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Context 2021: assessment & projection
Programs 2021
editEducation and Human Rights Program
Background
The education and human rights program of Wikimedia Argentina has a local and regional scope and responds to all the projects and activities that we carry out with educators, students, human rights organizations and established and emerging Wikimedia organizations at the regional level. It aims to train, support and promote the use of Wikimedia projects in educational contexts; to create locally relevant and under represented knowledge to guarantee a diverse and equitable representation of the Global South in the Wikimedia projects; and to mentor and develop educational and Human Rights projects at the regional level by collaborating with the Latin American and Caribbean chapters of the Wikimedia movement.
Although 2020 has been a very complex year, we have been able to expand and reach our goals and respond with innovative projects to the critical state of education in Argentina.
During 2021 we will work to adapt, expand and design suitable proposals to strengthen the development, growth and sustainability of education and human rights communities at a local and regional level, as well as to generate and share learnings in the Wikimedia movement.
Context
To design this planning we carried out a context assessment, which can be found here. This analysis helped us establish the following forecasts that will define our work in 2021:
- The implementation of the program in both online and offline formats will continue throughout 2021. We will generate a flexible and contextualized program, with projects that can easily adapt to the challenges and opportunities of a very unequal context.
- The needs of educators to incorporate new digital skills and strengthen their capabilities will remain stable, as they are able to adapt their curricula to a scenario that remains very uncertain.
- Face-to-face activities may be a possibility in Argentina but are still difficult to happen at a regional level in a short term; strengthening, supporting and mentoring online will remain fundamental to boost the development, growth and sustainability of communities in matters of education and Human Rights.
Program 2021
According to the context and based on our 3 lines of work, we defined the following goals and activities for 2021:
Goals and activities 2021
| Goal | Activities 2021 | Primary Audience |
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| Involve educators and human rights communities in the creation of high-quality and locally relevant knowledge in LATAM |
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| Develop contextualized capacity building programs and resources to support and sustain educational continuity in Argentina and LATAM |
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| Promote the development, growth and sustainability of Education and Human Rights programs at the local and regional level |
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Program's Alignment with 2030 strategy
The Education & Human Rights Program is aligned with recommendations 1, 3 and 6 in the follow ways:
- Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement (1)We will continue working to distribute technical, training and financial resources according to the needs of cultural communities, with the aim of supporting the development of cultural communities in LATAM, to expand and diversify the movement with new people. This is also a work in line with recommendation 4.
- Provide for Safety and Inclusion (3)One of our main new lines of work is to develop the local and regional capacity for training on digital rights and safety. We will work to contribute and develop safer communities in the region, both for the present as well as for the future.
- Invest in Skills and Leadership Development (6) One of the program’s main priorities for 2021 is identifiying local and regional needs to develop spaces for training and knowledge transfer, mentoring programs and technological infrastructure for learning.
Also, we will promote the following cross-cutting line:
- Manage internal knowledge (7): We would like the movement to be learning-oriented, with skill development and knowledge transfer as fundamental pillars. From the Education Program, we will promote this transformation by designing localized and contextualized proposals, both locally and regionally, making them accessible for everyone.
Culture & Open Knowledge Program
Background
The Culture and Open knowledge program includes all the activities we carry out with archives, museums, cultural institutions, international and governmental organizations at the local level aiming to release cultural heritage and promote the incorporation of open access and digitizing policies within cultural communities to improve the diversity of the Wikimedia projects.
However and due to the context, the program has been significantly redefined during 2020. This, has resulted in the setting new priorities as to foster our training and mentoring proposals; to strengthen our advocacy work on open access and digitizing policies or to guarantee that knowledge is accessible in an equitable manner in Argentina, that have allow us to become a strong, meaningful and trusted partner for cultural institutions from Argentina.
With the aim of developing these priorities further, during 2021 we will work to increase the representativeness of Argentine culture in the Wikimedia projects, create new learning, mentoring and cooperation opportunities, and build a cultural network to bring more diversity to the Wikimedia Movement.
Context
To design this planning we carried out a context assessment, which can be found here. This analysis helped us establish the following forecasts that will define our work in 2021:
- The needs to incorporate new skills, knowledge and resources will remain fundamental, as cultural institutions will continue to prioritize their digital and online strategy next year.
- Cultural institutions will work to make their collections accessible, so strengthening mentorship and advocate for open access policies and digitizing projects will continue be a priority.
- Budgets will not increase during 2021; in a context of limited resources, similar challenges and common needs, creating networks of cooperation and support is a key to guarantee the sustainability, resilience and growth of cultural institutions and communities.
