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Latin America & Caribbean

This region includes the following countries and territories:

Anguilla; Antigua i Barbuda; Argentyna; Aruba; Bahamy; Barbados; Belize; Bermudy; Boliwia; Caribbean Netherlands; Wyspa Bouveta; Brazylia; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Chile; Kolumbia; Kostaryka; Kuba; Curaçao; Dominika; Dominikana; Ekwador; Salwador; Falklandy; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Gwatemala; Gujana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamajka; Martinique; Meksyk; Montserrat; Nikaragua; Panama; Paragwaj; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint-Barthélemy; Saint Kitts i Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint-Martin; Saint Vincent i Grenadyny; Saint Barthélemy; Sint Maarten; Surinam; Trynidad i Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Urugwaj; Wenezuela; United States Virgin Islands

Program Officer

Senior Program Officer for Latin America & Caribbean
mcaso wikimedia.org
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timezone: UTC-6/-5
Language(s) spoken: Spanish, English, French

Regional calendar

 
General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Nadchodząca runda 1 (2023-24)

  • Applicant proposal support starts: 25 sierpnia 2023
  • Submission deadline: 29 września 2023
  • Eligibility check: 25 sierpnia - 29 września 2023
  • Application translation: 2 października - 6 października 2023
  • Review process starts: 9 października 2023
  • Feedback received: 27 października 2023
  • Engaging with feedback: 27 października - 10 listopada 2023
  • Decisions announced: 1 grudnia 2023
  • Agreement signed: 15 grudnia 2023
  • First payment sent: 15 grudnia 2023 - 19 stycznia 2024
  • Midterm conversation due: 15 lipca 2024
  • Final report due: 31 stycznia 2025
  • Yearly report due for multi-year funds: 31 stycznia 2025
 
General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Runda 2 (2023-24)

  • Applicant proposal support starts: 16 lutego 2024
  • Submission deadline: 8 marca 2024
  • Eligibility check: 16 lutego - 8 marca 2024
  • Application translation: 8 marca - 12 marca 2024
  • Review process starts: 18 marca 2024
  • Feedback received: 5 kwietnia 2024
  • Engaging with feedback: 5 kwietnia - 26 kwietnia 2024
  • Decisions announced: 10 maja 2024
  • Agreement signed: 24 maja 2024
  • First payment sent: 24 maja - 1 czerwca 2024
  • Midterm conversation due: 15 stycznia 2025
  • Final report due: 31 lipca 2025
  • Yearly report due for multi-year funds: 31 lipca 2025


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: lac_rapid wikimedia.org

General Support Fund

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

Conversation hours for Round 1 October-November 2023

Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and general support around our regional funding programs. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:

The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. The meetings can be held in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or English. Please review the program officer's calendar on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:

Go to appointment page to reserve a time for Office Hours

To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting and your preferred language when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (mcaso(_AT_)wikimedia.org). If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail to suggest a few alternatives of dates and times that will work well for you.

Regional Committee

The primary role of the committee is to contribute as thought partners in strategic thinking to understand the complexities of the Latin America and Caribbean region and to make funding decisions for applications in the region, providing expertise and experience to applicants to support the effective functioning of the movement's activities.

Contact the LAC committee: lac-regionalcom@wikimedia.org

  • Hedestad, August 2021- Sou historiador, atualmente fazendo mestrado, e Wikimedista desde 2018. Sou membro do Wiki Movimento Brasil e vivo em Porto Alegre, no Brasil.
  • Lilian Viana, August 2021- Eu me chamo Lilian. Atuo como bibliotecária em universidade no Brasil e integro a iniciativa. GLAM Bibliotecas da USP. Sou doutora em Ciência da informação. Comecei a explorar o universo Wikimedia em 2019, sobretudo Wikidata e Wikipédia em português. Sou de São Paulo, Brasil.
  • Salvador alc, August 2021- Abogado. Co-fundador de Wikimedia México. Wikimedista desde 2006. Actualmente estudio una Maestría en Tecnologías de la Información. Vivo en Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
  • Ivonne Dos Santos, January 2023- Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • Maricarmen Sequera, January 2023- Paraguay.
  • Paulakindsvater, January 2023- Paraná, Argentina.
  • Superzerocool, January 2023- Santiago, Chile.
  • PilarSaenz, September 2023- Colombia.
  • Vanett Graneros, September 2023- Bolivia. Soy bibliotecaria-archivista de profesión, wikimedista desde el año 2019, voluntaria en el grupo de usuarios de Wikimedistas de Bolivia. Vivo en la ciudad de La Paz.
  • Onica aguilar, September 2023- Oaxaca, México.


Inactive and Past Committee Members

Resources

 

Meet the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Funding Committee

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Funding Committee is a group of volunteers from the Latin America and Caribbean region who, as of July 2021, bring their voices, perspectives, and opinions to help size up the region’s complexities to guide funding decision-making in LAC.
 

LAC Regional Funds committee and proposal review process

Slides for the proposal review process in the LAC funding region. It covers the LAC Committee, application round, review criteria, Committee COI guidelines, and contacts. Recording of the presentation in Spanish.

Slides available in: español, português, and français


Browse Applications

Wikimedia Community Fund

General Support Fund


Rapid Fund

Wikimedia Alliances Fund