Application or grant stage: approved

Applicant or grantee: Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska

Amount requested: US$33.577,00 (EUR 27.800,00)

Amount granted: 24,640 EUR (30,000 USD)

Funding period: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022

Midpoint report due: 15 January 2022

Final report due: 30 July 2022

Application[edit]

Background[edit]

Annual Plan[edit]

Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska - Annual Plan 2021-2022

Budget Plan[edit]

Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska - Budget plan, google drive

Example budget plan

Proposed Budget 2020-2021


Programme 1: Community
Item	EUR	Notes
Workshops, assemblies and face-to-face meetings	4.000,00€
Projects driven by the community (microgrants, innovation, other meetups...)	3.000,00€
Total	7.000,00 €

Programme 2: Education
Item	EUR	Notes
Universities and secondary schools (eduwiki)	3.500,00 €
Total	3.500,00 €

Programme 3: GLAM & Culture
Item	EUR	Notes
Contests & projects (GLAM, Wiki Loves, Bibliowikis, etc.)	7.000,00 €
Total	7.000,00 €
Staffing Expenses
Item	EUR	Notes
Organizational Manager	32.000,00 €	12 month contract
Total	32.000,00 €
Other Operational Expenses
Item	EUR	Notes
Communication, advocacy and publications	2.500,00 €
Office rent	1.000,00 €
Bookkeeping expenses	700,00 €	Stable expenses: external audit and bank fees
Other office materials	100,00 €
Total	4.300,00 €
Total BUDGET	53.800,00 €

Staffing Plan[edit]

No Staff.

Strategic plan[edit]

Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska - Strategic plan 2020-2022, google drive (bilingually)

Introduction[edit]

Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska represents officially recognized user group editors and users of Wikimedia projects in the territory of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighboring countries (Serbia and Croatia).

The community was conceived and founded on the principle of non-governmental, non-profit, and nonparty association that accomplishes its goals exclusively in a non-profit way. The first organized activities were initiated in early 2015, and the group was officially recognized on October 6, 2015. The community today has 82 members.

The main objective of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska is the promotion of the mission and vision of free knowledge through the collection, preservation, and dissemination of scientific, educational, cultural, and historical data which are available under a free license, in Serbian and other languages.

Programs[edit]

Note: All activities are planned in accordance with the current epidemiological situation in the country. The implementation will strictly take into account the recommendations of the WMF, the World Health Organization, and the Republic Crisis Staff. If the epidemiological situation caused by the Covid-19 worsens, the community will implement the activities in accordance with the contingency plan, in agreement with the WMF.

GLAM

Wikimedian in residence

Wikimedian in residence (Wiki Ambassador) is a project of cooperation with GLAM and educational institutions, which includes the stay of delegated Wiki Ambassadors (community representatives and editors of Wikipedia) in institutions with which cooperation has been previously agreed. The goal of the project is that Wiki Ambassadors, in cooperation with employees, improve Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wikimedia repository primarily) by releasing content relevant to the activities of the institution.

Wikimedian in residence is a project that has been implemented 4 times in the Republic of Srpska so far and which has aroused interest among GLAM institutions. Guided by the good results achieved so far through the implementation of this project, opportunities for cooperation with the most important GLAM institutions in the country, as well as the interest of community volunteers for internships and work on this project, it was decided to continue developing this project. This means the involvement of a larger number of institutions in the cooperation on the project as well as the inclusion of a larger number of volunteers in the work tasks arising from the goal. In addition to achieving goals that are directly related to expanding Wikimedia mission and releasing content, this project will contribute to improving the work of the community by giving new volunteers - ambassadors a chance to get involved in direct work, improve their skills and knowledge and thus achieve personal satisfaction.

The project will be thematically determined - work will be done on creating and supplementing articles on Wikipedia in the Serbian language that refer to Orthodox churches and monasteries located on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, work will be done on releasing material related to the mentioned topic on the Wikimedia commons - photos of temples, available documentation and the like.The choice of topic is based on detailed research of the coverage of the topic during the realization of the project in 2021. Coverage of almost 20% was determined, which is a consequence of the lack of appropriate literature, which is extremely rare due to the specificity of the topic. For the needs of the project in 2021, cooperation has been agreed with relevant institutions that are interested in cooperation, and which have the appropriate literature. The institutions interested in cooperation are four Metropolitanates and one Faculty of Orthodox Theology. In connection with the above, in addition to the improvement of the GLAM program, the establishment of cooperation with the Faculty of Orthodox Theology will be correlated with the Edu program, which will also be enriched in this way.

Goals:

expansion and improvement GLAM program in the Republic of Srpska;
implementation of Wikimedia projects in GLAM institutions;
expanding the network of associates;
enriching Wikipedia with quality content;
enrichment of Wikimedia Commons;
mitigating the thematic gap;
promotion of the Wikimedia vision in the Republic of Srpska;
establishing cooperation with religious institutions;
improving the work of the Community through the engagement of new volunteers;
exchanging ideas and creating a common basis for future cooperation.

