Purpose of the report

This form is for organizations receiving Annual Plan Grants to report on their results to date. For progress reports, the time period for this report will the first 6 months of each grant (e.g. 1 January - 30 June of the current year). For impact reports, the time period for this report will be the full 12 months of this grant, including the period already reported on in the progress report (e.g. 1 January - 31 December of the current year). This form includes four sections, addressing global metrics, program stories, financial information, and compliance. Please contact APG/FDC staff if you have questions about this form, or concerns submitting it by the deadline. After submitting the form, organizations will also meet with APG staff to discuss their progress.

Global metrics overview - all programs

We are trying to understand the overall outcomes of the work being funded across our grantees' programs. Please use the table below to let us know how your programs contributed to the Global Metrics. We understand not all Global Metrics will be relevant for all programs, so feel free to put "0" where necessary. For each program include the following table and

Next to each required metric, list the outcome achieved for all of your programs included in your proposal.
Where necessary, explain the context behind your outcome.
In addition to the Global Metrics as measures of success for your programs, there is another table format in which you may report on any OTHER relevant measures of your programs success

For more information and a sample, see Global Metrics.

Overall

EDUCATION PROGRAM

The Education Program of Wikimedia Serbia is intended for all educational and scientific institutions in the country. Through it, Wikimedia Serbia seeks to popularize Wikipedia and sister Wiki projects in order to enrich them with new content in Serbian language, in an academic setting. The Education Program is made up of various projects which are adapted to different target groups (teachers, high-school students, university students). The projects are carried out through various trainings, seminars, edit-a-thons etc. All the Education projects are strategically directed and monitored by the Academic Board of Wikimedia Serbia. The Education program is consisted of three projects: Wikipedia in schools, Accredited seminars and EduWiki camp.

A table with unified metrics for projects within the Education Program:

Metric	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1. # of participants	1280	planned: 1645 (detailed report)
2. # of newly registered	1206	planned: 1125 (detailed report)
3. # of content pages	3016	planned: 1160 (detailed report)
4. # of uploaded/released multimedia files on Wikimedia Commons (file usage in %)	755 (29%)	planned: 500 (25%) - detailed report
6. # of events	56	planned: 61 (detailed report)

GLAM

GLAM is a standard program implemented by Wikimedia Serbia, based on the success of this program in other chapters of the Wikimedia Foundation. The diversity of this program enables a wide range of cooperation with cultural institutions, as well as other similar organizations and individuals.

In 2017, various projects and activities were accomplished, including the program of cooperation with cultural institutions, organization of edit-a-thons, realization of the “Wikipedian in residence” internship programs and Wiki-librarian project.

In addition to standard GLAM projects, Wikimedia Serbia supports the Digital Belgrade project in the form of providing training for students who create and improve articles on Wikipedia. Digital Belgrade was created as a joint project of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the City of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences and Wikimedia Serbia. It is consisted of students writing articles on Wikipedia about cultural monuments, and then the Institute marking those monuments with QRpedia's QR codes. Given the long-term and slow implementation of the project, WMRS has given up on further implementation. Bearing in mind that the activities were eventually realized, WMRS has provided training on editing Wikipedia and generating QRpedia's QR codes to FOS students, and in that way remained being a partner in the project.

A table with unified metrics for projects within the GLAM program:

Metric	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1. # of participants	418	planned: 190 (detailed report)
2. # of newly registered	206	planned: 145 (detailed report)
3. # of content pages	653	planned: 485 (detailed report)
4. # of uploaded/released multimedia files on Wikimedia Commons (file usage in %)	1587 (48,5% )	planned: 972 (60,74%) - detailed report
6. # of events	43	planned: 31 (detailed report)

FREE CONTENT

The Free Content program aims to collect and share free content in any form (photo, audio, text). Through this program, the diversity of projects is encouraged, as topics and the target group of volunteers participating in these activities can be diverse. Benefits of this venture are numerous:

It is generating a large amount of multimedia content
It is encouraging the community to increase contribution to Wiki projects
It is also suitable for newcomers who are not yet familiar with the Wiki projects
Its projects are of a thematic type and the content is useful and important for improving articles in Wikipedia and other Wiki projects

In 2017, the Free Content Program included projects that collected free material in various ways: Wiki Loves Earth, Kolubara and Podgorina in an image, Cultural Heritage of Western Serbia, Roadside memorials and tombstones in the District of Moravica, Brzansko Moraviste and Zapis - Sacred Tree, Competitions on Wikipedia and Spoken Wikipedia. Bearing in mind that Wikimedia Serbia has made changes regarding its program for 2018, these activities will be implemented in the future within the framework of the GLAM Program and Community Support.

A table with unified metrics for projects within the Free Content program:

Metric	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1. # of participants	347	planned: 241 (detailed report)
2. # of newly registered	40	planned: 110 (detailed report)
3. # of content pages	1774	planned: 1320 (detailed report)
4. # of uploaded/released multimedia files on Wikimedia Commons (file usage in %)	28876 (12,45%)	planned: 17520 (43,5%) - detailed report
6. # of events	235	planned: 126 (detailed report)

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

The aim of this program is to create and maintain a better and healthier atmosphere in the community, to establish better communication with the community and to increase the motivation of its members. In order to achieve these goals, the program is divided into several segments: community animation, local Wikipedian conference - WikiLive and Wiki South. An increased participation of communities in projects and the decentralization are being permeated through each of these projects. During 2017 it was decided that the allocation of microgrants should be a part of the Community Support Program.

A table with unified metrics for projects within the Community Support Program:

Metric	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1. # of participants	487	planned: 356 (detailed report)
2. # of newly registered	68	planned: 70 (detailed report)
3. # of content pages	443	planned: 425 (detailed report)
4. # of uploaded/released multimedia files on Wikimedia Commons (file usage in %)	8548 (22,1%)	planned: 1050 (52,5%) - detailed report
6. # of events	68	planned: 40 (detailed report)

Telling your program stories - all programs

Please tell the story of each of your programs included in your proposal. This is your chance to tell your story by using any additional metrics (beyond global metrics) that are relevant to your context, beyond the global metrics above. You should be reporting against the targets you set at the beginning of the year throughout the year. We have provided a template here below for you to report against your targets, but you are welcome to include this information in another way. Also, if you decided not to do a program that was included in your proposal or added a program not in the proposal, please explain this change. More resources for storytelling are at the end of this form. Here are some ways to tell your story.