Program 2021
According to the context and based on our 3 lines of work, we defined the following goals and activities for 2021:
Goals and activities 2021
| Goal | Activities 2021 | Primary Audience |
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| Foster the access and release of local cultural heritage in order to create new content and improve the representation of the Argentine culture in the Wikimedia projects. |
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| Promote knowledge sharing and transfer, for advocate and incorporate open access policies among cultural communities in Argentina and LATAM. |
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| Promoting the development of a network for cultural cooperation, innovation and leadership in Latin America. |
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Program's Alignment with 2030 strategy
The Culture & Open Knowledge program is aligned to recommendations 1, 6, 7 and 8 in the following ways:
- Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement (1): We will continue working to distribute technical, training and financial resources according to the needs of cultural communities, with the aim of supporting the development of cultural communities in LATAM, to expand and diversify the movement with new people. This is also a work in line with recommendation 4.
- Invest in Skills and Leadership Development (6) We will identify local and regional needs to develop training and knowledge transfer spaces as well as mentoring and support programs for cultural institutions at a local scale.
- Managing internal knowledge (7): We will make internal knowledge resources accessible through platforms for cultural institutions in LATAM, to centralize all cultural resources and projects to promote the development of new local and regional projects.
- Identify Topics for Impact (8): We will work to make locally relevant and underrepresented cultural content from Wikimedia projects accessible.
Cooperation & Inclusion Program
Background and context
Our Diverse Communities program has undergone important changes in 2020 that have translated into the reformulation of the program to Cooperation and Inclusion (of communities) program, for the following reasons:
- to help support, expand and diversify our local community: long term editors, new editors, current and future volunteers and partners.
- to help advance regional communities by creating with and for them new projects, networks of support and opportunities for collaboration.
- to help building a more inclusive Wikimedia Movement by promoting new cooperation opportunities.
Although due to the context we faced important challenges that have reduced time of a portion of our community, this new approach has allowed us to train, mentor and support our local community accordingly, create locally relevant content, strengthen our outreach, involve more women in our activities and improve our collaboration at the regional level.
With the aim of developing these priorities further, during 2021 we will adapt and create new projects to expand, diversify and build a more inclusive local community, support the growth and sustainability of current and future regional communities and create new opportunities to collaborate and learn within the Wikimedia Movement.
Context
To design this planning we carried out a context assessment, which can be found here. This analysis helped us establish the following forecasts that will define our work in 2021:
- In a context of (possible) lock-down, where the media and the Internet are key to maintaining contact with the outside world, creating and making accessible verifiable, reliable and locally relevant information to citizens becomes a priority.
- Most volunteers are connected to the Internet all day and need to redefine their spaces for resting. In this context, creating proposals that favor learning, leisure and socialization are critical, especially for women who have been directly affected by this "new normality" that has highlighted gender inequalities in Argentina.
- Although we can not meet face to face, working online erases distances and generates new possibilities of articulation, cooperation and assistance among communities at all levels.
Program 2021
According to the context and based on our 3 lines of work, we defined the following goals and activities for 2021:
Objectives & activities 2021
| Goal | Activities 2021 | Primary Audience |
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| Promote Wikimedia projects as tools for access to updated and locally relevant information. |
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| Promote new learning and networking opportunities to foster the development of a diverse and inclusive local community committed to building a more equitable Wikimedia movement. |
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| Promote the development of new spaces of cooperation, collaboration and alliances to favor the growth of communities in the Wikimedia Movement |
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Program's Alignment with 2030 strategy
The Cooperation and Inclusion Knowledge program is aligned to recommendations 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the following ways:
- Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement (1): We will continue assisting, supporting and strengthening current and emerging communities in LATAM to expand and diversify the movement with new people and therefore foster its future sustainability..
- Leadership Development (6) Assess the needs and interests of our local community and develop training and knowledge transfer spaces to build a more inclusive Wikimedia Movement.
- Managing internal knowledge (7): We will establish platforms to centralize learnings, knowledge and resources for better support communities at local y regional level and create new spaces of collaboration and mentoring at the global level.
- Identify Topics for Impact (8): We will carry out research on content gaps to analyze what are the most relevant interests of Argentine and Latin American society in their use of Wikimedia projects in order to work on creating content and generate partnerships accordingly.
Grantee metrics
Education & Rights
Culture & Open Knowledge Program
Cooperation and Inclusion Program
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Metrics 2020-2021
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