▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁Direct ▁Service ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Boy ▁Sc outs ▁of ▁America , ▁which ▁supports ▁units ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Israel ▁Boy ▁and ▁Girl ▁Sc outs ▁Federation <0x0A> </s> ▁Par T ec s , ▁Part icip atory ▁Techn ologies , ▁was ▁an ▁international ▁software ▁company ▁special ized ▁in ▁Open ▁Source ▁Software ▁and ▁Free ▁Software ▁solutions ▁based ▁in ▁Rome , ▁Italy . ▁ ▁Par T ec s ▁maintained ▁administrative ▁offices ▁in ▁Rome ▁and ▁Br uss els ▁and ▁a ▁research ▁and ▁development ▁center ▁in ▁Bang al ore , ▁India ▁with ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁people . ▁ ▁All ▁Par T ec s ▁activities ▁and ▁areas ▁of ▁expert ise ▁have ▁been ▁incorpor ated ▁by ▁the ▁Te lem at ics ▁Fre edom ▁Foundation ▁since ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁Product s ▁Par T ec s ' ▁flags hip ▁product ▁was ▁the ▁P AR TE CS ▁Platform ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁basically ▁a ▁Political ▁Social ▁Network ing ▁platform ▁for ▁ 2 - way ▁communication ▁that ▁enabled ▁members ▁or ▁officials ▁of ▁large ▁multi - language ▁organizations ▁to ▁complement ▁their ▁regular ▁face - to - face ▁meet ings , ▁with ▁effective ▁participation ▁in ▁formal ▁and ▁inform al ▁deliber ative ▁processes ▁via ▁Internet , ▁Email , ▁Mail - in ▁and ▁F ax - in ▁forms . ▁Several ▁pieces ▁and ▁documentation ▁of ▁the ▁platform ▁are ▁still ▁accessible ▁on ▁the ▁web . ▁ ▁The ▁P AR TE CS ▁platform ▁was ▁presented ▁at ▁the ▁World ▁Sum mit