Grants:Regions/CEE and Central Asia
This region includes:
Central and Eastern Europe
- Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Cyprus; Estonia; Georgia; Greece; Hungary; Kosovo; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Turkey; Ukraine
Central Asia
- Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
Program Officer
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Regional calendar
[edit]Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.
August 3 – September 4, 2026
Applicant support and eligibility check
September 1, 2026
Submission deadline
September 7 – October 9, 2026
Review and translation
October 9 – October 30, 2026
Review feedback and applicant engagement
November 13, 2026
Decision announced
December 1 – December 14, 2026
Agreement and first payment
July 1 – July 31, 2027
Midpoint conversation
January 30, 2028
Final or first year report due
February 1 – February 28, 2027
Applicant support and eligibility check
March 1, 2027
Submission deadline
March 3 – April 2, 2027
Review and translation
April 2 – April 23, 2027
Review feedback and applicant engagement
May 3, 2027
Decision announced
May 20 – June 1, 2027
Agreement and first payment
January 15, 2028
Midpoint conversation
July 31, 2028
Final or first year report due
Contact us
[edit]Rapid Fund
[edit]If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: ceeca_rapidwikimedia.org
General Support Fund
[edit]If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: ceeca_fundwikimedia.org
Office hours
[edit]The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. If you want to reserve an appointment during office hours, please contact your program officer at cschillingwikimedia.org for access. Please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting when requesting, such as questions around a funding program, reviewing a proposal, concerns about current funded activities, etc.
If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail with a few times that will work well for you.
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Regional Committee
[edit]Current members
[edit]- Красный, August 2021 - Wikimedian since 2009, co-founder of North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, coordinator of various projects in Wikimedia Movement
- FocalPoint, October 2021 - user and admin in el-wiki / el-wikt, contributor in Wikidata / Commons, el-wikisource, fr-wiki
- Nataev, February 2022 - PhD student, amateur musician, professional translator, and longtime Wikimedian (since 2009).
- Nina1009, April 2022 -
- OkutS, May 2025 -
- Anerka, May 2025 -
Since May 2024, the Regional Fund Committee also receives support from CEE Hub Coordinator Barbara Klen (BKlen-CEEhub) in an advising capacity.
Inactive and Past Committee Members
Browse Applications
[edit]For grants and reports from other funding programs, see: Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Review/2026-27.
For CEE Hub Rapid Funds, see: Category:CEE Hub Rapid Fund.
FY 2026-27
[edit]- Rapid Fund
- General Support Fund
FY 2025-26
[edit]FY 2024-25
[edit]FY 2023-24
[edit]FY 2022-23
[edit]FY 2021-22
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