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Grants:APG/Proposals/2020-2021 round 2/Wikimédia France/Progress report form

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Purpose of the report

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This form is for organizations receiving Annual Plan Grants to report on their progress after completing the first 6 months of their grants. The time period covered in this form will be the first 6 months of each grant (e.g. 1 January - 30 June of the current year). This form includes four sections, addressing grant metrics, program stories, financial information, and compliance. Please contact APG/FDC staff if you have questions about this form, or concerns submitting it by the deadline. After submitting the form, organizations will also meet with APG staff to discuss their progress.

Overall situation

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This year has started under better auspices with a temporary lull in the pandemic. We took the opportunity to leave the premises previously occupied by the association since 2014 to integrate new temporary premises rue Martel in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. We were also able to organize a Wikicamp in Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors at the end of August which brought our volunteers together for a convivial moment. The traditional WLM started in September for an 11th edition. The open content report is in its finalization phase and France has a new wikimedian in residence after the signing of a partnership between Wikimedia France and the metropolis of Clermont-Ferrand. In partnership with Wikimedia Tunisia, Wikimedia France actively supported the organization of an online edition of the French-speaking Wikiconvention, but above all on November 21, 2021, 16 French-speaking affiliates of the movement decided to formalize WikiFranca by creating an association based in Geneva. We also conducted a call for tenders for the creation of a Wikipedia game which will aim to transmit essential knowledge on the functioning of Wikipedia without bringing young people to contribute directly. We also conducted, with our new partner Vikidia, a survey of the Vikidian community which collected nearly 800 responses and which should allow us to develop an action plan dedicated to this new audience for the association. The Lingua Libre development and update service has come to an end. We have implemented a new internal expense management system to strengthen our procedures. Above all, it was a period of significant work around a new multi-year partnership between the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and Wikimedia France as part of France's commitments for the open government partnership.

Metrics and results overview - all programs

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Métrics 2021-2022 (Progress report)
All programs 2021-2022 targets Progress report (end of Q2) Projected (end of year) Explanation
Participants 3540 2128 On track
Newly registered 1960 445 On track
Content pages created or modified 488100 155270 On track
Volunteer hours 5500 3450 On track
Partners satisfactions On track

P.S : For reasons of consistency and readability, we no longer count contributions on Wikidata

Telling your program stories - all programs

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Program A: Raising awareness and training to Wikimedia projects

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Metrics

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Program A : Raising awareness and training to Wikimedia projects
Metrics 2021/2022 Target Progress (at end of Q2) Projected (end of year) Explanation
Participants 1670 1282 On track
Newly registered editors 680 82 On track
Pages added/improved 5100 1971 On track
Volunteer hours 750 275 On track
Partners satisfaction On track
Overview of the past six months
The creation of a national report around the open content practices of cultural institutions continued during the first semester. It is now complete and will be publicly unveiled in the coming weeks. The recruitment of one of our historical volunteers as a Wikimedian in residence in Clermont-Ferrand following a partnership signed between Wikimedia France and the city was a real success. This residency will soon be completed by a new Wikimedian residency at the Musée de Bretagne. Recruitment is ongoing. In cooperation with our historical partner, we have decided to end the High School Wikicontest in its current form and are in the process of designing new projects. First of all with the design of a board game, a real digital mediation tool which will be available to the documentation and information centers of schools in France in order to initiate the operation of Wikipedia without directly bringing the children to the site. We have also entered into a long-term partnership with Vikidia (encyclopedia for 8-13 year olds). Indeed, we believe that contributing to Vikidia is not only easier for young people but that the vikidians of today are also the wikimedians of tomorrow. We therefore carried out a survey of this community in order to get to know it better and identify its expectations. We thus discovered that this community did not experience any gender bias in its participation. We are in the process of developing with the Board of Vikidia, a plan for developing and strengthening the project at the national level. Regarding the strengthening of our online training platform, the development of a MOOC dedicated to Wikidata is in progress. The video shoot will take place in mid-February for an opening on May 1st. In parallel, Wikimedia France has engaged in long discussions with the Ministry of Higher Education and Research as part of France's commitments in the creation of Open Government Partnerships. Wikimedia France and the Ministry are thus mutually committed to a two-year project, combining recruitment of Wikimedians in residences in several universities, professional training courses addressed to researchers, various contribution campaigns and the integration of Wikimedia projects into the national barometer of open science. This project will include the recruitment of a training officer financed by the Ministry within Wikimedia France.

