Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska/2017-2018
- Grant stage: grantin progress
- Grantee: Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
- Amount granted: 10,536 EUR (11,800 USD)
- Funding period: 1 Jul 2017 to 30 June 2018
- Final report due: 30 July 2018
Application edit
Background edit
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- Link to one program story that showcases your organization's achievements in the past year.
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- Link to your organization's staffing plan. This organization is not requesting staff.
- Link to your annual plan. Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska/Annual plan, google drive
- Link to your strategic plan. Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska/Strategic plan 2017-2019, google drive
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Programs edit
Educational program
The activities to be carried by the community in designated period and which are part of the educational program are related to the expansion of cooperation with educational institutions. Expansion of cooperation involves the inclusion of new institutions in partnerships and maintaining relationships with partners with which we have already established cooperation.
During the specified period, community will focus on cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy in East Sarajevo, Faculty of Political Sciences in Banja Luka, Pedagogical faculties in Bijeljina, the Faculty for Service Business in Sokolac and High School Center in Pale. Through organized activities, lectures and edit-a-thons students will be familiarized with the culture of free knowledge. Also, the tendency will be to coordinate these events with the program which deals to bridging the gap, and as well, edit-a-thons will thematically focused towards topics that have little or no representation on the Wikimedia projects.
In addition to working on the creation of free content, community will work on education of teachers and professors and the general public on topics related to the Wikimedia movement and free knowledge. The main objective of these activities is to motivate and encourage participants to join the community and through their engagement contribute to the Wikimedia movement.
From 1 October 2017 to 1 March 2018.
Goals:
- partner relations establishment with new educational institutions;
- further improving relations with institutions with which community already had cooperation;
- inclusion of students with work on Wikimedia projects;
- increasing number of content on Wikimedia projects (especially Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons);
- increase in number of newly registered users originating from educational institutions;
- inclusion of professors and teachers in cooperation and work on Wikimedia projects;
- creating a network for cooperation with teachers and professors from educational institutions
Measures of success:
- Number of institutions we will work with: 5;
- Number of planned activities: 8;
- Number of participants-students: 90;
- Educational activities will be realized on the territory of at least 4 regions inside Republic of Srpska;
- At least 8 professors will be included in cooperation on educational activities;
- Number of new or edited articles: 150;
- Number of pictures placed on Wikimedia Commons: 100.
GLAM program
Wiki Librarian
Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska will realize several activities focused on libraries. 5 editing workshops will be implemented within which librarians and other interested parties will receive training for work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Also, at the same time, lectures will be held where participants will be introduced with Wikimedia Projects, GLAM program and free licences.
From 1 February to 31 March 2018.
Goals:
- expansions and improvement of GLAM programs in Republic of Srpska;
- training of librarians for work on Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons);
- implementation of WIkimedia projects within library work;
- creating cooperation with libraries;
- improving upon relations with those libraries where cooperation already exists;
- creating an network of partners from libraries;
- idea exchange and location of common ground for future cooperation;
- enriching Wikipedia with new content.
Measures of success:
- 4 new GLAM institutions (libraries) involved in cooperation;
- 8 new partners from libraries;
- 50 new articles;
- 30 new users;
- Geographical coverage - 5 cities within Republic of Srpska;
- 25 media announcements;
- 50 participants;
- 200 photographs;
- 100 new followers on social networks.
Wiki Loves Republika Srpska - Trace of a Soul photo-contests
Trace of a Soul is a photo competition which is organized for the third time in the Republic of Srpska aimed at collecting photos of natural and cultural assets of the Republic of Srpska. After successful completion of last year's competition, within which 2,040 photographs of natural and cultural-historical monuments from the Republic of Srpska was collected by 82 participants, we wish, now traditionally, to organize the competition for the third time and to continue good practices towards the achievement of our goal. The project, in addition to the competition, includes supporting activities - an edit-a-thon and three photo-tours on the territory of three different geographical areas of Republic of Srpska where there have been no similar activities.
From 1 July to 31 October 2017.
Goals:
- increase the number free photos related to this monuments on Wikimedia Commons;
- increase the number of articles related to this monuments on Wikipedia;
- popularisation of Wikimedia’s mission and vision in Republica of Srpska;
- expand the free knowledge idea;
- attract new volunteers and community members.
Measures of success:
- 2000 photos;
- 80 participants;
- <10% photos will be used in Wikipedia in first 7 weeks after the competition;
- 20 media coverage;
- community will be stronger than now;
- 30 new articles will be written or Improved.
Community activities
Annual conference
The community is the foundation and starting point for the implementation of the Wikimedia projects locally, hence it is essential that it work harmoniously and remains vigorous. In the coming period, community will take into account the motivation of members and the maintenance of positive communication in order to ensure the functionality of the community as a basic initiator. This will be an important prerequisite for the success of projects.
During the specified period one local conference will be held and will include a minimum of 35 participants. Conference will be related to a celebration of Wikipedia birthday. Events will be connected and organized day by day. Community in January 2016 successfully organized local annual conference in the same way and it met expectations.
From 1 November 2017 to 1 February 2018.
