pillar B – Fostering FOSS Certification

This pillar of the ict@innovation programme aims to help African SMEs involved in Open source Solutions development, implementation and training to improve the quality of their solutions offering through certification of their FOSS skills. The project partners have appreciated the importance and urgency of increasing the number of certified Linux systems administrators on the African continent so as to have a bigger impact on the uptake of FOSS on the continent.

To achieve this, the program will implement the following interventions:

1. Support the development of open content Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPI) training material.

2. Offer Training of Trainers to individuals in the participating countries, leading to the LPI exams for certification.

3. Support the trainers to deliver the LPI training and certification in their countries and institutions as a business model.

LPI

The ict@innovation programme, is looking for African (and global) experts wanting to participate in the development of end user training manuals for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC-1). We are looking for individuals with experience in the use of the Linux Operating system, as well as with experience in the development of end user training manuals.

Our aim is to make use of already existing open licensed materials and modify them to bring them up to date. Once this is done the material will be distributed under the same open content license (GFDL), and put online for our trainers to download and use in their trainings.

We will also be offering a series of regional training of trainer workshops, with the first one set for later in the year for the EAST African region. In line with this, we are looking to recruit experienced LPI training consultants who will deliver this training to our training participants. The participants will be selected from individuals who already have some experience using Linux and offering training.

ict@innovation may also choose to select one consultant/consulting firm/consortium to work on the two contracts. The application documents including the terms of reference and the formal invitation can be found here:

Download of full tender dossier with all information and Terms of Reference here:

1) TORs and Material for Developers and

2) TORs and Material for the Training of Trainers.

If interested, please send your application by email to the following addresses indicating availability, to reach them not later than 27^th August 2010:

george@inwent.co.za

and copy the following addresses:

ikua@fossfa.net