Measures of success:

10 working visits;
3 GLAM institution involved in collaboration;
1 Edu institution involved in cooperation;
4 editing workshops;
200 new or updated articles on Serbian Wikipedia;
200 free photos on Wikimedia Commons;
20 new users;
10 media releases;
30 participants;
4 Metropolitan involved in cooperation.

#1Lib1Ref

In order to increase the number of activities under the GLAM program and to involve the Community in as many international cooperation projects as possible, during the indicated period, participation in the international project 1Lib1Ref will be undertaken for the second time. After the successful realization in 2021 and a good placement at the international level (Wikipedia in the Serbian language won first place), the Community will continue to work on this project. In addition to the ultimate goal of complementing Wikimedia projects with quality references, this activity will have a positive impact on the learning of Community members through collaboration with members of other Wiki organizations.

Goals:

involvement in one international project;
strengthening cooperation with local partners - libraries;
establishing cooperation with international Wiki organizations;
improving Wikipedia with quality knowledge sources.

Measures of success:

2 editing workshops;
5 libraries included in the collaboration;
30 participants.

Photo competitions

For six years in a row, our organization has successfully organized a large photography competition Trace of Soul, which brought together elements of the global competitions Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments. So far, over 10,000 photographs of protected monuments of the Republic of Srpska have been collected and hundreds of quality articles have been written. In order to raise the project to a higher, next level, it was decided to separate the competitions next year and join the global organization. In addition to increasing the visibility of our results internationally by presenting the beauties of our country, the community will have the opportunity to gain new experiences and knowledge regarding the organization taking place internationally, to connect with several other Wikimedia affiliates, and to provide greater motivation for photographers.

Wiki Loves Earth (WLE)

Wiki Loves Earth (WLE) is an annual international photographic competition held throughout May and June, organized worldwide by the Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe. Participants take pictures of local natural heritage and scenic landscape in their countries, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons.

In the following period, the community will organize the mentioned project in order to increase the number of quality photos of protected natural monuments of the Republic of Srpska on the Wikimedia Commons.

Goals:

increase the number of free photos related to these monuments on Wikimedia Commons;
increase the number of articles related to these monuments on Wikipedia;
popularisation of Wikipedia's mission and vision in the Republic Of Srpska;
expand the free knowledge idea;
attract new volunteers and community members.

Measures of success:

1000 photos;
40 participants;
<20% photos will be used in Wikipedia in the first 7 weeks after the competition;
20 media coverage;
30 new articles will be written or Improved;
3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.

Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM)

Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is an annual international photographic competition held during the month of September, organized worldwide by Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe. Participants take pictures of local historical monuments and heritage sites in their region, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. The aim of the event is to highlight the heritage sites of the participating countries with the goal to encourage people to capture pictures of these monuments, and to put them under a free license which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.

In addition to increasing the number of quality photos of protected cultural and historical monuments of the Republic of Srpska on the Wikimedia Commons, in order to participate in the global competition, the community will organize the WLM in the Republic of Srpska in the coming period.

Goals:

increase the number of free photos related to these monuments on Wikimedia Commons;
increase the number of articles related to these monuments on Wikipedia;
popularisation of Wikipedia's mission and vision in the Republic of Srpska;
expand the free knowledge idea;
attract new volunteers and community members.

Measures of success:

1000 photos;
40 participants;
<20% photos will be used in Wikipedia in the first 7 weeks after the competition;
20 media coverage;
30 new articles will be written or Improved;
3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.

Edu Wiki

Edu-Wiki - Seminar for professors

Since its launch, the educational program of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska has been significantly improved and expanded - both in terms of the number of educational institutions with which cooperation has been established and in terms of geographical representation within the Republika Srpska. In order to further improve and the sustainability of educational programs in the Republic of Srpska, the Community will continue to work actively to achieve the strategic objectives that are related to the Edu program. In the area of the educational program, the Community will focus on increasing the number of educational institutions involved in the cooperation, as well as increasing the number of teaching staff involved in the work on Wikimedia projects, during the indicated period. In addition, a network of existing partnerships will be maintained. Previous experience has shown the necessity of involving professors and teachers in collaboration. In order to ensure the continued sustainability of the educational program, the Community will educate teachers of target institutions (colleges, secondary schools) to work on Wikimedia projects. Emphasis will be on the training of professors to work on Wikimedia projects through a one-day seminar for teachers. In addition to working on creating free content, the community will also work to educate the public on topics related to the Wikimedia movement and free knowledge. The main goal of these activities is to motivate and encourage participants to join the community and contribute to the Wikimedia movement through their engagement.

