Application or grant stage: grant in progress

Applicant or grantee: Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska

Amount requested: US$17,926.90 (EUR 16.485,00)

Amount granted: 16,485 EUR

Funding period: 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021

Midpoint report due: 15 January 2021

Final report due: 30 July 2021

Background

Wikimedians of Republika Srpska are formally recognized group of users and editors of Wikimedia projects inside Republika Srpska. Official group title is Wikimedia Community of Republika Srpska. Community, officially recognized on 6th October 2015, is conceived and founded around the principle of non-governmental, non-profit and non-party association that achieves its goals in a purely nonprofitable manner.

Reports

Learning story

Annual Plan

Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska - Annual plan, google drive - bilingually.

Budget Plan

Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska - Budget plan, google drive.

Staffing Plan

No Staff.

Strategic plan

Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska - Strategic plan 2020-2022, google drive (bilingually).

Introduction

In the period from July 1st, 2020 to July 1st, 2021 The Wikimedia Community will work to achieve the goals defined by the Strategic Plan and the Annual work plan. The projects are carefully planned at the Community level in accordance with current needs and capacities. Considering the effort to align the budget constraint with the community's needs for growth and increase in the number of projects, three program areas were selected for the indicated period, representing the focal points of the organization's functioning within which the projects will be implemented and upgraded. Also, the focus of the new plan is to open up the community to international partners. Although in the current period have been achieved a dozen cooperation, there is a need to improve the functioning of this segment of the Community.

Note: The planned activities are in line with the recommendations of the WMF and the recommendations of the World Health Organization regarding the pandemic of the Covid-19 virus. In this regard, all activities involving live work will be implemented from January 2021. In the case that a pandemic lasts longer than planned and the state of emergency does not end, the Community will act in accordance with the recommendations of the WMF.

Programs

Educational program

Edu-Wiki - Seminar for professors

Since its launch, the educational program of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska has been significantly improved and expanded - both in terms of the number of educational institutions with which cooperation has been established and in terms of geographical representation within the Republika Srpska. In order to further improve and the sustainability of educational programs in the Republic of Srpska, the Community will continue to work actively to achieve the strategic objectives that are related to the Edu program.

In the area of the educational program, the Community will focus on increasing the number of educational institutions involved in the cooperation, as well as increasing the number of teaching staff involved in the work on Wikimedia projects, during the indicated period. In addition, a network of existing partnerships will be maintained.

Previous experience has shown the necessity of involving professors and teachers in collaboration. In order to ensure the continued sustainability of the educational program, the Community will educate teachers of target institutions (colleges, secondary schools) to work on Wikimedia projects. Emphasis will be on the training of professors to work on Wikimedia projects through a one-day seminar for teachers.

In addition to working on creating free content, the community will also work to educate the public on topics related to the Wikimedia movement and free knowledge. The main goal of these activities is to motivate and encourage participants to join the community and contribute to the Wikimedia movement through their engagement.

Goals:

partner relations establishment with new educational institutions;
further improving relations with institutions with which community already had cooperation;
inclusion of professors with work on Wikimedia projects;
the increasing number of content on Wikimedia projects (especially Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons);
increase in the number of newly registered users originating from educational institutions;
inclusion of professors and teachers in cooperation and work on Wikimedia projects;
creating a network for cooperation with teachers and professors from educational institutions.

Measures of success:

number of institutions we will work with: 10;
number of planned activities: 1;
number of participants-professors: 20;
the teacher from 4 regions of Republic of Srpska will be gathered;
at least 20 professors will be included in cooperation on educational activities;
number of new or edited articles: 20;
the number of pictures placed on Wikimedia Commons: 100.

GLAM program

In order to improve the existing GLAM program in Republika Srpska, in the future, there will be working on its improvement. The Wikimedia community will in accordance with its capacity realize various activities in the sphere of the GLAM program. Additionally, there will be working on the maintenance of an existing network of partners and users.

Wikipedian in Residence - Wiki ambassador

Wiki Ambassador in the Republic Srpska is a project that involves staying of the delegation of Wiki Ambassadors - Wikimedia and Wikipedia members at the appropriate GLAM institution. The aim of the project is to collect relevant data and materials that are difficult to reach due to a lack of literature and to release them through Wikimedia projects.

