openflows.org vydali v septembri spravu z prieskumu open content projektov v piatich ne-zapadnych regionoch - arabskych krajinach, sub-saharskej afrike, indii, brazilii a vychodnej europe. projekt viedol felix stalder, pre research kazdej oblasti oslovil jedneho cloveka, vychodnu europu robila branka curcic z kuda.org

vyplnene dotazniky - http://oc.openflows.org/viewsurvey/2, pekny prehlad inak

report z vychodnej europy - http://oc.openflows.com/see

z neho namatkovo:
Having emerged from communist rule after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and, in the Balkans, gone through wars during the 1990s, the ideas of free sharing and open collaboration do not resonate well in the general culture. Raw capitalism and a culture of “getting rich quick”, particularly in the countries less integrated into the EU, are dominant. Notions of large-scale community are often tainted by nationalism, which is predominantly hostile to notions of open content (except, perhaps, in nordic countries like Estonia). Public universities tend to have very little interest in such projects and ministries of culture and/or education are active in supporting at least some initiatives only in the more developed countries in the region.

Nevertheless, the CreativeCommons project has been localized for Slovenia and Croatia, and efforts are underway in Romania and the Ukraine and early project leads exist in other countries.

The context most receptive to the ideas and practices has been the experimental art context. It is indicative that 13 out of 19 projects fall into the category of arts and culture. Of central importance are the numerous media centers that exist throughout the region, most importantly Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, but also in Estonia and other places. Most of these centers, which tend to be very well connected internationally, support numerous open content projects, and, in the case of the Multimedia Institute in Zagreb, and, perhaps soon kuda.org in Novi Sad, are even carrying the local CreativeCommons project. However, given the focus on experimental cultures, the reach of these projects tends to be fairly small. Nevertheless, they do very important work in raising local awareness and providing seeds for a culture of open content.

Of course, there are exceptions to these general tendencies. In the wake of the international success of the Wikipedia, numerous editions from SEE Europe are thriving, most notably the Polish edition. However, in case where language politics are complicated, most importantly in Ex-Yugoslavia, the Wikipedia projects are seriously affected by it. Another important exception is Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) a project that aims to increase technology literacy among Women in the region using open source software and promoting a culture of open content. This project is successful partly because it is part of a larger European and North American initiative, and partly because its focus very concrete and practical.