We encourage you to share your successes and failures and what you are learning. Please also share why are these successes, failures, or learnings are important in your context. Reference learning patterns or other documentation.
Make clear connections between your offline activities and online results, as applicable. For example, explain how your education program activities is leading to quality content on Wikipedia.
We encourage you to tell your story in different ways by using videos, sound files, images (photos and infographics, e.g.), compelling quotes, and by linking directly to work you produce. You may highlight outcomes, learning, or metrics this way.
We encourage you to continue using dashboards, progress bars, and scorecards that you have used to illustrate your progress in the past, and to report consistently over time.
You are welcome to use the table below to report on any metrics or measures relevant to your program. These may or may not include the global metrics you put in the overview section above. You can also share your progress in another way if you do not find a table like this useful.

Target	Last year (if applicable)	Progress (at end of Q2)	End of year (projected or actual)	Comments
Example	Example	Example	Example	Example

EDUCATION PROGRAM

Wikipedia in schools Goal: Introducing Wiki-projects to academic circles Description: Students write their papers on Wikipedia or other Wiki projects, and in return receive points within their subject exams in school or university. Accredited seminars Goal: educating teachers to work independently in order to implement Wiki-projects in their institution Description: project involves organization of accredited seminars Application of online wiki tools as a didactic means in teaching throughout Serbia. The seminars are accredited by the Institute for Advancement of Education (State Institute for professional development of the teachers) and teachers gain 8 points for professional development by attending it. These seminars are all-day workshop on how to edit Wikipedia and implement it in class. The seminars are designed exclusively for teachers. Edu Wiki camp Goal: recruit new Wiki ambassadors and Edu volunteers and strengthen connections between them Description: This camp is organized as part of Edu program, and its purposes are attracting new Wiki ambassadors, additional training of current ones, as well as strengthening the network of Edu volunteers. Camp program has many different topics, which involves editing Wikipedia training, manners of cooperation with educational institutions, technical skills regarding realization of Edu program etc…

Education Program in pictures
New Technologies in Education 2017
New Technologies in Education 2017
Accredited seminar in Barajevo
Workshop on Edu Wiki camp
Edu brochure

Overview

During 2017, Wikimedia Serbia created and published an EDU brochure in Serbian and English, summarizing the results achieved within the Educational Program. Participation in two conferences, "New Technologies in Education 2017" and "Language, Literature, Technology", helped us expand the idea and involve a significantly larger number of institutions in our program.

During 2017, we started the project Wiki scholar, and through it we have established contact with three elementary schools that are part of our activities, and this collaboration is mainly the result of our accredited seminars.

We commenced a new model of cooperation with various faculties. It enables the students to attend workshops independently of any faculty subject, and after successful completion of the article, they will receive ECTS points and a certificate of the completed workshop, ensuring that it will be included in their diplomas. Students also work on Wikidata and Wiktionary within this project.

In the field of accredited seminars, we achieved a better result thanks to good organization and great efforts of volunteers. It was also important emphasize the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, which allocated funds for the realization of this project. This also helped us continue our idea of program decentralization by holding certain number of seminars outside of Belgrade. One of the important activities was the submission of documents for the new cycle of accreditation for the next 3 school years.

Another Edu Wiki camp was held, and it inspired a large number of young people to join the Education Program. This Edu Wiki camp has resulted in four new Wiki ambassadors. In addition, our focus was also on achieving cooperation with other organizations that share the same goals, so we marked the European Day of Combating Human Trafficking together with the UNITAS Fund, the Red Cross of Serbia and the University Library. Also, we completely switched over to the Dashboard, which made it much easier to monitor the work of participants.

Successful stories

Story: The project "Wiki Student" at the conference "New technologies in education"

At the fourth annual conference "New Technologies in Education", Nebojša Ratković, Education Program Manager of Wikimedia Serbia, presented the concept of applying Wikipedia in regular teaching through a lecture and two workshops. The workshop, being a novelty at the conference, attracted the attention of the gathered teachers, tutors and professors. In one hour, teachers were introduced to the possibilities of Wikimedia Serbia’s Education Program and the use of Wikipedia in regular teaching. In the practical part of the workshop, all teachers, divided in groups, created ways to apply Wikipedia to teaching. It is interesting to mention that teachers, besides their interest in including Wikipedia as a regular teaching tool, have made a lot of creative ideas for implementing the largest online encyclopedia in learning.

Story: Students receive ECTS points for writing articles on Wikipedia

In the course of 2017, cooperation with the Faculty of Political Sciences was realized, within which a new model of cooperation with educational institutions was created. It is reflected in the fact that the workshop on editing Wikipedia is implemented independently of any faculty subject. This model was then implemented with a group of students from the Faculty of Philology. After completing the workshops and writing the articles on Wikipedia, students received certificates based on which they will receive the ECTS points (European Credit Transfer System), and the activity will be counted in extracurricular activities and appear in the diploma.

Challenges and lessons learned

Challenge: Overcoming problems in the communication with teachers

Through our work we often had challenges in terms of communication with certain professors and teachers, so we were trying to find new ways in cases when the current communication channels have not proved to be efficient enough. This especially occurs when some teachers cancel their attendance in the seminar right before it starts. With excellent communication with school administrations and school representatives, we strive to fill vacant positions in the short term with other participants who are interested in attending, so the participants' withdrawal never affected the quality and result of our seminars. We learned that it is necessary to provide the teachers with clear standards and rules for writing articles in order to make them prepared as much as possible.

Challenge:Better quality of articles

Working on a better quality of articles is a constant challenge that we meet and what we are constantly working on, in order to make students’ contribution better. Reducing community discontent with the quality of articles written by students is also a constant challenge that is closely related to striving for better quality articles. We are trying to reduce the community’s discontent towards students’ input by bringing rules of editing Wikipedia closer to students, but also by involving the community in helping us with it. We learned that better results are achieved if students write articles independently, rather than doing it in groups. We also realized that it is always better to define shorter deadlines for writing seminar papers, which would start immediately after the completed workshops.

What’s next?

Taken through the experience of increased visibility after conferences, we plan to participate in such and similar events. We concluded that through networking and achieving cooperation on such events, we will achieve greater cooperation with institutions and organizations that share our goals. That implies we will inspire them to propose their own ideas and projects within Education program, and apply for grants given by Wikimedia Serbia.

One of the large-scale activities will be the organization of Edu Wiki camp in 2018. Due to the great success of the previous two camps, we decided to organize it again in order to strengthen the network of Edu volunteers and find new Wiki ambassadors. Empowering a team of volunteers who actively participate in Educational program means better planning and coordination of activities in educational institutions in Belgrade and other cities in Serbia, which will lead to program decentralisation.

We will put focus on enhancing the quality of articles, but also on including Wikidata and Wiktionary into Education program. We will work on negotiations with new potential partners, elementary and secondary schools and faculties in order to expand activities to as many institutions as possible. It also involves creating of new models of cooperation.