Goals:

partner relations establishment with new educational institutions;
further improving relations with institutions with which community already had cooperation;
inclusion of professors with work on Wikimedia projects;
the increasing number of content on Wikimedia projects (especially Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons);
increase in the 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: 10;
number of planned activities: 1;
number of participants-professors: 20;
the teacher from 4 regions of the Republic of Srpska will be gathered;
at least 20 professors will be included in cooperation on educational activities;
number of new or edited articles: 20;
the number of pictures placed on Wikimedia Commons: 100.

Community activities

Lokal conference

In order to strengthen the human capacities of the community, which are the most important resource and the basis for the functioning of the community, an annual conference and gathering of both local and Wikimedia media and Wikipedia editors from the region will be held. The conference will bring together 30 participants. In addition to the program that will be created in a way that takes into account the different needs of participants - from elementary to advanced level, on the sidelines of the event will be organized meetings with the Steering Committee and the Organizing Team. Although meetings with members, volunteers, and different teams are organized during the year, depending on the situation, even on a weekly basis, the importance of the live meeting is invaluable. This event will contribute to strengthening ties between community members through the exchange of ideas and experiences, motivate volunteers to continue their work and training through work on Wikimedia projects, as well as attract and involve new members in the community.

Goals:

at least 1 local conference with at least 30 participants will be held in a given period;
promoting Wikipedia and highlighting its importance;
promotion of Wikimedia and the Wikimedia movement;
attracting new volunteers to join the Wikimedia mission;
Wikimedia and the promotion of its projects through introducing conference participants to the guiding principles and most important achievements;
Introducing target audience with CC licenses, with emphasis on their importance;
capacity building of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska through the exchange of new ideas and joint activities for the improvement and implementation of already *planned project ideas in the Republic of Srpska;
expanding the Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska with new members;
improving the capacities already reached by the Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska through a positive impact on the enthusiasm of current members;
positive impact on the general public in the Republic of Srpska with the aim of creating a positive climate for future projects in our region where Wikimedia and its projects will be recognized as positive and significant.

Measures of success:

30 participants;
20 media releases;
> 5 new community members;
at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers;
stronger community;
> 6 new users will become active members in the next 3 months (active member is a member who will be active on some offline activities, who will lead online projects, or will be an active editor on a Wiki project;
2 agreements on new projects.

Gender Gap - Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska

During this period, the Community will continue to work on the development of the Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska project, as a project of special importance due to its focus on overcoming the gender gap, which is the ultimate, long-term goal of this project.

The specific tasks arising from the stated goal are the inclusion of new female members in the work of the community, expanding cooperation with women's organizations, increasing the number of female editors of Wikipedia, as well as overcoming the thematic gap on Wikipedia, through direct work and creating articles.

In the Republic of Srpska, there is already a Wiki Women Club within the community, who, in addition to continuing to edit Wikipedia from the first inclusion, improved their knowledge and skills and became more actively involved in the work of the community by independently implementing certain projects. Experience shows that the justification of this project is present and that in the coming period we should work on its upgrade and expansion. In addition to the above, work will be done to expand the geographical focus and include women from cities and towns that have not been represented so far.

Goals:

upgrading the Gender Gap program in the Republic of Srpska;
attracting new partners;
enriching Wikipedia with underrepresented content;
bridging gender differences;
the expansion of the community - the inclusion of new female members in the work;
motivating women to edit and work on Wikimedia projects;
establishing cooperation with women's organizations.

Measures of success:

one project will contain 2 workshops;
at least 15 participants;
60 new articles;
150 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons;
8 media releases;
at least two partner women's organizations.

Wikimedia CEE Spring

CEE Spring Logo.

To contribute to the multilingual availability of content on Wikipedia, the Community will participate in the international competition for writing articles on Wikipedia - CEE Spring. Through cooperation with experienced event organizers, community members will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills related to the planning and implementation of international competition.

Goals:

participation in one international competition;
increasing the number of quality articles on Serbian Wikipedia;
knowledge transfer.

Measures of success:

200 articles in Serbian.

Meet Srpska

Meet Srpska is a project of importance for the Community. Initially, it was of a local character, but in the last two years it has grown into an international project in which several Wikimedia organizations cooperated and in which articles were translated. The plan is to continue this trend and to organize the project during the specified period. The project includes holding a competition on Wikipedia, one editing workshop and one photo tour aimed at less represented content related to the Republic of Srpska.

Goals:

increasing quality content on Wikipedia regarding various topics related to the Republic of Srpska;
creating content related to the Republic of Srpska on Wikipedia in multiple languages;
promotion of Wikimedia and its projects;
acquiring and engaging new community members;
strengthening ties with the Wikipedia community;
promotion of community at the local level.

Measures of success:

3 new community members;
5 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions);
200 articles in Serbian will be written or improved;
100 articles will be translated into other languages;
<40 participants.

Competitions and edit-a-thons on Wikipedia

In order to maintain and improve the connection between the Community and the editors of Wikipedia, during the specified period, the competitions in writing articles on Wikipedia, as well as edit-a-thons will be organized. In addition, the above aims to increase the number of quality articles related to underrepresented topics. In that way, it contributes to reducing the gap in terms of content on the Serbian Wikipedia.

