Wikimedia Italia/fr
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20144 Milano (MI)
Italy
Wikimedia Italia – Associazione per la diffusione della conoscenza libera - APS is the Italian chapter of the Wikimedia movement.
Contact information at Contatti (in Italian). General e-mails to Wikimedia Italia can be sent to info
wikimedia.it.
The Wikimedia Italia official website is www.wikimedia.it, there is also a wiki for members located at wiki.wikimedia.it.
Current board
Since May 10, 2025.
- Alessio Melandri, Président
- Ferdinando Traversa, Vice Président
- Elena Marangoni, Secrétaire
- Marta Cecilia Pigazzini, Trésorier
- Stefano Dal Bo, Conseiller
Ombudspersons:
- Marta Cecilia Pigazzini
- Fabio Brambilla
- Fabio Rinnone
- Ilaria Diterlizzi (stand-in)
- Alessandra Di Francesco (stand-in)
Current staff
- Francesca Mercuri, Co-executive Director
- Francesca Pinto, Co-executive Director
- Marta Arosio, Cultural Institutions
- Anisa Kuci, OpenStreetMap, Support for Volunteers
- Marco Chemello, Training and Technical Consultancy
- Francesca Lissoni, Fundraising
- Simona Cannataro, Communication, Advocacy
- Dario Crespi, National Projects, Support for Volunteers and Members Secretariat
- Chiara Verrone, Administration
Office address
Phone: +390256569662
email: segreteriawikimedia.it
Info
As of December 2024, the association counts 282 members. The 2023 budget comprised around 740,000 €, raised from donations, "Cinque per mille" tax donations and contributions to institutional activities.
- What has been done so far (most links in Italian, sorry)
- we participate round-the-year in local and national events and fairs, seminars, lectures in classrooms, etc. for promoting WMF projects in Italy (logbook)
- we support and collaborate in nationwide petitions and campaigns
- we organized some online and offline initiatives
- we have obtained the status of "associazione di promozione sociale" (social promotion association, a "charity" status in Italy); this grants tax deductibility on donations for the donors and other facilitations: we have also joined the WMF 2009 fundraising and 2010 "cinque per mille" campaign (sort of Eight per thousand for charities)
- since 2015 we are the Italian chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation
- we have an office in Milan.
- What we do
We have a number of projects and activities to support communities and the spread of free content. Some examples:
- Wiki Loves Monuments Italia (and the webapp app.wikilovesmonuments.it)
- Tutta la cultura su Wikipedia (for activities with GLAMs)
- Bando musei archivi biblioteche (GLAM Project Call, for 2.000-8.000 EUR grants)
- Sportello per progetti dei volontari (Volunteer Project Desk, for 1.000-10.000 EUR grants)
- Microgrant (for 100-1.000 EUR grants)
- We support the organization of itWikiCon
- We provide schoolarships for events (Wikimania, itWikiCon, State of the Map, etc.)
Updates
Reports
See dedicated page.
Financial statements
The most recent financial statements are:
- 2024 financial statement
- 2023 financial statement
- 2022 financial statement
- 2021 financial statement
- 2020 financial statement
- 2019 financial statement
- 2018 financial statement
- 2017 financial statement
- 2016 financial statement
- 2015 financial statement
- 2014 financial statement
- 2013 financial statement
- 2012 financial statement
- 2011 financial statement
Wikimedia Italia also publishes a newsletter (Wikimedia News) monthly.
Origins
Wikimedia Italia was formed on Friday 17th June 2005, in Canino.
The bylaws were prepared and approved by the Wikimedia Foundation.
During an IRC meeting with Jimbo, Angela and Anthere the bylaws were amended and the Foundation was given permission to proceed.