The "Wiki student" project evaluation, carried out by students during 2017, showed excellent results. On a sample of 232 students, more than 62.5% rated the topic and clarity of the topic presented with "excellent" (Chart 1). In the accompanying chart 2, it can be seen that the lecturers at the workshops are extremely positively assessed. More than 72% of students interviewed rated the lecturers’ work as "excellent".

Apart from answering questions, students also had the opportunity to give their comments and suggestions. From the comments it can be concluded that the students are least satisfied with the technical conditions in the schools where the workshops were realized, and that they are most satisfied with the organization of the workshop and the way of presenting the topic. In addition, we can conclude that they have seen the importance of sharing free knowledge and the use of Wikipedia in the classroom.

The “Edu Wiki Camp” evaluation testifies the camp’s success, after the participants pointed out that their expectations were fulfilled, as well as that they learned new things which can be applied to all Wiki projects. They especially praised the interactivity of lectures and communication with the organizers.

Graph 1
Graph 2
Graph 3

GLAM PROGRAM

Wiki Loves GLAMers Goal: Achieving cooperation with cultural institutions in order to increase the corpus of free knowledge, to create and improve the access to the cultural and historical heritage on the Internet, i.e. on Wiki projects. Description: The release of materials by the institutions and individuals, the digitization of content, the organization of edit-a-thons and other similar activities. Edit-a-thons Goal: Increasing the content on Wikipedia on certain topic, in collaboration with a culture institution, which provides quality literature, or sources for creating articles. Description:Joint work of volunteers and GLAM employees who edit articles on Wikipedia on a particular topic within one or more days. Cultural institutions give literature and release materials for the illustration of written and improved articles. Wikipedian in residence Goal: Establishing various forms of cooperation with the cultural institution, digitization and release of different types of files, education of employees on free knowledge and free culture. Description: The one month engagement of a Wikipedian in one of the GLAM institutions. That person is working on digitizing, promoting the Wikimedia mission among employees, training staff for working on Wiki platforms ... Wiki-librarins Goal: The goal is to motivate librarians to become successful editors of Wikipedia, to enable the expansion of a network of libraries and other cultural institutions and their acquaintance with the activities of Wikimedia Serbia, as well as the upload of quality and more informative content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Description: Organizing Wikipedia editing workshops designed for librarians who, for a successful course, receive legally required points for advancement in the field of librarianship.

GLAM Program in pictures
WMRS Presentations at Ministry of Culture and Information
WMRS Presentations at Ministry of Culture and Information
Historical Archive in Subotica
Shadows of Old Niš
Plan on a model of a grain of wheat

Overview

During the implementation of a comprehensive program of cooperation with the cultural institutions, the goal was finding stable partners and establishing long-term cooperation with a focus on good results and a qualitative increase of content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Attention is paid equally to cultural institutions and individual artists who have released their collections and materials. Therefore, the art collectors released more than 150 images (Old Niš Shadows, Photo Museum, Fragments of the Past) to be used freely.

A significant project for the GLAM program this year was the digitization of a rare object, which showed that cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia can bring serious benefits to the public, but also to the cultural institution itself. The Homeland Museum in Trstenik contacted us for assistance in the digitization of an 8000-year-old archaeological object. It is a clay model of wheat grain found in a Neolithic settlement, and is considered valuable due to the unusual geometric patterns that represent the oldest urban plan in the world. The object is kept in the Archaeological Collection of the Faculty of Philosophy and was only twice publicized. Wikimedia Serbia has been given the exclusive right to photograph and publish photos under a free license, thus spreading awareness about this cultural treasure of Serbia.

In order to strengthen and expand GLAM program and start collaboration with as many cultural institutions as possible, we have sent a call for funding of projects in 2018 to numerous archives and museums in Serbia, together with a newly-published GLAM brochure in Serbian. This proactive approach resulted in the approval of digitization of the collections of the National Museum in Zrenjanin, as well as creation of the Wiki-team in Trstenik, which will work on increasing Wiki content on cultural heritage of this region, under the leadership of the Regional Museum in Trstenik.

Cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Informing of Serbia was realized, which gave its full support to the development of GLAM program throughout Serbia. The Ministry of Culture and Wikimedia Serbia organized presentations of GLAM program, as well as practical workshops for representatives of archives, museums and libraries who applied for the course. During these three days, 60 employees in 29 cultural institutions from all over Serbia have been introduced to the possibilities of contributing to free content, free licenses, the importance of sharing knowledge and increasing the visibility of materials in cultural institutions on the Internet. After the course, we contacted the representatives of the institutions, in order to hear their impressions and possibilities for further cooperation. Several meetings were held, and the models of cooperation that have resulted were: a plan for a new seminar intended for the museums in the province of Vojvodina, an edit-a-thon at the Museum of Yugoslavia, a Wikipedian in Residence internship program was realized in the same institution, as well as the release of a certain number of files by Historical archive of Jagodina.

Edit-a-thons, being one of the standard GLAM cooperation models, have exceeded this year’s expectations in terms of metrics and number of organized events. Five of them were successfully organized, with more than 170 new and improved articles. Also, 239 images were created or released under CC licenses. Nearly 80 people participated in the edit-a-thons, comprised of Wikimedia Serbia’s volunteers and employees of the cultural institutions.

Wikipedian in residence exceeded the planned outcomes, since three such programs were organized instead of one. The first Wikipedian in residence in this year started working at the Historical Archive of Subotica, and a successful funds allocation from unsuccessful projects allowed the implementation of additional two WIR programs - at the National Museum Leskovac and the Museum of Yugoslavia. Wikipedians in residence wrote 109 articles, digitized seven books (752 pages), made about 200 photos, held three Wikipedia editing workshops for 18 GLAM employees, and institutions released about 640 files (photos, old maps and other documents).

A well-known project Wiki-librarian continued to achieve, but also to exceed the planned results. In addition to other events, 28 Wikipedia editing workshops were held for librarians. The number of participants is triple exceeded, as well as the number of uploaded and used files. According to the plan, 10 publications from the the University Library "Svetozar Markovic" from Belgrade were digitized, and the project was presented at the Inforum Conference in Prague.

Successful stories

Story: Partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Information

The support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia has provided significant support to the whole GLAM program in Serbia. We have jointly organized presentations on GLAM program, as well as practical workshops for the representatives of 29 archives, museums and libraries from cities all over Serbia.

These presentations, as well as general support for the program, helped us reach institutions that were not-so-willing to understand the benefits of working on wiki projects and collaboration with Wikimedia Serbia. The next step in the realization of cooperation were deciding on which model of cooperation to start, and not whether the institution should release its materials and donate them to wiki projects, which had been their main dilemma. The idea of the GLAM program coincides with the State cultural policy of presenting cultural institutions on the Internet, and consequently also on Wikipedia, so this support is crucial for the development of GLAM in Serbia.