Goals:

improving the quality of content available on Wikipedia;
3 Competitions
2 edit-a-thon
increasing the number of quality articles;
overcoming the thematic gap;
increasing the number of articles related to scientific topics.

Measures of success:

300 new articles;
40 participants;
10 media posts;
3 relevant partner institutions or organizations involved in the collaboration.

The Night of Museums

In order to popularize Wikimedia projects, the Community will take part in the organization of the prestigious Museum Night 2022 event, which is of a global character, and in which museums from the Republic of Srpska also participate. This will increase the visibility of Wikimedia's GLAM program. In addition, participation in this event will have a positive impact on the reputation of the Community in the local, which will further contribute to the easier establishment of cooperation with the desired partner institutions from the GLAM sphere.

Goals:

the popularization of Wikimedia projects;
the popularization of Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska;
presentation of the global GLAM program;
presentation of articles about museum and museum exhibitions.

Measures of success:

4 new partnerships;
cooperation with 1 GLAM institution;
10 media releases.

Public activities

In order to spread Wikimedia's vision and mission and increase the visibility of Wikimedia projects, as well as attract potential partners, the Community will take part in two public events in which they will present Wikimedia projects, the work of a local Wikimedia affiliate, and develop programs relevant to an event.

In addition, through regular cooperation with the media, sending press releases, guest appearances on radio and TV shows, the Community will seek to communicate with the general public by presenting its work and projects.

Goals:

participation in at least 2 public events;
regular cooperation with the media;
promotion of open knowledge and mission and vision of Wikimedia;
promotion of Wikimedia and its projects;
establishing new partnerships;
attracting new users.

Measures of success:

2 new partnerships;
100 media releases.

Grant Metrics Reporting[edit]

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Midterm report[edit]

Program story[edit]

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Program Progress[edit]

GLAM

Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM)

During the specified period, the Wikimedia community of Republika Srpska took part in the global project Wiki loves monuments for the first time and successfully realized it in the Republic of Srpska. The realization of the project was a real challenge for the organizational team, especially the segments that included live events (photo tour and exhibition where the winners were announced) because the epidemiological situation in the country changed from day to day. Despite everything, the project was realized to the end in accordance with the original plan.

The work on the realization of the project took place in three phases - preparatory, central, and final phase. Each of them required the maximum engagement of volunteers and members of the organizing team.

During the preparatory phase, after the formation of the organizational team and the division of responsibilities, a website for the needs of the competition, follow-up pages on Wikipedia and Wikimedia repository, as well as templates necessary for proper uploading of photos to the photo contest was created. In addition to the above, the most important item was the list of monuments, which was updated and supplemented through communication with the competent institutions. The list includes a total of 766 monuments located on the territory of the Republic of Srpska. The monuments are arranged in a single table, categorized according to municipalities, in alphabetical order, with all the necessary information (ID number, category of the good, coordinate, etc.). Also, during this phase, an expert jury was formed consisting of experts in the field of photography, architecture and long-time editors of Wikipedia, and cooperation was agreed with tourist organizations regarding the organization of photo tours in Herzegovina, as well as local protected temples which were objects of photography.

The second or central phase took place during the photo competition. During that time, the organizing team communicated with the contestants provided the necessary technical support, categorized the photographs, and worked on creating and illustrating relevant articles. In this phase, a photo tour was held in Herzegovina, during which 204 photos of monuments whose photos did not exist on the Wikimedia Commons or on the Internet, in general, were collected. A real treasure for us is the photographs of the Church of St. Petka - the only painted church from the 17th century in Herzegovina, as well as a visit to the cathedral in Trebinje, where we received permission from the clergy to photograph the interior, as well as rare literature, supplementing articles related to Catholic churches in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The final phase included summarizing the results of the competition, judging the photos by the jury, and preparing the exhibition. After the first round of judging, the jury unanimously decided, after reviewing the ranking list, about the ten winning photos. On that occasion, the president of the jury wrote a press release explaining the selection of the jury, which, together with the winning photos, was published on our website, blog, social networks and forwarded to the media via the mailing list. After selecting the ten most beautiful photos, preparations for the ceremony of announcing the winner began. The event was held in the Gallery of the Cultural Center East Sarajevo in East Sarajevo. On that occasion, ten winning photos were presented to the public, and the authors were presented with awards. The event was organized with the strictest respect for current epidemiological measures and orders of the Crisis Staff for Emergency Situations. He also attracted a lot of media attention, both from the Republic of Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina which covered the event. In general, the community has always had excellent communication with the media through sending press releases, participating in TV and radio shows. The project was presented to the public through 38 media announcements. A total of 18 competitors participated. 1205 photos of protected monuments have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Winning photos:

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM)	1000 photos	120.50	Within the contest, 1205 photographs were uploaded.
	40 participants	82.50%	There were 33 participants in the competition and the accompanying project activities.
	<20% photos will be used in Wikipedia in the first 7 weeks after the competition	100%	In total, at the time this report was made, 450 photographs have been used from the competition, which is 37.34%.
	20 media coverage	100%	38 publications in the media.
	30 new articles will be written or Improved	100%	46 articles were written and Improved in total.
	3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.	100%	3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.