Goals:
- at least 1 local conference will be held in the designated period with at least 35 participants;
- promote Wikipedia and emphasize its importance;
- promote Wikimedia;
- encourage new volunteers for participation in Wikimedia mission promotion;
- Wikimedia and its projects promotion through conference participants’ introduction with guiding principles and most important achievements;
- popularization of Wikipedia and its opportunities by highlighting its multidisciplinary nature for the target audience;
- recruitment of new Wikipedia users and editors through introduction to Wikipedia environment and article management;
- Wikimedia Commons popularization through group introduction to the project, its possibilities and importance;
- target audience familiarization with CC licenses with accent on their importance;
Wikimedia community in Republic of Srpska capacity building through exchange of new ideas and shared activities on improvement and *implementation of already planned project ideas in Republic of Srpska;
- improvement of already existing Wikimedia community from Republic of Srpska members cooperation;
- improvement of already attained capacities of Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska through positive influence on enthusiasm of current members;
- positive influence on general public in Republic of Srpska with aim to create a healthy foundation for future projects in our region where Wikimedia and its projects will be recognized as positive and meaningful.
Measures of success:
- 35 participants;
- 15 media announcements;
- >5 new community members;
- 50-100 Facebook followers/page likes;
- at least 2 new collaborations with teachers/students;
- at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers;
- Stronger community;
- >6 new users will become active members in next 3 months (active member is a member who will be active on some offline activities, who will leading online projects or will be an active editor on a Wiki project.
Competitions - Meet Srpska
Project Meet Srpska involves editing workshop and competition in writing articles and a photo tour which would focus on collecting photographs of the Republic of Srpska. There are already articles and photos regarding the Republic of Srpska on Wikipedia, however, their number is small. The project goal is increasing number of articles on Wikipedia, and increasing number of photos on Wikimedia Commons.
Meet Srpska is a project for second time organized in the Republic of Srpska. After the project was implemented for the first time, it exceeded all expectations in terms of achievement of objectives and attracted a large number of competitors, thus it has been recognized as a project of interest and will accordingly be organized for the second time.
From 1 October 2017 to 31 January 2018
Goals:
- increasing quality content on Wikipedia regarding different topics related with Republic of Srpska;
- increasing number of photos from Republic of Srpska;
- promotion of Wikimedia and its projects;
- gaining new users;
- gaining and inclusion of new community members;
- promotion of our community on the local level.
Measures of success:
- 10 new users;
- 3 new community members;
- 2 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions);
- 200 articles will be written or improved;
- 200 photos;
- 15 media releases;
- 50 new followers on social networks;
- <40 participants.
Gender gap - Wiki Women
In order to overcome the gender gap within the Wikimedia projects, and in general, within the community, at the local level, the community will run the Gender Gap program in the Republic of Srpska. Initial steps will be conducted on a smaller sample in order to minimize potential risks. This means focusing on a smaller target group and editors and covering narrower geographic area.
Project includes 4 edit workshops with a constant group of participants, a photo-tour and edit-a-thon. Thematic workshops will be geared towards the creation of content that are poorly represented on Wikipedia.
This would create a good basis for future upgrade of the project by inclusion of a larger number of participants from different cities and regions. The Community will work on attracting and establishing cooperation with local women organizations. Likewise, indicated activities would contribute to creating initial conditions for the realization of a long-term goal - the establishment of Wiki Women group within the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska.
From 1 March to 1 May 2018.
Goals:
- enriching Wikipedia with content which are poorly represented on it;
- bridging the gender gap;
- motivating of women to edit and work on Wikimedia projects;
- formation of first group of female editors in Republic of Srpska;
- establishing cooperation with women organizations.
Measures of success:
- At least 15 participants;
- 15 new female participants;
- 90 new articles ;
- 200 photographs uploaded on Wikimedia Commons;
- 8 media announcements;
- at least 2 partner women organizations.
Public activities
The Community will work to spread the vision of an open knowledge through participation in various events, public lectures and participation in seminars in function of the lecturer. In addition, as before, the community will continue the good practice and maintain regular communication with the media through the organization of press conferences, sending press releases and participation in radio and TV shows. This will contribute to attracting new partners and potential members of the community and promote Wikimedia goals and projects in general.
1 Jul 2017 to 1 May 2018
Goals:
- participation in at least 2 public event;
- regular cooperation with media regular cooperation with media;
- promotion of open knowledge and mission and vision of Wikimedia;
- promotion of Wikimedia and its projects;
- gaining new partners;
- attracting new users.
Measures of success:
- 2 new partnerships;
- 100 media announcements.
Staff edit
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Budget and resource plan edit
Link to a detailed budget (that also includes a plan for raising the resources you need). Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska/Budget plan, google drive
Midpoint report edit
This is a brief report on the grantee's progress during the midpoint reporting period: 1 July - 31 December 2017.
Program story edit
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Annual Report 2017, Blog Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska.
Progress edit
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Education
As part of the planned annual program within the planning and submission of applications for the APG grant, our community envisaged the activities that will take place within the Edu Program of the Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska. The above plan envisages the realization of 8 editing workshops to a minimum of 5 educational institutions. During 2017 two editing workshops were realized in two cities and in cooperation with two educational institutions - two faculties. As the plan foresees the realization of these activities by the end of March 2018, the remaining activities will be realized in 2018, in the indicated period. Workshops were held at the Faculty of Philosophy in Pale and at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in East Sarajevo.
- Editing workshop at the Faculty of Philosoph Pale
At the end of November 2017, a editing workshop was held at the Faculty of Philosophy in Pale. Through communication with the existing associate at the mentioned faculty, the realization of the workshop on the micro and macro plan was outlined. Our community has prepared a presentation of the Wikimedia projects, a material for work, and a work site on Wikipedia designed for the workshop. Collaborators from the Faculty of Philosophy have formed a group of students interested in participation and work. Also, a member of our community in charge of public relations promoted events by sending press releases, blog posts, posting on social networks, uploading photos to Wikimedia Commons before, during and after the workshop.In the workshop, 12 students took part, 3 of which were female and 9 male. A total of 9 new articles were created, and 2 were added. The students were very motivated and interested in work.