Story: Cooperation with one of the leading museums

One important result of workshops in the Ministry of Culture is extremely successful cooperation with the Museum of Yugoslavia. The representatives of this institution attended the workshops and immediately accepted the possibilities of the GLAM program, first in the form of an edit-a-thon, and then the Wikipedian in residence program. The edit-a-thon was about the famous persons of SFR Yugoslavia, and on that occasion the Museum released the images necessary for the illustration of articles. The 16 participants wrote as many as 50 articles from the literature provided by the Museum.

The Museum of Yugoslavia released 70 images of notable persons, but the Historical Archive of Jagodina joined the action, releasing 60 political posters. There were in total 37 media reports on the event. The day after, Wikipedian in Residence project started in the Museum, which had a good response from the wiki community, but also from the general public.

Challenges and lessons learned

Lesson learned: The "top-down" approach provides better results

The most significant lesson learned related to GLAM is access to cultural institutions. In spite of many years of efforts to establish and maintain cooperation, the “top down” approach model, the support of the Ministry of Culture, has largely changed the perception of institutions when it comes to Wikipedia, and therefore the development of GLAM in Serbia. Institutions are generally reluctant to establish new forms of addressing the audience, so the open support and recommendation from the Ministry of Culture to expand their visibility on Wikipedia significantly contributed to faster establishment of high-quality cooperation.

Lesson learned: Avoid projects that depend on one person

Projects carried by an individual should be avoided in the future, because the digitization of technoculture showed that such projects can be unsuccessful if there are no other persons in the team who could complete the job. On the other hand, this situation has taught us to redirect funds from unfinished projects to the ones that can be more fruitful in terms of results. Thus, two additional WIR programs were conducted in two different museums.

Lesson learned: Showing readiness and competence for full program capacity

The challenge in the coming period is to successfully realize cooperation with all cultural institutions that expressed their interest in starting mutual projects.. At the same time throughout the 2018, Wikipedian in Residence internship programs are planned, so an intensive engagement of the organization's capacity for the GLAM program is expected.

What's next?

Partnership with the Ministry of Culture is continuing, since we noticed how well this model of access to cultural institutions is functioning. Two additional seminars with the Ministry have been planned for 2018, which will be dedicated to representatives of the archives and museums, and one of them will be focused on advanced editing of Wikipedia. In addition, the Ministry of Culture and Wikimedia Serbia will send a joint letter to institutions that have not responded to the call for cooperation, in order to encourage them to contribute to Wikipedia, thereby improving their visibility and the visibility of their collections.

"Regional Museum of Trstenik in collaboration with Wikimedia Serbia has increased the visibility of our valuable archaeological object, making it so accessible worldwide. As the Trstenik Museum has no room for permanent exhibitions, the digitization of museum material for our institution is an important step towards the presentation of stored cultural and historical goods. In that sense, efforts will be made to digitize even more material and exhibits."

Jelena Vukčević, head of the Regional Museum in Trstenik

The Museum of Vojvodina, which is in charge of all the museums in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, initiated new round of GLAM seminars for representatives of all institutions of this type. The organisers of this seminar will be the Ministry of Culture, the Museum of Vojvodina and Wikimedia Serbia, and it is a novelty that the first day will be dedicated to the museums’ directors and managers, since it is noticed that in some institutions, due to poor communication, the possibilities of cooperation do not reach the top management, which can prolong or even prevent cooperation.

"One day, I want to live in a world where knowledge and information will be equally and easily accessible by everyone, and art will be free and independent. Wikipedia is a project that strives for such goals and it is an honor for me to contribute to such an idea."

Davorin Dinić, artist

At the beginning of 2018, Wikimedia Serbia applied to the Ministry of Culture and Information for obtaining funds for the implementation of three Wikipedian in Residence internship programs. The project proposal is to extend the internships to two months, with a slightly higher focus on digitization. Such model can provide more stable connections with an institution, which contributes to maintaining the GLAM and organization strategies in terms of long-term and stable partnerships. With the regular three programs funded by Wikimedia Serbia, there would be three more internships, and therefore the content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons will be significantly increased.

"This project of digitization has opened and imposed the directions which we plan to pursue. Expanding the possibility of making archival material available to the widest possible circles - that is one of the tasks of the archive."

Stevan Mačković, director of the Historical Archives of Subotica

FREE CONTENT

Wiki Loves Earth Goal: Increasing the photo content on Wiki Commons through upload of photographs of protected natural heritage; The enrichment of Wikipedia articles with mentioned photos; education of the public and community engagement through organizing edit-a-thons and photo tours; Promotion of Wikimedia Serbia and its projects through photo exhibitions around Serbia; Establishing cooperation with GLAM institutions Description: The idea of mass collecting photographs of protected natural heritage in Serbia in the form of photo contest. Photo and other projects which aim to gather free content Goal: Photo-projects’ objective is to increase free content that will be available to the general public for use. Description: These are small-scale projects that encourage members of the community to engage more and take on an initiative for independent ventures. They include projects of collecting (mostly) photo-material on certain geographical areas, cultural and historical heritage, or topics that are not covered on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, and volunteers usually deal with them. Such activities will be implemented in the future through the Community Support program. Wikipedia Competitions Goal: The primary goal of the competition is to increase free knowledge by creating and improving articles on Wikipedia. Also, through the organization of such activities, the motivation and participation of the community is being increased. Community participation is not only reflected in taking part in the competition, but also in organizing activities, contacting associations and jurying articles. Description: This project involves organizing several competitions on Wikipedia each year about a specific subject that is sufficiently interesting and comprehensive for the community, and at the same time, very concrete. Wikipedian community is motivated to take part because of the competitive spirit, as well as the rewards.

Free Content in pictures
1st prize on Wiki Loves Earth
2nd prize on Wiki Loves Earth
3rd prize on Wiki Loves Earth
Brzansko Moraviste time lapse

Overview

Within the Free Content program, we focused on two things. The first one is generating free content in the form of photo, video and text material that will enrich Wikipedia and other Wiki projects. The second one is motivating the editors who want to engage in these activities, and actively supporting them. In 2017 these editors showed exceptional results in terms of metrics, but also the initiative to continue their work in 2018 under the guidance of Wikimedia Serbia. In addition to their regular engagement, they will be dedicated to including new volunteers. Within this program, the greatest focus was to insure the content is new, non-existing and not covered on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Wiki Loves Earth is a competition that, together with great results in terms of photo material, also has an exceptional media coverage. The topic is interesting to the media and very often these opportunities are used to promote the competition as well as other activities of Wikimedia Serbia. During 2017, as many as five exhibitions were organized, where the organization and the results of its work were presented.

