FKI:Strategy/Specific Context
Specific Context
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The Free Knowledge Institute promotes free knowledge in all its forms. Our aim is to provide equal access to the tools for production and sharing of knowledge. We work towards this aim together with a local and global network of autonomous actors. Since its creation in 2007 the FKI has coordinated several international projects in the areas of Free Software, Open Standards, Open Educational Resources, Access to Knowledge. Through these activities the FKI core team has increased its experience, obtained specialised skills and has built a considerable international network of partners and peers from research and educational institutions, industry and third sector organisations. These assets allow us to assist organisations who want to explore alternative business models or to tackle specific issues in the multiple fields where knowledge plays an important part. The primary focus of the first five years (free software, open standards and establishing an education platform) has positioned the FKI community to grow and to broaden its horizons to include new domains. These will be proposed and driven by community members with a passion for the relevant fields (see Domains). A primary function of the the FKI in these domains is to educate existing and emerging communities about the freedom issues core to a free knowledge society and to advise and participate on a practical level. |
