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Who we are

CEE Youth Group — an initiative of the CEE Hub aimed at connecting young people (generally under the age of 30) from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia across the region. The group focuses on supporting capacity building, peer learning, and leadership development among young Wikimedians. It is organised by the CEE Hub coordinator Barbara Klen and SC member Klára Joklová.

The group was established in May 2023 to support the next generation of contributors and leaders within the Wikimedia movement in the region.

The CEE Youth Group provides a safe and inclusive space for collaboration, sharing experiences, challenges, and ideas related to Wikimedia work. So far, the group has held three in-person meetings in Prague, Czechia and Yerevan, Armenia, in addition to regular bi-monthly online meetings. These meetings are organised and facilitated by group members on a rotating basis, encouraging shared ownership, active participation, and cross-regional collaboration. The group remains open to new participants who are interested in learning, contributing, and growing together with the CEE & Central Asia Wikimedia youth community.

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CEE Youth Group initiative is aimed to empower young editors and Wikimedians from the region providing a platform and an opportunity to share experiences and good practices locally and regionally. The group holds bi-monthly meetings focusing on group's activities, plans and knowledge exchange. Everyone is welcome to attend regular meetings and have their input.

During the 3rd in-person meeting of the CEE Youth Group, which took place in Yerevan, Armenia, in November 2025, the group outlined four main objective to concentrate on in 2026. The objectives are:

  1. Support for local activities of group members: supporting local activities at the group level, collecting outputs, and identifying needs & activities for everyone. Possibility of support through CEE grants.
  2. Building leadership skills: training, increasing the representation of young people in the Wikimedia movement's structures.
  3. Raising the profile of young people and their activities in the Wikimedia movement: PR & communication, presentation at the conferences.
  4. Management of the CEE Youth group: organization of meetings, annual activity plans, and development strategies.

How to participate?

Who can join?

The group is open to young Wikimedians who meet the following criteria:

  • Age: 16 to 30 years old.
  • Region: Residents of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia (CA), or those contributing in regional languages.
  • Experience: Has a Wikimedia account and basic experience in any Wikimedia project.
  • Language: Basic English for communication within the group.
Steps to Join
  1. Application: Fill out the official registration form below.
  2. Verification: The coordinators will review your eligibility.
  3. Onboarding: Once approved, you will receive an invitation to our Telegram group and mailing list.
Apply Now
Membership Status

To maintain an Active Member status, you are encouraged to:

  • Participate in online bi-monthly meetings.
  • Engage in working groups.
  • Actively get involved in the group's activities.
  • Being responsive to Telegram group discussions.

Note: Members who are inactive for 6+ months may be moved to inactive status.

Contact & socials

If you want to be in contact with our group, you can do that on following ways:

Supporting members and staff

Regional CEE Hub Coordinator
CEE Hub

CET/CEST
хорватӣ, англисӣ
BKlen-CEEhub
barbara.klen(_AT_)wmceehub.org


Executive Director/Steering Committee member
Wikimedia Czech Republic/CEE Hub

CET/CEST
испанӣ, англисӣ
Klára Joklová (WMCZ)
klara.joklova(_AT_)wikimedia.cz


Community and Communication Specialist
CEE Hub

CET/CEST
лаҳистонӣ, англисӣ
KGruszczyk-CEEhub
karolina.gruszczyk@wmceehub.org


Program Manager at Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group, Steering Committee member at Wikimedia CEE Hub

AMT (UTC+04:00)
Western Armenian, англисӣ, арманӣ, арабӣ, франсузӣ, русӣ
ShahenWasHere
shahen.books(_AT_)gmail.com


Members

CEE Youth Group Activity Status of the Members (as of the end of 2025)      Countries with at least one active member (regardless of the total number of members)      Countries where all members are currently inactive      Countries with unclear activity status      Countries within the region with no members
Member distribution across the CEE & CA regions. The darker the color, the more members the country has (as of the end of 2025)

Below is a list of active members over the past 6 months. Members who have been inactive for more than 6 months will be considered inactive and moved to the archive page.

  Core members: Active members participating in at least one Working Group with voting rights.
  Active members: Regular participants who engage in community meetings and activities.
  Unclear activity status: Members whose current activity level is being verified or is inconsistent.
Active members of the CEE Youth Group
# Name Username
 Armenia
1 Argam Hakobyan Argam Forbes
2 Mari Avetisyan Մարի Ավետիսյան
Mari Avetisyan WMAM
3 Seda Aydinyan Seda2606
4 Shahen Araboghlian ShahenWasHere
5 Svetlana Khachatryan Սվետլանա2
 Czech Republic
6 Martin Urbanec Martin Urbanec
7 Jan Beránek janbery
8 Jan Myšák Jan Myšák
 Estonia
9 Sitti Asmah Binti Federico Wiki Asmah
 Greece
10 Maria Katsavaki MKatsa
11 Nikos Likomitros NikosLikomitros
12 Sofia Ioanna Tsalopoulou ΣΙΤ
13 Spyridon Papadopoulos SpirosPapadopoulos
14 Stella Tsikna Stella T98
 Kazakhstan
15 Nursultan Tengge Nurtenge
 Kyrgyzstan
16 Aiana Kutbidinova Aiyanakk
17 Kazy Rasul uulu Mamatkazy
 North Macedonia
18 Jovan Tasevski Jtasevski123
 Poland
19 Dawid Dawid2009
20 Mateusz Kopeć AramilFeraxa
 Romania
21 Iustina Pavaluca iustinq
 Russia
22 Alisya Fatyhova Alisa Fatikhova
23 Dina Abdullina Динә Абдуллина
 Serbia
24 Aleksandra Stojićević Aleksandra Stojićević
25 Emilija Stefanović EmiliaITČA
 Slovenia
26 Nal Mencin GeographieMan
 Turkey
27 Y. Caner Özyayıkçı Kurmanbek
 Ukraine
28 Iryna Boiko IrynaBoiko (WMUA)
29 Olesia Lukaniuk OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA)
30 Daryna Rina.sl
 Uzbekistan
31 Kamola Abduganieva Miss Kamola
32 Mirfayzbek Abdullayev MirfayzbekAbdullayev

Working groups

After the November 2025 meeting, the CEE Youth Group created the following working groups to focus on each objective. If some other member wants to join them, please notify the responsible CEE Hub members, if that is applicable.