During 2017, three competitions were organized on Wikipedia, where participants doubled the expected number of articles. These organized article-writing campaigns are a good opportunity for cooperation with local organizations (Researchers' Night), as well as communities in the region (Wikimedians of the Republic of Srpska User Group).

Successful stories

Story: Through photo projects to innovative content

Although the activities within photo projects are simple (field work, collecting and uploading photos), they can result with innovative content. Thus, result of Brzansko Moraviste project is multimedia content in TimeLapse format. This content represents a protected natural good in Serbia and has the potential to be used in Wikipedia articles and beyond. Due to the narrowing the focus in 2018, Wikimedia Serbia won’t continue financing these activities, but the volunteer is sufficiently motivated to keep on working on articles and increase the multimedia content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. This tells us that members of the community have a sense of belonging without financial means.

Story: Empowering the community through photo projects

Photo projects are one of the ways we can reach new volunteers and involve them into the community. These projects most often attract people who are involved in photography, so besides volunteers, we get quality content that is used in articles. Collecting photo materials is interesting and easy for new volunteers. Thus, we are introducing them in a simple way to the Wiki world. In 2017, 4 projects were carried out by volunteers who entered the Wiki community through the activities of the Wikimedia Serbia. Three of them continue activities in 2018. Volunteers have greater motivation when they’re engaged in activities close to their personal interests. When this is the case, they provide the maximum in their work and further broaden the idea of free knowledge. In 2017, we worked on inclusion of various individuals and organizations through the outreach activities and this will be continued in 2018.

Below you can see the results for photo projects in terms of uploaded and used photos:

Projects/Metrics	Planned	Achieved
Brzansko Moravište and Zapisi	5000 multimedia files 275 used files	15765 multimedia files 2123 used files
Kolubara and Podgorina in an image	1000 multimedia files 400 used files	1060 multimedia files 447 used files
Gravestones and wayside crosses in the Moravica district	1500 multimedia files 150 used files	1446 multimedia files 162 used files
Cultural heritage of Western Serbia	8000 multimedia files 4400 used files	8893 multimedia files 1718 used files
Sum:	15500 multimedia files 5225 used files	27164 multimedia files 4450 used files

Story: Best results of CEE Spring 2018 so far

The CEE Spring in 2017 has achieved the greatest success so far. A total of 660 articles have been written by 19 editors. Participants showed great amount of interest and duration of the competition was a reason why we had good results. Unlike others, this competition lasted for three months and was part of an international project. The results of CEE Spring through the years can be seen in the graphs below.

CEE Spring in Serbia - Number of articles per year
CEE Spring in Serbia - increase of number of bytes per year
CEE Spring in Serbia - Increase of number of participants per year

Competitions are generally a good way to work on reducing the gap between Wikipedians and Wikimedians. Through the monitoring of these projects we are noticing there are two types of participants. First group involves those editors who regularly participate in competitions, while the other is mostly made by newbies who heard about the competition through "nonwiki" channels (media, social networks). We face the challenge when new people are interested in participating, but they don’t know how to edit Wikipedia and didn’t have training. Potential solution can be the creation of a tutorial for editing Wikipedia through the Visual Editor, as well as the public classes of editing Wikipedia, which are scheduled for 2018.

Despite this challenge, participants in the competitions achieved good results which can be seen in the table below:

Competitons/Metrics	Written articles	Improved articles	Editors
CEE Spring 2017	592	68	19
People of the world	198	27	11
Notable women	275	8	13
Sum:	1065	103	35
Planned:	500		30

Lesson learned: Avoid cooperation with institutions who do not share the same goals

Spoken Wikipedia is not implemented in 2017, although it was planned. The project was aimed to create audio versions of the featured and the most interesting articles from Serbian Wikipedia by notable people and celebrities. The plan was to make these audio versions free, to upload them on Wikimedia Commons and to put them in articles. Wikimedia Serbia has established contact with organizations and individuals who were interested in getting involved in the project and contributing to reading articles. The obstacles we encountered were of technical nature. We tried to find partners that would support us through providing recording studios, but communication with some institutions was slower and we realized that sometimes we should not make further efforts if partners do not share the same goals.

Since the project has potentials and we realized that there is a network of associates who recognized the importance of the action, we will try to restart the initiative and in 2018 we will achieve the desired results from 2017.

Lesson learned: You need to know when to stop

Wikimedia Serbia realized the project Wiki Loves Earth since 2014. Through the monitoring of the project, we can notice the trend of posting photographs of protected natural goods that already exist on Wikimedia Commons, while some of them still do not have any photographs. It is difficult to motivate competitors to photograph natural goods that do not have multimedia material, since they are sometimes located in remote parts of Serbia. So we came to the situation that we have many photos of the same natural goods, which is why it is decided that in 2018 we won’t realize the competition Wiki Loves Earth, but we’ll invest time in the focus that we set in the strategy.

What’s next?

Generating free content is one of the strategic goals of Wikimedia Serbia. In accordance with the strategy and defining clear focus, we decided that starting with 2018, collecting of free content will be done mostly through cooperation with the cultural institutions (GLAM) and community support program (photo projects, tours, etc). This activity will be realized through the existing programs and will be one of the elements of the program. This will strengthen cooperation with museums, libraries, archives, and at the same time we will empower members of the community, both experienced and newcomers.

Through the activities of collecting free content, the focus will be placed on quality, as well as quantity. That way it may happen that the number of institutions with which we cooperate might not expand to a large extent, but the existing cooperation will be more sustainable and stable.

The main incentive for my participation in the competitions were interesting topics

"Considering that just a year ago I started editing Wikipedia more seriously, that is when I first heard about the competitions. So far, I have participated in three of them, and every time the main incentive has been interesting topics. I was extremely interested in the competition on famous women, so I continued to write about it after its completion. Together we made a big contribution, and hundreds of great biographies were created.

