Hello, just in case anyone interested.
For more info: visit https://webwewant.org/2013-grant-funding-round/
Cheers,
Vantharith
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Web We Want Small Grants
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<https://webwewant.org/fr/programme-de-petites-subventions-web-we-want/#fren…>
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<https://webwewant.org/es/programa-de-subvenciones-menores-de-web-we-want/#s…>
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The Web We Want is making a limited number of small grants available to
support national advocacy and campaigning efforts to make the web free,
open, socially relevant and accessible to all. Applications from non-profit
groups in the Global South will be prioritised. View a list of previous
small grants recipients here<https://webwewant.org/small-grants-recipients/>
.
Please note we can NOT fund the development or implementation of
applications, software, computer equipment, computer literacy training,
technology start-ups, hubs etc. These grants are ONLY for advocacy,
campaigning and influencing activities.
*We are currently accepting applications in the following category:*
1. *Rapid Response (deadline: open, rolling)
<https://webwewant.org/2013-grant-funding-round/#rapid>*
Micro-grants designed to help when you face an unexpected crisis or
strategic opportunity that demands more resources fast.
Eligibility and How to Apply
We request that before applying for a grant, that you join the *Web We Want
mailing list <https://webwewant.org/what-is-the-web-we-want#mailinglist>*,
where you will receive regular updates about the wider network of national,
regional and global campaigns for a free, open and accessible web and news
from the Web We Want campaign. If you have any questions please* contact
us. <https://webwewant.org/contact-us/>*
We encourage* applications from
<https://webwewant.org/application-form-for-2013-small-grants-round/>*a
broad and diverse range of groups and organisations, around the world, but
resources are limited and we will not be able to fund every application
that we receive during this first round. Priority will go to non-profit
organisations in the global South and to those who show that they have the
partnerships and follow-up mechanisms needed to reach, influence and
mobilise others in their country.
Applications will be reviewed by a sub-committee of the Web We Want
Advisory Committee, the subcommittee will make a recommendation to the Web
We Want coordinators, whose decision is final.
Rapid Response applications will take 5 working days to process, from
receipt of your application to final decision. Surveillance Action Research
and Capacity Building grants will take 14 working days to process, from
receipt of your application to final decision.
If you are successful, we’ll try to transfer the funds to you within a few
days of approving your application. Please make sure that you include
complete and correct bank details (including IBAN number) in your
application form – otherwise, we can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to
process funds quickly.
All successful grant applicants will be listed publicly, with a brief
description of project the grant is supporting on *webwewant.org,
<http://www.webwewant.org/>* unless the grant applicant shows that this
would put the project at risk.
Grant recipients must complete the evaluation form provided by Web We Want
at end of the grant period (which is self-defined in the fund application
form). The evaluation will be used to describe how the grant was used, and
report on the success or learnings from the work that the grant supported.
A positive, negative or neutral evaluation will not have any impact on
grant dispersal, as funds will be transferred in full at the beginning of
the project.
If your application is not successful, we’ll tell you why. Rejection of a
grant application does not preclude an organisation from applying for a
grant again in the future.
The 2013 Grant Funding Round
*Rapid Response - Apply for this grant
<https://webwewant.org/application-form-for-2013-small-grants-round/>*
The Rapid Response Grant should only be used to respond to unexpected
opportunities or threats in regards to a free, open and accessible web,
which require a fast or immediate response. You may apply for any amount
between USD$1000 and USD$2000. You can submit an application at any time.
Decisions will be made within three (3) working days. If the application is
successful funds will be administered within five (5) working days of
approval decision.
Here are some examples of the types of projects that may be suitable for a
Rapid Response grant:
- Assistance for design of signs and online resources tools
- Assistance for offline organizing (rallies, meetings with officials,
etc.)
- Increasing capacity of web servers, email servers and online
campaigning tools to cope with increase in of bandwidth spikes do to
increase interest by general public or promotion by prominent cultural,
online and social media influencers.