- Editing workshop at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering East Sarajevo
In East Sarajevo, on December 15th, 2017, an editing workshop was held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. This workshop is very important for us because this faculty is highly appreciated in our country as a faculty within University of East Sarajevo. We are very proud that we managed to establish cooperation with this faculty and that we managed to hold a workshop there.
Before planning the workshop on the micro-plan, a letter was sent to the faculty in the form of a call for cooperation in the organization of the editing workshop. In a very short time, we got affirmative answer. The faculty provided us with the space and the representatives of institution who worked with us on the planning and realization of the workshop. The organizational team of our community has prepared a presentation, a material for the work, a working page on Wikipedia designed workshop, a press release, blog posts, social network posts. The student response was satisfactory. Students were interested and motivated to work. The workshop was attended by 9 participants, of which 3 are female and 6 male. A total of 8 new and 3 already existing articles have been written. The event was followed by local media. Our team promoted events through social networks before, during and after the workshop.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edit-a-thons and workshops | Cooperate with the 5 educational institutions | 40% |
During the indicated period, in 2017, cooperation was established with two educational institutions - the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in East Sarajevo. |
| Organize 8 workshops | 25% |
According to the plan, two editing workshops were held. | |
| 90 students participating | 33.3% |
Within two editing workshops, 30 students took part. | |
| Activities will be realized on the territory of at least 4 regions inside Republic of Srpska | 25% |
Two editing workshops were realized in the area of Sarajevo-Zvornik region. | |
| At least 8 professors will be included in cooperation on educational activities | 37.5% |
In total, three associate professors participated in the activities and provided assistance in the organization of workshops. | |
| 150 new or edited articles | 14.66% |
In total, 22 new articles were created during student training to work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. | |
| 100 photo upolad on Wikimedia Commons | 98% |
98 photos were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, created during the implementation of these activities. |
GLAM
Wiki Loves Republika Srpska - Trace of a Soul photo-contests
Our most complex photo project, which combined WLM and WLE into one event, has so far attracted 340 participants, who made incredible 6000 photos.
Trace of Soul 2017 competition took place in three phases which included the preparatory phase, the competition phase with the accompanying project activities as well as the preparations for the exhibition and the exhibition itself, featuring winning photographs and awards to the winners.
- Preparations
The preparatory part also included negotiations with partner organizations and institutions, writing and sending announcements to the media, as well as the preparation of related project activities - photo-tour and editing workshops.
- Competition part and project activities
The day before the official opening of the competition, a press conference was held and used to present the project. All major media companies notified the public about the competition. For the duration of the competition, our team was at the disposal of participants regarding assistance and answering participants via email or telephone calls, in addition to promoting the event via social networks (especially on the facebook website and Instagram profile).
Along with the competition, the accompanying project activities took place - three photo-tours and one editing workshop were realized.
Photo tours were realized in Banja Luka, Bijeljina and Rogatica. They were realized in cooperation with local Tourist Organizations with whom a cooperation agreement was reached. In addition to the monuments within urban areas, we also visited surrounding villages and countryside so we could photograph some monuments which had no photographs at all.
We are especially proud of the photo-tour in Rogatica, given that, thanks to the establishment of cooperation with the Tourist Organization, the Municipality and the local mountaineers association, we were able to visit two caves which are usually of limits for the civilian population. Thanks to expert guides and speleologists, our team entered deep into the heart of the caves and made incredible photos. Due to the inaccessibility of the terrain, these photographs have a special value.
In addition to the photo-tour, one editing workshop was held in Rogatica, where articles on the natural and cultural-historical heritage of the Republic of Srpska were written. Our hosts provided use with the Rogatica Municipality assembly hall for the purposes of the event. In addition to the local, the workshop also had an international character. An agreement was reached on cooperation with Wikimedia Ukraine, GLAM Macedonia User Group and Wikimedia Morocco User Group. At the same time, these partners organized workshops in their countries, and in their native language wrote articles about the monuments of the Republic of Srpska for their own Wikipedias.
A total of 21 articles were written in Serbian, 13 Macedonian, 5 Ukrainian, 2 in Arabic and 3 in Catalan.
