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CEE Youth Group — 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 16th May 2023 was also focused on young people in the region.
Goals[edit]
CEE Youth Group initiative is planned to have bi-monthly meetings, starting from August 2023, focusing on creating a new opportunities for young editors and Wikimedia members from the region.
Possible ideas/goals open for discussion will be:
- organising an in-person event for young people from the CEE region during autumn 2023
- involvement of the young people in the upcoming Wikimania conference in 2024 in Poland
- better cooperation of young people in the CEE Region
- possible involvement of the group into Wikivibrance network
How to participate?[edit]
Everyone younger than 26 years old from the CEE Region can be part of this group. Please fill out the form.
Contacts[edit]
If you want to be in contact with our group, you can do that on following ways:
- Email: youth@wmceehub.org
- Telegram: @ceeyouth
- Instagram: ceeyouthgroup
Supporting members and staff[edit]
CEE Hub
CET/CEST
Croatian, English
BKlen-CEEhub
barbara.klen
wmceehub.org
Wikimedia Czech Republic/CEE Hub
CET/CEST
Spanish, English
Klára Joklová (WMCZ)
klara.joklovawikimedia.cz
CEE Hub
CET/CEST
Macedonian, English
TRistovski-CEEhub
toni.ristovskiwmceehub.org
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WMCZ
CET/CEST
Czech, Slovak, English
Lucie Schubert (WMCZ)
lucie.schubertwikimedia.cz
Members[edit]
List of current members of the CEE Youth Group:
| Nr. | Name | Username | Country |
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| 1 | Y. Caner Özyayıkçı | Kurmanbek |  Turkey
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| 2 | Tomáš | V0lkanic |  Czech Republic
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| 3 | Mari Avetisyan | Մարի Ավետիսյան Mari Avetisyan WMAM |
 Armenia
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| 4 | Jan Beránek | janbery | Czech Republic
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| 5 | Táda Bednarz | Plánovací kalendář | Czech Republic
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| 6 | Valentyn | Renvoy |  Ukraine
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| 7 | Nikos Likomitros | NikosLikomitros |  Greece
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| 8 | Lan Glad | Upwinxp |  Slovenia
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| 9 | Toprak | ToprakM | Turkey
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| 10 | Denis Smajlović | Deni |  Denmark
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| 11 | Kacper Szymański | Jamnik z Tarnowa |  Poland
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| 12 | Martin Urbanec | Martin Urbanec | Czech Republic
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| 13 | Daryna | Rina.sl | Ukraine
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| 14 | Ege Atacan Doğan | Egezort | Turkey
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| 15 | Lumi | Gufo46 | Turkey
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| 16 | Hanne İsna Sevinç | isnaaa | Turkey
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| 17 | Nino Turmanidze | Nina1009 |  Georgia
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| 18 | Mia Lovrec | The Yennefer |  Croatia
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| 19 | Mariam Kvartskhava | Marikuna-115 | Georgia
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| 20 | Elbek Khabibullaev | Элдин беги |  Kyrgyzstan
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| 21 | Antony Fragakis | AntonyFragakis | Greece
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| 22 | Marija Mihailova | Macciiiiii |  North Macedonia
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| 23 | Jan Myšák | Jan Myšák | Czech Republic
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| 24 | Muzaffar Turgunov | Muzaffar Turgunov |  Uzbekistan
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| 25 | Nursultan | Malik Nursultan B |  Kazakhstan
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| 26 | Apostolos Balanos | Χιονάκι | Greece
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| 27 | Nichita Onufriev | Fenikals |  Moldova
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| 28 | Ofelya Hakobyan | Օֆելյա Հակոբյան | Armenia
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| 29 | - | Nemoralis |  Azerbaijan
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| 30 | Aykhan Zayedzadeh | Solavirum | Azerbaijan
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| 31 | Aleksandar | Aca |  Serbia
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| 32 | Qurbonbek Joʻrayev | Mirishkorlik | Uzbekistan
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Working groups[edit]
Here you can find created working groups of the CEE Youth Group after the January 2024 meeting. If some other member wants to join them, please add yourself and notify the responsible CEE Hub members, if that is applicable.
| Working groups | Members from the group | CEE Hub members |
| Wikimania 2024 youth program | Nikos, Mari, Nichita, Caner, Mia, Marija | Barbara, Klára |
| Project grant application | Mari | Barbara |
| Visual design | Caner | none |
| Game nights | Mariam, Caner | none |
| Communication (youth social networks/channels) | Nikos, Janbery, Rina | none |
| Contests | Ege | Toni |
List of events[edit]
There is no scheduled a meeting for the next period.
| Nr. | Day | Date | Time | Location | Topic(s) |
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| 23/01 | Thursday | August 3, 2023 | 18:00 – 19:00 CEST | Google Meet | Introduction |
| 23/02 | Monday | August 28, 2023 | 18:00 – 19:00 CEST | Google Meet | Preparation for the CEE Meeting 2023 |
| 23/03 | Friday | September 15, 2023 | 18:00 – 19:30 CEST | CEE Meeting 2023 + Google Meet | Planning concrete activities for the upcoming months as well as the timeline. |
| 23/04 | Friday | November 10, 2023 | 16:00 – 17:00 CET | Google Meet | Preparation meeting for Prague Meeting, new members introduction. |
| 23/05 | Friday Saturday |
November 24, 2023 November 25, 2023 |
17:00 – 19:00 CET 09:00 – 17:00 CET |
Prague Meeting 2023 | First in-person meeting. |
| 24/01 | Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET | Google Meet | Youth Group in 2024, plans, goals, next steps. |
Information for the upcoming meetings[edit]
Link about the upcoming online meetings of the CEE Youth Group is written below.
| Link for the upcoming online meeting |
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Google Meet link for the upcoming online meetings
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Outreach[edit]
Regional projects[edit]
- Youth Wikimedians,
Czech Republic - Wikipedia Student Clubs,
Turkey - School of Philosophy, NKUA Wikiclub,
Greece - Young Wikimedians, Greece
Articles by/about CEE Youth[edit]
- CEE Youth Group - capacity building, opinion article written by Nikos Likomitros, Y. Caner Özyayıkçı and Toni Ristovski (CEE Hub). Published in 7 September 2023.
- Meet the CEE Youth Group - Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 slide about the CEE Youth Group.
- My CEE Youth Group Prague Meeting 2023 notes, article written by Y. Caner Özyayıkçı
- CEE Youth Group Meeting in Prague, 2023 – my first international Wikimedia gathering, article written by Nikos Likomitros