OM Analysis for Nepal (MPP) Country Component

1. Vision

1. Examine effective means to develop digital literacy through the use of local language
computing and content.
2. Explore development of sustainable human resource capacity for R&D in local language
computing as a means to raise current levels of technological support for Asian languages.
3. Advance policy for development and use of local language computing and content.
4. Study and develop coherent instruments to gauge the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary.
research concerning the adoption of local language technology by rural communities

2. Mission

To develop user-friendly and useful technology by incorporating the users' feedbacks, involve the community in the works thus working towards creating an able and co-operative community capable of carrying out sustainable research and development, co-ordinate with local policy makers to advance policies for technology development.

3. Boundary Partners

Boundary partners selected against each project activity are listed below

Project Activity	Boundary Partners
1. Localized Linux Distribution, NepaLinux 3.0	NepaLinux Developers, Translators, Management Team Members, Linguist, Outreach Team Members, Policy Makers, University Undergraduates and Internees, FOSS-Nepal Community, User community, Regional Research Component - Technology
2. Nepali Optical Character Recognition (OCR)	Nepali OCR Development Team, Regional Research Component - Technology, Helping country partner, User community, Nepali Publication houses,University Undergraduates and Internees
3. Nepali Grammar Checker	Nepali Grammar Checker Development Team (Developers, Researchers, Linguists), Local Universities, University Undergraduates and Internees,User community, Regional Research Component – Technology.
4. Translation of Internationalized Names	Translation team, Policy Makers, Regional Research Component – Technology, Participating country partners.

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