The project was launched in 2016 and since then its sustainability has been confirmed as well as the need for re-organization. In addition to releasing material valuable to Wikimedia projects, Wiki Ambassadors also train employees to use Wikimedia projects in their work. Within the specified timeframe, cooperation will be established with one GLAM institution for which one of the Wiki Ambassador from the Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska will be hired.

During the project, realization Engaged Wiki ambassador will realize the 8 day-long working visits to the GLAM institution. On that occasion, they will train employees to work on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia and QRPedia. During the planned visits, in parallel with the training of employees, work will be done to create content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons related to the poorly represented topic on Wikipedia - Orthodox temples located in the territory of Republika Srpska. The basis for the selection of topics is the research conducted by the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska. Only about 40% of the content was found to be processed. The rest of the content that makes up a unique list is not covered by the lack of literature that was lost during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. The organizing team has taken some steps to bridge this gap - Metropolitanates have been contacted and part of the lists have already been provided to the community. The goal is to complete the list and to create articles based on the available literature obtained by churches and monasteries. The long-term goal is to complete the base through various activities and to find in it all Orthodox temples located on the territory of the Republic of Srpska.

Goals:

expansion and improvement GLAM program in the Republic of Srpska;
implementation of Wikimedia projects in GLAM institutions;
expanding the network of associates;
enriching Wikipedia with quality content;
enrichment of Wikimedia Commons;
mitigating the thematic gap;
promotion of the Wikimedia vision in the Republic of Srpska;
establishing cooperation with religious institutions;
exchanging ideas and creating a common basis for future cooperation.

Measures of success:

8 working visits;
1 GLAM institution involved in collaboration;
4 editorial workshops;
130 new or updated articles on Serbian Wikipedia;
200 free photos on Wikimedia Commons;
10 new users;
10 media releases;
15 participants;
5 Metropolitan involved in cooperation.

Trace of Soul - photo competition WLE+WLM

Trace of Soul is a photo competition that is organized for the sixth time in the Republic of Srpska aimed at collecting photos of natural and cultural assets of the Republic of Srpska. After successful completion of last year's competition, within which 2,007 photographs of natural and cultural-historical monuments from the Republic of Srpska, we wish, now traditionally, to organize the competition for the fifth time and to continue good practices towards the achievement of our goal. The project, in addition to the competition, includes supporting activities - an edit-a-thon and two photo-tours on the territory of three different geographical areas of the Republic of Srpska where there have been no similar activities.

Like every year, the community will be focused on collecting photographs of monuments that are not represented through promotional activities in targeted areas by encouraging cooperation with local and targeted tourism organizations.

Goals:

increase the number of free photos related to these monuments on Wikimedia Commons;
increase the number of articles related to these monuments on Wikipedia;
popularisation of Wikimedia’s mission and vision in Republica of Srpska;
expand the free knowledge idea;
attract new volunteers and community members.

Measures of success:

2000 photos;
70 participants;
<10% photos will be used in Wikipedia in first 7 weeks after the competition;
20 media coverage;
30 new articles will be written or Improved;
3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.

1Lib1Ref

Wiki Librarian R.Srpska logo.

In order to increase the number of activities under the GLAM program and to involve the Community in as many international cooperation projects as possible, during the indicated period, participation in the international project 1Lib1Ref will be undertaken for the first time. In addition to the ultimate goal of complementing Wikimedia projects with quality references, this activity will have a positive impact on the learning of Community members through collaboration with members of other Wiki organizations.

Goals:

involvement in one international project;
strengthening cooperation with local partners - libraries;
establishing cooperation with international Wiki organizations;
improving Wikipedia with quality knowledge sources.

Measures of success:

2 editing workshops;
5 libraries included in the collaboration;
30 participants.

Night of museum

In order to popularize the Wikimedia projects to the wider community, Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska will take an active part in the organization of International event Museum Night, in May 2021. The event will be implemented in cooperation with the relevant GLAM partner institution - the Museum. On this occasion, Wikimedia projects and their opportunities will be presented to museum visitors.

Goals:

the popularization of Wikimedia projects;
the popularization of Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska;
presentation of the global GLAM program;
presentation of articles about museum and museum exhibitions.

Measures of success:

4 new partnerships;
cooperation with 1 GLAM institution;
10 media releases.

Community activities

Meet Srpska

Upoznaj Srpsku Logo.