#1Lib1Ref

At the time of writing, the community is in the final stage of preparation for the #1Lib1Ref project. Cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia has been established and the necessary working meetings have been held in accordance with the current implementation phase.

Community activities

Meet Srpska

In the period from October 20th to November 20th, 2021, the project Meet Srpska 2021, which united a competition in writing articles on the Serbian Wikipedia and an editorial marathon was realized. In addition, cooperation with the DIS Theater from Banja Luka, within which the community took part in the public event of the jubilee Twentieth Festival of Youth Theaters of Republika Srpska, supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Srpska was established. In addition to the promotion of the Wikimedia GLAM program, for the needs of the project Meet Srpska, the community received an exclusive permit for the presence of our volunteers in theater performances, as well as for recording and photographing them. Also, the community was provided with material and copies of the annals of the Youth theaters of the Republic of Srpska for the purpose of creating articles on Wikipedia. On that occasion, 54 photos of theater troupes performing various theater plays were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. In parallel with the theater troupes, there was cooperation with the Karate Club Ljubisnja from Foča, which, in addition to numerous successes at European and world competitions, is known for gathering and working with young people with disabilities. They, as well as theater representatives, provided the community with the material needed to create the articles. In addition to local partners, cooperation with international partners - Wikimedia user group GLAM Macedonia has been established, which held an editorial workshop in Macedonia on the topic Meet Srpska.

The results of the project exceeded our expectations. A total of 388 articles were written and 31 articles were supplemented. 13 Wikipedia editors took part in the competition.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Meet Srpska	3 new community members	100%	3 new community members.
	5 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions).	140.00%	7 partners involved in activities.
	200 articles in Serbian will be written or improved	209.50%	419 articles created and improved (388+31).
	100 articles will be translated into other languages	9.00%	9 articles were translated into Macedonian.
	<40 participants	80.00%	A total of 32 participants took part in activities.

Participation in public events

In the period from October 20 to 24, 2021, the Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska took part in a prestigious cultural event - the jubilee Twentieth Festival of Youth Theaters of Republika Srpska, supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Republika Srpska. In addition to enriching the Meet Srpska project by collecting written and visual materials and releasing them, the Community presented both global and local Wikimedia GLAM programs, with a special emphasis on opportunities for cooperation and mutual improvement of work. On that occasion, future cooperation was agreed with three youth theaters on the Living Library project.

Meeting

During the specified period, the community functioned properly and held regular meetings of the Organizing Team and the Board of Directors, as well as online training of new volunteers and editors of Wikipedia. A total of 18 online and 3 live meetings were held. In addition to working meetings related to micro-planning and work on project implementation, the topics of the meetings were proposals and ideas for future projects, as well as work on the framework for the development of the next work strategy.

Spending update Midterm[edit]

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Please include the total amount of Simple APG funds you spent during the grant period:

7501.58 USD/6.570,00 EUR, detailed expenses here - Spending report by December 31, 2021.

Grant Metrics Reporting Midterm[edit]

Metrics, targets and results: grants metrics worksheet here.

Final report[edit]

Program story[edit]

Learning story[edit]

Wikimedia Start Republika Srpska 2022, Trebinje.

Annual conference of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska — Lessons learned, video. (with English translation)

Programs Impact[edit]

Edu Wiki

Edu-Wiki - Seminar for professors

The Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska is, in cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of East Sarajevo in Pale, organizing a one-day seminar for professors, on May 14. In May The main goal of this event was to expand the network of teachers involved in the Edu Wiki program in the Republic of Srpska and increase the number of teachers trained to work on Wikipedia. The event was realized in the computer center of the Faculty of Philosophy in Pale, which was also a partner in this project.

23 professors from the Sarajevo-Romania region took part in the project: 10 professors who work at the university and 13 professors who work in secondary schools. The seminar program included two parts - theoretical and practical. Within the theoretical part, the professors were presented with the Wikimedia movement and its goals, Wikimedia projects, the Edu Wiki program with a special emphasis on the resources available to them within it, which can improve their work and the teaching process they lead. After that, special attention was paid to Wikipedia - rules and guidelines for editing, free licenses, communication with other editors, a portal where they can communicate with administrators and seek help, as well as the personal data protection system. Also, within the theoretical part and familiarization with Wikipedia, the lecturers singled out points of emphasis that directly relate to frequent prejudices about Wikipedia that prevail in academic circles and concern the quality of articles and the verifiability of information. In that segment, a special review was made on references and sources of knowledge, which are a mandatory segment of every article, and on the work of administrators and other experienced editors who check the changes made and ensure that the articles are in accordance with Wikipedia's rules.

