Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wikimedia MKD Annual Grant 2025
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Applicant information
[edit]- Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required)
- Wikimedia GMSZ MKD Skopje
- Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required)
- Yes, I have already applied and received a General Support Fund
- You are applying as a(n). (required)
- Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
- Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required)
- Yes
- Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- No
- Fiscal organization name.
- N/A
- Please provide links to the following documents if they are available
These documentation can be provided in your local language(s), no translations required.
- Organizational website
- Detailed financial reporting and/or audits
- Documentation of the governance structure, board list, governance processes
- Documentation of the general assembly decision on your plan
- Website (Macedonian): https://wikimedia.mk/mk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069870774229 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wikimedia_mkd All reports for 2024 (English): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MKD/Reports/2024-01 Governance structure: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MKD
Main proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required)
- Wikimedia MKD Annual Grant 2025
- 2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year base funding for 3 years? (required) (only for returning applicants)
- No
- 2.1. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)
N/A
- 3. Proposed start date. (required)
- 2025-01-01
- 4. Proposed end date. (required)
- 2025-12-31
- 5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- Yes
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MKD/Annual_plan_2025
- 6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- Yes
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MKD/Strategic_plan_2024-2028
- 7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
- North Macedonia
- 8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
- 9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)
| Category | Yes/No |
|---|---|
| Education | Yes |
| Culture, heritage or GLAM | Yes |
| Gender and diversity | Yes |
| Community support and engagement | Yes |
| Participation in campaigns and contests | Yes |
| Public policy advocacy | No |
| Other | No |
Education
- 9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required)
- Wiki Club, Wiki Camp, Editing Wikipedia Training, Translation, Wikidata programs, Wikimedia Commons programs, Other Wikimedia project programs
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
- 9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required)
- Secondary school students, Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors, Senior citizens
- Other groups if any: N/A
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required)
- Documenting or incubating languages on Wikimedia projects, Introducing new approaches to underrepresented culture and heritage, e.g. decolonising or reparative work; oral and visual knowledge; outreach to communities of origin, indigenous and first nations self-determination, Supporting institutions to open up their collections, data, metadata, and research, Supporting GLAM professionals to incorporate use of Wikimedia in their work, through documentation, training, or Wikimedian in Residence programs, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Gender and diversity
- 9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.
- Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Focusing on creating content about women and/or gender diverse groups, including biographies, intersectional topic areas and/or adding images, Focusing on creating content about marginalized (underrepresented) communities and their knowledge, Focusing on knowledge equity by bringing in contributors from underrepresented communities, Fomenting female leadership within the movement (either staff, members or boards)
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Community support and engagement
- 9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.
- Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering microgrants and other financial support to community members , Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.)
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Participation in campaigns and contests
- 9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required)
- 1Lib1Ref, Art+Feminism, CEE Spring, Feminism and Folklore, WikiForHumanRights, WikiGap, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Wikipedia Birthday or Anniversary
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
- 10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MKD/Timeline_2025
- 11. Describe your team. (required)
