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ictQATAR Web Redesign Demonstrates Technology Leadership in the Gulf

Forum One

At a time when open source technology is exploding in the government sector, it is with great pleasure that we announce the official launch of the ictQATAR web redesign ! The site debuted in early April after a global effort between ictQATAR communications staff and the Forum One team. read more.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. We hope to work on this thorny challenge further with our partner, the Mada Center, in Qatar, and benefit others throughout the region, such as the members served by our new partner, Emirates Association for the Visually Impaired, in the United Arab Emirates.

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