- Buying advertising space in relevant media outlets to:
- Promote letters by civil society
- Raise awareness amongst the general public about the opportunity or
threat
- Promote how general public can take action or show support
*Vantharith OUM*
*A Citizen of the World*
@Vantharith <http://www.twitter.com/Vantharith>
T
ech camp brings Silicon Valley to Kampong Cham
Source:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/tech-camp-brings-silicon-valley-kamp…
Author: Bennett Murray
Kampong Cham may be a long way from Palo Alto, but one Silicon Valley
institution has found its way to rural Cambodia: technology conferences.
Over the weekend some 600 people attended a two-day networking event in the
province, which was hosted at the provincial capital's Chea Sim University
of Kamchaymear.
BarCamp, with topics including * Wikipedia* and social networking, and more
than 50 educational sessions on information technology, was open to the
public and free.
Some 130 technology enthusiasts came from outside the provinces, some
making use of special no-fee bus rides from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
“I have many [Facebook] friends from different provinces, and we were
finally able to meet at BarCamp,” said Eang Kearovak, a 29-year-old
Cellcard merchant from Kampong Cham.
BarCamp is an international conference structure that was first used in
2005 in California. Anyone can organise a BarCamp using an online wiki
system, and to date it has been held in more than 350 cities worldwide.
While BarCamp has had eight sessions in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and
Battambang, this was the first event held away from the large urban areas.
“We targeted the big cities, with the large universities, but we also want
to target smaller cities,” said event organiser Be Chantra, who stressed
the importance of involving the whole country.
Javier Sola, program director of Open Institute and BarCamp participant
since 2008, said that Kampong Cham’s central position in northeastern
Cambodia made it accessible to a greater number of rural people.
“It’s a key place, and it has universities, so you’ve younger students who
are more interested in technology.”
*Tep Sovichet, who co-led a conference on the emergence of Khmer Wikipedia,
said that previous BarCamps had inadvertently excluded many people in rural
areas. *
*“People in the provinces did not know how to join. They think about their
budget and time. But if we come to the provinces, it is OK for them.”*
*Oum Vantharith, who co-led the session with Sovichet, said that the
Kampong Cham BarCamp had a noticeably different flavour from the events he
has attended in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.*
*“In Phnom Penh, it’s more of a local unit. Here, it’s more diverse, with
Kampong Cham youth and people from other provinces,” Vantharith said,
adding that the participants at his session, who he estimated were 70 per
cent Kampong Cham residents, left the session with far more knowledge than
when they entered.*
*“Before we started our session, we asked the audience [about] their
background with Wikipedia. Most of them really didn’t know or had little
experience with the movement. *
*“Now they are aware that Wikipedia exists in their language, and they can
edit the site. It gives them a chance to get involved.”*
*Vantharith added that increasingly intense competition among internet
service providers and the influx of inexpensive, Chinese-made smartphones
is making home internet access increasingly affordable for rural people of
modest means.*
Nheong Chanthou, a 28-year-old BarCamp volunteer from Kampong Cham, said
that her mind was opened to thinking deeply about social networking.
“I have had Facebook for a year,” said Chanthou, who accesses the internet
primarily from a smartphone. “But I’ve never socialised a lot, so it was
very interesting to learn more about the possibilities of [online]
communication.”
----
For more information on Kampong Cham:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampong_Cham
Kind Regards,
Anirudh Bhati
Skype: anirudhsbh
[pardon cross-posting]
Hello! I am delighted to announce:
The Program Evaluation & Design team[1] will be hosting our first office
hours on IRC on July 26 at 16:00 UTC.
Event Details:
==========
Date: July 26, 2013 (Friday)
Time: 1600-1700 UTC, 9:00-10:00 AM PDT
IRC channel: #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net
Agenda:
1. A chance for community members to learn about *why* program evaluation &
design is an important and powerful tool.
2. An opportunity for community members to understand why WMF is engaging
in PE&D.
3. General Q&A about program evaluation & design
4. A chance to get virtually get to know the PE&D team (Sarah, Jaime and
Frank)[2]
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Index
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Design/FAQ#Who_is_on_…
--
*Sarah Stierch**
Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
*Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>
today
and keep it free!
Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!