Meet Srpska project is one of the significant projects which is traditionally held every year and achieved a record in terms of planned measures of success. It is a contest in writing articles about the Republic of Srpska on Serbian Wikipedia that in the last two years, assumed the proportions of international competition. In order to continue this positive trend, the Community will organize the Meet the Srpska Competition during the indicated period with additional expansion - the inclusion of international partners in cooperation (applies primarily to non-CEE countries and then to the CEE group). The activities that make up the Meet the Srpska project are a Wikipedia article writing contest and an editorial marathon (live or online, depending on the Covid-19 pandemic situation). Also, in addition to the competition on the Serbian Wikipedia, competitions will be organized in the languages of the partner organizations on their home Wikipedia.

Goals:

increasing quality content on Wikipedia regarding various topics related to the Republic of Srpska;
creating content related to the Republic of Srpska on Wikipedia in multiple languages;
promotion of Wikimedia and its projects;
acquiring and engaging new community members;
strengthening ties with the Wikipedia community;
promotion of community at the local level.

Measures of success:

3 new community members;
5 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions);
200 articles in Serbian will be written or improved;
100 articles will be translated into other languages;
15 media releases;
50 new followers on social networks;
<40 participants.

Lokal conference

During the indicated period, a two-day local conference will be held, bringing together at least 30 participants. The conference will bring together Wikimedia and Wikipedia members who are part of the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska and those who are not, but have participated in some activities and supported the work of the community. The purpose of the conference is to motivate participants to work more actively and give them a sense of belonging to the community. In addition, the idea is to create a quality program where, in addition to learning about Wikimedia projects, advanced lectures will be held so that everyone can find the right area of interest and acquire relevant knowledge and skills that they will later use in the community. It is of utmost importance for the community that as many of its members as possible are adequately trained in community work, because as the community expands, the volume of work becomes larger and it is very difficult to achieve good results while several people do everything(from macro and micro-planning, through implementation to submission of reports). Also, on the sidelines of the conference, live meetings will be held with members of the Management Board and members of the organizational team. Although meetings of this type are regularly held online, the importance of live meetings for the purpose of strengthening links among members, for open discussions, the presentation of ideas and the planning of future projects is of paramount importance.

Goals:

at least 1 local conference with at least 30 participants will be held in a given period;
promoting Wikipedia and highlighting its importance;
promotion of Wikimedia and the Wikimedia movement;
attracting new volunteers to join the Wikimedia mission;
Wikimedia and the promotion of its projects through introducing conference participants to the guiding principles and most important achievements;
Introducing target audience with CC licenses, with emphasis on their importance;
capacity building of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska through the exchange of new ideas and joint activities for the improvement and implementation of already planned project ideas in the Republic of Srpska;
expanding the Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska with new members;
improving the capacities already reached by the Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska through a positive impact on the enthusiasm of current members;
positive impact on the general public in the Republic of Srpska with the aim of creating a positive climate for future projects in our region where Wikimedia and its projects will be recognized as positive and significant.

Measures of success:

30 participants;
20 media releases;
> 5 new community members;
50-100 Facebook followers/pages likes;
at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers;
stronger community;
> 6 new users will become active members in the next 3 months (active member is a member who will be active on some offline activities, who will lead online projects or will be an active editor on a Wiki project;
2 agreements on new projects.

Gender Gap - Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska

Wiki Women Republic of Srpska logo.

As in the previous period, the justification and sustainability of the project aimed at overcoming the gender gap within the framework of Wikimedia projects in the Republic of Srpska and in the local community, in general, was confirmed, in the next period, the work will be undertaken to improve the Gender Gap program.

In the indicated period, the involvement of new female editors in the work on Wikimedia projects will be worked on, as well as the involvement of new female members in the community work.

The already formed group of editors will be joined by editors from another city - the regional center. The community will work simultaneously to acquire and establish collaboration with new local women's organizations. The aforementioned will contribute to the achievement of a longer-term goal - the formation of the Women's Wiki in Republika Srpska, which independently under the auspices of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, would edit Wikimedia projects and independently develop and implement various projects.

In addition, regarding the mitigation gender gap, the work on the project Wiki Women, which began in 2016 in collaboration with Wikimedia Argentina, which is still active, will be continued.

Goals:

forming a third group of female editors in the Republic of Srpska
upgrading the Gender Gap program in Republic of Srpska;
attracting new partners;
enriching Wikipedia with underrepresented content;
bridging gender differences;
the expansion of the community - the inclusion of new female members in the work;
motivating women to edit and work on Wikimedia projects;
establishing cooperation with women's organizations.

