Grants:Regions/South Asia/ne
यस क्षेत्रमा निम्न देशहरु सामेल छन्: अफगानिस्तान; बंगलादेश; भुटान; भारत; मालदिभ्स; नेपाल; पाकिस्तान; श्रीलंका.
कार्यक्रम संयोजक
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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.
15 फेब्रुअरी 2024 - 14 मार्च 2024
Applicant support and eligibility check
14 मार्च 2024
Submission deadline
15 मार्च - 22 अप्रिल 2024
Review and translation
22 अप्रिल - 6 मे 2024
Review feedback and applicant engagement
23 मे 2024
Decision announced
6 जुन 2024 - 30 जुन 2024
Agreement and first payment
15 जनवरी 2025
Midpoint conversation
15 अगस्ट 2025
Final or first year report due
- Applicant proposal support starts: 11 अगस्ट 2023
- Submission deadline: 8 सेप्टेम्बर 2023
- Eligibility check: 11 अगस्ट - 8 सेप्टेम्बर 2023
- Application translation: 11 सेप्टेम्बर - 15 सेप्टेम्बर 2023
- Review process starts: 18 सेप्टेम्बर 2023
- Feedback received: 6 अक्टोबर 2023
- Engaging with feedback: 6 अक्टोबर - 27 अक्टोबर 2023
- Decisions announced: 10 नोभेम्बर 2023
- Agreement signed: 1 डिसेम्बर 2023
- First payment sent: 1 डिसेम्बर - 19 डिसेम्बर 2023
- Midterm conversation due: 15 जुलाई 2024
- Final report due: 31 जनवरी 2025
- Yearly report due for multi-year funds: 31 जनवरी 2025
हामीलाई सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्
द्रुत कोष
यदि तपाइँ आवेदन दिन चाहानुहुन्छ वा यदि द्रुत कोष को बारे मा कुनै प्रश्न छ, कृपया क्षेत्रीय कार्यक्रम अधिकारी लाई सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्: sa_rapid
wikimedia.org
सामान्य सहयोग कोष
यदि तपाइँ आवेदन दिन चाहानुहुन्छ वा यदि द्रुत कोष को बारे मा कुनै प्रश्न छ, कृपया क्षेत्रीय कार्यक्रम अधिकारी लाई सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्: sa_fundwikimedia.org
क्षेत्रीय समितिहरु
- आर्या जोशी, अगस्ट 2021 - Contributor to Marathi Wikimedia projects and works with many not for profit organizations in Maharashtra. A passionate researcher and enthusiastic learner always.
- Balajijagadesh, अगस्ट 2021 - Open source enthusiast, active in community engagement activities in Tamil Wiki projects. Contributes to Wikisource and Wikidata.
- Mahir256, अगस्ट 2021 - Active Wikidata and Bangla Wikisource contributor, part of the Indic TechCom initiative.
- Medhavigandhi, अगस्ट 2021 - Lead Co-organizer at Art+Feminism, active in GLAM space, open GLAM work; leads The Heritage Lab project.
- Nawaraj Ghimire, अगस्ट 2021 - Wikimedian contributing to the Wikipedia in Classroom project and outreach activities in Nepal.
- Tarunno, अक्टोबर 2021 - Wikimedian active in Bangla Wikimedia projects. Open source enthusiast.
