Grants:Project/MSIG/WMSE/The Content Partnerships Hub's capacity boost initiative

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Movement Strategy

WM SE/The Content Partnerships Hub's capacity boost initiative

This project will establish processes for how the Content Partnerships Hub can be used for targeted capacity building, including experiments around how to use the Helpdesk and Metabase for this and the pilot development of requested materia.

targetWikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikibase

start dateAugust 1

start year2024

end dateJune 31

end year2025

budget (local currency)610,000

budget (USD)57,950

grant typeorganization

non-profit statusYes

grantee• John Andersson (WMSE)

contact(s)• john.anderssonwikimedia.se• andre.costa@wikimedia.se

organization (if applicable)• Wikimedia Sverige

website (if applicable)• https://wikimedia.se/

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Project Goal

What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative

Project Goal

What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative

Goal: Expanding the Content Partnerships Hub's capacity building experiments into phase 2

The goal of this project is to continue experimenting with capacity building within the framework and structures of the aspiring Content Partnerships Hub.

The outputs of the project are:

Identifying capacity building material through the Helpdesk

1. Establish the Standing Working Group and an initial Working Group Task Force based on the insights from the concept paper for Working Groups for the Helpdesk.
2. Establish a process to identify materials that need to be created, through requests to the Helpdesk, and document this process.

Engage in inter-hub cooperation and coordination by inviting other hubs to support the Helpdesk to reach more people and organizations in the Movement and deliver a better service. This is building on the explorative partnership initiated with the WikiFranca hub.

Creating processes to jointly develop key capacity building material through Working Groups and exchange programs

1. Establish a process for Working Groups to support the development of the capacity building material, develop one set of missing informational or educational materials and document this process.
2. Establish collaboration with at least one other hub initiative or affiliate on translation and refining of the material created.
3. Explore funding opportunities for the Grand Tour of Wikimedia where content production is a key part of the concept.

Expanding Metabase to other affiliates and new types of content

1. Use the documented processes in the case studies to add and structure metadata about material related to content partnerships on Metabase from two more Wikimedia organizations.
2. Develop case studies outlining the joint efforts from adding material from the two Wikimedia organizations.
3. Develop a concept paper with entry ways for how regional and thematic hubs can contribute to Metabase.
4. Identify and document volunteer opportunities. Experiment with at least two volunteers and develop a report about their experience.
5. Develop training modules on learn.wiki about Metabase to reduce the threshold for engagement.
6. Present about Metabase at two Wikimedia events to create engagement.
7. 2500 new items are added.

Developing a WiR training program for IGOs

1. Based on the research paper for a WiR training program for IGOs, develop a full concept and training material for the program together with at least one other Wikimedia affiliate.
2. Engage at least two IGOs in the WiR work (either by engaging in the program or signing a MoU stating their interest to host a WiR).
3. Develop a network structure for the IGO WiRs to ensure continued exchange between the WiR training program’s participants.
4. Develop a global database of WiR candidates for IGOs that have taken part in the program to quickly identify suitable WiRs for the partner IGOs.

What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here

Ensure Equity in Decision-Making -> 26 Regional and thematic hubs

Capacity building is a key focus in the Movement Strategy and is a highlighted area for hubs to support. Recommendation 4 states that a key action point is to help with “coordinating capacity building”. Capacity building is important for the “empowerment of local communities” to take on larger roles, and as such increases equity in the Movement.

The Hub is coordinated by Wikimedia Sverige’s team, but we are increasingly building structures for engaging, involving and building capacity for stakeholders across the Movement, so that they can take part in and contribute to the Movement’s work with content partnerships. The work with the Thematic hub aims to support the content partnership efforts in the wider Movement, not the content partnerships between Wikimedia Sverige and Swedish organizations.

With more content partnership leaders in the movement, more stakeholders will have the experience and power to run their own projects, thus exponentially increasing the amount, as well as the diversity, of content partnerships projects that are organized. That will also enable more stakeholders to engage in the conversations and/or capacity building projects, ensuring equity in decision making on a global level.