So far, the topics in the competitions have been immensely interesting, and in the future I will contribute according to my spare time.", said MareBG, Wikipedian of the year on Serbian Wikipedia

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

WikiLive Goal: mutual acquaintance of community members, networking and strengthening of ties between them. Description: WikiLive is a local annual conference of Wikipedians, which is designed with the idea of strengthening the spirit of community, interconnecting participants and involving them in the WMRS programs. The conference consists of a two-day program covering various topics from Wikipedia. Community motivation Goal: the project was aimed at establishing better communication with the community and reducing the gap between Wikipedians and Wikimedians. Description: Within the project, activities such as community meet-ups, Wiki stand at public events, celebration of Wiki birthdays and informing the community about various events through various communication channels are being realized. Wiki South Goal: one of the main ideas and goals of the project was strengthening the community in the southern part of Serbia and creating a group that worked on realization and promotion of Wiki projects. Description: A group of volunteers from the Youth Club Ančiki was implementing activities such as camps, monthly workshops, photo competitions, exhibitions, etc. Micro-grants Goal: Micro-grants were designed with two goals. First was the expansion of the existing community and involving new people within the movement, while other is more focused on strengthening core community members who are already active in the Wiki projects. In this way they were supported for individual activities. Description: the allocation of micro-grants implies giving the grants up to 500 euros for the sole realization of activities by a volunteer or a volunteer team in the areas that are primary to the Wikimedia Serbia and are closely related to its strategic focuses.

Community Support in pictures
WikiLive 2017
WikiLive 2017
Wiki Stand on Researchers' night
12th Birthday of Wikimedia Serbia
Wiki South participants

Overview

In 2017 we worked on strengthening the community and increasing the motivation of volunteers through various activities. The most important event for the community is definitely the WikiLive conference, which was successfully held in April. It gathered around 100 members of the community, associates and volunteers. The conference lasted for two days, and we included numerous interactive sessions in the program that triggered the attendees to be active and to contribute to discussion. In addition to the active participation, the sessions were intended to receive feedback from the community on potential solutions for current matters on Serbian Wikipedia. During the program, we presented the successful stories through both presentations and panel discussions. The most important component of this meetup is the networking of editors who can work together or come up with new ideas for project activities. Overview of the activities and results are presented in a blog post that is shared with the community.

In addition to this event, daily support activities for community members are also important. This is mainly done through involving community members both in the project activities itself, in the organization of those activities and in the decision-making process.

Within the community support activities, we were inviting members of the community to engage in current events and projects. This was done via blog posts (49 blog posts in 2017). In addition, we also started to send newsletters of Wikimedia Serbia to the communty. We celebrated birthdays of Serbian Wikipedia, English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia. In 2017 two meetups of General Assembly were held. In order to create better outreach to the new volunteers, we organized Wiki corner during various events. It was the opportunity to go public and share with everyone the idea of spreading free knowledge. We talked about Wikipedia, activities of the Wikimedia Serbia, how they can get involved and we gave visitors the opportunity to make minor edits directly in articles. Most visited cultural events in Serbia are good places for Wiki corner because of good public response.

Wiki South is a project in southern part of Serbia where various Wiki activities were organized throughout the year in order to strengthen the community and decentralize the activities of the Wikimedia Serbia. Among the main activities that were organized the most important ones were Wiki camp, edit-a-thons, expeditions and competitions. Within them, they achieved good results (articles, photos) and had a good response among volunteers.

During the 2017, Wikimedia Serbia introduced changes in the programs that will be implemented further on and which will be the main focus of its work. With this in mind, micro-grants are now included in the Community Support Program. Giving micro-grants is a way of encouraging members of the community to start projects that will be managed independently. In addition to already active members, we’re working on reaching and motivating individuals and representatives of the institutions that are not familiar with the Wikimedia Movement, which increases the volunteer capacity of the community. Micro-grants have proven to be successful in terms of increasing the interest of individuals and organizations to implement their ideas that later turn into larger-scale, annual projects. In 2017, 6 micro-grants were realized that showed that very good results can be achieved with small resources and great motivation.

Successful stories

Story: Learning from our mistakes

After the WikiLive conference in addition to gathering the documentation and creating the blog post shared with the community, we prepared an internal document in which we highlighted the good and bad things that happened during those two days. The results of participants' survey were also taken into account here. So we noticed that interactive sessions were very interested to the participants and that they wanted to participate again in them at the next conferences. Some believe that the conference should last for three days. Also we realized that energizers can contribute to better communication among the participants. We also noticed some logistic things we can improve in order to organize an even better conference.

Satisfaction of participants, clarity of the presentations
Speakers encouraged the discussion, usefulness of presentations

Story: Micro-grants - Small projects, great results

The allocation of micro-grants is conceived as a core of good ideas and is dedicated to smaller projects that can turn into larger, annual projects. The competition was open for a month, and the opportunity to submit projects was given to individuals, institutions, non-governmental organizations and all those with the desire to spread free knowledge. Six proposals were selected, since they stood out by fresh ideas and unusual topics, as well as various activities. Newcomers used this chance to increase free content on Wikipedia and other Wiki projects. Volunteers from all over Serbia collected a total of 4966 photographs, and wrote 262 articles on Wikipedia. Thes all carry a positive experience and some of them have applied for a new round of microgrants. These results were shared with the community through a blog post.

Challenges and lesson learned

Lesson learned: We need to actively work on founding a community in other cities of Serbia

The Wiki South project is a classic example of good decentralization and the creation of a group of people who organize Wiki activities in their city and are involved in promoting the idea of free knowledge. However, project activities will not continue in 2018 due to volunteers’ lack of free time. In any case, this group of people made a major contribution to Wiki projects through their own independent actions, as well as supporting other programs of WMRS. A group of volunteers who took part in the Wiki South project still has the motivation to occasionally join the projects and events. We learned that we still need to motivate them and maintain communication, so they could continue working when conditions allow it. By this example, we learned that the expansion of our ideas and the realization of projects in other cities is of great importance for the diversity of the community. A proactive approach in reaching new people is crucial.

What next?

In 2018, our plan is to actively work on community expansion through cooperation with organizations or centers that can spread the news among the target groups significant for our organization. Career development centers have great potential in terms of people who can be engaged in the Wikimedia Serbia’s community. We do not rely solely on volunteers who edit articles. We are talking about people who can deal with volunteer coordination, and participate in organizing events or promoting ongoing projects.

Milena Milenković: "I found out about the WikiLive conference through the Wikimedia community. I learned many things that helped me in my work. I became more active on Wikipedia, I attended Wiki camp and wrote a project for micro-grant. I would like the community to grow bigger, to exchange ideas and experiences. This year I expect to hear many interesting sessions and to meet more people."

Milan Jovanović: "I heard about WikiLive 2017 through social networks. During this conference I learned how to be more engaged in the projects. Before that, I didn’t know much about Wikipedia, so my attending in the conference opened up a whole new world to me. Now I am ready to learn more about GLAM project at this conference, since I work in a library. With my colleague I wrote and took part in creating an idea about our joint project and I hope that I will contribute to spreading free knowledge."

Ranko Nikolić: "I was informed about WikiLive 2018 through Wikipedia site notice. I didn’t attend the previous one, but I was part of the conference in 2016, and it was an incredible experience. I expect more participants to gather at this year's WikiLive than the previous one, and that new ideas related to the development of the wiki community both in Serbia and the wider region, will emerge from the conference. I already informed some editors of Serbian Wikipedia about the conference, via social networks and email messages."

