CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/CEE Newsletter Serbia/March - April 2024
During March and April, Wikimedia Serbia worked on establishing new and renewing existing collaborations, so as many as seven new collaborations were realized, and three collaborations were renewed. 40 Wikipedia editing workshops were held and work was done both on local activities and on the organization of global and regional campaigns and competitions. Wikimedia Serbia also actively worked on the preparation of the Wikilive conference (local Wikipedian conference), which will be held in May, as well as on the selection of projects within the open call for micro-grants that was announced in February this year.
Education Program
Several collaborations from previous years have been renewed:
- Cultural Center "Božidarac"
- Faculty of Foreign Languages Alfa University
- Belgrade Railway Technical High School
Five new collaborations were also established:
- Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade
- The Cervantes Institute in Belgrade
- Pedagogical Society of Serbia
- "Branko Radičević" Elementary School from Krupanj
- Šabac Gymnasium
The following editing Wikipedia workshops were held:
- Two workshops were held for students at the Department of Chinese Language, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade
- One workshop was held for students of "Branko Radičević" elementary school in Belgrade
- 21 workshops were held for students of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Applied Studies
- Eight workshops were held for students at the 9th Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas"
- Four workshops were held for students of the Technical School in Knjaževac
- Two workshops were held for Alfa BK University students
- A workshop was held for students of the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
Three accredited seminars were held for professors from:
- Elementary school "Ivo Lola Ribar" from Veliko Gradište
- "Branko Radičević" Elementary School from Krupanj
- Šabac Gymnasium
A new Wiki ambassador was chosen at the High School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Belgrade.
GLAM Program
- As part of the global coordination of the #1Lib1Ref campaign, meetings were organized for further organization and improvement of the campaign. A Diff blog with lessons learned from the January campaign was published with a call for feedback.
- In cooperation with the Society for Culture, Art and International Cooperation Adligat, an application was made to the Call for Applications of the European Heritage Hub.
- A memorandum of cooperation was signed with the Little Theater "Duško Radović" and preparations were made for the implementation of the Wikipedian in Residence project.
- A memorandum of cooperation was signed with the Organization of Creative Gathering "OKO" and efforts were made to find the best model of cooperation.
- The Wikipedian in Residence project received the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia this year as part of the Call for Applications for financing or co-financing of projects in the field of protection and digitization of cultural heritage in the Republic of Serbia in 2024.
Diversity Program
- An edit-a-thon was organized regarding International Women's Day and WikiGap Campaign. The event was organized in cooperation with the Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska, the Autonomous Women's Center, FemPlatz, the Center for Women's Studies, and BeFem.
- In March, the results of the open call for microgrants were announced. A total of 17 proposals were submitted of which 6 were accepted and will be implemented by the end of this year.
- Wikimedia Serbia, in cooperation with the Wikimedia community of Republika Srpska, is organizing the CEE spring competition, which started on March 21 and ends on May 31.
- A preparation of the Wikilive conference was done, scholarship recipients were selected, a program was made with all lecturers, and a call for registration was open. The conference will be held on May 18 and 19 in Belgrade.