- Exhibition
The final part of the project was preparing for the exhibition of photographs that presented the winning photos of this year's competition. Upon completion of the competition, an expert jury composed of eminent experts in the field of photography, architecture and mass communications examined the photos, evaluated them and selected the 20 most beautiful ones. Among them 6 were awarded (three from both categories - natural heritage category and category of immovable cultural and historical heritage of RS). For the purposes of evaluation, the jury used tool attained from Wikimedia Austria, adapted and translated into Serbian. The exhibition was held at the Museum of the Republic of Srpska, which is a special kind of satisfaction for us, given it is very difficult to reach this institution, and this fact alone can serve as a certain indicator of our progress in the local community. On that occasion, for numerous visitors and in festive atmosphere, the winning photographs were presented together with the results of the project. Prizes were awarded to the award-winning participants. All other participants, whose photos entered the top 20, received a symbolic reward - certificate and a T-shirt with a sign of the project. Also, on this occasion, the director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Historical Heritage of the Republic of Srpska addressed visitors with words of praise and support for our project, which is also of some importance to us. The event was followed by media.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trace of a Soul photo-contests | 2000 photos | 119.9% |
Within the contest, 2.398 photographs of natural and immovable cultural and historical sights were uploaded. |
| 80 participants | 131.25% |
There were 105 participants in the competition and the accompanying project activities. In the competition itself 76, and in photo-tours and workshops 74 participants. | |
| <10% photos will be used in Wikipedia in first 7 weeks after the competition | 105% |
In total, at the time this report was made, 359 photographs have been used from the competition, which is 10.5% | |
| 20 media coverage | 165% |
33 publications in the media, 2 times guests in TV shows, 4 television pieces, 2 times guests in radio shows. | |
| 30 new articles will be written or Improved | 170% |
41 articles written in the editing workshop, supplemented 10 for the purposes of making QR codes used during photo exhibition. |
Community
Competitions - Meet Srpska
During 2017, we worked on motivating the Wikipedian community through various activities on Wikipedia. Thus, at the end of 2017, more precisely on 13th November, a large article writing competition was organized with on Serbian Wikipedia with topic being Republic of Srpska. The competition is part of a project which, for the second time, is held in the organization of our community and bears the name Meet Srpska. In addition to the competition on Wikipedia, one editing workshop was held in cooperation with the Main Library of East Sarajevo. Also, another photo-tour activity is planned, which will be held in January 2018.
The realization of the project was carried out on three levels: preparatory part, competition and accompanying project activities with evaluation and announcement of the winners.
The preparatory part of the project included the creation of a work page on Wikipedia, preparation of a promotional campaign, negotiations with partners, preparation and selection of topics for possible use during article creation, selection of jury members, purchase of prizes, monitoring the flow of competition itself and communication with participants and potential participants through media and social networks in order to provide help and answer questions related to the competition itself and the rules.
The competition part lasted until December 13th. During the competition, 243 articles on topics related to the Republic of Srpska were written, which makes the achievement of the set target at percentage of 121.5%.
In addition to the competition, in 2017, one editing workshop was held in cooperation with the Main Library of East Sarajevo. The workshop was thematically focused on creating content about the Republic of Srpska. Participants in the event took 10 editors, 4 female and 6 male. 12 articles were created and supplemented.
Upon completion of the competition, the expert jury made by the experienced editors of Wikipedia has processed the data and declared three of the most successful competitors. Winners were rewarded with commodity awards:
- 1st place-laptop,
- 2nd place - tablet,
- 3rd place-encyclopedia.
The event was appropriately followed by media. Also, our team conducted a promotional campaign through social networks. According to the plan of activities, in January 2018, a photo-tour will be held within this project with the aim of enriching the Wikimedia Commons with photographs of motifs from the Republic of Srpska. Competitions - Meet Srpska
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitions - Meet Srpska | 10 new users | 80% |
8 new accounts |
| 3 new community members | 100% |
3 new members joined the work of the community | |
| 2 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions) | 100% |
Main Library of East Sarajevo, Portal Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 200 articles will be written or improved | 127.5% |
255 - 243 articles created and supplemented within the competition itself, 12 articles created and updated during the workshop. | |
| 200 photos | 5.5% |
11 photographs were uploaded in 2017, the rest will follow during 2018, during the realization of the photo-tour | |
| 15 media releases | 100% |
Total of 15 media posts in 2017. More is expected, related to the photo-tour, in 2018. | |
| 50 new followers on social networks | 120% |
60 new followers on social | |
| <40 participants | 62.5% |
A total of 25 participants took part in activities during 2017 |
Public activities
The Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska took part in the regional event, the 8th Trebinje days of photography, within the framework of the Trebinje Cultural Summer. Our community, in cooperation with the Photo Cinema Club Trebinje and the Cultural Center Trebinje, organized an exhibition of photographs from project Trace of Soul. On this occasion, 40 photographs created and collected during the photo competition "Trace of Soul” in 2015 and 2016 were presented to the public. The exhibition was opened by the head of the department for social activities of the City of Trebinje, and besides the representatives of our community, the guests were addressed by the master of photography, president of the photo-cinema club Trebinje with whom we have good cooperation for the second year in a row. The event caused much attention from local media. In total, 20 media outlets mentioned the exhibition. In addition to the media, the exhibition was of great interest to the local population and tourists who stayed in that period in Trebinje as well. The opening was attended by 70 officials. The exhibition was open for 14 days, and according to the experts from the Cultural Center Trebinje, it was seen by about 500 people. Visitors' reactions were very positive.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public activities | participation in at least 2 public event | 50% |
During 2017, and within the indicated period, the community took part in one public event - the Trebinje Cultural Summer. An exhibition of winning photographs of the photo contest "Trace of Soul" from 2015 and 2016 was realized. |
| 2 new partnerships | 50% |
In accordance with the plan, in addition to already existing collaborators, cooperation was established with a new one - Cultural Center Trebinje. | |
| 100 media announcements. | 67% |
During the indicated period related to the implementation of activities approved by the APG grant, the community had 67 appearances in the media. |
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Final report edit
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Program story edit
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- The most innovative projects and activities of Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska in 2018 was the following:
During the indicated period, at the beginning of March in the Republic of Srpska, within the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska, the first Gender Gap program was launched for women, called Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska. The project included the implementation of 5 editing workshops, one editing marathon and one photo with a permanent group of 15 participants. The realization of the project went in the best possible order and the results exceeded our expectations. The response was satisfactory, and the participants were very motivated to work. With great enthusiasm each activity was accepted. In addition, out of the planned 90 articles, 110 new articles were created during the duration of the project.