Working groups Short description Members from the group CEE Hub members
Social media (youth social networks/channels) Creating content for the CEE Youth group's social media pages, and coverage of the group's activities. Aiana, Nikos, Dawid, Kamola, Karolina, Barbara
Internal governance Concentrating on the governance aspects of the group, updating the internal governance document based on the development and changes within the group. Mari, Nikos, Caner, Nursultan, Kamola Shahen, Karolina
Meta page development Regularly updating and making necessary changes to the group's Meta page. Caner, Nursultan, Kamola, Mari Karolina
Building leadership skills Skills matrix / profiling activity and based on that peer learning and training. Asmah, Argam, Nikos
Local activities Partnership & collaboration outside the CEE Youth group for joint project. Youth competitions / Youth competition categories / Youth editathons) Asmah, Caner, Nikos, Nursultan

List of events

Below is a list of events held over the past 12 months. For a list of all events that took place more than 12 months ago, visit the archive page.

  Online meeting
  Face-to-face meeting
  Conference meetup
# Day(s) Date Time Location Participants Topic(s) Notes
25/09 Ҷумъа
Шанбе
Якшанбе 		22 Ноябр 2025
23 Ноябр 2025 		07:00 – 15:30 CET
07:00 – 10:30 CET 		Yerevan Meeting 2025 13 Plans for 2026; Restructuring of all working groups Defined CEE Hub Y4 plans; Working Groups have been restructured: some were dissolved, others merged to improve efficiency, and several new groups were established to address emerging needs.
25/08 Душанбе 17 Ноябр 2025 19:00 – 20:00 CET Google Meet 21 Updates from youth events from various communities, updates from the Working Groups, CEE Meeting, Yerevan meeting 2025 Finalized Internal Governance; reviewed CEEM 2025 outcomes and Yerevan planning; relaunched "Meet the Youth" campaign and conducted CEECA youth mapping.
25/07 Saturday 27 Сентябр 2025 11:45 – 12:45 CEST Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
25/06 Чоршанбе 10 Сентябр 2025 19:00 – 20:00 CEST Google Meet 15 Updates from youth events from various communities, CEE Meeting, Wikimania, announcement of the in-person working meeting in November, Training for youth: Active listening and providing feedback Announced Yerevan meeting and "Youth Talks" series; reviewed Wikimania 2024 and planned active listening training.
25/05 Thursday July 10, 2025 18:00 – 19:00 CEST Google Meet 15 Youth Conference outcomes, Updates from youth events from various communities, Wikimania, CEE Meeting, Youth meeting 2025 Discussed CEE Meeting delegates; coordinated with WMF on social media strategy; shared updates from Armenia and Greece youth events.
25/04 Thursday May 22, 2025 19:00 – 20:00 CEST Google Meet 15 CEE Youth Group at the Central Asian WikiCon 2025, Youth Conference outcomes, Public speaking training, CEE Meeting submission Evaluated Prague Youth Conference; finalized Internal Governance draft; celebrated Central Asia community growth; finalized the Internal Governance draft for feedback.
25/03 Ҷумъа
Якшанбе 		16 Май 2025
18 Май 2025 		09:30 – 18:00 CEST Youth Conference 2025 83 How to attract young people to Wikipedia? More than 80 participants represented all eight regions of the world, half of them from the CEE and Central Asian regions.
25/02 Сешанбе 25 Март 2025 18:00 – 19:00 CET Google Meet 27 Youth conference, CEE Hub microgrants, CEE Spring Welcomed Karolina (CEE Hub); coordinated Youth Conference logistics (roles, evening program) and public speaking training; Social Media WG posted 7 times but faced capacity issues; promoted CEE Spring Youth sub-contest.
25/01 Панҷшанбе 23 Январ 2025 17:00 – 18:00 CET Google Meet 22 Youth conference, Working groups, Ideas from the members Reviewed 200+ applications for the Youth Conference; established Social Media (TikTok plans) and Internal Governance WGs; discussed "Game Nights" alternatives due to Discord issues in Turkey.

Skills trainings & knowledge exchange

You can find the last 5 skills training & knowledge exhange sessions for the group members in the table below Visit this link to view the skills trainings & knowledge exchange sessions archive.

Date Title Facilitator(s) Link Password
13 Октябр 2025 Active listening and feedback training for CEE Youth Group Filip Kňažek Watch here Sma0#^b!
7 Май 2025 Public Speaking Training for CEE Youth Group Members Jackie Koerner, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska Watch here H=NU0P9u

Announcements

This section highlights the most recent and upcoming meetings, events and scholarships of the CEE Youth Group.

  • Next bi-monthly online meeting of CEE Youth Group
    • Date: 20 January 2026
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM (CET – Europe/Prague)
    • Format: Online
    • Google Meet joining info Video call link: here
      • Dial: (PL) +48 22 163 88 05
      • PIN: 190765749
  • Events, scholarships & opportunities
    • Updates about in-person meetups, regional events, scholarships, and other opportunities relevant to CEE Youth Group members will be shared here regularly.
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