Although a hub will touch upon many different Movement Strategy initiatives, this limited project is focusing on continuing with experimenting on how capacity building in the Movement can be supported through the aspiring Content Partnerships Hub’s structures. By increasing capacity and providing the missing pieces more stakeholders in the Movement can get involved with content partnerships, both when it comes to engaging in the conversations around content partnerships in the Movement and getting the knowledge and experience to carry out the partnerships themselves.

This project also directly contributes to:

• Recommendation 6: Invest in Skills and Leadership, specifically “Invest in new or existing technological infrastructure which facilitates learning of skills through functional, collaborative, real-time tools and quality content" and "Procedures to evaluate the quality of learning content and to facilitate the transfer of knowledge at global and local levels”.
  • The first part is achieved through the Metabase work and the second part through the Helpdesk and the IGO WiR training program. The Grand Tour of Wikimedia will help to foster a group of well trained expert Wikimedians with an international network to become leaders of the Movement.
• Recommendation 7: Manage Internal Knowledge, all three sections (1) “Facilitate a culture of documentation to become integral to Wikimedia’s work and evaluation and as an outcome in itself, by resourcing its creation in key areas, such as capacity building, advocacy, partnerships, and technology”, (2) “Establish a knowledge-base system with access to all Movement learning assets” and (3) “Encourage the growth and maintenance of this knowledge-base following these practices”.
  • The first part is achieved through the Helpdesk and the engagement of Working Groups to identify and develop capacity building material and with Metabase that has the potential to change how documentation becomes more data driven and structured. The second and third parts are achieved through the development and further expansion of Metabase and development of a larger community of contributors to the platform.
• Recommendation 8: Identify Topics for Impact, specifically “Advocate for and build capacity around content creation and quality writing in areas where both editors and content are missing (or content is known to be biased), for example through regional and thematic hubs.”

This is achieved through the work done with the Helpdesk where the requests from the Wikimedia communities provide insights; with the WiRs at the IGOs working with their experts; and with analyzing the data on Metabase to identify gaps that are in need of urgent attention.

• Recommendation 10: Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt, specifically “Distribute responsibilities around the processes of monitoring, evaluating and learning with all Movement stakeholders so that they have mutual accountability (including coordination and knowledge management) and ensure continual progress.”
  • Through the Metabase and the Helpdesk the knowledge management is improved. The work on developing the Hub concept as a whole is continuing and can stay fluid and responsive to challenges, needs and opportunities.

Project Background

When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?

1 August 2024 to 31 June 2025

Where will your project activities be happening?

The project is initiated by Wikimedia Sverige’s team, but the activities will take part globally.

To make sure that the project contributes to ensuring equity in decision making as well as serving underserved and underrepresented communities the work with the Helpdesk will be supervised and guided by the Expert Committee, composed by a diverse and global set of experienced volunteers when it comes to working with partnerships. Through Working Groups of the Helpdesk more experts from across the global Movement can be engaged and support the communities across the world. This lays an important foundation for building a worldwide service.

The Grand Tour of Wikimedia will initially be organized with mainly Wikimedia affiliates from within the EU as hosts (as we are aiming for Erasmus+ funding), but participation will be open for applicants globally.

The Metabase platform is digital and multilingual and most work will take place online. We will participate in Wikimedia events, either physically or online, to present about the Metabase initiative.

The WiR training program for IGOs will be a global program by design. The IGOs have offices across the world and are often specifically looking for Wikimedians with a regional expertise or a language skill set that can work from the specific office.

Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.

Yes. A key part of our approach to enhance capacity building around content partnerships is to work with different Movement stakeholders, both to engage new stakeholders in this regard and to collaborate on a deeper level with those that already have experience. This is important for two reasons.

Firstly, content partnerships (with e.g. GLAM and educational institutions) is an area of work where the Wikimedia Movement has a lot of experience and have created different pieces of materials over the last years. However, it is very hard to find as well as to navigate among the material as the material developed historically is spread across multiple wikis (Meta, Outreach, chapter’s wikis etc.) and on other platforms with no structured approach to organize and find it, keep it updated and expanded on. To identify the material and fully understand it we need to work with the affiliates and volunteers that created it.

The second reason is that the content needs to be localized and contextualized. The material created to date is often in a single language and for a specific context. The majority of content created to date is developed in Europe and the US, which means that translation is not the only barrier to reuse but it also needs to be adapted for the local context. For this, and to identify more material from other geographic regions, we need collaborations and broad engagement across the Movement.