MEDIA

The media year in Wikipedia is marked with a total of 1081 publications. As many as 401 posts were directly related to WMRS activities, while 680 posts only mention Wikipedia, as well as some developments around Wikimedia as a movement.

When talking about special projects, the greatest interest in the media is regularly taken by the photo contest Wiki Loves Earth, which was reported about a total of 93 times. Similar relevance was given to the GLAM program, from the World Mime Day edit-a-thon, to the QR codes placement on cultural monuments, to the workshops at the Ministry of Culture and the edit-a-thon at the Museum of Yugoslavia, which comprises a total of 90 media announcements with GLAM theme.

Serbian media about Wikipedia 2017
WMRS in media by projects 2017

The important and interesting publications in the media (chronologically):

An article on People behind Wikipedia in the N1 news portal
Appearing in the Morning show of Radio-Television of Serbia regarding 16th birthday of English Wikipedia
A report by TV N1 from English Wikipedia anniversary event.
A story about Serbian Wikipedians, related to 14th birthday of Serbian Wikipedia in Blic newspapers.
Reports by Radio Belgrade and TV Pink from the WikiLive conference.
Appearing in the TV show “Žikina šarenica” of Radio-Television of Serbia regarding the photo-contest Wiki Loves Earth (32:50)
A report by TV Prva during the workshops in the Mnistry of Culture
Announcements and reports by RTS and TV O2 regarding the edit-a-thon in the Museum of Yugoslavia.
One-hour long talk show on GLAM program on Radio Belgrade 2.

Happenings involving Wikipedia are discussed in the media 408 times - and the majority of them are connected to Monkey Copyright and a selfie that stirred up the public, creation of Montenegrin Wikipedia, Turkey’s blockage of access to Wikipedia and the ban on Daily Mail references.

Wikipedia was mentioned over 380 times in the Serbian media.

Prize giving event WLE Serbia 2017
Wiki Loves Earth Exhibition in Paraćin
Wiki Loves Earth Serbia at Radio Television of Serbia
WMRS Presentations at Ministry of Culture and Information, Serbia 67
Wikimedia Serbia in media

STRATEGY

One of the most important challenges in the third quarter was certainly the creating and adoption of Wikimedia Serbia’s strategy for the period 2018-2020. This document is important because it creates the right path for our organization and sets the guidelines which should keep us on that path.

The process of strategy development started in April 2017 and consisted of several stages. In order to involve the community in this process, we created a questionnaire for community members and contributors to the organization (Wikipedians, Wikimedians, partners, associates, etc.). It covered current and possible issues that our organization can deal with. At the same time, a draft strategy was created, where we implemented the ideas that the community gave us.
From May to September, several Board meetings were dedicated to the strategy discussions and improving. It has been translated into English, in order to receive feedback from the representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Finally, on September 18, 2017, the document was adopted, and it is available in both Serbian and English. Based on these guidelines, an annual plan has been created, which announces the start of the strategy implementation.

Change in program structure WMRS Strategy 2018-2020
Process of creating WMRS Strategy 2018-2020

WMRS BOARD REPORT

The Board of Wikimedia Serbia at the time of writing this report consists of the following members:

Filip Maljković (president)
Djordje Stakic (Vice President)
Miroslav Loci
Marko Adam
Miljan Simonović
Vukasin Zivkovic
Vladimir Burgić

From the previous meetup of the General Assembly, the Board had eight members. In October, one member stepped out, reducing the number to seven. Board seeks to strengthen its capacity, with focus being placed on quality rather than on quantity.

Challenges and successful stories

In every work there are challenges and difficulties that need to be overcome and out of which we can learn lessons. Below are the main challenges in the work of WMRS Board in 2017 and the ways in which these difficulties were overcome:

Staying in the FDC process and getting the desired budget were the main challenges WMRS Board had. The organization was advised to move to Simple APG, which implied that certain changes in reporting, as well as planning and writing an annual plan would happen. Also, in this case, the maximum amount requested could be $100,000 US. The WMRS Board believes that the organization is stable, ready to learn and accept advices in order to achieve better results and a significant impact. After many considerations, it was decided that Wikimedia Serbia should remain in the FDC process and support this decision by giving thorough explanations about the work of the organization and the context in which it is located. Increased communication with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation enabled the presentation of a realistic state of the projects and the achieved results. Feedback was of great importance for the set guidelines. The outcome is the adopted annual plan and the requested budget in full amount.
Confronting the issue of structure and number of employees is one of the responsibilities of the Board. Since 2016, our Education program manager, Milica Žarković, was on maternity leave, and her expected return was planned for the beginning of 2018. During her absence, Nebojša Ratković was hired for this position. Nebojša has shown remarkable results, which is why his further engagement in the organization was considered. The first plan was to keep all the employees, but taking the first challenge in consideration, as well as all the circumstances at the time of writing the annual plan, a difficult decision was made to not extend Milica’s contract.

Future steps and goals in the work of the Board

The plan for 2018 is to maintain the stability of the organization and achieve even greater success, based on the foundations that were previously set. This, in the future, includes an increase in financial and personnel capacities. An important point to note is that Wikimedia Serbia will focus on the annual plan in order to properly implement the strategy.

Revenues received during this period (6 month for progress report, 12 months for impact report)

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Table 2 Please report all spending in the currency of your grant unless US$ is requested.

Please also include any in-kind contributions or resources that you have received in this revenues table. This might include donated office space, services, prizes, food, etc. If you are to provide a monetary equivalent (e.g. $500 for food from Organization X for service Y), please include it in this table. Otherwise, please highlight the contribution, as well as the name of the partner, in the notes section.

