CEE Hub/Working Groups/Community Capacity Building

Community Capacity Building is a working group within CEE Hub. It helps communities become more capable of running their own projects by identifying gaps in knowledge, providing targeted training, and sharing expertise to improve local decision-making and program outcomes.

Sources

Wikimedia CEE Hub/Minority languages - List of minority languages in the CEE (with own wiki), recognized minority languages per country, How to start to work with a minority language? from TRistovski-CEEhub (9 December 2025)
Wikimedia CEE Hub/Community Mapping and Data - Mapping active Wikimedia CEE community members per language community/project (24 July-31 August 2023)
Capacity development for underrepresented communities - a project aimed at reaching out to underrepresented communities in order to get them involved in the Wikimedia movement (1 June 2022 to 31 January 2023)
File:Studying barriers of smaller affiliates and communities in CEE Region and ways to create more engagement and connections, based on their context and needs.pdf - Research project by Violeta Frimu September – December 2023

Contact

Steering Committee (SC) contact: Pinky sl
Employee contact: KGruszczyk-CEEhub, Community and Communication Specialist

If you are interested in this working group or would like to participate in upcoming meetings, please send an email to Pinky sl and/or KGruszczyk-CEEhub.

Members

Current members (as of October 2025) of the CEE Hub Community Capacity Building working group:

Updates

March2026

Action plan - the 4-5 thematic meetings initiative
CEE Hub communities categorisation/tiers
The 1:1 community meetings agenda
Peer Learning Exchange Program was opened on 25 February 2026. As part of the application support process, an Online Application Clinic (Q&A session) will take place on 10 March at 5:00 PM CET. The session is intended to provide guidance and answer questions from prospective applicants. The application deadline is 24 March 2026.

Februar 2026

CEE Hub communities categorisation/tiers
The 1:1 community meetings agenda
Peer Learning Exchange Program

Januar 2026

Our working rules - we follow these basic rules: we meet for one hour, agendas are shared at least 2 days in advance so everyone can prepare, and all decisions are confirmed via email to ensure a permanent record.
CEE Wiki Peer Learning Exchange Program (2026) - The WG is currently developing a new program to help CEE communities grow by learning from each other. The goal is to pair experienced communities (mentors) with newer or developing ones (mentees) for direct knowledge sharing.
Focus areas: Skill transfer in event management, strategic planning, governance, technical tools (other areas are welcome too!).

Activity format: On-site short community visits (3–5 days).

Matching: We welcome "on-demand" pairings where communities have already found a partner, but the WG will also facilitate matches for those who need it.

We are currently finalising the program rules and all necessary documents. The timeline will be officially announced once all documents are confirmed.

December 2025

On December 5, 2025, we held our first Working Group meeting to define our foundation and upcoming projects:

Purpose & Objectives: Our core focus is helping CEE communities run their own projects more effectively. We aim to identify knowledge gaps and provide targeted training to improve local decision-making and project outcomes.
Communication: The group agreed to use email as the primary communication channel for now, as no urgent matters requiring instant messaging are currently expected.
2026 Initiatives: We discussed upcoming plans for community mapping and a new initiative for thematic online meetings. (a new initiative suggested during the CEEM workshop).
CEE Peer Learning Exchange: We officially agreed to develop the CEE Wiki Peer Learning Exchange Program. Pinky sl will prepare the initial draft of the program rules and structure to be reviewed at our next meeting in January 2026.