After the theoretical part, an editing workshop was organized in which the participants were introduced to the process of creating an article on Wikipedia through direct work. On that occasion, the basics of editing, the working environment in the editorial framework, text formatting and working with basic templates, as well as illustrating the article, were presented. In this connection, Wikimedia Commons was presented in basic terms, the procedure of uploading multimedia material as well as its subsequent use on wiki and non-wiki sites. On that occasion, the participants created 18 new articles through individual work and pair work.

The aforementioned lecture concept ensured the dynamism of the seminar and had a positive effect on the motivation of the participants, who eventually expressed their desire to join the Edu wiki program in the Republic of Srpska and organize workshops with their students during the next school year.

At the end of the lecture, certificates were distributed to the participants.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Edu Wiki: Seminar for professors	number of institutions we will work with: 10	100	Achieved cooperation with 10 educational institutions.
	number of planned activities: 1	100%	An event was organized.
	number of participants-professors: 20	115.00%	Number of participants-professors: 23.
	at least 20 professors will be included in cooperation on educational activities.	100%	Twenty professors participated in educational activities.
	number of new or edited articles: 20	90%	Number of new or edited articles: 18.
	the number of pictures placed on Wikimedia Commons: 100	100%	100 photos have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Wiki ambassador at the Doboj Museum

As part of the Wiki Ambassador project in the Republic of Srpska, which was implemented within the GLAM program during the indicated period, a correlation was made with the contents of the Edu Wiki program, and the students of the Technical High School from Doboj were involved in the implementation.

The students and their mentor made 6 working visits to the Museum where they took photos of the exhibits, after which they uploaded the given photos to the Wikimedia repository through 10 hours of extracurricular activities. During the lessons, the students were trained to work on Wikipedia, where they supplemented the existing ones and created new articles related to the museum collections. After creating the articles, together with the mentor, they created QR pedia codes that were placed on the exhibits in the Museum.

A total of 25 students participated, and were presented with certificates of appreciation at the closing ceremony.

Signing of a Memorandum of cooperation with the University of East Sarajevo

On June 13th The Community signed an agreement on five-year cooperation with the University of East Sarajevo, in East Sarajevo. The agreement refers to the organization of various forms of workshops, seminars, professional conferences, Edu Wiki camps and similar activities with students and professors of all faculties under the umbrella of this University (17 of them).
The University of East Sarajevo is one of two state universities in the country. This agreement is of great importance to the Community and the advancement of the Edu wiki program.
It is the result of many years of positive cooperation with the faculties of this University and an indication that the Community has built trust and reputation in academic circles of this level.

GLAM

Wikimedian in residence

In the period from February 10 to May 15, the Community implemented the Wiki Ambassador project in the Republic of Srpska, within which active members - Wiki Ambassadors worked on the release of thematically differently oriented content in cooperation with partner institutions and their staff. This year, the partners were:

Serbian Educational and Cultural Society `Prosvjeta` Municipal board Višegrad
National Library "Dr Ljubo Mihić" Ljubinje
Meridian Sport, Banja Luka
Regional museum in Doboj

Wiki ambassador at the "Dr. Ljubo Mihić" National Library of Ljubinje

In the period from February 10 to April 15, the representative of the Community - Wiki ambassador made 5 one-day working visits to the "Dr. Ljubo Mihić" National Library of Ljubinje. On that occasion, in cooperation with the employees, he worked on the creation of various thematically unrepresented content on Wikipedia based on the available literature that was also provided by the library. On that occasion, 55 new articles were created and 25 existing articles were supplemented.

Wiki Ambassador Meridian Sport Banja Luka

In order to reduce the thematic gap on Wikipedia in the Serbian language and increase the number of articles and photos in the Sport category in the Republic of Srpska, cooperation was established with the sports news agency Meridian from Banja Luka. In the period from April 2 to May 15, one editing workshop was held in Banja Luka and 5 working visits were made. On that occasion, 16 new articles were created, and 175 photos of athletes and important sports events in the Republic of Srpska were uploaded on the Wikimedia Commons. In addition to the original goal, this cooperation is of great importance for the Association, because Meridian Sport is one of the most important sports news agencies in the region. In this way, the community expanded the network of partners and collaborators in the field of sports, in which it had no cooperation or partnership until now.

Wiki ambassador at the Doboj Museum

In the period from March 1 to May 15, the planned activities within the Wiki Ambassador project were realized in the Doboj Regional Museum. The Wiki Ambassador made 15 working visits - individual and group (correlation with the Edu Wiki program, specified in the Edu Wiki segment). The Museum has given permission to photograph and publish photographs of all the exhibits in the Museum. The community representative collected the necessary photos with the students, which were uploaded on the Wikimedia Commons, and then inserted into the corresponding articles on Wikipedia. After the articles were created, QR codes were created on QRpedia and placed on the museum's exhibits. 108 individual exhibits and 22 permanent installations in the Museum are marked with codes. The number of photos uploaded to the Wikimedia repository is 1049. At the end, a closing ceremony was held where certificates of appreciation were awarded to all participants and partners and where the results of the project were presented to the media. The event was also attended by representatives of the Tourism Organization of the city of Doboj, who supported the project by promoting the activity on their means of information. Also, an agreement was reached on the continuation of cooperation with the Museum and an agreement on the marking of important tourist locations in the city in cooperation with the Tourism Organization of the city of Doboj. In addition to the above, 25 students participated in the project, whose activities are listed in the Edu program segment.