Learning story edit
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- In the sphere of the GLAM program of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, during the designated period, a large project called Wiki Librarian in Republic of Srpska was implemented, which included the training of librarians for work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. The project covered 50 libraries from the territory of the Republic of Srpska, and project activities were implemented in 5 cities - regional centers of Republic Srpska. Although at first it seemed necessary to have a great deal of courage to start this project because of its size and small budget, it turned out that the community's assessments were good and that everything played out in accordance with community plan. As well as for the Wikimedia Movement itself, libraries are attractive partners for our community also. Experience has shown that most of the editors who continue to edit Wikipedia and who are active after the training are those employed by the libraries. Therefore, it was very important for us to include this target group into work and cooperation. It turns out we did not make a mistake. Working on this project was a real pleasure!
Results edit
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EDUCATION
At the beginning of 2018, the community realized planned activities in the field of education program. In line with its strategic goals, the emphasis was on extending the program in terms of involving as many institutions as possible in the cooperation, expanding the territorial scope of activities and building the reputation of the community through cooperation with eminent state educational institutions.
The community has managed to achieve the set goals and in 2017/2018 establish cooperation with 6 state faculties, one gymnasium and one elementary school. A total of 8 editing workshops were held, within which students and professors were introduced to Wikimedia projects, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. A total of 78 students, 54 men and 33 women, took part in the activities. A total of 86 new and extended 27 articles were created.
At the beginning of 2018, the remaining 6 editing workshops were realized within the planned activities of the Edu program started at the end of 2017. Activities were realized in cooperation with 6 educational institutions from different fields of functioning: Faculty of Production and Management Trebinje, Faculty of Economics Pale, Faculty of Political Sciences Banja Luka, Faculty of Law Pale, High School Center January 27 Rogatica and “Vuk Karadžić” Elementary School in Višegrad.
- Editing workshop - Edu Wiki, Faculty of Production and Management Trebinje
- On March 5, 2018, in Trebinje, an editing workshop was held at the Faculty of Production and Management of the University of East Sarajevo in which students met with Wikimedia and its projects, Wikipedia and work on Wikipedia. On that occasion, the majority of students created their first articles, who previously had no experience in editing. In addition to students, the workshop was attended by several faculty professors, as well as several professors from the Gymnasium in Trebinje. During the workshop, 10 new members created 12 new articles and one was added. The number of male and female participants was in equilibrium 5 - 5. The event has sparked a great deal of media attention in Herzegovina. In addition, a special satisfaction was brought by the faculty dean's proposal to sign a cooperation agreement with our community.
- Editing Workshop - Edu Wiki, Faculty of Economics, University of East Sarajevo
- An editing workshop was held on 19 March at the Faculty of Economics at the University of East Sarajevo. In accordance with the plan, students were introduced to the basics of editing Wikipedia, as well as other Wikimedia projects. The workshop was attended by 11 participants, 2 women and 9 men. Created 10 new and updated one article. Less general topics in the field of economics were processed, in accordance with the curriculum of the given faculty.
- Editing workshop - Edu Wiki, Public Institution Elementary School "Vuk Karadžić", Višegrad
- In accordance with the strategic plan of the community on maintaining cooperation with existing partners, for the fourth time since the start of the educational program in the Republic of Srpska, the community implemented the activity in cooperation with “Vuk Karadžić” Elementary School in Višegrad. This was the first editing workshop held in this institution which was of international character. In addition to the Elementary School “Vuk Karadžić”, the partner was the Wikimedia User Group from Macedonia - GLAM Macedonia.
- The contents of both participants were in correlation with the curriculum that students attend in their own school and in their own country. Students of the Elementary school Vuk Karadžić created content on Wikipedia in Serbian language by translating from Wikipedia in Macedonian language. In addition to translating and applying the basics of editing Wikipedia, the students encountered somewhat more complicated templates - info boxes, tables, and so on. With professional help, they managed to get the job done while solving this task because it was an intellectual challenge for them. Also, cooperation with peers from other country had a very positive effect on them.
- At the same time, a similar situation took place in Skopje, at the Museum of Macedonian struggle, students - members of the Wiki club GLAM Macedonia created Macedonian language content from the content taken from the Serbian Wikipedia. The themes were in line with the age and interests of the students.
- During this workshop, 18 new articles were created on Wikipedia in Serbian language and 9 articles on Macedonian Wikipedia. 11 pupils from the Elementary School Vuk Karadžić took part in the workshop - 8 girls and 3 boys.
- Editing workshop - Edu Wiki, Public Institution High School Center "27th January" Rogatica
- On March 30, 2018, in Rogatica, in cooperation with the High School Center "27th January" held another editing workshop. Participants were students from different schools of this center, primarily from gymnasiums, and economic school. On that occasion, 14 new articles were created by 12 participants - 8 female and 4 male. In addition to getting to know the basics of Wikipedia work through the creation of articles, students were also introduced with Wikipedia's sister projects. In addition to the fact that at the time of the realization of the mentioned workshops, the students were practically already on the spring break (Friday, afternoon hours), the students showed interest in the work.
- Editing workshop - Edu Wiki, Faculty of Political Science in Banja Luka, Banja Luka
- On 12th April 2018, an editing workshop was held in Banja Luka, at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Banja Luka in which students from this faculty took part. On this occasion, the students were introduced to Wikimedia projects, Wikipedia and the basics of editing Wikipedia. The workshop was thematically focused and its subject was less represented content from the field of politics and political sciences. The workshop numbered 7 student participants and 6 new articles. Although the results of metrics this time were not fully met, this workshop was very significant for the community because of the importance and reputation this particular institution enjoys in the country. Cooperation with this faculty represents a good reference for further work of the community in the edu sphere.