Revenue source	Currency	Anticipated	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Cumulative	Anticipated ($US)*	Cumulative ($US)*	Explanation of variances from plan
WMF Grant	EUR	130,170.00	71,450.00	22,750.00	0.00	0.00	94,200.00	145,093.99	105,000.00	Funds Dissemination Committee recommendation
Wikimedia Österreich Grant	EUR	168.69	0.00	168.69	0.00	0.00	168.69	188.03	188.03	Prizes for CEE Spring for the Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
Revenues from other donations	EUR	226.50	8.09	56.50	0.00	161.91	226.50	252.47	252.47
Membership fees	EUR	19.40	19.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.40	21.62	21.62
TOTAL	EUR	130,584.59	71,477.49	22,975.19	0.00	161.91	94,614.59	145,556.11	105,462.15

* Provide estimates in US Dollars

In-kind donations

Donator	In-kind donation	Value (EUR)
Interglider	Hosting and server administration service	1,440.00
University Library "Svetozar Marković"	Space for the celebration of the 16th birthday of Wikipedia and filming of the event	300.00
University Library "Svetozar Marković"	Space for the Wiki Loves Earth 2016 exhibition in Belgrade	700.00
Mathematical Grammar School	Space for accredited seminar for teachers	300.00
Elementary School "Milan Đ. Milićević"	Space and catering for accredited seminar for teachers	300.00
Singidunum University	Space for the World Mime Day edit-a-thon in Belgrade and Niš	500.00
Educational centre Ruđer Bošković	Space and catering for accredited seminar for teachers	500.00
StartIT Center	Space for the Wiki Live 2017 conference	800.00
Economic-Trade school in Bečej	Space for accredited seminar for teachers	250.00
Radio Television of Vojvodina	14 days of advertising for the WLE photo competition	360.00
Institute for nature conservation of Serbia	Space for the Wiki Loves Earth edit-a-thon	300.00
University of Nis, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics	Space for the Wiki Loves Earth edit-a-thon	300.00
Elementary School "Knez Sima Marković", Barajevo	Space for accredited seminar for teachers	250.00
Wikimedia Polska	Departure of two representatives of the WMRS to the CEE conference in Poland	700.00
National Tourist Organisation of Serbia	Space for the Wiki Loves Earth 2017 exhibition in Belgrade	1,000.00
Nishville Foundation	Space for the Wiki Loves Earth 2017 exhibition in Niš	1,000.00
Civil Rights Defenders	Literature for the Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon	40.00
Elementary School "Jovan Sterija Popović", Novi Beograd	Space and refreshment for two accredited seminars	600.00
The Goethe-Institut	Space for the "Biographies of Scientists" edit-a-thon	300.00
Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"	Space, internet and food for the Wiki corner project all over Serbia	1,000.00
Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"	Notebook printing	150.00
Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"	Awards for the Wikipedia competition	100.00
Ministry of Culture and Information	Space for three GLAM workshops	750.00
Elementary School "Stanislav Sremčević", Kragujevac	Space and refreshment for two accredited seminars	600.00
Faculty of Education in Vranje, University of Niš	Space for accredited seminar	300.00
Wikimedia Sverige	Scholarship for the Wikimedia Diversity Conference	230.00
Wikimedia Deutschland	Scholarship for the Volunteer Supporters Meeting	460.00
Cultural Center of Paraćin	Space for the Wiki Loves Earth 2017 exhibition in Paraćin	1,000.00
University Library "Svetozar Marković"	Space for the celebration of the 12th birthday of Wikimedia Serbia and filming of the event	300.00
TOTAL		14,830.00

Spending during this period (6 month for progress report, 12 months for impact report)

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Table 3 Please report all spending in the currency of your grant unless US$ is requested.

(The "budgeted" amount is the total planned for the year as submitted in your proposal form or your revised plan, and the "cumulative" column refers to the total spent to date this year. The "percentage spent to date" is the ratio of the cumulative amount spent over the budgeted amount.)

Expense	Currency	Budgeted	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Cumulative	Budgeted ($US)*	Cumulative ($US)*	Percentage spent to date	Explanation of variances from plan
Office	EUR	10,988.00	2,469.37	2,381.96	2,714.79	2,538.87	10,104.99	12,247.77	11,263.53	91.96%
Staff	EUR	45,222.00	12,505.70	10,291.51	11,639.89	11,464.82	45,901.92	50,406.70	51,164.58	101.50%	The Board of directors decided to award employees with bonuses.
Services	EUR	3,210.00	817.71	622.18	606.04	778.54	2,824.47	3,578.03	3,148.30	87.99%
Contingency and Board budget	EUR	2,500.00	374.13	166.31	199.35	1,760.77	2,500.56	2,786.63	2,787.25	100.02%	The contingency budget was spent for the payment of compensation to a former employee for unused days of annual leave.
Participation in Events	EUR	2,400.00	1,216.26	535.32	452.58	191.97	2,396.13	2,675.16	2,670.85	99.84%
Educational Program	EUR	5,450.00	408.03	2,012.60	162.51	2,545.15	5,128.29	6,074.84	5,716.25	94.10%
Photo Content	EUR	7,010.00	2,543.28	3,456.82	179.84	665.53	6,845.47	7,813.70	7,630.30	97.65%
Free Content: GLAM	EUR	6,600.00	1,220.08	1,983.12	827.39	2,320.49	6,351.08	7,356.69	7,079.23	96.23%	Budget for the "Digitization of techno culture in Serbia" project is used for two additional programs of Wikipedian in residence.
Wiktionary	EUR	470.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	397.63	397.63	523.89	443.22	84.60%
Community Support	EUR	7,850.00	3,607.43	1,056.01	1,208.84	950.44	6,822.72	8,750.00	7,604.94	86.91%
Microgrants	EUR	2,500.00	1,244.53	0.00	583.44	568.84	2,396.81	2,786.63	2,671.60	95.87%
TOTAL	EUR	94,200.00	26,406.52	22,505.83	18,574.67	24,183.05	91,670.07	105,000.03	102,180.05	97.31%

* Provide estimates in US Dollars

Official Financial Reports

In this section you can also find the official financial statements of Wikimedia Serbia for 2017 in Serbian and English language confirmed and published by the Serbian Business Registers Agency.

Translated report

Report in Serbian will be available on this link.

Compliance

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Resources

Resources to plan for measurement

Global metrics are an important starting point for grantees when it comes to measuring programmatic impact (Learning Patterns and Tutorial) but don’t stop there.
Logic Models provide a framework for mapping your pathway to impact through the cause and effect chain from inputs to outputs to outcomes. Develop a logic model to map out your theory of change and determine the metrics and measures for your programs.
Importantly, both qualitative and quantitative measures are important so consider both as you determine measures for your evaluation and be sure to ask the right questions to be sure to capture your program stories.

Resources for storytelling

WMF storytelling series and toolkit (DRAFT)
Online workshop on Storytelling. By Frameworks institute
- The origin of storytelling
- Story frames, with a focus on news-worthiness.
Reading guide: Storytelling and Social change. By Working Narratives
- The uses of the story.
- Case studies.
Blog: 3 Tips on telling stories that move people to action. By Paul VanDeCarr (Working Narratives), on Philanthropy.com
Building bridges using narrative techniques. By Sparknow.net
- Differences between a report and a story
- Question guides and exercises.
Guide: Tools for Knowledge and Learning. By Overseas Development Institute (UK).
- Developing a strategy
- Collaboration mechanisms
- Knowledge sharing and learning
- Capturing and storing knowledge.