Serbian Educational and Cultural Society Prosvjeta, Municipal board Višegrad

In addition to the aforementioned institutions, cooperation was also achieved with the educational and cultural organization SPKD Prosvjeta (Serbian Educational and Cultural Society Prosvjeta, Municipal board Višegrad). On February 21. as part of the aforementioned cooperation in the local community, during the celebration of the International Native Language Day, Wikimedia's GLAM program was presented, as well as Wikipedia in the Serbian language and its statistics regarding the number of quality articles and the coverage and representation of certain topics.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Wikimedian in residence	10 working visits	100	24 working visits.
	3 GLAM institution involved in collaboration	133.33%	4 GLAM institution involved in collaboration
	1 Edu institution involved in cooperation	100%	1 Edu institution involved in cooperation.
	4 editing workshops	100%	4 editing workshops.
	200 new or updated articles on Serbian Wikipedia	100%	204 new or updated articles on Serbian Wikipedia.
	200 free photos on Wikimedia Commons.	100.00%	1224 free photos on Wikimedia Commons.
	200 free photos on Wikimedia Commons.	102.00%	1224 free photos on Wikimedia Commons.
	20 new users.	100%	20 new users.
	10 media releases	100%	10 media releases
	30 participants	123.33%	37 participants.
	4 Metropolitan involved in cooperation.	100%	4 Metropolitan involved in cooperation - gave way to Sematism.

1Lib1Ref

1lib1ref.

Wikimedia's community of the Republic of Srpska is in cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia participated in the campaign additions references on the Wikipedia #1Lib1Ref (one librarian, one reference). The campaign lasted from 15 January until February 5, 2022, and except librarians, other interested individuals joined the campaign:

University library "Svetozar Markovic"
The library of the city of Belgrade
National library, Dr Ljubo Mihić "Ljubinje".
Library of Elementary School, ”Vuk Karadžić” Visegrad
National Library "Vojislav Lubarda" Rogatica.

A total of 25 editors of Wikipedia on the Serbian language entered even 10,080 references in articles where they were missing, which made the Wikipedia in the Serbian language take first place in the competition.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
1Lib1Ref	2 editing workshops	100	2 editing workshops.
	5 libraries included in the collaboration	100%	5 libraries are included in the collaboration.
	30 participants	96.67%	29 participants.

Community activities

Gender Gap - Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska

The Wiki Women in Republika Srpska 2022 is a project that aims to overcome the gender gap in Wikimedia projects. It includes a number of activities related to work on Wikimedia projects primarily with women. As part of the project, two editorial workshops, an editorial marathon and a photo tour were held. In addition, the project activities were directed towards the processing of less represented topics, primarily women's, and then others. The project lasted from March 8 to May 8, 2022. 51 participants took part in the project, 124 new articles were written and 4 articles on Wikipedia in the Serbian language were supplemented.

Wiki Gap

For the first time this year, the community joined the global Wiki Gap project, connecting activities related to the Community's Gender Gap program and the Wiki Women project in the Republic of Srpska. In cooperation with the Sarajevo Open Center, the Embassy of Sweden in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wikimedia Sweden and Wikimedia Serbia, an editing marathon was organized to mark International Women's Day, which took place from March 5 to 15, 2022, on Wikipedia in Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian language. In addition, a one-day editing workshop was held in Sarajevo, during which 25 participants learned the basics of editing Wikipedia, and creating articles about important women from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The work took place on Wikipedia in the Bosnian language. For the community, this is a very significant step towards improving relations with Wikipedia editors from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have been very bad until now. With this project, for the first time, cooperation between editors from the Republic of Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was established. Our Community was in charge of preparations related to the creation of working pages for three language editions of Wikipedia, the promotion of events and communication with the media, and the most important part of the lecture. A special challenge in the lecture part was to identify potential topics and select adequate personalities for biographical articles that cannot in any sense cause discomfort to the participants of the workshop - religious, historical, non-national, ethnic and similar, due to the last civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. To mutual satisfaction, the workshop was successfully implemented in a positive atmosphere. 25 women took part, and 36 new articles were created. The event was attended by the ambassador of Sweden to BiH and numerous media representatives.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Wiki Women in Republika Srpska 2022	one project will contain 2 workshops	100%	2 workshops.
	at least 15 participants	100%	51 participants.
	60 new articles	100%	128 articles (124+4).
	150 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	100%	183 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
	8 media releases	100.00%	8 media releases.
	at least two partner women's organizations	100.00%	4 partner organizations, 2 women's organizations.

