A new generation of universities are called for, “Universities 2.0″, that innovate their own structures in order to provide opportunities for learning across disciplines, across borders, and become nests of innovation to find global solutions to local problems. This wiki served as a platform for discussion on the topic of “Universities 2.0″ before and after face-to-face workshops, as well as fully-fledged online discussions.

The International Centre of Excellence on research and practice in Electronic Governance is part of the UNU International Institute for Software Technology. Its mission is to support governments in developing countries in the strategic use of technology to transform the working of public organizations and their relationships with citizens, businesses, civil society, and with one another.

Free/libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities are a typical instantiation of the peer-production model and consist of distributed groups of individuals who have the capability to customize a large project according to specific needs and wants.