Measures of success:

one project will contain 2 workshops;
at least 15 participants;
60 new articles;
150 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons;
8 media releases;
at least two partner women's organizations.

CEE Spring

CEE Spring Logo.

In order to contribute to the multilingual availability of content on Wikipedia, the Community will participate in an international Wikipedia article writing competition - CEE Spring. Through collaboration with experienced event organizers, community members will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills regarding the planning and implementation of an international competition.

Goals:

participation in one international competition;
increasing the number of quality articles on Serbian Wikipedia;
knowledge transfer.

Measures of success:

200 articles in Serbian.

Competition on Wikipedia

In order to improve cooperation with the Wikipedia community and to increase the number of articles on Wikipedia in the field of underrepresented scientific topics, one Wikipedia article writing competition will be organized.

Goals

improving the quality of content available on Wikipedia;
increasing the number of quality articles;
overcoming the thematic gap;
increasing the number of articles related to scientific topics.

Measures of success:

150 new articles;
30 participants;
10 media posts;
3 relevant partner institutions or organizations involved in the collaboration.

Participation in public events

During the specified period, the Community will work to promote and spread the vision of an open knowledge through participation in public events.The presence of the community in the public arena ensures the accomplishment of a range of tasks related to positively ranking the organization as a potential partner and facilitating the establishment of targeted partnerships. In addition to participating in various events, public lectures or conferences, the community will strive to maintain good practice of regular reporting and regular communication with the media in the country. Press conferences will be organized, communicated with the media through press releases and through participation in radio and TV shows.

Goals:

participation in at least 2 public events;
regular cooperation with the media;
promotion of open knowledge and mission and vision of Wikimedia;
promotion of Wikimedia and its projects;
establishing new partnerships;
attracting new users.

Measures of success:

2 new partnerships;
100 media releases.

Grant Metrics Reporting

Metrics, targets and results: grants metrics worksheet here.

Midterm report

Program story

Please tell or link to one program story that showcases your organization's achievements during the reporting period. This can be another meta page, a blog post or any other source that tells your program story.

Program Progress

GLAM

Trace of Soul 2020 - photo-contest

In the period from August 1 to September 30, 2020, a competition in collecting photographs of protected natural and immovable cultural and historical assets of the Republic of Srpska (WLE + WLM) was held. In an effort to maintain continuity in the work and for the Community, despite the collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, to offer various contents to the public, editors, and members, it was decided that the competition be held and adapted to the emergency situation. All activities were realized online. The planned photo tours and the ceremony of announcing the winner were missed due to the security situation.

The competition lasted for two months, and during that time, 666 photographs of protected natural and immovable cultural and historical assets of the Republic of Srpska were uploaded. 47 photographers took part in the competition. This year's competition was marked by an increase in the number of participants - professional photographers, as well as an increase in the number of protected areas and monuments whose photos have not been available on Wikimedia projects so far.

The Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, as before, provided all the necessary technical support necessary for the smooth implementation of the competition - from the preparatory to the final phase of the project. In addition to the above, the project has attracted a lot of public attention and, thanks to good cooperation with the media, has taken a satisfactory position in the media space. In addition, all tourist organizations in the country have on several occasions, sharing information about the competition, invited the public to take part in the photo competition Trace of Soul 2020.

An expert jury composed of the most eminent experts from relevant fields selected the 20 most beautiful photos of the photo competition Trace of Soul 2020. The photos were divided into two categories - Natural and Stationary Cultural Heritage.

Top 10: Cultural heritage

Top 10: Natural heritage

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Trace of Soul 2020 photo-contests	2000 photos	33.30%	Within the contest, 666 photographs of natural and immovable cultural and historical sights were uploaded.
	70 participants	67.14%	There were 47 participants in the competition and the accompanying project activities.
	<10% photos will be used in Wikipedia in first 7 weeks after the competition	100%	In total, at the time this report was made, 226 photographs have been used from the competition, which is 17.35%.
	20 media coverage	100%	20 publications in the media.
	30 new articles will be written or Improved	100%	30 articles were written in total.
	3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.	100%	3 tourism organizations involved in the collaboration.