Through the Helpdesk we will identify what capacity building material is needed and compile information about existing resources. The Helpdesk is guided by an international Expert Committee. The first Expert Committee organized has been made up by content partnerships experts from around the globe, contributing in a volunteer capacity. The participants are from eight countries spanning five continents (Asia (1 person), Africa (3), South America (2), North America (1) and Europe(1)), with 75% of the participants from the Global South. The languages spoken by the Committee members cover more than 1.6 billion people. There is a 50/50 division between persons identifying as women/men.

Based on the priorities from the Expert Committee we will then design tasks for the Working Groups to improve the situation. The Working Groups consist of topic experts from across the Movement working together to improve capacity building (see our concept paper for the Working Groups here). The Working Group members will help identify the existing material needed to respond to the requests, and by doing so help to summarize the current status of information. Their work will be foundational to identifying what materials to develop next. Each individual request also represents a small and focused collaboration with an affiliate or a community member. We believe that the experts contributing to the working group could get even further reach through WMF’s Let’s connect initiative.

For the work with the Helpdesk we will also explore external funding opportunities. In Spring 2024 Wikimedia Sverige, after a long and complicated application process, became an approved member of ForumCiv. This means that we are now able to apply for grants through their open calls for project applications twice a year. We believe that this opportunity will further increase interest in joining the Working Groups for affiliates.

When we have identified different types of pre-existing material we will add it to our experimental platform Metabase and we will engage and train the Working Group members to help with the work. A main focus in our continued work is to engage other affiliates to add information about their resources and organization to Metabase. In preparation for this we have discussed this with a handful of affiliates and have presented Metabase to the ED Group. We have also sent out a survey to explore what capacity building resources exist and what the needs are.

For the WiR program for IGOs we are intending to work closely with other affiliates to: (1) further develop the program (i.e. what to teach the participants); (2) deliver it with active involvement from experts from different affiliates; and (3) communicate about the opportunity to participate in the program to the members, volunteers and staff from the affiliates.

We will actively seek out involvement from and collaboration with both affiliates, as well as Thematic hubs formed around languages (e.g. WikiFranca or The Wikimedia Languages Diversity Hub) and Regional hubs to join our efforts in translating and contextualizing the material. We have initiated a partnership with WikiFranca but with this project we would fill the partnership with content and start experimenting with how to structure an ongoing exchange.

What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?

Capacity building is an area of work that has repeatedly been pointed out as a major obstacle for the Movement in the Strategic Recommendations. This was echoed regarding the needs around content partnerships in our interviews done as part of the Needs assessment, conducted in 2021–2022. In the preparatory work for the hub, it became clear that there are several different areas where capacity building is needed to support Wikimedia affiliates and volunteers in the work that is taking place around content partnerships.

Maybe the most prominent one is the fact that even though knowledge is produced and used in one part of the Movement, it often stays undiscovered – only used among the affiliates, user groups or even individuals that created it. We must find better ways of finding, collecting, translating and sharing the local knowledge globally and global knowledge locally. Other issues are that there might be knowledge gaps, or outdated information, that could quite easily be updated and expanded.

We are convinced that the Content Partnerships Hub should only focus on areas that currently are not covered by the work done by other Wikimedia organizations and where we have a high level of expertise and can add real value. The larger strategic issues that we believe that the thematic hub can contribute to with regards to capacity building are of three types:

How do we identify what material we need to invest in to benefit as many affiliates as possible? How do we find what is out there? So that we do not duplicate work or are unaware of what knowledge already exists. How do we share the knowledge we have? Both in person through exchange programs, events and networks, but also asynchronously.

The experiments as part of this project will focus mainly on developing novel ways to contribute to these areas, rather than creating specific training material etc. Our work should complement already existing efforts and help to improve areas of coordination, findability and searchability. With the work around Metabase, the Helpdesk, the WiR training program for IGOs and the Grand Tour of Wikimedia exchange program we believe we have identified suitable areas with clear deliverables to work on during this project.

After launching the well received Helpdesk initiative in 2022 we now have a basic concept that is well developed and analyzed. As the next step we are keen on experimenting with how to best engage other affiliates and the WMF in responding to the Helpdesk requests and identifying capacity building material matching the requests. We believe that this can be done through further developing the Expert Committee and launching two types of Working Groups.

