Wikimedia CEE Hub/Youth Group/Prague Meeting 2023

The Prague Meeting 2023 was the first in-person meeting of the members of the Youth Group, and it was held during 24th and 25th of November 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Logo of the Prague Meeting 2023

Logo of the Youth Group

Guide for CEE Youth Meeting in Prague 2023

The meeting was announced during the hybrid meeting of the group at the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Wikimedia CEE Hub opened the scholarship process and members of the group were invited to apply. During the October 2023, recipients of the scholarships were announced.

Participants

The Prague Meeting was attended by 15 participants from 8 different countries, of which 4 were female participants. Four organisers were present during the meeting, 2 staff members of the CEE Hub and 2 staff members of the Wikimedia Czech Republic.

Participants on the Prague Meeting 2023

Nr.	Name	Username	Country
1	Y. Caner Özyayıkçı	Kurmanbek	Turkey
2	Tomáš	V0lkanic	Czech Republic
3	Valentyn	Renvoy	Ukraine
4	Mari Avetisyan	Մարի Ավետիսյան Mari Avetisyan WMAM	Armenia
5	Táda Bednarz	Plánovací kalendář	Czech Republic
6	Mariam Kvartskhava	Marikuna-115	Georgia
7	Nino Turmanidze	Nina1009	Georgia
8	Martin Urbanec	Martin Urbanec	Czech Republic
9	Jan Beránek	janbery	Czech Republic
10	Nikos Likomitros	NikosLikomitros	Greece
11	Elbek Khabibullaev	Элдин беги	Kyrgyzstan
12	Jan Myšák	Jan Myšák	Czech Republic
13	Daryna	Rina.sl	Ukraine
14	Patrik	Patrik L.	Czech Republic
15	Denis Smajlović	Deni	Denmark

Background

Hybrid meeting in Tbilisi during Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023

Group is an initiative of the CEE Hub to informally connect young people (younger than 26 years old) from the Central and Eastern Europe across the region to support capacity building in this area. It is organised by CEE Hub coordinator Barbara Klen and SC member Klára Joklová.

The group was established in May 2023. We want to create a space for collaboration and sharing among young Wikimedians. For this reason, the Catch Up meeting held by CEE Hub and Wikimedia Foundation's Movement Communications regional specialist Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska on 16^th May 2023 was also focused on young people in the region.

Agenda

Report from the Prague Youth Meeting 2023

Friday, 24^th of November

Members of the group gathered at the hostel, Czech Inn around 17:00 CET and they were divided into 3 groups. Each group had a same mission: to find several sites and make photos to prove they were able to find what was asked. The last task was to find the restaurant where the dinner was scheduled. The game was played using the app Actionbound. After the dinner, some participants went sightseeing while others returned to the hotel.

Saturday, 25^th of November

• PREPARATIONS/INTRODUCTION
  • 09:00-09:15 - Getting together
  • 09:15-09:30 - Coffee and name tags
  • 09:30-09:40 - Start and introduction
  • 09:40-09:50 - Energiser
  • 09:50-10:15 - Inner work, ground rules & friendly space policy
  • 10:15-10:25 - Debriefing of the game
  • 10:25-10:35 - Explanation of the Goals for 2024

• GOALS FOR 2024
  • 10:35-11:25 - Working groups
  • 11:25-11:35 - Break
  • 11:35-12:05 - Presenting the ideas and voting

• CONNECTING CEE YOUTH GROUP GOALS AND LOCAL CONTEXT
  • 12:05-12:15 - Rock, Paper, Scissors (Tournament)
  • 12:15-13:00 - Connecting CEE Youth Group goals and local context
  • 13:00-13:45 - Lunch

• WIKIMANIA 2024 CEE YOUTH SESSIONS
  • 13:45-14:00 - Wikimania Intro
  • 14:00-14:15 - Individual work
  • 14:15-14:45 - Vision Board
  • 14:45-15:30 - Picking & main discussion
  • 15:30-15:50 - Break
• 15:30-16:40 - Group work
  • 16:40-17:10 - Presentations

• CEE YOUTH GROUP DEFINITIONS
  • 17:10-17:45 - Youth Group definition

• CLOSING SESSION
  • 17:45-18:10 - Feedback to the meeting

Discussion

You can read the whole report from the meeting, where you can find details for the every agenda segment during Friday and Saturday of this Prague Meeting 2023.

Conclusions

During 2024 based on the conclusion of the Prague meeting, CEE Youth Group will focus on the following:

• bi-monthly meetings, continuing to have these online meetings, first one will take place on 17^th of January, 2024
• hybrid/in-person meeting, which should be organised in a similar way to Prague Meeting during the 2024 (more information about the date and location will follow after Wikimania 2024)
• Diff Blog post, continuing using the platform where we can inform broader public about the activities of the group and the work of its members
• Joint project application, we will create a working group during January
• Updates on our Meta page, regular updates by staff members, but the page is open for every group member to edit
• Wikimania 2024, we will create a working group during January. The goal of the group will be creating a special programme for Wikimania, where the group can showcase their work
• Creating a guidelines for the group, explaining the roles in the group, definition of the age limit, and distribution of the members
• Internships, currently we have limited capacity, but we will explore the topic as we can start its implementation during 2025
• Youth social networks, we agree that Telegram is a sufficient platform for communication, along with the mailing list. Instagram account will be open as well.
• Learning sessions, will be defined during the year

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