Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki For Climate Change 2024 in the Maghreb region - Algeria (ID: 22592016)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Muhammed amine benloulou
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a board member or president of a Wikimedia Affiliate or mission-allied organization.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
The Algerian Wikimedians User Group or WikiDZ is a local user group officially recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to promote Wiki projects in Algeria. Mainly to help and encourage people to collect, develop, and disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural, and historical content under free licenses that allow everyone to freely use human knowledge.
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki For Climate Change 2024 in the Maghreb region - Algeria
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Algeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
WikiForHumanRights
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
The primary goal of this campaign is to increase the number of active Wikimedia users in Algeria and the diaspora by encouraging new users and movement members to participate in highlighting knowledge-related issues for a sustainable future and climate change through Wikimedia projects in local or international languages, including Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, Wikidata, and Commons.
The campaign will use training workshops to increase the capacity of new users and improve their understanding of climate change and the need for a sustainable future in a healthy environment. editathons, webinars, and contests will be held with local volunteers and personal initiatives working on environmental rights, such as teachers, university students, Wikipedians, Wiktionnarists, photographers, etc.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
The planned activities for the campaign include the following:
- Wiki for Climate Change workshop: This workshop aims to teach climate activists in Algeria how to use Wikimedia projects to highlight and contribute to knowledge-related issues for a sustainable future, utilising different languages.
- Meeting for wiki tacawit language: This meeting aims to include words related to climate change and a sustainable future.
- Organizing a contest in Wiktionary in the Wikipedia Arabic community: The aim is to encourage contributors to add words related to climate change and a sustainable future.
- Capacity-building sessions for the Maghreb region: This session will focus on how to use event tools to organise local events related to climate change and a sustainable future.
- Organising a talk Webinar on "Wiki for Climate Change 2024: Algeria's Knowledge for a Sustainable Future: A Successful Model": This webinar aims to raise awareness about climate change and a sustainable future through Wikimedia projects.
These activities were chosen in accordance with the campaign's objectives, which are to increase new users' capacity to contribute to Wikimedia projects and improve content related to climate change and sustainability. The participatory approach will involve the primary contributors in determining topics for participation activities in Wikimedia projects. Furthermore, the activities aim to engage new members and explore new Wikimedia project communities.
the link to the timeline of the activities:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CObjrNeJDmem0_UmaxGctUHTOpBu14YZWPpBjQllgHI/edit?usp=sharing
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
The team of volunteers in the campaign in Algeria
- Muhammed Amine Benloulou Coordinator of the WikiHumanRights 2024 in the Maghreb region as a volunteer and project coordinator with Wikimedia algeria as a volunteer too
- Great11: is a volunteer and member of Wikimedia algeria
- Nehaoua: is a volunteer and member of Wikimedia algeria
- Dezedien is a volunteer and leader of Wikimedia algeria
- Fayçal Rezkallah: Faycal Rezkallah is a volunteer and member of Wikimedia algeria
- Kamel Sallay: is a volunteer and member of Wikimedia algeria
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants for this initiative include teachers, university students, climate change activists, Wikipedians, Wiktionnarists, and the Wikimedia community in Algeria and the Algerian diaspora, as well as in the Maghreb region and the Arabic world (including Algeria, Morocco, the Tamazight community, Tunisia, tacawit community).
To engage participants before and during the activities, the organizers plan to use a variety of methods:
- Remote dashboard: A projector appears on a remote dashboard to develop content during different activities.
- Social networks: Publicity efforts will include reaching out to participants through event tools and social networks.
- Publicity bans: Utilizing advertising and promotional materials.
- Affiliates and posters: Distributing promotional materials such as posters and brochures.
After the activities, the organizers intend to follow up with participants through:
- Video clips: Interviews with participants and organizers.
- Photos: Capturing moments from the activities.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
Based on previous experience and the positive impact of participating in the campaign last year, the Wikimedia Algeria member intends to participate again this year, in 2024.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maghreb_Environment
Meetings with Local Members: The project organisers met with Wikimedia Algeria members and their diaspora in Canada. These meetings provided an opportunity to discuss the proposal and solicit feedback. In addition, discussions were held with global and the Maghreb region community members. The goal was to engage a larger network of contributors and ensure diverse perspectives.
Communication Channels: The proposal was shared with community members via multiple channels, including:
- Bistro: Discussions about community forums and meetings.
- Facebook Pages: Using social media platforms associated with specific user groups.
- Meta Events: Participating in Wikimedia-related events.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_For_Climate_Change_2024_-_Maghreb_region
- Mailing List: Email-based communication.
- Meetings: Organising in-person or virtual meetings.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidz_group_photo_2023.jpg
- Wikimedia Zoom: Utilising online conferencing tools.
- Telegram Channel: Use instant messaging for real-time communication.
Telegram link: https://t.me/+0dmx0rL6hws4MjM0
Please take a look at the wiki for the climate change in the Maghreb region meta page
the link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_For_Climate_Change_2024_-_Maghreb_region
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Language
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Climate Change and sustainability
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Linguistic / Language
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We hope that by the end of the campaign, training, and workshops, many participants and new contributors will be aware of the composition of the contents in the themes that automatically drop into issues related to climate change and knowledge for a sustainable future in Algeria via Wikimedia projects in international and local languages.
Articles on the effects of climate change in Algeria will be included in the Wikimedia Projects' content. Learn new skills like leadership and effective communication with local partners. Participants will share their content and be encouraged by Algerian community members to continue volunteering and contributing to Wikimedia projects related to knowledge for a sustainable future.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 74 | |
| Number of editors | 61 | |
| Number of organizers | 6 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 8 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 33 |
| Wikidata | 22 |
| Wiktionary | 60 |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
We use Wikimedia dashboards to improve the impact of Wikipedia article sections in Algeria, as well as the impact of climate change. We use the WMF compilation dashboard for your Wiktionnaire and Commons for photos. We use event tools to determine the number of participants in events and activities.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_For_Climate_Change_2024_in_the_Maghreb_region_-_Algeria
Please take a look at the wiki for the climate change in the Maghreb region meta page
the link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_For_Climate_Change_2024_-_Maghreb_region
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
the link to the budget: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CObjrNeJDmem0_UmaxGctUHTOpBu14YZWPpBjQllgHI/edit#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
201997.56 DZD
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1490.74 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback[edit]
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- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).