Communication System Design 2003 The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Laos Open Source Final presentation ລາວ ໂອເພນ ສອສ ຣາຍງານຄຣັ້ງສຸດທ້າຍ 20 May 2003

Overview Introduction Methodology Results Remaining problems Recommendations for the future Summary Questions & Answers

Introduction ແນະນຳ ເບື້ອງຕ້ນ

Team members Daniel Nihl é Voravit Boun Om Vilaphonh Thanousith Souvanthong

Background

Organization Involved KTH  Royal Institute of Technology NUOL  National University of Laos SIDA  Swedish International Development cooperation Agency NAFRI  National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, Laos JHAI foundation  Non Government Organization (NGO) STEA  Science and Technology Environment Agency

Goals Training  Capacity building  Networking & Linux Generating ICT policy and plan draft  ICT Policy  ICT plan Basic infrastructure Set up (optional)  Web server  Mail server

Methodology ຂະບວນການ ປະຕິບັດ

Time Line Phase1: KTH, Sweden11 weeks  Training  ICT policy and plan drafts Phase2: Vientiane, Laos6 weeks  Set up basic infrastructure services  ICT policy and plan drafts

Implementation Phase1  Training  Information Communication Technology (ICT) Phase2  Basic infrastructure set up with Laos script enabled  Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Project Solutions Training  Theoretical training  Practical training Information Communication Technology (ICT)  Brainstorm  Survey  Assessment and Analysis Basic infrastructure services  Services installation  Localization

Training Theoretical training  Lectures from experts Internetworking course IT-University network system Wireless training session ICT document writing UN ICT Task Force  Group Study Recitation Discussion

Training (cont) Practical training  Problem based learning approach  Labs [1] Links & LANs DNS DHCP Web Server + Database Basic Router Configuration Mail server

Project Solutions Training  Theoretical training  Practical training Information Communication Technology (ICT)  Brainstorm  Survey  Assessment and Analysis [2] Basic infrastructure services  Localization (Laos script enabled)  Services set up

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Phase1 (Top-Down approach)  Big picture  Break the object to small pieces  Brainstorm Phase2 (Bottom-Up approach)  Survey and gathering information  Assessment and Analysis  Synthesize and summarize the conclusion

Project Solutions Training  Theoretical training  Practical training Information Communication Technology (ICT)  Brainstorm  Survey  Assessment and Analysis Basic infrastructure services  Services installation  Localization

Basic infrastructure services Services installation  Equipment acquisition  Services set up Web server Mail server Localization  Laos script enabled  Based on Laonux (Laos Localization project) 

Results ຝົນ

Results - Training Training  Increased knowledge  Now maintaining the system Web server Mail server mail.nuol.edu.la

Results - ICT Survey results Improved situation

Results - ICT ICT  Documents handed over [3]  Increased awareness  Contribution to Material for Workshop

Results – Basic setup New ways of communicating Accessibility to information Learning experience

Problems encountered Troubleshoot and repair  Laos government main satellite link  Laos second and third level DNS  Router configuration Other tasks  Make Ethernet cables  Negotiations for equipment

Remaning problems ປັນຫາທີ່ ເຫລືອ

Remaining problems Lao script implementation  Incompatibility with Internet Explorer Developer contacted  Translation remains Translation team in action Maintenance  Limited competence Workshop by Lao team members

Recommendations for the future Increase the cooperation KTH-Sida-NUOL  Workshop later this year Laos Internet exchange, Laos-IX  At NUOL IT center Research exchange  Thesis exchange  instructors/personnel exchange Csd projects

Summary ສຫຼບ

Summary Goals achieved Work continues in Laos  IT Center education workshop  ICT workshop in LAOS planned July Conclusion on ICT development in Laos  Work project-based  Concrete rather than abstract

Summary/SWOT Strengths  Little bureaucracy  Good cooperation/dynamic team  Lasting results – team members working for NUOL Weaknesses  Limited time  Hard to actually use the budget  First time to produce ICT

Summary/SWOT (cont) Opportunities  Big impact  Improve research/education Threats  No funding  No follow-up on ICT  Hard to keep competence at NUOL

Questions & Answers ຖາມຕອບຂໍ້ສງ ສັຍ

References [1] Lab-exercises (See lab-section) [2] NUOL campus survey (appendix 1) team2/External/LAOS_OT12_030514_1_0.pdf [3] ICT policy and plan draft team2/External/LAOS_OT12_030514_1_0.pdf For further information please see the project web page at