Community activities

World War II… 75 Years After

The worsening of the epidemiological situation caused changes in the planned activities. The community was faced with great challenges on how to continue continuity in work and to adapt to numerous limitations. In July, the community proposed the project named World War II… 75 Years After. The project is all about 75 years since the end of the deadliest episodes in human history. Over 60 countries took part in the 6-years long military conflict. World War II took over 50.000.000 lives, and more than 35.000.000 were wounded. Many of them lost their lives after the war. Hundreds of battles were fought on dozens of fronts. Thousands of buildings were demolished and hundreds of new ones built. Despite that, life was renewed and continued after this catastrophe of global proportions. New ideas, new movements - new history were born. We have proposed an initiative to the global community to get involved and to use the month of September for marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with a series of Edit-a-Thons and competitions dedicated to this topic. This project was not originally planned in our Annual play. It was the ad-hoc initiative, with no spent, and the results are great! The initiative was accepted by GLAM Macedonia, Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimedia Community User Group Greece, Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group, Wikimedians of the Republic of Srpska, Wikipedia Education program at the Hashemite University, and Women in Red. The results of the initiative are: 7 local organizers (chapters, user groups, etc..), 519 new articles, 91 participants, 477 photos of monuments dedicated to the victims of World War II to Wikimedia Commons, and two GLAM collaborations in which one book of 224 pages was digitized, 18 photographs were released and one lecture was held to the staff.

Globally, we have provided logistics and support to interested organizers. In addition to the initiative itself, we launched a page dedicated to the project and created templates on Meta. Also, we proposed several models of project implementation and offered logistical support. We also monitored the course of project implementation and summarized the results. In addition to regular communication on the mailing list, we also wrote blog posts.

At the local level, we organized several activities with the limits due to the pandemic. Activities were directed in three directions: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, GLAMs, and internal things. On Serbian Wikipedia, we launched the edit-a-thon (including all preparations, monitoring, and reporting). We managed to organize cooperation with two GLAM institutions. Our GLAM coordinator organized online lectures to the staff of the National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska and the Museum of Old Herzegovina. Employees are informed of the concept of our projects and Wikimedia projects. Thanks to these actions, we achieved two symbolic cooperation and agreed to continue cooperation in future projects. From the Museum of Old Herzegovina, we got 28 photos of WWII and with the National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska, we worked on the digitization of the book and its uploading on Commons. Last but not least, our third area of activity was reporting, writing community blog posts, communicating with the community, analyzing data, monitoring activities, and so on.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
World War II… 75 Years After	5 local organizers	140%	7 local organizers.
	500 new articles	103.8%	519 new articles.
	70 participants	130%	91 participants.
	200 photos	238.5%	477 photos of monuments +18 from GLAM collaboration.
	1 GLAM collaboration	200%	2 GLAM collaborations one book of 224 pages was digitized, 18 photographs were released.

Meet Srpska 2020

In the period from October 15 to November 15, 2020, a competition in writing articles was held on Wikipedia in the Serbian language - Meet Srpska 2020.

Meet Srpska 2020 is a project of the Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska on Wikipedia in the Serbian language on topics related to the Republic of Srpska. The main goals of the competition are to expand and enrich Wikipedia with content related to the Republic of Srpska.

In addition to activities on Wikipedia in Serbian, activities in writing articles are organized on Wikipedia in Arabic, Macedonian and Greek, through cooperation with local Wikimedia organizations - Wikimedia User group of Greece, Edu team of Hashemite University, GLAM Macedonia.

During the first part of the realized activities, 90 new articles were created and supplemented on the Serbian Wikipedia. As part of the editorial workshop, 14 new articles were created on the Macedonian Wikipedia and 4 articles in Arabic.

In addition to the above, the project plans an editorial workshop that will be implemented in January 2021 in accordance with the recommendations regarding the covid-19 pandemic.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Competition - Meet Srpska	10 new users	130.00%	13 new accounts.
	3 new community members	100%	3 new members joined the work of the community.
	5 partners involved in activities (organizations or institutions)	100%	5 partners involved in activities.
	200 articles will be written or improved	54.50%	109 articles created and improved.
	15 media releases	100%	15 media releases.
	50 new followers on social networks	72.00%	36 new followers on social networks.
	<40 participants	70.00%	A total of 28 participants took part in activities.

Competitions on Wikipedia - Tradition and customs

During December Wikimedians of the Republic of Srpska organized a competition on Wikipedia.

