Grants:Programs/Conference Fund/Wiki Indaba 2026/Final Report
Part 1: Understanding your work
[edit]1. What do you think will be the short and long-term impact of this conference on participants, Wikimedia contributions, and your broader community? (required)
2. Did this conference improve participants’ ability to learn new skills, knowledge or build relationships in their Wikimedia work? (required)
3. If yes or no, please briefly explain why, and what evidence or feedback informed your reflection. (required)
4. Documentation of your impact (optional). Please use the two spaces below to share files and links that help tell your story and impact. This can be documentation that shows your results through testimonies, survey results, videos, sound files, images (photos and infographics, etc) social media posts, dashboards, etc.
- Upload Documents and Files
- Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
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5. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? (required)
| A. Conduct the event in a safe and friendly environment. | |
| B. Diversity of participants contributing to Wikimedia projects, including geographic, gender, and other relevant demographics. | |
| C. Newcomers to the movement gained useful knowledge, skills, or relationships that helped them start or continue contributing to Wikimedia projects. | |
| D. Participants experienced a more inclusive and connected community, and felt better able to collaborate with others after the event. | |
| E. Participants found the event content relevant and useful for their Wikimedia work. | |
| F. The event contributed to the creation or improvement of Wikimedia content from underrepresented perspectives. | |
| G. The event contributed to the improvement of the Wikimedia technical ecosystem through tools, demos, hacking etc. | |
| H. Participants have a plan for continued engagement for contributing to Wikimedia projects after the event. | |
| I. Created new partnerships or relationships with other non-Wikimedia groups as supporters and stakeholders. | |
| J. Organizing and executing the conference was a positive experience for the COT and sub-committee members. |
6. Documentation of resources (optional). Please share resources that would be useful to share with other Wikimedian organizations so that they can learn from, adapt or build upon your work. (please include links to any blogs, commons files here)
- Upload Documents and Files
- Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
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7. As an organizer, what would you like to share as key learnings which could help future organizers, what information or learnings would you like to pass on? (required)
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Part 2: Your Impact and Learnings
[edit]8. What were the major challenges or limitations, if any, that impacted attendees or the organizers? What would you do differently next time? (required)
9. Can you describe your learning on the scholarship selection? Please include any information on how the team was able to bring the right participant group, particularly for underrepresented communities or newcomers. (required)
10. Please describe your learnings regarding the conference program, including how sessions and activities were designed and selected to benefit attendees. (required)
11. Can you share your observations about how the program impacted attendees’ knowledge, skills, collaboration, or future engagement within the Wikimedia movement. (required)
12. How do you plan to build on the key successes of this conference? (required)
13. Did you collaborate with any WMF teams to support the event? If yes, please indicate which teams you worked with and the type of support they provided. (required)
Part 3: Metrics
[edit]14. Open Metrics reporting.
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbie Editor Activation | A percentage of Newbie editors who are motivated and activated to lead or be part of initiatives in their communities/countries.
At least 20% of newbie editors who attended the conference have been part of designing, implementing or participating in at least one Wikimedia related initiative within their local communities or countries within six months after the Wiki Indaba 2026 conference. A committee will be set-up by WISCom for this task. |
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| Movement growth and regional cooperation | A percentage of invitees from Countries without Affiliates, start plans to organise their communities
At least two countries initiate formal affiliate set-up processes from countries without an existing Wikimedia affiliate within 6 months after the conference. A committee will be set-up by WISCom for this task. |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Regional leadership development activation | Activation of regional leadership and cooperation
At least one collaborative project involving at least two affiliates from different geographic regions is supported within 6 months after the conference. At least three community members who attended the conference formally volunteer to support the WISCom's annual workplan within three months after the conference. A committee will be set-up by WISCom for this task. |
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| Raise Wikimedians awareness | Number of Wikimedians who have had their article tagged for speedy deletion, IP blocked in English, Arabic and French Wikipedia. What do they understand about policies in these languages?
At least three users with extended rights (administrators or stewards) attend and actively participate in policy-awareness sessions, focusing on issues such as speedy deletion, IP blocks, and cross-language policy interpretation on English, Arabic, and French Wikipedia, to improve understanding of Wikimedia policies across languages. |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Gender equity | Ensure that different genders are represented in the conference, in an equal manner
A minimum of 40% of conference participants identify as non-male, across speakers, facilitators, and general attendees. |
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15. Based on the metrics you reported in your proposal and the eventual results, what do these results suggest about the impact of this conference for your community and Wikimedia projects? (required).
16. Please indicate if you applied any of the following survey and registration tools. Please select all that apply. (required)
17. Please share the result(s) with us, provide the link(s) or summarize the main result(s) and insight(s) from them. (optional)
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18. If you used other forms, please share them with us, as these forms might be useful for others to use. (optional)
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19. Based on the findings of the post event survey what were the main findings and take aways, how can they be helpful for future organisers. (required)
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance
[edit]20. & 21. State the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
22. State the total amount spent in USD.
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23. Report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund (required). You can upload it or give a link to it below.
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As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
24. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
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25. Do you have any unspent funds from the Grant? (required)
25.1. Please list the amount you did not use and explain why. Make sure to specify the currency. (required)
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25.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
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25.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
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26. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement? (required)
27. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement? (required)
28. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
29. If you have additional public recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)