Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Serbia (ID: 22215795)/Final Report

Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Serbia

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 2023-09-22T00:00:00Z

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

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General information edit

Applicant username: Nter25
Organization name: N/A
Amount awarded: 4998.79
Amount spent: 4998.79 USD, 4590

Part 1: Project and impact edit

1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)

The WLM project returned to Serbia last year after a multi-year break and organizational challenges and problems. That results were limited, making it a significant challenge to organize the project this year. In addition to standard changes in the lists and factual conditions, this year we faced a high inflation rate, exceeding 24%. However, with a new organizational team, supported by last year's organizers, all goals were successfully accomplished, and they are among the best on a global level, historically speaking. Lists of monuments were updated, collaborations were established with local partners, and a new promotional campaign was launched on social media. Metrics were surpassed, with a 210% increase in the number of predicted participants and a 216% increase in the number of predicted number of photos. The expected metrics were realistic and aligned with last year's results. With significant efforts and a successful campaign, this year's metrics are among the best in the history of the WLM competition in Serbia, ranking second best after the results from 2012. Moreover, comparing results over the last three years globally, these results rank among the top performers.

2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)

Share links to:

Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.

You can also share links to:

Important social media posts
Surveys and their results
Infographics and sound files
Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects

Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)

For example:

Training materials and guides
Presentations and slides
Work processes and plans
Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others

3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups	Not applicable to your fund
B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community	Not applicable to your fund
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups	Strongly agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives	Strongly agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors	Strongly agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers	Strongly agree
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement	Agree
F. Other (optional)

Part 2: Learning edit

4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)

You can recall these learning questions below: The goal of monitoring the implementation of the project is to continuously evaluate activities, collect data and use resources to improve Wikimedia projects, but also volunteer commitment and involvement. Some of the issues to be addressed are:

Can the project still be organized on an individual basis, as was the case last year, and as is the case in several other WLM organizations around the world?
Is this project effective for encouraging Wikipedia volunteers to update and improve existing articles which do not fall into the most popular topics?
Is this project effective to identify and attract others or members in collecting photos?

Surely. In fact, it turned out to be useful because the team was focused on just one project and could focus its all capacities on its implementation. On the other hand, a group of people with the skills and experience to implement the same or a similar project in the future has been formed. At the same time, it is support for individuals and informal communities outside official organizations.

Although the achieved result in writing articles is less than the planned metric, it is actually the result of great work and campaign that was organized both last year and this year. Thanks to these efforts, all the 2266 monuments got their articles. We did not count articles written outside the editorial marathon in the final result. In the future, it will remain a challenge to update them and strive for each article to have a free photo.

The project attracted many new competitors and institutions that supported WLM in Serbia. They also expressed their desire to participate and organize the same and similar projects in the future.

5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)

Big inflation, one of the biggest in Europe, and the budget has been the same for years. We had to adapt the situation and on the other hand ensure the quality that is expected of us.

6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)

Sharing results and positive stories with the internal and external community.

Part 3: Metrics edit

7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)

In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.

	Target	Results
Number of participants	70	147
Number of editors	20	9
Number of organizers	1	4

Wikimedia project	Target	Result - Number of created pages	Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia	50	26	0
Wikimedia Commons	1500	3245	0
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews	10	10	0
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

8. Other Metrics results.

In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.

Other Metrics name	Metrics Description	Target	Result
Number of participants	* Number of participants in photo competition: 50 Number of participants in edit-a-thon: 20	70	156
Number of used photos	* Percentage of uploaded photos	10	15
Number of exhibitions	N/A	2	2
% of images used in the first two months	* Percentage of uploaded photos	15	15
Number of photo tours	* Number of photo tours	4	4

9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)

No

9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

Part 4: Financial reporting edit

10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

4590

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

4998.79

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1poza-z9gVbTQN9i4y1-RDd3WH2Txg_r0ivAo06H76o8/edit?usp=sharing

12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)

13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?

No

13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

N/A

13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

N/A

13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

N/A

14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?

Yes Your response to the review feedback. 14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?

Yes

14.3. 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 Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.

Yes

15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)

Review notes edit

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A