Nikolche Stojanoski, user:MacedonianBoy, president and board member, creating and submitting grant proposal, WMF liaison, responsible for overall projects planning; Kiril Simeonovski, user:Kiril Simeonovski, board member, creating and submitting grant proposal, WMF liaison; Valentina Trajkoska, user:Vale Trajkoska, board member; Lili Arsova, user:Lili Arsova, board member, coordinator of education in Veles: responsible for creating events, maintain projects and work with volunteers in Veles; Nino Bogdanovski, user:Полупрофесионален Шофер, board member, participant in expeditions; Dean Lazarevski, user:Деан Лазаревски, board member, participant in expeditions; Toni Ristovski, user:Ehrlich91, participant in expeditions; Nataša Nedanoska, user:NatasaNedanoska, coordinator of Wiki Club Ohrid: coordinator of volunteers in Ohrid, responsible for projects maintain in Ohrid; Stojna Arsovska-Donevska, user:Stojnaa, coordinator of Wiki Club Staro Nagoricane, coordinator of volunteers in St. Nagoricane, responsible for projects maintain in St. Nagoricane; Irena Trajkovska, coordinator of education in the High School Josip Broz Tito: responsible for projects and volunteers coming from that high school; Ana Vishinova, user:Vishinova, GLAM coordinator: GLAM liaison, responsible for planning and maintain GLAM events; Koki Nikola, user:SirGoldenBlade, Wikipedian in Residence, responsible for some of the GLAM projects; Nataša Stardelova, user:Natasa Stardelova, Wikipedian in Residence, coordinator of Wiki Club Dracevo, coordinator of volunteers in Dracevo; Deni Ingilizovski (film producer and editor); and many members of the core community.The staff includes the following members:Snezhana Shtrkovska, user:Violetova (ED): creating and submitting grant proposals, budget planning, WMF liaison, administration coordinator, overall projects coordinator; Boyan Velkovski. user:Velkovski.b (Communication Manager): responsible for maintain all reports and publishing news on Instagram, Facebook, website, meta reports, in media, etc; Jovan Tasevski, user:Jtasevski123 (Community and Logistics Manager): responsible for all contacts with the broad Macedonian community, special calls for editing days and weeks, all kind of contests, Photohunt, etc.; Bosa Filipovic, user:BosaFi (Education Project Manager): responsible for all education projects, coordinator of all EDU coordinators, Wiki Clubs, educational activities such as workshops, Seminars for teachers, planning of Wiki Camp, etc.
- 12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)
We plan to work on implementing this annual plan primarily with the Macedonian Wikipedia community. All projects whose goal is to enrich this language edition and which target editors who are active there will be documented in separate project pages created on the Macedonian Wikipedia. Additionally, target editors will be notified about the projects through other communication channels such as emailing services and social media. Our external partners are the partner institutions we already worked with, and the new ones we are collaborating with in the meantime: Directorate for protection of Cultural Heritage, The State Archives, Museum of Macedonian Struggle in Skopje, Archeological Museum in Skopje, Association of writers, Universities in Stip and Skopje, Municipalities of Karposh, Demir Hisar and Veles, Embassies of foreign countries in Skopje (Hungarian, Italian, Sweden, Serbian etc.), Goethe Institute, as with many secondary and high schools all over Macedonia, and many NGOs. Every institution we collaborate with is the significant partnership for us.
- 13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required)
- Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt
Metrics
[edit]Wikimedia Metrics
[edit]- 14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)
- 14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.
All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.
| Metrics name | Target | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of all participants | N/A | N/A |
| Number of all editors | N/A | N/A |
| Number of new editors | N/A | |
| Number of retained editors | N/A | |
| Number of all organizers | N/A | N/A |
| Number of new organizers | N/A |
- 14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)
| Wikimedia project | Created | Edited or improved |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 6000 | 2000 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 3000 | 330 |
| Wikidata | 4000 | 4000 |
| Wiktionary | ||
| Wikisource | ||
| Wikimedia Incubator | ||
| Translatewiki | ||
| MediaWiki | ||
| Wikiquote | ||
| Wikivoyage | ||
| Wikibooks | ||
| Wikiversity | ||
| Wikinews | ||
| Wikispecies | ||
| Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia |
- Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)
Other Metrics
[edit]- 15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Budget
[edit]- 16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required)
- 16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)
N/A
- 16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required)
- N/A
- 17. Your local currency. (required)
- 18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required)
| Year | Amount (local currency) |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | N/A |
| Year 2 | N/A |
| Year 3 | N/A |
- 19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required)
- 19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)
Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.
- N/A
- 19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)
Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.
- N/A
- 19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees)
- N/A
- 20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).
| Budget category | Amount in local currency |
|---|---|
| Staff and contractor costs | |
| Operational costs | |
| Programmatic costs |
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
Additional information
[edit]- 22. In this optional space you can add any other additional information about your proposal or organization that you think can help us when reviewing your proposal. (optional)
By submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.
We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
- No
Feedback
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