It was a competition that aimed to enrich Wikipedia with content related to tradition and customs. Competition in writing articles - Tradition and customs is a competition that aims to enrich Wikipedia with content related to tradition and customs. Preservation of tradition is reflected through the nurturing of old crafts, traditional cuisine, folk customs, written words, songs, games, and music. The thematic scope of the competition refers to traditions and customs from all parts of the world.

12 competitors took part in the competition. 71 articles were created, and 11 articles were added. The second part of the project - the online workshop will be realized by February 10 in cooperation with local partners.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Competition - Meet Srpska	150 articles	54.67%	82 articles.
	30 participants	40.00%	12 participants
	10 media posts	60.00%	6 media posts
	3 relevant partner institutions or organizations involved in the collaboration	0%	-.

1Ref1Lib

For the first time, the Wikimedia community of Republika Srpska will take part in the 1Ref1Lib project. During December, preparations for the beginning of the project were made, which will last on the Serbian Wikipedia from January 15 to February 5. In addition to local partners - libraries from Republic of Srpska, cooperation has been agreed with Serbian Wikimedia. The project will be realized in cooperation with the mentioned Wiki organization on Wikipedia in the Serbian language.

Meetings

During the designated period, 46 meetings were held within the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska. All meetings were held online, via the Zoom and Google Meet platforms. In addition to planning and working on project organization, the meetings aimed to build community capacity and maintain existing ones in unenviable circumstances - online. It can be said that the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska managed to withstand the difficult conditions, keep its members together, adjust the program and work plan, and ensure the functionality of the community. In addition to regular meetings, 15 mentoring meetings were held during which new members were trained to work on Wikimedia projects, as well as community projects. In the specified period, three members, with the provision of appropriate support, independently organized and implemented their first projects.

Media

During the specified period, cooperation with the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as before, was at a satisfactory level. The projects of the Wikimedia community of Republic of Srpska have found themselves in the media space 54 times through the written media, guest appearances on radio and TV shows of various formats.

Spending update

Please include the total amount of Simple APG funds you spent during the grant period:

3.961,17 USD/3.255,00 EUR, detailed expenses here - Spending report by December 31, 2020.

The weighted average exchange rate for the period 1 July - 31 December, 2020 was used.

Grant Metrics Reporting

Metrics, targets and results: grants metrics worksheet here.

Final report

Program story

International cultural event - Museum Night 2021.

Learning story

Blog: Wikipedia in Serbian language winner of competition #1Lib1Ref

Programs Impact

Edu Wiki

During the designated period within the Edu Wiki program, the planned activities were adjusted to the conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The seminar for teachers was not held due to general orders of the Republic Crisis Staff for emergencies and gathering bans, as well as the difficult working conditions in which teachers found themselves due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In accordance with the above, the realization of the seminar for teachers has been postponed for the next year (in agreement with the grant officer).

Despite the difficult working conditions and numerous limitations, the Community managed to contribute to the improvement of the Edu Wiki program in the Republic of Srpska by establishing cooperation with the Theological high school of St. Peter Dabrobosanski from Foča - a special high school for priests. The cooperation was established in correlation with the activities of the Wiki Ambassador project in the Republic of Srpska. The students were trained to work on Wikipedia in Serbian, creating articles about Orthodox churches and monasteries located on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are not sufficiently represented on the Serbian Wikipedia. In addition, this institution provided relevant literature for the purposes of writing articles, which is otherwise inaccessible to the general public, which is one of the causes of poor coverage of this topic on Wikipedia. The community is very satisfied with the establishment of this cooperation because these schools are quite closed and operate in accordance with special rules. In addition to cooperation on this project and participation in 4 workshops, an agreement on the continuation of cooperation was reached, which we are very proud of, and which we will certainly work on in the coming period. 13 students took part in the workshops.

GLAM

1Lib1Ref

For the first time, the Wikimedia community of Republika Srpska took part in the Ref1Lib project. During December, preparations for the beginning of the project were made, which lasted on the Serbian Wikipedia from January 15 to February 5. In addition to local partners - libraries from the Republic of Srpska, cooperation has been agreed with Serbian Wikimedia. The project was realized in cooperation with the mentioned Wiki organization on Wikipedia in Serbian.