The Grand Tour of Wikimedia is a concept that we believe it is time to move forward with as soon as possible to use the exchange program to uncover what material exists in the Movement, share the knowledge with each other and also support the work with co-developing the most sought after capacity building material. This initiative also has the potential to financially support and benefit multiple Wikimedia affiliates. The work is focusing on concept development with a number of affiliates and with developing an Erasmus+ grant application for a project launching in 2026.

The Metabase initiative is quickly scaling and the data available can already be useful in different types of analysis and projects. As we scale more opportunities will be created. As the first initial experiments are wrapping up we have momentum to take the next step of experimentation and engage new volunteers and affiliates in further expanding the structured database.

The WiR training program for IGOs is a natural continuation of our current efforts. Our work with international partners, IGO/INGO, are progressing so well that we are unable to provide the support needed to all potential partners. This is an exceptional opportunity for the Movement to secure external funding for WiR positions (that often can be the first employee of an affiliate, or where the work can deliver valuable synergies for local affiliates/volunteers). However, no such training program exists and we would like to experiment with how to develop one together with other affiliates that have experience with WiR positions from their national work.

The Wikimedia Movement is increasingly becoming a central node online, building up towards “the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge”. The more central the Wikimedia Movement becomes online, the more important it will however be to collaborate with other actors in society, including cultural heritage institutions such as museums and libraries, as well as intergovernmental organizations (IGOs, such as UN agencies) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs).

Given the state of the world, after a global pandemic, with new wars and conflicts and an imminent climate crisis, we believe that it only gets more and more important that we, as a Movement, partner with other knowledge producers, to make knowledge freely available and shared, and especially when it comes to topics for impact and areas of high importance.

The Wikimedia Movement will need to find the means, the infrastructure and close partnerships for making more content – media, data, text or any other form – available through the Wikimedia platforms. This is in essence what we mean by content partnerships, and what we aim to strive towards on a global level through the initiative for a Content Partnerships Hub.

Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?

Planning Hubs

Project Activities

What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.

In this limited experimental project we are targeting capacity building and exchange in the Wikimedia Movement. We are limiting our work in this project to focus solely on capacity building related to content partnerships. We are planning to work on the areas outlined below.

Identifying capacity building material through the Helpdesk

In preparations for the work in the Helpdesk we have three organizational steps to take:

1. The participants of the Expert Committee will be offered to continue the work and new members will be engaged. A Secretary of the Expert Committee will be hired to provide added support for their work (we are aiming for an international hire).
2. We will form a Standing Working Group, as outlined in the concept paper.
3. This will be followed by forming a first Working Group Task Force, as outlined in the concept paper.
4. We will analyze and report on the learnings from these processes. This report will be shared with other hub initiatives if they would like to develop Helpdesks within their thematic or regional areas.

We expect the Working Groups to be fully formed by April 2025.

After the organizational preparations we will start the work to create engagement with the Helpdesk:

1. We will scale the efforts to communicate about the possibility to send in requests to the Helpdesk. A communication plan will be developed and we will reach out about the opportunity both online and at different events. We will especially ensure that we coordinate this with the hubs that have a geographical or language focus to reach the communities they engage deeply with.
2. We expect to process at least a handful of requests through the Working Groups. The result from these experiments will be analyzed in-depth and we will make recommendations for scaling the efforts further.

Creating processes to jointly develop key capacity building material through Working Groups and exchange programs

1. We will form the Working Group Task Force and develop material based on the requests that have been received by the Helpdesk and prioritized by the Expert Committee.
2. The material will be added to Metabase by the participants of the Working Group Task Force (after being trained by WMSE’s staff).
3. The new material will be added to Meta and marked for translation. Identify what languages should be prioritized for a translation of the content developed. Connect a trainee for support with the translation efforts and connect with the relevant affiliates and hubs to ensure translation and contextualization of the material.
4. A case study will be developed based on the experience and recommendations for scaling the efforts further will be provided.
5. We will register our organization to be able to apply for Erasmus+ funding for the Grand Tour of Wikimedia initiative. Then we will prepare an application together with at least three more Wikimedia affiliates. This is the main funding effort, but we will also look into a few other funding opportunities.

