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Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia

This region includes:

Central and Eastern Europe

Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Cyprus; Estonia; Georgia; Greece; Hungary; Kosovo; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Turkey; Ukraine

Central Asia

Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

Program Officer

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Senior Program Officer for Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia
cschilling(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Timezone: UTC-6/-5
Language(s) spoken: English, Japanese

Regional calendar

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

General Support Fund - Round 1 (2024-25)

September 2 – September 30, 2024

Applicant support and eligibility check

September 2, 2024

Renewal deadline

September 30, 2024

Submission deadline

September 30 – October 24, 2024

Review and translation

October 24 – November 15, 2024

Review feedback and applicant engagement

November 29, 2024

Decision announced

December 16, 2024 – January 17, 2025

Agreement and first payment

July 1 – July 31, 2025

Midpoint conversation

January 30, 2026 / March 31, 2026

Final or first year report due

General Support Fund - Round 2 (2024-25)

February 17 – March 7, 2025

Applicant support and eligibility check

February 17, 2025

Renewal deadline

March 7, 2025

Submission deadline

March 10 – April 4, 2025

Review and translation

April 4 – May 2, 2025

Review feedback and applicant engagement

May 16, 2025

Decision announced

May 30 – June 14, 2025

Agreement and first payment

January 15, 2026

Midpoint conversation

July 31, 2026 / August 15, 2026

Final or first year report due

Contact us

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Rapid Fund

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If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: ceeca_rapid(_AT_)wikimedia.org

General Support Fund

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If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: ceeca_fund(_AT_)wikimedia.org

Office hours

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The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. Please review the program officer's calendar on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:

(Note: Reservations require you to use services independent from the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information on usage policies of Google Calendar, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy.)

To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (cschilling(_AT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org).

If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail with a few times that will work well for you.
Past office hours
Date Time Language Topic Link to meeting
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 (First Wednesday of every month) 15:00 - 16:00 UTC English Open to all topics Google Meet link (add this event to your calendar)
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 UTC English General Support Fund applications Google Meet link (add this event to your calendar)
Monday, October 18, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 UTC English General Support Fund applications Google Meet link (add this event to your calendar)
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 UTC English General Support Fund applications Google Meet link (add this event to your calendar)
March 10th, 2022 15:00 - 16:00 UTC English Meeting open to everyone. Prioritized discussion and open questions for General Support Fund and Wikimedia Alliances Fund applications. Google Meet link
March 14th, 2022 14:00 – 15:00 UTC English Meeting open to everyone. Prioritized discussion and open questions for General Support Fund and Wikimedia Alliances Fund applications. Google Meet link

Regional Committee

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Current members

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  • Красный, August 2021 - Wikimedian since 2009, co-founder of North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, coordinator of various projects in Wikimedia Movement
  • Reda Kerbouche October 2021 -
  • MikyM, October 2021 - Longtime contributor; Ten years in various wiki grant programs and committees; Financial and Business Conslultant; Social Justice and Grantmaking; International Development; Project Coordinator.
  • FocalPoint, October 2021 - user and admin in el-wiki / el-wikt, contributor in Wikidata / Commons, el-wikisource, fr-wiki
  • Nataev, February 2022 - PhD student, amateur musician, professional translator, and longtime Wikimedian (since 2009).
  • Nina1009, April 2022 -
  • Justine.toms, June 2022 -
  • BKlen-CEEhub (non-voting member), May 2024 - CEE Hub Coordinator

Inactive and Past Committee Members

Browse Applications

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General Support Fund

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Rapid Fund

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