Thanks to the joint efforts and cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia, Wikipedia in Serbian was ranked first at the international level in terms of the number of references entered, which this year is: 17,112. In addition to the partnership with Wikimedia Serbia and the University Library Svetozar Marković, the following GLAM institutions from Republic of Srpska also took part in the project: Main Library East Sarajevo, Public Institution National Library "Vojislav Lubarda" Rogatica and Public Institution National Library "Dr. Ljubo Mihić" Ljubinje.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
1Lib1Ref	2 editing workshops	100%	2 editing workshops.
	5 libraries included in the collaboration	100%	5 libraries included in the collaboration.
	30 participants	100%	30 participants

Wikipedian in Residence - Wiki ambassador

The project was realized in cooperation with 3 GLAM and one Edu institution - the Museum of Old Herzegovina Foča, the Library of Novo Goražde, the Main Library of East Sarajevo, and the Theological highschool of Foča.

In the period from March 12 to May 31, 2021, in the Republic of Srpska project, the Wiki Ambassador in the Republic of Srpska was implemented. The project was implemented in cooperation with 3 GLAM and one educational institution.

In cooperation with the Museum of Old Herzegovina, the Main Library of East Sarajevo, the Public Library Božidar Goraždanin from Novo Goražde, and the Theological highschool of St. Peter Dabrobosanski from Foča and their staff, 8 editing workshops were held to train employees to work on Wikimedia projects. - Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons through the creation of content related to Orthodox religious buildings located in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to the mentioned institutions, the literature and Schematisms for the needs of creating articles were provided by the competent Metropolises with which communication was established during the project planning phase.

A total of 52 new articles were written and 14 articles were supplemented.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Wiki ambassador	8 working visits	100%	8 working visits.
	1 GLAM institution involved in collaboration	100%	4 (3 GLAM + 1 Edu) institution involved in collaboration.
	4 editing workshops	200%	8 editing workshops
	130 new or updated articles on Serbian Wikipedia	50.77%	66 new or updated articles on Serbian Wikipedia
	200 free photos on Wikimedia Commons	100%	200 free photos on Wikimedia Commons
	10 new users	100%	10 new users
	10 media releases	100%	10 media releases
	15 participants	140%	21 participants
	5 Metropolitan involved in cooperation	100%	5 Metropolitan involved in cooperation

Night of museum

In order to promote Wikimedia projects in the wider community, the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska took part in another public event - the international cultural event Museum Night 2021. The event was organized in cooperation with the Museum of Old Herzegovina in Foča. In addition to the presentation of the Wikimedia GLAM program, the main event was an exhibition of photographs of protected natural and cultural-historical monuments of the Republic of Srpska, created during 2019 as a result of collecting photographs within the photo competition Trace of the Soul. The exhibition was exhibited in the gallery of the Museum of Old Herzegovina for 2 months. During that time, the exhibition was seen by several hundred visitors, and their attention was especially attracted by QR codes specially made for that purpose through QR pedia. Thanks to the cooperation with our community, the Museum of Old Herzegovina in Foča is the only GLAM institution in the Republic of Srpska that has included articles on Wikipedia in its permanent exhibitions through a link to a QR code.

In accordance with the recommendations of the Republic Crisis Staff, 30 guests attended the ceremony and the opening of the exhibition, including the most eminent personalities from public, cultural and political life.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Night of museum	4 new partnerships	100%	4 new partnerships.
	cooperation with 1 GLAM institution	100%	cooperation with 1 GLAM institution.
	10 media releases	120%	12 media releases

Community activities

Meet Srpska

The photo was taken during a photo tour in Doboj.

As part of the project Meet Srpska 2020, in addition to online activities that were realized in the first half of the grant period, a live photo tour is planned, which was not realized during the mentioned period due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In order for the project to be completed, the mentioned activity was realized in April, in cooperation with the photo club Doboj. 207 photographs of religious buildings from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina were collected. Photographs of these objects did not exist on the Wikimedia Commons, nor on the Internet in general, so for us the photographs are a real treasure, especially due to the fact that most of them (89%) were used to illustrate relevant articles written or supplemented during the realization of the Wiki ambassador project. In addition to this type of correlation, this activity is related to another - the presentation of the GLAM program as part of the cultural event Museum Night, during which photos were presented to the public through video beams and video presentations.

Lokal conference

In the period from 4th to 6th June 2021. in Višegrad the fourth annual conference of the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska was held.

The conference, dedicated to the annual gathering of Wikimedia and Wikipedians, as well as representatives of GLAM and educational institutions, gathered participants from the Republic of Srpska and Montenegro.

