This region includes the following countries and territories:
Anguilla; Antigua i Barbuda; Argentyna; Aruba; Bahamy; Barbados; Belize; Bermudy; Boliwia; Caribbean Netherlands; Wyspa Bouveta; Brazylia; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Chile; Kolumbia; Kostaryka; Kuba; Curaçao; Dominika; Dominikana; Ekwador; Salwador; Falklandy; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Gwatemala; Gujana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamajka; Martinique; Meksyk; Montserrat; Nikaragua; Panama; Paragwaj; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint-Barthélemy; Saint Kitts i Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint-Martin; Saint Vincent i Grenadyny; Sint Maarten; Surinam; Trynidad i Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Urugwaj; Wenezuela; United States Virgin Islands
Program Officer
Guilherme Gonsales Rocca
Senior Program Officer for Latin America & Caribbean
groccawikimedia.org
Lokalizacja: Brazylia
Znajomość języków: portugalski, hiszpański, angielski
Anna Torres
Community Operations Specialist (GRDC, LAC & NA focus)
atorres-ctrwikimedia.org
Lokalizacja: Hiszpania
Timezone: UTC 0/+1
Znajomość języków: angielski, hiszpański
Regional calendar
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 (2026-27)
3 sierpnia – 4 września 2026
Applicant support and eligibility check
1 września 2026
Submission deadline
7 września – 9 października 2026
Review and translation
9 października – 30 października 2026
Review feedback and applicant engagement
13 listopada 2026
Decision announced
1 grudnia – 14 grudnia 2026
Agreement and first payment
1 lipca – 31 lipca 2027
Midpoint conversation
30 stycznia 2028
Final or first year report due
General Support Fund - Round 2 (2026-27)
1 lutego – 28 lutego 2027
Applicant support and eligibility check
1 marca 2027
Submission deadline
3 marca – 2 kwietnia 2027
Review and translation
2 kwietnia – 23 kwietnia 2027
Review feedback and applicant engagement
3 maja 2027
Decision announced
20 maja – 1 czerwca 2027
Agreement and first payment
15 stycznia 2028
Midpoint conversation
31 lipca 2028
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 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, wrzesień 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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