2012/1/8 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
So it sounds like the first thing we (in this case, local Wikipedians) should do is approach them and say "We don't have money, but is there anything else we can positively help with? What's the programme?"
It's not so simple - you might very well find that there is no programme. While Romania's cultural institutions are far from the desperate situation in Bosnia, they have a tradition of doing just what the bosses are asking and little more. So if the Ministry of Culture is saying "create a long term plan for conserving such or such category of artefacts", they will make and follow such a plan; otherwise, they will just go along as if degradation never happens.
I expect you might find a somewhat similar situation in Bosnia - there is no boss (Ministry of Culture) and no money, so why make plans? The wikimedians willing to help should in this case concentrate on *creating* the links with institutions able to help the Bosnians either financially or with know-how. The Wiki Loves Monuments and other GLAM events showed that we have the contacts and willingness to make that happen.
Anyhow, we need to consider that we've discussed this quite a lot already. Perhaps it's time for someone to take the lead on this? My personal view is that you, David, are a much better candidate than emijrp :)
Strainu