- Edu Wiki - Editing workshop at the Law Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo
- In Pale, on 20th April, 2018, another editing workshop was held at the Law Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo within the Edu Program of the Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska. On this occasion, through the introduction to the basics of work on Wikipedia, content was created in Serbian Wikipedia by students of this faculty. A total of 9 new articles was created by 6 participants.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edit-a-thons and workshops | Cooperate with the 5 educational institutions | 160% |
During the indicated period, cooperation was established with eight educational institutions. |
| Organize 8 workshops | 100% |
According to the plan, eight editing workshops were held. | |
| 90 students participating | 86.67% |
Within eight editing workshops, 78 students took part. | |
| Activities will be realized on the territory of at least 4 regions inside Republic of Srpska | 100% |
Eight editing workshops were realized in the territory of 4 regions inside Republic of Srpska. | |
| At least 8 professors will be included in cooperation on educational activities | 100% |
In total, eight associate professors participated in the activities and provided assistance in the organization of workshops. | |
| 150 new or edited articles | 75.33% |
A total of 86 new and extended 27 articles were created. | |
| 100 photo upolad on Wikimedia Commons | 181.00% |
181 photos were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, created during the implementation of these activities. |
GLAM
Wiki Librarian
In the sphere of the GLAM program of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, during the designated period, a large project called Wiki Librarian in Republic of Srpska was implemented, which included the training of librarians for work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. The project covered 50 libraries from the territory of the Republic of Srpska, and project activities were implemented in 5 cities - regional centers of Republika Srpska. Working on this project was a real pleasure.
Project realization included three phases: preparatory, practical implementation of the project and evaluation of project activities. During the preparatory phase, the central libraries that are located in the regional centers were contacted and the cooperation was agreed. Central libraries then formed groups of librarians from employees of smaller libraries under their jurisdiction, who were interested in training. The response was satisfactory and in line with our plan and assessment. Libraries in question have met all of our needs. The dates and plan of workshop realization was agreed. The realization of project activities was carried out without problems and in accordance with the plan. There was great interest, and the librarians were very motivated to work. In a very pleasant atmosphere, 5 editing workshops were implemented in the premises of the central libraries within a time limit of one month! This was a particular challenge for us, and afterwards a special kind of satisfaction - it turned out that the community had made enough progress in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills needed for the implementation of such projects in such a short time limit and with such a small budget.
- Workshop within WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska project, Central Library of East Sarajevo
- On March 1, 2018, East Sarajevo hosted the first editing workshop for librarians from the Republic of Srpska. The workshop was realized in cooperation with the Central Library of East Sarajevo, with which our community had previous and fruitful cooperation. On that occasion, 8 new and 3 expanded articles were created by 11 participants - librarians who were representatives of regional libraries. Through practical work, the participants were introduced to the basics of work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. In addition, in the introductory part they are introduced with the Wikimedia Movement and its goals, as well as with other Wikimedia projects. In terms of gender structure, there were no major differences - the participation encompassed 6 female editors and 5 male editors.
- WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - Workshop in National Library of Trebinje
- The second editing workshop was held on March 11, 2018 in Trebinje, regional and cultural center of Herzegovina region. On that occasion, cooperation with the National Library of Trebinje was established and a workshop was held in the premises of this library. In accordance with the plan, a group of 10 interested librarians were trained to work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. On that occasion, 9 new articles were created and one article was added by 10 participants - 4 female and 6 male.
- WikiLibrarian in Republic of Srpska - Workshop in National Library of Zvornik
- In Zvornik, a larger town of the Sarajevo-Zvornik region, the third editing workshop was held on March 17, 2018. In the workshop, 9 librarians took part - representatives of regional libraries, who created 9 new articles during the training. The activity was realized in cooperation with the National Library of Zvornik.
- WikiLi brarian in Republic of Srpska - Workshop in Serbian Central Library “Prosvjeta” Foča
- In cooperation with the Serbian Central Library "Prosvjeta" in Foča, the fourth editing workshop was held on April 2nd, 2018. On that occasion, 9 librarians were trained and 9 new articles were created and the participants were introduced to the basics of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons. The introductory part of the lecture was attended by the representatives of the Museum of Old Herzegovina from Foča who were interested in more information and cooperation with us. After the workshop, a meeting was held with them and a future cooperation was agreed.
- Wiki Librarian in Republic of Srpska - Workshop in National and University Library of the Republic Srpska
- In the capital and regional center of the Banja Luka region - Banja Luka, on April 4th, the fifth and final in a series of planned workshops was held. The activity was realized in cooperation with the National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska. 11 librarians - representatives of regional libraries have participated in the training. During this workshop 8 new articles were created 2 articles were updated. Regarding the gender structure, 6 female and 5 male editors participated in the workshop.