Expanding Metabase to other affiliates and new types of content

1. Form a partnership with two Wikimedia organizations to share material from them on Metabase. In line with the recommendations presented in the Metabase case study we will train their staff about the possibilities and how they can help to improve different areas. Organize workshops/meetings to discuss the material they have and match it with the Metabase data structure. Jointly identify new types of content suitable for Metabase. Hub staff will work with a dedicated data wrangler in their team to start adding the information. Furthermore, the Community Programs team at WMF has shared existing datasets that we will possibly add to Metabase.
2. We will analyze and report on the learnings from these processes through case studies. In the case studies we will be detailing what data we worked on, what the outcome was of the joint activities and what recommendations we have for further work. The findings from the report will be shared with a broad group of Wikimedia affiliates to increase knowledge about the Metabase platform.
3. To ensure that relevant resources are added from across the Movement we will engage the hubs. We will organize meetings to discuss what opportunities and roles they see for themselves in the Metabase work. We will together develop concrete suggestions for how data wrangler positions could be established at the different hubs, what they might focus on and how they can structure the work. The findings and insights will be summarized in a concept paper that we will publish on our Meta portal. Our main focus will be on content partnership related material but to ensure that the platform can handle different types of challenges we will also engage with hubs that have other types of content.
4. The work on Metabase has so far mainly been done by paid staff from Wikimedia Sverige. Through personal invitations we will engage volunteers to work on Metabase. We will develop and provide training for them and create a first set of capacity building material needed for them to effectively contribute e.g. by adding content related to a conference. We will test and evaluate the material based on their inputs and will summarize the findings in a report that will be shared with the broader Wikimedia community. We hope that these volunteers will be acting as ambassadors for the project and will support them with different types of resources to do so.
5. With the help of an e-learning consultant, and former staff member of WMSE, we will develop a set of training modules for learn.wiki. These modules will be connected to the specific courses that are being developed for different target groups. The modules will be available in Swedish and English to start but volunteers, interns and Wikimedia affiliates and hubs will actively be engaged for translations into further languages. The module will act as a path-finder to see how much resources will be needed to add further hub related modules.
6. We will develop a list of suitable Wikimedia events in the beginning of the project and submit program suggestions for the events.
7. We have been able to hire an experienced Wikidataian through a grant from the Swedish authorities. He will be adding material ongoingly during all of 2024 and possibly also in 2025 – if the grant can be expanded (which we are optimistic about).

Developing a WiR training program for IGOs

1. The work will focus on leading the development of a new training program that is building on the report we have published. The experimental work will be including (1) how to deliver the training and on what platforms (i.e. what is done in person/hybrid/online and what should be added as modules on learn.wiki and on wiki pages), (2) what the budget has to be and (3) the timelines. Furthermore (4) communication planning to reach people that should take part in the training, and finally (5) how evaluation of the learning outcomes should be done. This task will include close cooperation with other Wikimedia affiliates that are joining the hub work as formal partners and will support the training program. This could include e.g. WMUK, WMFR, WMAR and Wiki in Africa (others might join or replace some of these affiliates).
2. For the WiR training program to make sense there needs to be a clear interest from the IGOs that are intended to be hosting the WiR. We know that many IGOs are interested and we will use this to engage them in developing a detailed MoU that also creates other opportunities for the Wikimedia movement later on. A selected few staff members at IGOs will be approached individually to join the training program as teachers and mentors.
3. We will develop a network structure for the IGO WiRs. The preparatory work focuses on establishing a detailed plan for how the network will be organized and what type of support will be required and how it connects to other parts of the Hub. Coordination is expected to take place with e.g. the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network (WREN) and UN networks.
4. Develop a global database of IGO WiR candidates. This work includes development of a database of potential candidates. Contacts with affiliates across the world for suggestions of candidates is a key part of this process. This is also an opportunity to inform the Movement about the training program.

How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community

For each of the areas we are focusing on we have a dedicated lead person that is responsible for sharing material and the progress and updating the community (see next heading). For general discussion around different hub initiatives and coordination with them André Costa is responsible.

