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East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP)

This region includes:

Australia; Brunei; Cambodia; People's Republic of China; East Timor; Fiji; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Laos; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nauru; New Zealand; North Korea; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Samoa; Singapore; Solomon Islands; South Korea; Taiwan; Thailand; Federated States of Micronesia; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Vietnam

Program Officer

Jacqueline Chen

Senior Program Officer for ESEAP

jchenwikimedia.org

Location: Singapore

Timezone: GMT+8

Language(s) spoken: English, Chinese

JChen (WMF)

Regional calendar

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Upcoming Round 2 (2022–23)

• Applicant proposal support starts: February 16, 2023
• Submission deadline: March 16, 2023
• Eligibility check: February 16 - March 16, 2023
• Application translation: March 17 - April 7, 2023
• Review process starts: March 17, 2023
• Feedback received: April 21, 2023
• Engaging with feedback: April 21 - May 5, 2023
• Decisions announced: May 25, 2023
• Agreement signed: June 8, 2023
• First payment sent: June 8 - June 30, 2023
• Midterm report due: January 15, 2024
• Final report due: July 31, 2024
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: August 15, 2024

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

Wikimedia Alliances Fund

Upcoming Round 2 (2022–23)

• Applicant proposal support starts: February 16, 2023
• Submission deadline: March 16, 2023
• Eligibility check: February 16 - March 16, 2023
• Application translation: March 17 - April 7, 2023
• Review process starts: March 17, 2023
• Feedback received: April 21, 2023
• Engaging with feedback: April 21 - May 5, 2023
• Decisions announced: May 25, 2023
• Agreement signed: June 8, 2023
• First payment sent: June 8 - June 30, 2023
• Midterm report due: January 15, 2024
• Final report due: July 31, 2024

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

Contact us

Rapid Fund

If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: eseap_rapidwikimedia.org

General Support Fund

If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: eseap_fundwikimedia.org

Regional Committee

• Aotfs2013, August 2021 - Taiwanese administrator on Chinese Wikipedia and former member of the Project Grants Committee.
• Kunokuno, August 2021 - Network Organizer of the Art+Feminism User Group, Communication Expert of the EWOC team, and member of the Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group.
• Exec8, August 2021 -community member leading discussions on topics related to the ESEAP region. Also member of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Movement Strategy Roles & Responsibilities Working Group.
• Chipmunkdavis, August 2021 - Development sector experience in the ESEAP region, prior activity with WMUK.
• Taweetham, September 2022 - Long-time volunteer from Thai Wikipedia and WMTH with experience in Wikipedia Education Program
• Kunirasem, September 2022 - Javanese Wikipedia volunteer and contact person for Yogyakarta Wikimedia Community; experienced as WMID grantee for projects.
• GhoziSeptiandri, September 2022 - 5+ years volunteer experience in other organizations before joining the Wikimedia Movement in late 2021. Program Committee (Co-ordinator) for ESEAP 2022: Reconnect.
• YShibata, October 2022 - was a contractor for Wikimedia Foundation Movement Strategy and Governance team November 2021 to June 2022.
• 22Kartika, September 2022 - member of Wikimedia Australia and long-time volunteer within Wikimedia Indonesia.
• Alphama, October 2022 – founder of Vietnam Wikimedians User Group.
• Kasi Valu - Wikimedian in Residence for Creative New Zealand (2022). Member of ESEAP funds committee 2022 - 2023; Representative of the Pacific region.

Inactive and Past Committee Members

Conversation hours for Round 2 from March to May 2023

Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and any general support around our funding programs in the region. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings. You may also wish to drop the ESEAP Programme Officer an email so that she will know to expect you. Thank you.

Date	Time	Language	Topic	Link to meeting
16 February 2023	3:00 – 4:00 UTC	English	For new applicants – Wikimedia Community and Alliances Fund	Google Meet Link
16 February 2023	13:30 – 14:30 UTC	English	For new applicants – Wikimedia Community and Alliances Fund	Google Meet Link
9 March 2023	3:00 – 4:00 UTC	English	For new applicants – Wikimedia Community and Alliances Fund	Google Meet Link

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