Activity report

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What has been done?
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  • Recruitment of a wikimedian in residence in Clermont-Ferrand
  • Design of the open content report
  • Preparation of the 2022 "Free Culture" labeling campaign
  • Carrying out a survey of the Vikidian community
  • Establishment of the partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education and Research
  • Design of the Wikidata MOOC
What will be done?
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  • Organization of new Culture and Digital Days
  • Official publication of the open content report
  • Beginning of the partnership with the Ministry Launch of the Wikidata MOOC
  • Launch of the Wikipedia game for school documentation centers
Quick conclusion
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The second half promises to be eventful and will undoubtedly confirm the transformation of part of our activities with the desire to have a systemic impact. The partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education and Research will enable us to produce training plans recognized by the State and made compulsory for teacher-researchers. Wikimedia projects will be fully registered in the national open science barometer. This means that the French state includes the participation of researchers and professors in Wikimedia projects as an important indicator for open science. The process of labeling cultural institutions is part of the same process. We are going to complete the MOOC Wikidata but we wonder about the sustainability of the MOOC model in the future. As the association has begun to revamp its strategic plan, these questions will feed our thoughts.

Program B: Diversify participation in the Wikimedia movement

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Metrics

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Program B : Diversify participation in the Wikimedia movement
Metrics 2021/2022 Target Progress (at end of Q2) Projected (end of the year) Explanation
Participants 900 570 On track
Newly registered editors 880 285 On track
Pages added/improved 453000 141639 On track
Volunteer hours 2050 741 On track
Overview of the past six months
This first semester was devoted to the structuring of WikiFranca. n 2019, the French-speaking affiliates meeting in Brussels decided to pool their energy and resources to create a new organization that would support the development of French-speaking Wikimedian communities. After 2 years of work, we ended up with the official creation of WikiFranca as a non-profit organization under Swiss law. A first committee was elected with the choice of Dominque Eliane from Côte d'Ivoire as the first president. Wikimedia France is delighted and proud to have actively contributed to the creation of this new organization. The Francophone Wikiconvention was able to take place online. At the same time, the development and strengthening of Lingua libre continues with, for example, the addition of a sound library which allows easy browsing of the recordings that have been made. With 733 participants in 143 different languages, the project has reached a very interesting level of maturity for the movement. A community organization is taking shape and we continue to do our best to provide this community with the resources it needs to pursue its development. We also welcomed students from the island of Mayotte to Paris for a seminar on Wikipedia, while in parallel the partnership with the University of Guyana continues and is strengthened.
Lingua Libre community maps

Activity report

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What has been done?
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  • Creation of WikiFranca into an organization
  • Francophone Wikiconvention 2021
  • Training for students from Mayotte
  • Development of Lingua Libre (Sound library, mediawiki update...)
  • End of the Lingua Libriste internship in residence in Lyon and realization of a hackathon)
What will be done?
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  • Launch of action program at the University of Guyana
  • Organization of Contibuling (conference on minority languages and digital technology) in partnership with INALCO
  • Reinforcement of WikiFranca
  • Participation in the month of the French-speaking contribution
  • Lingua Libre Technical Plan
Quick Conclusion
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The creation of WikiFranca will bring about several important changes. The financing of actions in Africa, which was done until now via the Wikimedia France micro-financing commission, will gradually migrate to this new organization. Similarly, we will also deploy a training plan within WikiFranca. The Guyana project will continue its development and should soon be associated with a similar project in Guadeloupe with a view to strengthening the participation of overseas populations. Lingua Libre also remains an important issue and as part of the overhaul of our strategic plan, it will be more than necessary to ask the question whether Wikimedia France is able to support the development of a tool with exponential growth on its own.

Program C: Support, animate and strengthen the community

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Metrics

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Program C : Support, animate and strengthen the community
Metrics 2021/2022 Target Progress (at end of Q2) Projected (end of the year) Explanation
Participants 970 276 On track
Newly registered editors 400 78 On track
Pages added/improved 30000 11679 On track
Volunteer hours 2700 2444 On track
Overview of the past six months

The covid-19 pandemic having given us some respite, we were able to organize an event with our community, inspired by Wikimedia Armenia, a Wikicamp in the Alpine mountains with the program, integration of newcomers, contribution, visits and work meetings . This event allowed us to rediscover a certain local dynamic that had been disrupted with the pandemic. The traditional contribution competitions also marked this first semester with a new and final edition of Wiki loves Monuments in France since we intend to resume and expand the competition a little in 2022. We have also organized a new edition of Wikisolidaire, turned towards the medical field and with the participation of epidemiologists and doctors in line with the partnership between the WMF and the WHO.
Wikicamp 2021 in France

Activity report

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What has been done?
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What will be done?
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  • Organization of Wikicamp 2022
  • Launch of the 2022 volunteer training program
  • Digitization of part of the foliot fund
  • Discussion on territorial organization and strengthening of local groups.
Quick Conclusion
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The volunteer and community program must continue to be strengthened. The training program is stabilizing and becoming annualized. The flexible format of Wikicamp has made it possible to imagine a more suitable welcoming event than conventions that become too technical. Similarly, psychological and legal support is increasingly important. The association is currently engaged in 2 legal proceedings to support volunteers from the encyclopedia who have been threatened. We are going to continue this program overhaul, particularly as part of the overhaul of our strategic plan.