The project has caused great interest of the media. 20 articles were published in the written media, 4 guest appearances were made in various TV shows of national and commercial television and 3 interviews for radio shows. Our organizing team regularly reported the public through the site, blogs and social networks.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edit-a-thons and workshops | 4 new GLAM institutions (libraries) involved in cooperation | 100% |
During the indicated period, cooperation was established with 4 new GLAM institutions (libraries). |
| 8 new partners from libraries | 100% |
According to the plan, eight librarians are involved in cooperation. | |
| Number of new or edited articles: 50 | 98.00% |
A total of 49 articles have been created. | |
| 30 new users | 166.67% |
There are 50 new users involved. | |
| Geographical coverage - 5 cities within Republic of Srpska | 100% |
Activities were implemented in 5 towns in the Republic of Srpska. | |
| 25 media announcements | 108.00% |
The project was promoted through 27 media announcements. | |
| 50 participants | 100% |
50 librarians took part in the project. | |
| 200 photographs | 100% |
200 photos were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, created during the implementation of these activities. | |
| 100 new followers on social networks | 96.00% |
96 new social networkers. |
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Annual conference
In order to strengthen relations within the community in January, an annual conference was held for the Wikipedia and the Wikipedians from the Republic of Srpska. The conference was a one-day event, though it was closely related to the celebration of the Wikipedia birthday, which resulted in two-day activities dedicated to Wikipedia and Wikimedia.
The activities were realized on January 15 and 16 in East Sarajevo. Activities were divided into two days - Wikipedia Day - Day A and Conference Day.
- Wikipedia Day
- For the third year in a row, Wkipedia's birthday is organized and symbolically celebrated by the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska. This time, the celebration was also part of the pre-conference activities and part of the guests participated in the activities that were organized both days. These were more experienced members of Wikipedia and Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska - and also more active members. The birthday party was attended by 25 people, counting community representatives and lecturers. In the evening, a program dedicated to Wikipedia was presented, within which the history, facts, statistics and the like were presented. Also, the process of creating an account and one article was demonstrated. After the lecture, everyone had the opportunity to create a user account in Wikipedia. After the lecture, a formal cocktail was held, during which participants, after the symbolic blowing of candles on a birthday cake, talked and exchanged ideas in a somewhat relaxed atmosphere. The participants were very motivated and interested in the discussions. In addition to the custom promotional material, our team's representatives were available to participants during the evening for answering questions related to Wikimedia, Wikimedia movements and Wikipedia.
- Conference
- After the celebration of the Wikipedian birthday, a one day conference was held on the second day. The conference was attended by 25 participants from various fields - from experienced Wikipedians to GLAM and Edu institution representatives who were for the first time introduced to Wiki subjects. Having in mind this possibility, we deliberately left room for registration of participants who did not have experience, but are attractive partners for us. In connection with this, when planning and preparing the conference and creating the program itself, we took care to adapt the lectures to such a heterogeneous group of participants. Also, two months before the conference, we publicly invited, in addition to members of our community, users of the neighborhood Wikipedias - Serbia, the Federation of BiH and Croatia. We've placed the invitations on the pumps of their native Wikipedia. Thanks to that, we had one representative from Serbia who, in addition to participating in conference activities in the guest status, was also a guest lecturer. Person in question is an experienced Wikipedian who independently realized several projects for Wikipedia in Serbian, under the auspices of the Wikimedia Serbia. In connection with this, during the conference day he presented some of the statistics related to Wikipedia and demonstrated the creation of a user account and the creation of a high-quality article on Wikipedia.
- Bearing in mind the structure of the participants in the conference, we tried to adapt the program to the degree of their experience and the interests of individuals. We created the program accordingly - anyone could find an area of special interest. The program was structured to include all important segments of the VM movement's functioning - from basic introduction to the Wikimedia movement and organization to the CC license.
- The set goals were achieved and the conference was realized in accordance with the plan. With the representatives of the GLAM and Edu institutions, the cooperation has been agreed, part of which was already realized within our Wiki Librarian project, which was realized in March. In addition to gaining new members and potential partners, thanks to this conference, the community itself has become stronger in terms of interactions and relationships among community members who have been working online for three years, mostly without a live contact, which is very important for building mutual trust and community capacity.
We would specifically like to point out the tragic anecdote that we want to share with others, because we think it can happen to anyone. Three days before the conference, there was an explosion in a hotel where all the activities were to be realized. The hotel was ruined at that time and it was impossible for any of the planned activities to be realized in it. Since only two days were left until the conference (bad luck within bad luck was the fact it was the weekend), the only logical solution was to cancel the conference. Since we did not want to postpone the activity and cause damage to the reputation of the community, we made superhuman efforts to find another hotel of approximate category in two days, during the holidays and the tourist season, and hold a planned conference in it. It was very hard and stressful, but we eventually succeeded. The participants were informed about the accident and the change of location via the site, social networks and individual e-mails. They had understanding. We have learned from these things that no matter how good we plan and do our best to keep everything in line - we must always have a plan B.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual conference - Measures of success | 35 participants | 100% |
A total of 35 participants. |
| 15 media announcements | 113.33% |
A total of 17 media posts. | |
| >5 new community members | 100% |
8 members joined the community | |
| 50-100 Facebook followers/page likes | 100% |
74 Facebook followers/page likes | |
| at least 2 new collaborations with teachers/students | 100% |
Agreed cooperation with 5 students and one professor. | |
| at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers; | 100% |
4 new collaborations between volunteers. | |
| >6 new users will become active members in next 3 months (active member is a member who will be active on some offline activities, who will leading online projects or will be an active editor on a Wiki project | 83.33% |
5 new users continued work. |
Competitions - Meet Srpska
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In the first half of 2018, the last activity within the project Meet Srpska - photo-tour in the territory of Bijeljina - was realized. The realization of the activity was in the best order. Volunteers from the territory of Semberija visited and photographed famous localities in Bijeljina and the surroundings of Bijeljina. On that occasion, they collected 202 photographs of natural and cultural goods that were uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitions - Meet Srpska | 10 new users | 100% |
10 new accounts. |
| 3 new community members | 100% |
3 new members joined the work of the community | |
| 2 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions) | 100% |
Main Library of East Sarajevo, Portal Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 200 articles will be written or improved | 127.5% |
255 - 243 articles created and supplemented within the competition itself, 12 articles created and updated during the workshop. | |
| 200 photos | 101.00% |
202 photographs were uploaded. | |
| 15 media releases | 100% |
Total of 15 media posts in 2017. More is expected, related to the photo-tour, in 2018. | |
| 50 new followers on social networks | 120% |
60 new followers on social | |
| <40 participants | 100% |
A total of 35 participants took part in activities during 2017 |
Gender gap - Wiki Women
During the indicated period, at the beginning of March in the Republic of Srpska, within the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, the first Gender Gap program was launched for women, called Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska. The project included the implementation of 5 editing workshops, one editing marathon and one photo-tour with a permanent group of 15 participants. The realization of the project went in the best possible order and the results exceeded our expectations. The response was satisfactory, and the participants were very motivated to work. With great enthusiasm each activity was accepted. In addition, out of the planned 90 articles, 110 new articles were created during the duration of the project.
