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Lateinamerika & Karibik

Diese Region umfasst die folgenden Länder und Gebiete:

Anguilla; Antigua und Barbuda; Argentinien; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivien; Caribbean Netherlands; Bouvetinsel; Brasilien; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Chile; Kolumbien; Costa Rica; Kuba; Curaçao; Dominica; Dominikanische Republik; Ecuador; El Salvador; Falklandinseln; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaika; Martinique; Mexiko; Montserrat; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint-Barthélemy; St. Kitts und Nevis; St. Lucia; Saint-Martin (France); St. Vincent und die Grenadinen; Saint Barthélemy; Sint Maarten; Suriname; Trinidad und Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Uruguay; Venezuela; United States Virgin Islands

Programmbeauftragte

Mercedes Caso

Leitende(r) Programmbeauftragte(r) für Lateinamerika und die Karibik

mcasowikimedia.org

Ort: Mexiko Stadt, Mexiko

Zeitzone: UTC-6/-5

Gesprochene Sprache(n): Spanisch, Englisch, Französisch

MCasoValdes (WMF)

Regional calendar

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Upcoming Round 1 (2023-24)

• Applicant proposal support starts: 25. August 2023
• Submission deadline: 29. September 2023
• Eligibility check: 25. August - 29. September 2023
• Application translation: 2. Oktober - 6. Oktober 2023
• Review process starts: 9. Oktober 2023
• Feedback received: 27. Oktober 2023
• Engaging with feedback: 27. Oktober - 10. November 2023
• Decisions announced: 1. Dezember 2023
• Agreement signed: 15. Dezember 2023
• First payment sent: 15. Dezember 2023 - 19. Januar 2024
• Midterm conversation due: 15. Juli 2024
• Final report due: 31. Januar 2025
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: 31. Januar 2025

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Round 2 (2023-24)

• Applicant proposal support starts: 16. Februar 2024
• Submission deadline: 8. März 2024
• Eligibility check: 16. Februar - 8. März 2024
• Application translation: 8. März - 12. März 2024
• Review process starts: 18. März 2024
• Feedback received: 5. April 2024
• Engaging with feedback: 5. April - 26. April 2024
• Decisions announced: 10. Mai 2024
• Agreement signed: 24. Mai 2024
• First payment sent: 24. Mai - 1. Juni 2024
• Midterm conversation due: 15. Januar 2025
• Final report due: 31. Juli 2025
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: 31. Juli 2025

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

Contact us

Rapid Fund

If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: lac_rapidwikimedia.org

General Support Fund

If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: lac_fundwikimedia.org

Conversation hours for Round 1 October-November 2023

Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and general support around our regional funding programs. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:

• Date and time: 12. September 2023 • 18:00 UTC - 19:00 UTC
• Language: Spanisch, Französisch, Portugiesisch, Englisch
• Topic: Applications for new round
• Link to meeting: Google Meet link

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. The meetings can be held in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or English. Please review the program officer's calendar on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:

Go to appointment page to reserve a time for Office Hours

To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting and your preferred language when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (mcaso(_AT_)wikimedia.org). If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail to suggest a few alternatives of dates and times that will work well for you.

Regionaler Ausschuss

The primary role of the committee is to contribute as thought partners in strategic thinking to understand the complexities of the Latin America and Caribbean region and to make funding decisions for applications in the region, providing expertise and experience to applicants to support the effective functioning of the movement's activities.

Contact the LAC committee: lac-regionalcom@wikimedia.org

• Hedestad, August 2021- Sou historiador, atualmente fazendo mestrado, e Wikimedista desde 2018. Sou membro do Wiki Movimento Brasil e vivo em Porto Alegre, no Brasil.
• Lilian Viana, August 2021- Eu me chamo Lilian. Atuo como bibliotecária em universidade no Brasil e integro a iniciativa. GLAM Bibliotecas da USP. Sou doutora em Ciência da informação. Comecei a explorar o universo Wikimedia em 2019, sobretudo Wikidata e Wikipédia em português. Sou de São Paulo, Brasil.
• Salvador alc, August 2021- Abogado. Co-fundador de Wikimedia México. Wikimedista desde 2006. Actualmente estudio una Maestría en Tecnologías de la Información. Vivo en Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
• Ivonne Dos Santos, January 2023- Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Maricarmen Sequera, January 2023- Paraguay.
• Paulakindsvater, January 2023- Paraná, Argentina.
• Superzerocool, January 2023- Santiago, Chile.
• Pilar Saenz, September 2023- Colombia.
• Vanett Graneros, September 2023- Bolivia.
• Onica aguilar, September 2023- Oaxaca, México.

Inactive and Past Committee Members

Resources

Meet the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Funding Committee

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Funding Committee is a group of volunteers from the Latin America and Caribbean region who, as of July 2021, bring their voices, perspectives, and opinions to help size up the region’s complexities to guide funding decision-making in LAC.

Read on Diff

LAC Regional Funds committee and proposal review process

Slides for the proposal review process in the LAC funding region. It covers the LAC Committee, application round, review criteria, Committee COI guidelines, and contacts. Recording of the presentation in Spanish.

Slides available in: español, português, and français