This page highlights Hub Fund–supported initiatives, and does not include other hub-like structures in the Wikimedia ecosystem that are funded through different sources.
This page provides an overview and bi-monthly updates of hub pilots funded by the Hub Fund. It is maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation Hubs team, comprised of staff across Community Development, Movement Communications, and Legal.
The sequence of hubs is maintained by grouping them into regional and thematic categories, and then listing them alphabetically within each group.
The Wikimedia CEE Hub is a regional hub of Wikimedia affiliates and communities from Central and Eastern Europe. Established in 2011, the hub aims to formalize collaboration across the region and to provide services that assist communities in their activities, supporting their growth and development according to local priorities.
Recent Updates
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July - August 2025:
CEE Hub is going through changes in the SC and discussing a model to elect SC members.
They are going to experiment with supporting the WMF with rapid fund distribution.
At Wikimania, they hosted this session with the WMF to reflect on hub learning in the last year.
September - October 2025:
Represented at the CEE Meeting in Thessaloniki, hosting multiple sessions and supporting the post-conference survey.
Check out the diff post about the Hub’s impact so far. The CEE hub will focus their services of enhanceing youth engagement, coordinate technological needs, catalyse growth in emerging communities, strengthen affiliates’ content-generating campaigns.
Forms of participation:Working groups composed of steering committee members and interested community members, supported by hub staff.There are 3 permanent groups and 8 programmatic ones depending on the year.
Membership system: None,but in discussion.
Staff model: Dedicated staff hired through Fiscal Sponsor. Full time and part time. Mixture of experienced Wikimedian with outside experience.
The ESEAP Hub is a regional hub of Wikimedia affiliates and communities from [East, South East Asia and the Pacific region. It functions as a platform for sharing experiences, exchanging ideas, and fostering collaboration across the region.
Recent Updates
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July - August 2025:
The newly hired team are working on adjusting the operational plan.
They are starting the liaison selection process.
September - October 2025:
Launched a regional newsletter and began drafting a “Newbie Handbook.”
Engaging affiliates to build a peer learning and capacity-building model focused on indigenous knowledge inclusion.
Open call for community-based translation services in Indonesian and Chinese to reduce participation barriers.
November - December 2025:
After establishing an ongoing open call, the larger governance body was termed ESEAP Community Connectors. The group has expanded from 9 to 16, representing 11 different affiliates and communities.
Following an open call in October, the hub team is finalising recruitment of community translators to pilot translation services in Indonesian and Chinese.
Representation of ESEAP (Advocacy) to facilitate participation of ESEAP in global spaces and develop a regional advocacy plan addressing public policy
Empowering Community Capacity through delivering training on leadership, grant writing, and governance; prioritising emerging communities and underrepresented groups; mentoring two new emerging communities; creating a "Newbies Handbook"; and hosting monthly community meetings and an annual conference.
Decision-making: Prior to the grant there was a Preparatory Council. These members will automatically become Liaisons (reviewing name to connector) within the wider group of new liaisons selected through an open call.
Forms of participation: Working groups are made up of liaisons/connectors and other interested community members. Working groups advise and propose budgets and plans for designated areas of work, such as advocacy, youth, and translations.
Membership system: None
Staff: Dedicated staff full time and part time. Mixture of experienced Wikimedian with outside experience.
The Content Partnership Hub is a thematic hub that aims to improve the Wikimedia movement’s work with content partners, such as GLAM institutions, research organisations or UN agencies, by providing new services, missing infrastructure and support coordination efforts. The hub is formed in collaboration with eight movement affiliates aligned to provide three core services and to provide an independent governance structure for the functioning of the hub.
Recent Updates
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November - December 2025:
The Content Partnership Hub has begun its pilot phase, focusing on onboarding its initial staff capacity and setting up its governance structure, including the nomination and steering committees.
Soon to select the working group members and define their working dynamic.
Knowledge showcases have started with the first one attended by 47 people!
For the first time, the EduWiki Newsletter received 18 stories from across the world!
Will kick start an EduWiki mentors and mentees program mid-October with plans to adopt CapX for identifying potential mentees and mentors in the 2nd Cohort!
EduWiki Hub announced its newly formed Working Groups during the November Knowledge showcase. These four groups were created to decentralize leadership and deliver core services across Outreach and Engagement, Resource Curation and Development, Technical Infrastructure, and Capacity Building and Volunteer Support.