Conversation hours
Conversation hours for Round 2 2022-23
Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and any general support around our funding programs in the region. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:
| Date | Time | Language | Topic | Grantee Partner Type | Link to meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 फेब्रुअरी 2023 | 3:00 – 4:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | For new applicants – Wikimedia Community and Alliances Fund | SA and ESEAP | Video call link |
| 16 फेब्रुअरी 2023 | 13:30 – 14:30 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | For new applicants – Wikimedia Community and Alliances Fund | SA and ESEAP | Video call link |
| 9 मार्च 2023 | 3:00 – 4:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | For new applicants – Wikimedia Community and Alliances Fund | SA and ESEAP | Video call link |
Conversation hours for Round 1 September 2022 - November 2022
Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and any general support around our funding programs in the region. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:
| Date | Time | Language | Topic | Grantee Partner Type | Link to meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 30 अगस्ट 2022 | 14:30PM - 15:30PM UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA | Video call link |
| Saturday, 10 सेप्टेम्बर 2022 | 14:00 to 15:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA | Video call link |
| Thursday, 13 अक्टोबर 2022 | 18:30 - 20:00 IST | अङ्ग्रेजी | Proposal Clinic | SA | Video call link |
Conversation hours for Round 2 March 2022 - April 2022
Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and any general support around our funding programs in the region. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:
| Date | Time | Language | Topic | Grantee Partner Type | Link to meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 2 मार्च 2022 | 14:30PM - 15:30PM UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA | Video call link |
| Saturday, 26 मार्च 2022 | 13:00 to 14:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA | Video call link |
| Tuesday, 19 अप्रिल 2022 | 18:30 - 20:00 IST | अङ्ग्रेजी | Proposal Clinic | SA | Video call link |
Conversation hours for Round 1 November 2021-December 2021
Conversation hours are available for questions, comments, and any general support around our funding programs in the region. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:
| Date | Time | Language | Topic | Grantee Partner Type | Link to meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 27 अक्टोबर 2021 | 12:00PM - 13:00PM UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA + ESEA +NWE | Google Meet Link [ Add this event to your calendar] |
| Thursday, 28 अक्टोबर 2021 | 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA+NWE Focus | Google Meet Link [ Add this event to your calendar] |
| Saturday, 30 अक्टोबर 2021 | 03:00 - 04:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | General Support Fund applications | SA+ PACIFIC FOCUS | Google Meet Link [ Add this event to your calendar] |
| Saturday, 13 नोभेम्बर 2021 | 03:00 - 04:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | Proposal Clinic | SA+ ESEAP focus | Google Meet Link [ Add this event to your calendar] |
| Saturday, 13 नोभेम्बर 2021 | 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | अङ्ग्रेजी | Proposal Clinic | SA+NWE focus | Google Meet Link [ Add this event to your calendar] |
Questions from Office hour 27 July 2021
- User:Manavpreet Kaur
- For Organizations asking for Staff support, will their salaries/remuneration be considered as income?
Criteria of eligibility, are non-affiliate groups eligible? As discussed, their eligibility consideration is dependent on what the committee feels about them. How aware is the committee of all such groups’?
- Considering some mentorship programs are being discussed within affiliates, there might be a chapter supporting a user group to organize, plan and run some activities. So who would apply for this grant? The trainer or the trainee?
- In continuation of the last question, say both apply for grant for specific activities, but one regional committee approves but other refuses. How will the CRS team evaluate such cases?
- About Alliance funding, will it only be available to nonprofits or for profit organizations as well?
Regarding specific funds allocation for a region, if we are actually going to promote this funding for underrepresented communities, considering there are other major grantees in the region, cushion might not be sufficient.
- So what if there is an Allied organization asking for funds for the first time and come up with a great plan for engagement in India and ask for an equal or more amount than the existing grantees, would you consider funding the new organization?
- Are there any plans on training the regional committees? Or How will you ensure that everybody who's on the regional committee, irrespective of the region, is trained on similar standards?
- All communities stand at different levels regarding the sensitivity towards various aspects of engagement, grants, etc. Are there any plans for sensitization activities?
- Drafting Grants’ policies- Will the process be inclusive to the community for review?
- If an affiliate is being supported by other grantees in the region, will this association act as a barrier for the grant the affiliate wishes to apply directly for expansion of the group's activities?
- About Grant structure, would there be a Global criteria or would there be a regional criteria for evaluation & funding?
- When we're talking about increasing the funding opportunities for the under-represented communities, Do you have any kind of plans on capacity building? *Like designing a pilot for new Affiliates, identifying some, extending training on handling finances and later they apply for a grant. This will enable them to efficiently apply for & manage future grants. This will be an actual capacity building and increasing the funding to the underrepresented communities. Otherwise like, or is it just an opportunity without any capacity building support.
- User:Bodhisattwa
- How will Rapid Funds support long term but short budget projects as it is written that it is only meant for short term projects?
- Will individuals or smaller affiliates have to compete with big players w.r.t. General Support Fund,?
- How will you ensure legally to make the grant applicants submit the reports and financial receipts?
- How will you prevent people from disappearing with the money or submit vague/false reports?
- How will the transparency of the grant projects be ensured?
- What is the transaction limit by which an individual will not face FCRA wrath from the Government and how will it be ensured to remove the FCRA barrier for smaller affiliates?
- If an individual/affiliate wants to hire a paid person to execute some project, how will the money be transferred to that person?
- What will be the exact legal way to save tax when money comes to someone’s account for a project?