Wikimedia CEE Spring

This year, the community also took part in the CEE Spring project - an international competition in writing and supplementing articles about the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as about all topics from these countries - history, geography, acting, music, literature, sports, cuisine and Fig. On Wikipedia in Serbian, it was organized by the Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska and Wikimedia Serbia. CEE Spring 2022 was held on Wikipedia in Serbian from March 21 to May 31. During this period, ten editors participated in the competition, while three supported the project by writing articles that were not evaluated. Participants wrote 448 new and supplemented 61 articles. A total of 13,066,083 bytes were entered, which is a million bytes more than last year.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Wikimedia CEE Spring	200 articles in Serbian Wikipedia	100%	448 new and 61 supplemented articles in Serbian Wikipedia.

Competitions and edit-a-thons on Wikipedia

Striving to contribute to increasing the number of quality articles on Wikipedia in the Serbian language and reducing the thematic gap, the Community organized three article writing competitions and two editing marathons. Topics were chosen based on representation by category, that is, lack of representation and poor coverage. In addition, one competition and both marathons were symbolically connected with the calendar marking of international holidays - International Rare Disease Day - the last day of February, World Refugee Day - June 20 and World Roma Day - April 8. In addition to the goals planned by the project, the Community wanted to participate in this way in raising awareness of the importance of the selected topics among the general public.

Below is a list of the mentioned activities:

Competition in writing articles: Rare diseases - 7 participants, 53 new and 3 updated articles;
Competition in writing articles: Insects - 4 participants, 38 new and 5 updated articles;
Competition in writing articles: Orthodox temples - 8 participants, 82 new and 4 updated articles;
Edit-a-thon on the occasion of World Roma Day 2022 - 13 participants, 57 new articles;
Edit-a-thon marathon on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2022 - 14 participants, 67 new articles;

Editing marathons are organized in cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Competitions and edit-a-thons on Wikipedia	300 new articles	100%	309 - 297 new and 12 updated articles.
	40 participants	100%	46 participants.
	10 media posts	100%	10 media posts.
	3 relevant partner institutions or organizations involved in the collaboration.	100%	5 relevant partner institutions or organizations involved in the collaboration.

Lokal conference

In the period from June 3 to 5, 2022, the fifth conference of Wikimedians of the Republic of Srpska - Wikimedia Start Republika Srpska 2022 was held in Trebinje. It is a traditional gathering of editors and users of Wikimedia projects from the Republic of Srpska, and this year it was the fifth. The participants were members of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska Organizational Team, and representatives of GLAM institutions with which our community has many years of successful cooperation.

The work of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Community of the Republika Srpska in the previous year was presented, the realized projects were presented and the achieved results were presented.

In addition to the regularly planned activities, meetings of the Organizing Team were held on the sidelines of the event in connection with the next activities, as well as mentoring meetings with new members. Also, meetings were held with participants - representatives of GLAM institutions on future cooperation.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Lokal conference	30 participants	100%	30 participants.
	20 media releases	100%	21 media releases.
	5 new community members	100%	6 new community members.
	at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers	100%	6 new idea collaborations between volunteers.
	2 agreements on new projects	100%	2 agreements on new projects - Cooperation with the Museum in Trebinje and Installation of Info boards in Doboj with QRPedia codes.

Public activities

Wiki Live

Working to achieve strategic goals focused on collaboration with other Wikimedia organizations, the Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska took part in the annual conference of Wikimedia Serbia - Wiki Live 2022 this year. On that occasion, in addition to participating in the conference, the Community took part in the lecture part, during which it presented the Edu Wiki program in Republika Srpska in one session. In addition to the exchange of experiences, further cooperation was agreed on Edu Wiki projects as well as on projects from the GLAM domain. Also, an agreement was reached on the training of the organizational team of the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska to work on the Wiki Data project, which will be organized during the next year, and the lecturers will be experienced editors of the given project from Wikimedia Serbia.

The Night of Museums

In order to participate in as many public events as possible and to promote Wikimedia projects at them, the Community took part in the celebration of International Museum Day, the Museum Night event. On that occasion, in Banja Luka, at the DIS theater, as part of their event, the Association presented its GLAM program, emphasizing numerous opportunities for cooperation and presenting examples of good practice. The presentation was attended by actors and members of all troupes of this theater, as well as citizens who were interested in the lecture.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
The Night of Museums	4 new partnerships	100%	4 new partnerships.
	cooperation with 1 GLAM institution	100%	1 GLAM institution.
	100 media releases	100%	117 media releases.

Spending update Final[edit]

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Please include the total amount of Simple APG funds you spent during the grant period:

33.577,00 USD/24.640,00 EUR Spending report by June 30, 2022.

Grant Metrics Reporting Final[edit]

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