The group has also announced new members for their six months long mentorship cohort with 6 mentors and 8 mentees in the first cohort. The program offers one-to-one support, targeted training, and hands-on help with project implementation across areas such as partnerships, programme design, outreach, M&E, fundraising, content and translation, technical tools, and communications, with mentors and mentees agreeing on activities based on their goals.
Advance technical infrastructure and tooling for Wikimedia education programs by building out features on the existing Programs & Events Dashboard technical platform that are useful for education programs worldwide.
Membership system: Yes for the User Group (membership list, application to be a member). Communities can benefit from the hub without being an official member.
Staff: Dedicated part-time Staff. People already engaged with the Movement.
The Wikimedia Language Diversity Hub is a thematic hub for Wikimedia affiliates and volunteers supporting the creation and growth of new language editions of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. It primarily focuses on indigenous, minority, marginalized, and under-resourced language communities. The hub builds on the Wikimedia Language Diversity initiative and was proposed as part of the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations.
Recent Updates
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July - August 2025:
Started engagement with their Steering Committee group on work plan for the hub.
Currently supporting Language conference grant application.
September - October 2025:
Opened the call for mentorship for nine language communities within or emerging from the incubator.
Planning future Language Community Meeting with LPL to continue addressing technical and community challenges.
November - December 2025:
LDH announced its year long mentorship cohort covering 13 languages: 11 Wikipedia projects and 2 on Wiktionary and Wikiversity. Of the Wikipedia languages, 7 are on Incubator and 4 have graduated.
Sustainable Growth for Language Communities: Provide mentorship, funding, and tailored support to foster long-term community engagement and development.
Capacity & Technical Support: Strengthen technical skills and resources through targeted assistance and collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation, Affiliates, and Regional Hubs.
Community-centered Governance: Maintain transparent, participatory governance while co-creating resources and support with Affiliates and Hubs.
Decision-making: The Steering Committee serves as the main decision-making body of the hub. Its responsibilities include overseeing governance and strategic direction, ensuring alignment with the hub’s mission and compliance with relevant policies, and supervising the work of the Global Hub Coordinator.
Forms of participation:Steering Committee comprising of Affiliate staff, individual members, and observers.
Membership system: None
Staff: Part-time staff committing 0.75 in piloting the hub services.
Tochi Precious - Global Hub Coordinator: Oversees LDH operations and events; contracts project leads.
Sadik Shahadu - Outreach Mentor: Supports peer learning and community engagement.
Oscar Costero - Partnership Mentor: Builds local and external alliances.
Jon Harald Søby - Tech Mentor: Provides technical assistance for minority language communities.
Staff management: Steering committee that observes the work of the staff.
The Volunteer Supporters Network is a thematic hub and open network of Wikimedians dedicated to supporting Wikimedia volunteers. Its mission is to strengthen volunteer support within the Wikimedia movement.
Recent Updates
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July - August 2025:
Soon to announce an open call for an advisory group!
Currently looking for partners in the Global South to open up a third node.
Set up a calendar for the next skills share sessions. Stay tuned for the topics.
Scoping the best way to organise learning resources (check up their current page)
September - October 2025:
Expanded governance by adding advisory roles and initiating plans for a new Sub-Saharan Africa node.
After their open call they have now formed the Advisory group and met for the first time in December. They have continue their monthly peer sharing spaces, working on important topics such as volunteer burnout and running effective trainings. See this diff post for reflections of past sessions.
VSN launched a new visual identity as part of its updated communication strategy to position itself as a more global network. Alongside this, they have opened a call for new VSN node, inviting groups to join the network and support its growth as a global hub focused on volunteer managers.
Learning resources: Provide learning resources for staff/volunteers whose role is to manage volunteers (for example, those who train trainers, support volunteers in bringing in new contributors, etc.).
Peer sharing spaces and skills sharing workshops.
Global engagement: Allow the perspectives of volunteer managers to be heard and to have an impact on global movement discussions.
Decision-making: They are structuring an advisory committee.
Forms of participation:Advisory group, Membership. However, many peer learning spaces are open to non-members too.
Staff: Staff is already part of the two affiliates (nodes) managing the operational aspects of the hub. They dedicate part of their time to hub, amongst other responsibilities within each affiliate.
