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 Fund - Round 1 (2024-25)
2 сентябрь – 30 сентябрь 2024
Applicant support and eligibility check
9 сентябрь 2024
Renewal deadline
30 сентябрь 2024
Submission deadline
30 сентябрь – 24 октябрь 2024
Review and translation
31 октябрь – 15 ноябрь 2024
Review feedback and applicant engagement
29 ноябрь 2024
Decision announced
16 декабрь 2024 – 17 январь 2025
Agreement and first payment
1 июль – 31 июль 2025
Midpoint conversation
30 январь 2026 / 31 март 2026
Final or first year report due
General Support Fund - Round 2 (2024-25)
10 февраль – 1 март 2025
Applicant support and eligibility check
10 февраль 2025
Renewal deadline
1 март 2025
Submission deadline
3 март – 4 апрель 2025
Review and translation
4 апрель – 2 май 2025
Review feedback and applicant engagement
16 май 2025
Decision announced
30 май – 14 июнь 2025
Agreement and first payment
15 январь 2026
Midpoint conversation
31 июль 2026 / 15 август 2026
Final or first year report due
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
Set up a time to meet with the Program Officer
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:
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.
Regional Committee
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
Vanett Graneros, September 2023- Bolivia. Soy bibliotecaria-archivista de profesión, wikimedista desde el año 2019, voluntaria en el grupo de usuarios de Wikimedistas de Bolivia. Vivo en la ciudad de La Paz.
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.
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.
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