[pardon the cross-post and English-only post at this time]
Hello everyone,
*This is a reminder that there are 2 days left to apply to attend the first
Program Evaluation & Design Workshop, which will take place in Budapest,
June 22-23. Applications close at 12 AM PST May 17.*
Please review this recent blog announcing the event:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/09/program-evaluation-workshop-budapest/
*Wikimedia community members, chapter staff/volunteers, solitary volunteers
- anyone who is a program leader is encouraged to apply. Please note, we
have only 20 slots available and limited funding to support attendees. If
you do apply, you must email me at sarah(a)wikimedia.org if you are
requesting funding before/after you apply. *
We will be filming our workshop, so don't fret if you cannot attend this
first one, or aren't accepted to attend this time.
*You can get a better taste for the event through our evolving Meta Event
page: *
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Design/June_2013_Work…
Thank you Wikimedia Magyarország for your support and assistance.
-Sarah
--
*Sarah Stierch**
Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
*Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>
today
and keep it free!
Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!
FYI.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sue Gardner <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*
To: Wikimedia Announce Mailing List <WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello Wikimedia community members,
This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard
decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to
leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia
Foundation.
My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate it’ll take
at least six months to recruit my successor, and I’ll be fully engaged
as Executive Director all through the recruitment process and until we
have a new person in place. We’re expecting that’ll take about six
months or so, and so this note is not goodbye -- not yet.
Making the decision to leave hasn’t been easy, but it comes down to two things.
First, the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation are in a strong place
now. When I joined, the Foundation was tiny and not yet able to
reliably support the projects. Today it's healthy, thriving, and a
competent partner to the global network of Wikimedia volunteers. If
that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t feel okay to leave. In that sense, my
leaving is a vote of confidence in our Board and executive team and
staff --- I know they will ably steer the Foundation through the years
ahead, and I’m confident the Board will appoint a strong successor to
me.
And I feel that although we’re in good shape, with a promising future,
the same isn’t true for the internet itself. (This is thing number
two.) Increasingly, I’m finding myself uncomfortable about how the
internet’s developing, who’s influencing its development, and who is
not. Last year we at Wikimedia raised an alarm about SOPA/PIPA, and
now CISPA is back. Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands
of industry groups and governments, and we’re --increasingly, I
think-- seeing important decisions made by unaccountable
non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile
walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based internet to one
that’s consumption-based. There are many organizations and individuals
advocating for the public interest online -- what’s good for ordinary
people -- but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they
are. I want that to change. And that’s what I want to do next.
I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can to the
general public good. Today, this is pulling me towards a new and
different role, one very much aligned with Wikimedia values and
informed by my experiences here, and with the purpose of amplifying
the voices of people advocating for the free and open internet. I
don’t know exactly what this will look like -- I might write a book,
or start a non-profit, or work in partnership with something that
already exists. Either way, I feel strongly that this is what I need
to do.
I feel an increasing sense of urgency around this. That said, I also
feel a strong sense of responsibility (and love!) for the Wikimedia
movement, and so I’ve agreed with the Board that I’ll stay on as
Executive Director until we have my successor in place. That’ll take
some time -- likely, at least six months.
Until then, nothing changes. The Wikimedia Foundation has lots of work
to do, and you can expect me to focus fully on it until we have a new
Executive Director in place.
I have many people to thank, but I’m not going to do it now --
there’ll be time for that later. For now, I’ll just say I love working
with you all, I’m proud of everything the Wikimedia movement is
accomplishing, and I’m looking forward to our next six months
together.
Jan-Bart’s going to write a note in a couple of minutes with
information about the transition process. We’ll be hosting office
hours this weekend as well, so anybody with questions can ask them
here or turn up to talk with us on IRC.
Thanks,
Sue
--
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
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Hello all,
Please see the links below for the coverage on Wikipedia Zero, on a recent
partnership between Smart Axiata and WMF.
The Phnom Penh Post published an article on 21 March 2013 which includes
excerpts from Kul's interview:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032164545/Business/axiata-to-offer-free-wi…
There was another article published in the print edition this morning which
you can view by clicking on the link below. It includes PPPost's interview
with Vantharith and I. I believe the online edition will be up and
available soon.
http://goo.gl/oIFF6 (PDF)
Yours sincerely,
Anirudh Singh Bhati
Skype: anirudhsbh