Wiki World Heritage User Group/Whindanger/Monthly reports/July 2021
Monthly targets[edit]
- Finalizing collaboration with 3 NGOs in countries without affiliates: Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen.
- Launching the call for voluneer trainers for the editathons in countries without affiliates.
- Launching the work with Whindanger team members.
- Starting the creation of advertising material for the photography contests in countries without affiliates.
Key activities[edit]
Preparation of meetings materials[edit]
The month of July was dedicated to the foundational work for the project: finalizing partnerships and team building. Below are models of presentations prepared for the different meetings:
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Presentation of the project to Kakar Foundation -
1st meeting with the trainers in Libya, with Scene organization -
Meeting with Whindanger team
Meetings[edit]
| Meeting with | Target country | Date | Participants | Summary |
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| Kakar Foundation | Afghanistan | 16.07.2021 |
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This first meeting was held to introduce Wiki World Heritage UG and provide a detailed presentation of Whindanger project to Kakar Foundation, in order to explore the possibility of collaboration.
The presentation addressed the different components of the project, as well as the expected missions of the partner and the deadlines for each activity. according to Ms Khwaga, Kakar Foundation has the necessary assets to ensure a successful implementation of the project in the country. However, there is a need to introduce some changes in order to cope with the peculiarities of the Afghan context. As to Mr Erik, he can involve a network of archaeologists and other heritage professionals in the project, especially for donating photographies. As a result, Kakar foundation officially accepted the collaboration, and asked to program a second meeting to discuss the possible improvements and changes. |
| Scene for Culture and Heritage | Libya | 19.09.2021 |
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A first informal meeting was held with Scene organization earlier (in March 2021) in order to inform them about the project and to request collaboration.
In this second meeting, a thorough presentation of the project was provided, as well as detailed timeline and collaboration process (missions, targets and methods). Scene organization suggested to explore the possibility of providing incentives to the trainers and the participants of the editathon, and it was concluded to have the following: participation certificates and promotion of the 3 best participants on Whindanger website. The selection criteria of the trainers were also discussed: previous experience in volunteering and monitoring workshops, good communication skills, ability to write articles. As a result, Scene organization proceeded to launching a call for volunteer trainers right after the meeting. |
| Tahdeeth for Development Organization | Yemen | 20.07.2021 |
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A first informal meeting was held with Tahdeeth organization earlier (in March 2021) in order to inform them about the project and to request collaboration.
In this second meeting, a member of Harmony organization was also present, and a thorough presentation of the project was provided, as well as detailed timeline and collaboration process (missions, targets and methods). Tahdeeth organization brought focus on some challenges that are specific to the Yemen context, especially recurrent internet and electricity issues. These problems have a strong impact on the ability of volunteers to engage in a long term activity (the training of trainers) and might lead to loosing them throughout time. In order to mitigate this risk, TAyoub and Zahra suggested to involve a large number of people in the training (around 20), so by the end of training, we can have a reasonable number of trainers even with a retention rate of only 20%. As a result, Tahdeeth and Harmony organizations proceeded to launching a call for volunteer trainers right after the meeting. |
| Liwan Organization | Iraq | 23.07.2021 |
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Although Iraqi sites were not included in 2021 program, we were contacted by Mr Muntadher to request collaboration.
Therefore, this meeting was held to give Liwan organization a full insight on the project, and to explore the possibility of adapting the project implementation to the Iraqi context:
As a result, the collaboration process will be different than the other countries:
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| Liwan Organization | Iraq | 26.07.2021 |
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This meeting was held to introduce the project to Mr. Ayoub, in order to invite him and the community of heritage enthusiasts in Mossul to donate their photos of the target site nearby (Hatra). |
| Kakar Foundation | Afghanistan | 27.07.2021 |
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This meeting was held to discuss the changes suggested by Kakar Foundation in order to ensure the successful implementation of the project:
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| Whindanger team | NA | 31.07.2021 | The first meeting with the team was held to provide an overview about the foundational work made for implementing the collaboration, and to distribute the tasks.
A list of tasks was prepared for each activity and thoroughly explained to the team members, and each one will assign to themselves the tasks they want to work on. |
Preparation of the training of trainers agenda[edit]
After benchmarking, the agenda of the training of trainers has been set, in a way to ensure the following:
- Time optimization: Minimizing the time and the number of sessions to ensure the retention of the volunteer trainers
- Active learning: Introducing practical assignments to help the trainers grasp all the necessary elements
- Playful experience: Making the learning experience as funny and interactive as possible, by basing sessions on discussion, and assignments on competition.
Therefore, the training agenda is the following:
| Session | Details | Assignments |
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| Introduction |
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None |
| Editing |
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| Content |
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| Editathon organizing |
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| Editathon simulation |
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