- Workshops
- In Višegrad, during March of the current year, 5 editing workshops were held in which the pre-formed group of women's editors of Wikipedia took part. Editors did not have previous experience in editing Wikipedia, so the first two workshops had the character of training. The first articles were created through familiarization with the basics, while on the other they were involved in advanced editing techniques - templates, info boxes, illustration articles, and the like. The participants showed great interest and quickly mastered the prepared content. After that, they independently created the contents in Serbian Wikipedia, with the assistance of our lecturers.
- During the realization of the workshop, 82 articles were created. The subjects that were subjected to processing were from areas that are less represented on Wikipedia, such as biographies of well-known women, and the like.
- Marathon
- After the training and a series of editing workshops, a one-day editing marathon was organized in the framework of which participants competed with each other in the creation of articles on Wikipedia in Serbian. For the three best competitors chosen by the jury after the end of the marathon, symbolic prizes were provided. During the marathon, 28 articles were created in various less represented areas.
- Photo-tour
- The last in a series of activities was the photo-tour and training for photograph upload to Wikimedia Commons. 20 participants took part in the photo tours - a permanent group of participants was joined by the representatives of the local photo club. It was a one-day activity, and on that occasion, photographs of less known, and historically significant places from the territory of the municipality of Višegrad (Jewish cemetery, house of Ivo Andric and similar) were collected. A total of 244 photographs were uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons during the photo tours, while 392 photographs were placed on the Wikimedia Commons for the duration of the entire project.
The project has sparked a great deal of attention from the public and the media, both local and state-level. Partners on the project were two very important local women's organizations Association of women afflicted and treated for breast cancer "Aska" - Višegrad and Association of Business Women 16 - Višegrad. Also, the support to the project was provided by the City Gallery Višegrad through the participation of their photo-club Višegrad in the photo-tour.
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska | At least 15 participants | 133.33% |
In total 20 participants. |
| 15 new female participants | 100% |
15 new female participants. | |
| 90 new articles | 122.22% |
110 new articles. | |
| 200 photographs uploaded on Wikimedia Commons | 196.00% |
392 photographs were placed on the Wikimedia Commons for the duration of the entire project. | |
| 8 media announcements | 187.50% |
In total 15 media announcements. | |
| at least 2 partner women organizations | 100% |
Association of women afflicted and treated for breast cancer "Aska" - Višegrad and Association of Business Women 16 - Višegrad. |
Public activities
Presentation of the Wikimedia projects
In Višegrad, on 17th April 2018, the Wikimedia community took part in another public event - a presentation of the Wikimedia projects was held as part of the open meetings of the municipal committee of SPKD "Prosvjeta". On that occasion, about 40 participants had the opportunity to get to know more about the Wikimedia Movement and the Wikimedia goals through the lecture of our representative. Also, on this occasion, Edu and GLAM programs were presented, which aroused the special interest of the participants in accordance with the structure of the group, which was mainly composed from teachers, librarians and artists. The event was organized by SPKD Prosvjeta Višegrad, with which cooperation was established on that occasion. The participants showed great interest in future potential cooperation, which we plan to use in the implementation of future projects.
Media and reporting
During the designated period, during the project implementation, the community regularly notified the public about their activities through communication with the media through the site, the blog, mailing lists and social networks.
Within the specified timeframe, community activities were promoted through 156 media posts (electronic and print media, radio and TV shows).
Each activity has sparked public and media attention, which is a sign that the Community has succeeded in building a proper reputation in the country in three years of operation and secured its place on the media scene
| Sub-Project | Goal | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public activities | participation in at least 2 public event | 100% |
Trebinje Cultural Summer - An exhibition of winning photographs of the photo contest "Trace of Soul" from 2015 and 2016 was realized and presentation of the Wikimedia projects was held as part of the open meetings of the municipal committee of SPKD "Prosvjeta". |
| 2 new partnerships | 100% |
2 new partnerships. | |
| 100 media announcements. | 156.00% |
During the indicated period related to the implementation of activities approved by the APG grant, the community had 156 appearances in the media. |
Meetings
In order to maintain positive relationships in the community, in addition to regular online meetings held during micro-planning and project realization, 5 local live meetings were held.
Meetings were held in 5 cities in the Republic of Srpska with local Wikimedians and Wikipedians who are active members of the community. The topics of the meetings were focused on plans to improve community work, exchange ideas related to new projects and their implementation.
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- 10,506.00 EUR