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Kami percaya bahwa Pembangunan Kapasitas adalah bidang kerja penting bagi Gerakan kami, karena ini secara berniat mengakui kebutuhan akan pengembangan dan dukungan bagi para relawan manusia, staf, dan pemangku kepentingan serta organisasi mereka untuk maju dalam Arah Strategis kami. Untuk tujuan ini, kami mengembangkan pengertian pembangunan kapasitas untuk memandu upaya kami:
Pembangunan Kapasitas adalah aktivitas dan komunikasi yang secara bersistem membangun, memperoleh, memperkuat, mempertahankan, dan berbagi pengetahuan, keterampilan, keyakinan, alat, proses, dan sumber daya bagi semua pemangku kepentingan Wikimedia untuk bergerak menuju arah strategis kami (Pada tahun 2030, Wikimedia akan menjadi prasarana penting dari ekosistem pengetahuan bebas, dan siapa pun yang visinya sama dengan kami akan dapat bergabung dengan kami.)
Dalam konteks ini, pemangku kepentingan mencakup individu, afiliasi, komunitas, mitra, sukarelawan, dan siapa pun yang menjadi bagian dari Gerakan Wikimedia.
Dalam mendekati ruang lingkup Pembangunan Kapasitas, kami mengidentifikasi 7 area topik penyelidikan:
Topik 1: Keragaman, Kesetaraan, Ketercakupan, dan Keikutsertaan
Keikutsertaan di anjungan Wikimedia tidaklah mencerminkan keragaman masyarakat yang seharusnya dilayani. Keikutsertaan globalnya tidaklah merata dalam hal geografi dan populasi, dan bahkan di masyarakat yang tampaknya terwakili dengan baik, orang, kelompok, dan pengetahuan dari sudut pandang yang kurang terwakili tidak hadir secara merata. Area ini dapat diperluas untuk mencakup Keragaman, Ketercakupan, Kesetaraan, dan Keikutsertaan yang terkait dengan sumber daya (dana), perwakilan, adat istiadat setempat/budaya, bagaimana bahasa digunakan, anggapan dalam bahasa, dan anggapan dalam perwakilan. Kami melihat banyak komunitas yang berkembang mempunyai kapasitas penting yang umumnya tidak dipunyai oleh komunitas yang tidak sedang berkembang. Ketidakmerataan persebaran sumber daya (di berbagai daerah geografis, misalnya) dapat berdampak besar pada siapa yang ikut serta dalam pembangunan kapasitas.
Topik 2: Alokasi Sumber Daya
Kegiatan pembangunan kapasitas harus didukung oleh sumber daya manusia dan keuangan. Sumber daya khusus harus dialokasikan pada tingkat sistem dari waktu ke waktu untuk memastikan bahwa kegiatan direncanakan, diselesaikan, dan dievaluasi secara ampuh, data dikumpulkan di seluruh program dan proses, dan sistem dapat terus diperbagus, serta pembelajaran seantero gerakan dapat dimungkinkan dan diutamakan. Kami juga harus mempertimbangkan bagaimana sumber daya, termasuk pendanaan, dapat dialokasikan pada tingkat penerima pembangunan kapasitas, termasuk untuk waktu dan tenaga kerja.
Capacity Building activities are conducted using shared, appropriate and accessible methods and tools for stakeholders to develop, grow and strengthen their work across the Movement. It will be important to determine how the development, documentation and sharing of promising practices can assure the ongoing success of an intentional capacity building strategy. To date, in our movement we have used the terms training and learning interchangeably with capacity building. Methods and tools to be added to our toolkit could include online-learning, peer-to-peer consultation, mentoring, on-site technical assistance, and infrastructure funding, to name but a few.
Topic 4: Roles, Responsibilities, and a System for Capacity Building
This topic deals with who provides capacity building, who receives capacity building, and how decisions are made. The Wikimedia Movement struggles with retaining talent and capacity. We do not have ways of systematically recognizing, retaining, and creating opportunities for people able and willing to take positions of responsibility, and this applies to all areas of our work, including capacity building. Currently capacity building is still seen by some as an add-on to core movement activities instead as of an intentional body of work within the movement. Under this topic we will recommend the level of centralization vs. decentralization of capacity building structures and systems, and how to make sure that they stay smart and impact oriented. Here it will be particularly important to recommend ways to unleash the potential of existing knowledge in the movement for those stakeholders who might benefit.
Topic 5: Categories of Capacities for the Movement Stakeholders
Currently we do not know much about the set of organizational and individual capacities that would enable movement stakeholders to better achieve their missions. In order to create a capacity building system for the movement, it will be necessary to understand what we want to build for whom, and develop a shared language (see the glossary) aligned with assessment and evaluation instruments. Categories of capacities may include communication, governance, advocacy, community organizing, fundraising, organizational management, and leadership development, to name but a few.
When Wikimedia communities, as organized structures or individuals, face real-world problems or challenges, the issues they encounter are often treated as ad hoc and unrelated to previous situations due to shifting political concerns, local needs, and related factors. As a result, existing materials and processes may not meet emergent needs. However, there are sometimes others in the movement who could help, offer suggestions, share resources, or simply stand in solidarity and community with those experiencing a challenge. Due to the diversity and global presence of the Wikimedia movement (cf. Topic 1), the current communication channels, resources, and capabilities are not adequately established to handle these situations. Capacity building across the Wikimedia movement may require a communication approach that includes a clear process and can meet community needs when the needs arise.
Topic 7: Continuous Evaluation of Capacity Building
Evaluation of current, evolving, and best practices will have to be built into a capacity building system, allowing those within a specific community or group, as well as the wider Wikimedia movement, to understand and acknowledge what works and what doesn’t, and to improve methods, initiatives and programs in a continuous manner. It would enable groups and individuals to assess their own work and progress in building capacity, as well as to communicate their learning and outcomes to others. Our recommendations will include to what extent the emphasis of evaluation should be on longer term impact, rather than on short term outputs, as capacity building is something that requires time, effort, and sustained resources.
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