Grants:TPS/Abbasjnr/Creative Commons Global Summit 2015

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Creative Commons Global Summit 2015

summaryLeading a session on fostering collaboration and partnerships, talking about my projects (offline Wikipedia & Wikipedian-in-Residency) and how we can mutually collaborate with the Creative Commons movement in undertaking like-minded projects across Africa and beyond.

event locationSeoul, South Korea

event websitehttps://summit.creativecommons.org

event date(s)14-17 October 2015

amount requestedUSD 1450

home countryKenya

creator• Abbasjnr

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submitted on06:12, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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Proposed participation

I am a Wikimedia contributor with considerable experience rolling out offline Wikipedia across schools in Kenya and Tanzania and a current Wikipedian-in-Residence with Translators without Borders. I also served on the Wikimedia Grants Advisory Committee and the Wikimania Jury. I've also volunteered for the Wikipedia Zero program here in Kenya (testing, awareness and advocacy).

As a Creative Commons Kenya community member, I will be leading a session/discussion/open conversation on regional cooperation among Creative Commons Affiliates (especially within Africa), and the importance of partnering with other free-knowledge movements (such as Wikimedia) towards acheiving our overall mission.

Goal and expected impact

My talk will revolve around brainstorming avenues for (regional) cooperation (both among Creative Commons Affiliates and across like-minded movements such as Wikimedia and Open Knowledge volunteers).
As a result of my talk with the Creative Commons Community in Africa, I expect most individuals to be interested in rolling out Offline Wikipedia in their respective countries.
I also expect to talk about my residency with Translators without Borders (that does medical content translation across various African languages). I hope to garner interested parties that will assist us in integrating the free medical content that we have into their local, respective language Wikipedias.
Presenting learnings and experiences identifying common challenges. Participants get useful advice from peers about problems they face.

Budget breakdown

Travel (round trip airfare from Mombasa to Seoul): USD 1000
Accommodation: booked by Creative Commons
Visa fees: USD 150
Meals (dinner x 4 nights) and incidentals USD 50 x 4 days: USD 200
Transport (airport-hotel return, daily metro ticket): USD 100

Other instructions

I would like to request the Wikimedia Foundation to book my ticket for me and wire the other expenses in advance.

Endorsements

Having someone with in-depth experience of re-distribution of Wikipedia content in the developing world from a community perspective in the fold strikes me as key - given this year's conversations centering around how to apply 4.0. Abbas is very well positioned to contribute to that end, best --Jan eissfeldt (talk) 14:43, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Abbas Mahmood is one of CC's leading scholarship applicants for this year's Global Summit. We believe he is well-poised to make a significant contribution to the event and the broader open web community. Rebecca Rendl, Director of Development, Creative Commons (talk) 21:56, 18 September 2015 (UTC)