In addition to building community capacity, part of the conference activities was dedicated to overcoming the gender and thematic gap in Wikimedia projects. In this regard, within the program part, an editorial marathon was held during which the participants created articles on Wikipedia in Serbian on topics that are not sufficiently represented.

The event was organized in accordance with the current epidemiological situation in the country and in strict compliance with the orders and recommendations of the Republic Crisis Staff for Emergencies, the World Health Organization, and the Wikimedia Foundation's recommendation for the organization of live events during the pandemic.

In addition to the regular planned activities, meetings of the Organizing Team were held on the sidelines of the event in connection with the next activities, as well as mentoring meetings with new members. Also, meetings were held with participants - representatives of GLAM institutions on future cooperation.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Lokal conference	30 participants	100%	30 participants.
	20 media releases	100%	20 media releases
	> 5 new community members	100%	5 new community members
	50-100 Facebook followers/pages likes	100%	68 Facebook followers/pages likes
	at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers	100%	at least 4 new collaborations between volunteers
	2 agreements on new projects.	100%	2 agreements on new projects

Gender Gap - Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska

In the period from June 5th to June 15th, 2021, in the Republic of Srpska, was the third time Wiki realized the project Wiki women in the Republic of Srpska that is aimed at overcoming gender differences in Wikimedia projects. It covers a range of activities related to working on Wikimedia projects with females in the territory of the Republic of Srpska. In addition, project activities are aimed at processing less represented topics, primarily women's, and then others.

As part of the project, an online editing marathon was held, as well as a live editing workshop. In addition, an online action was organized to collect photos of the beauties of the Republic of Srpska that were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

A total of 16 participants took part in the project. 60 new articles were written and one article was supplemented. The number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons is 207.

The project is supported by three partners: Serbian Educational and Cultural Association "Prosvjeta", Višegrad, Public Institution National Library "Dr. Ljubo Mihić" Ljubinje, Association of Business Women 16, Višegrad. Through various promotional activities as well as the provision of appropriate literature, they contributed to the successful realization of the project.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
Wiki Women in Republic of Srpska	2 workshops	100%	2 workshops.
	at least 15 participants	100%	15 participants
	60 new articles	100%	60 new articles
	150 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	100%	207 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
	8 media releases	100%	8 media releases
	at least two partner women's organizations	100%	two partner women's organizations

CEE Spring

The Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, in cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia, took part in the organization of the international competition CEE Spring 2021.

Ten editors who responded to the competition added 387 new and 12 supplemented articles with 11,881,187 bytes entered.

Sub-Project	Goal	Status	Description
CEE Spring	200 articles in Serbian	199.50%	399 articles in Serbian

Competition on Wikipedia

Due to the deterioration of the epidemiological picture caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the country and the world, the Community was forced to adjust the planned activities to the existing restrictions, change the plan and relocate the budget in agreement with the superior grant officer. In an effort to maintain continuity in the work so that the community would not experience stagnation and waste of members, among other things, 4 competitions were organized on Wikipedia in the Serbian . The mentioned plan was presented to the grant officer during the meeting, after whose approval the implementation began.

When organizing the competition, in addition to the selection of poorly represented topics, we took into account the engagement of volunteers in the preparations and the realization. Our goal was to hire new members and train them through direct online work.

In the period from March 15 to May 31, 4 competitions in writing articles were organized on the Serbian Wikipedia, thematically focused on less represented topics, in order to contribute to overcoming the gap in the subsequent representation of various contents on Wikipedia. In addition, special attention was certainly paid to overcoming the gender gap through competition related to women's topics.

Competitions: All About Women, South America, North America, Sports 2021.

A total of 24 participants took part in the competitions. 160 new articles were written and 22 articles were supplemented.

Public activities

Meetings

During the indicated period, 86 online meetings were held with community members and members of the organizing team. In addition, 27 mentoring meetings were held to train new members to work on Wikimedia projects as well as community projects.

Cooperation with the media

During the indicated period, the community was present in the media space of Bosnia and Herzegovina 114 times. The community has continued the positive trend of communicating with the public through communication with the media via mailing lists, blog posts, websites as well as social media.

Spending update

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17.926,90 USD/16.485,00 EUR, Spending report by June 30, 2021.

Grant Metrics Reporting

Metrics, targets and results: grants metrics worksheet here.