Target group	Channels
Wikimedia affiliates	Hub portal on Meta – including translation work Individual conversations Participating in Wikimedia events on- and offline Ambassadors Diff blogg This month in GLAM Mailing lists Twitter Telegram Facebook groups
Volunteers	Hub portal on Meta – including translation work This month in GLAM Mailing lists Facebook groups Twitter Telegram Diff blogg Ambassadors Individual conversations with key volunteers
WMF	Hub portal on Meta Individual conversations with teams. E.g.: Partnerships Community Programs (esp. Culture & Heritage) Movement Strategy & Governance Community Development Diff blogg
Content partners	Individual conversations Participating in industry events on- and offline Mailing lists Twitter Facebook groups

Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?

Focus area	Lead	Other staff
Project Management	John A	Eric, André
Helpdesk	Eric	Alicia, André
Metabase	Alicia	André, Andreas, John A
Develop material	Alicia	Eric, John C, Anna
International partnerships	Eric	John C, John A, Alicia, André
Reporting	John A	Alicia, André, Eric, Anna

A complete list of staff members involved in the Thematic hub development work can be found here: Content Partnerships Hub/People – Meta

Additional information

If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.

We will cultivate a safe and supportive environment for all participants by:

• Hosting a UCOC and Friendly Space Policy onboarding session and discussion round(s) with the team working with the Hub.
• Introducing all participants at events we organize to the UCOC and Friendly Space Policy.
• Offering digital “HR office hours” for participants to book one-on-one meetings with the organizers, in order to discuss concerns or air complaints. This is continuing the recurring meetings established in 2022.

Friendly Space Policy: https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Riktlinjer_för_inkluderande_möten

If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.

Paid online tools for video calls and online collaboration tools will be organized by Wikimedia Sverige. None of the funds from this grant would go toward that expense.

This includes Google Workspace for Nonprofits for documents and online meetings, and Zoom and Streamyard for larger community online meetings.

Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.

Our team will ensure that published material exists in English and Swedish, and is prepared for translation whenever published on a wiki supporting this.

We are intending to work on translations of the Content Partnerships Meta portal into French, Spanish, German and either one minority language or an East African language. We will do this through a combination of partnerships with other hub initiatives and local affiliates. Possibly through a language ambassador program of some sort.

We will work to engage interns from the Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies (TÖI) at Stockholm university in the work.

Through a targeted activity we will approach volunteer translators and encourage them to support translations into their languages.

Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.

In some aspects we are far ahead in our work and have been working iteratively for a few years now in this space. We have also developed strong concepts, we have conducted a very large number of discussions with relevant stakeholders and we have a strong international team in place. Therefore we have a very short starting time and are ready to get to work from day one.

There are a large number of areas that are completely new to the Movement that we are trying to explore and with these added resources we are able to continue some of the work we envisioned for this year.

Outcomes

After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English.

In this report, you will be asked to:

• Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
• Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
• Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
• Report on how your funding was spent

Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:

• What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
• What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
• What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
• How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?

To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:

• Overview of logic models on Meta-wiki
• Example logic models for reference for other movement activities (such as partnerships and edit-a-thons)
• Blank logic model template on Google Drive

Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:

• Yes

Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participation and representation in your activities. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:

Budget

How will you use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too! The budget has been broken down by main activity area and resource type.

• Project administration
  • WMSE staff/consultants: 45,750 SEK
  • Miscellaneous expenses & contingencies: 20,000 SEK
• Identifying capacity building material through the Helpdesk
  • Salary and remunerations for (non-WMSE) Helpdesk staff: 70,500 SEK
  • WMSE staff/consultants: 50,050 SEK
• Creating processes to jointly develop key capacity building material through Working Groups and exchange programs
  • Salary and remunerations for (non-WMSE) Helpdesk staff: 36,000 SEK
  • WMSE staff/consultants: 26,550 SEK
• Expanding Metabase to other affiliates and new types of content
  • WMSE staff/consultants: 84,400 SEK
  • Travel expenses: 17,000 SEK
• Developing a WiR training program for IGOs
  • WMSE staff/consultants: 159,750 SEK
  • Compensation for formal partners: 100,000 SEK

TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED SEK: 610,000 SEK (57,950 USD)

Completing your application

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

• Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
• Contact strategy2030wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.

Endorsements

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