Program D : Promote and preserve the Wikimedia movement in France

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Metrics

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Program C : Support, animate and strengthen the community
Metrics 2021/2022 Target Progress (at end of Q2) Projected (end of the year) Explanation
Number of new social media followers 1000 960 On track
Number of blog posts published 96 67 On track
Number of regular donors 1170 (+10%) 1158 On track
Number of major donors 80 55 On track
Number of parliamentarians who have publicly supported Wikimedia France NA 12 On track The evaluation of advocacy actions is in internal reflection to determine what may be the most relevant


Overview of the past six months

The recruitment of an advocacy officer has had a considerable impact on our missions by facilitating our access to ministries and personalities. It has also made it possible to make our voice heard at national level in a stronger way and to support the work of FKAGEU at the new level of the European Union. The subjects were not lacking and greatly mobilized the association (Digital services act, law on republican principles, terrorist regulations, etc.) as many bills aimed at regulating digital technology. In this period of national election in France with the presidential and legislative elections, we make our voice heard with the publication of numerous forums. From a communication point of view, the association approached YouTubers to explain how the projects work. A video dedicated to Wikipedia and produced by a French youtuber garnered 100,000 views in 3 months. Finally, we conducted a successful fundraising campaign last December which should allow us to achieve the objectives set and strengthen our donor base after a major change in CRM.

Activity report

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What has been done?
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  • Republican Principles Bill
  • Preparing for the presidential campaign
  • E-privacy regulations
  • Digital services act (cooperation with FKAGEU)
  • Production of awareness videos
What will be done?
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  • Drafting of an explanatory note for campaign teams
  • Wikipedia Content Moderation Research Project
  • Awareness campaign around the Wiktionary
  • Organization of a donor event
Quick Conclusion
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The advocacy work allowed us to meet new actors and to act more quickly. We are thus relays in France of the positions of the movement at European level. We exchange quickly with institutions and we position ourselves with key players. Wikimedia France is now part of the working group bringing together the main platforms (Google, twitter, facebook, twitch...) around the Ministry of the Interior. The awareness campaigns that we develop allow us to reach new audiences who are attracted by the association and its action. Finally, we are continuing our work to diversify our resources, particularly with the aim of weighing less on the finances of the movement.

Revenues received during this six-month period

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Revenue source Currency Anticipated Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative Anticipated ($US)* Cumulative ($US)* Explanation of variances from plan
Various recipes Euro
Project Grants Euro
WMF Grant Euro 425 000 € 106 250 € 106 250 € 212 500 € 485,639 $ 242,819 $
Financial Mécenat Euro 85 000 € 31 779 € 31 779 € 97,128 $ 36,313 $
Memberships Euro 12 000 € 1 802 € 1 802 € 13,712 $ 2,059 $
Donations Euro 520 000 € 233 274, 50 € 233 274, 50 € 466 549 € 594,194 $ 533,116 $
Other products Euro 4 100 € 7 697,50 € 8 342,50 € 16 040 € 4,685 $ 18,329 $
Resumption of outstanding commitments Euro 40 000 € 20 000 € 20 000 € 45,707 $ 22,854 $
Load transfers Euro 30 000 € 34,280 $

Spending during this six-month period

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Please use the exchange rate in your APG proposal.

  • Important note
    • Budget can be the budget for the whole year (and thus the percentage will reflect the half year and should be around 50%, or the half year, in which case the % should be around 100%. Please make that clear in the table.
    • In the explanation column, always mention relevant information about the numbers: what period they refer to.
Expense Currency Budgeted Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cumulative Budgeted ($US)* Cumulative ($US)* Percentage spent to date Explanation of variances from plan
A - Raising awareness and training to the Wikimedia Projets Euro 256 257 € 42 021 € 42 021 € 84 042 € 292,820 $ 96,033 $ 32,80 %
B- Diversify participation in the Wikimedia Movement Euro 139 381 € 30 261 € 30 261 € 60 522 € 159,268 $ 69,157 $ 43,42 %
C - Support, animate and strengthen the community Euro 160 807 € 55 024 € 55 024 € 110 047 € 183,751 $ 125,749 $ 68,43 %
Fundraising Euro 224 500 € 55 625 € 55 625 € 111 250 € 256,532 $ 127,123 $ 49,55 %
Overhead Euro 335 155 € 85 756 € 85 756 € 171 513 € 382,975 $ 195,984 $ 51,17 %
TOTAL Euro 1 116 100 € 268 687 € 268 687 € 537 374 € 1,275,345 $ 614,047 $ 48,15 %

Compliance

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Is your organization compliant with the terms outlined in the grant agreement?

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As required in the grant agreement, please report any deviations from your grant proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.

Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement? Please answer "Yes" or "No".

Yes

Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Grant funds as outlined in the grant agreement? Please answer "Yes" or "No".


Yes

Signature

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Rémy Gerbet WMFr (talk) 21:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Resources

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Resources to plan for measurement

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Resources for storytelling

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